NATIONAL SCHOOLS GAELIC DEBATE 2015

With the 2015 National Schools Gaelic Debate beginning tomorrow, students across the country are busy preparing for this prestigious competition.  Twenty teams from eighteen schools will be taking part in this year’s competition. Since its inception the competition has gone from strength to strength and is now seen as one of the highlights in the academic calendar of Scotland’s secondary schools.

The competition begins tomorrow, Tuesday (3^rd November) at the main Council building in Stornoway with the first round of debates starting at 1pm and again at 6.30pm.   The second round will take place in An Lanntair on Wednesday the 4^th starting at 10am and 2pm.  The four teams with the highest points will progress to the semi-final stages which will take place in Edinburgh at the end of November.  The final will be broadcasted live from the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday the 25^th of November.

Chairperson of the BT Scotland National Gaelic Schools’ Debate Management Committee, Calum Iain MacLeod, commented:

“I would actively encourage members of the public to go along and support the 2015 Debate.  Through the course of the first two rounds in Stornoway we see some excellent debates – a showcase of the strength of the debating and communication skills of our Gaelic speaking youngsters.  I would like to express our gratitude to all the funders of the competition, without that support the competition would simply not have been able to go ahead this year ”.

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