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Achievements
Debate Club Achievements
*This page is updated quarterly.
Singapore Secondary Schools Debate Championship (SSSDC) History
Organised by Julia Gabriel’s and the Debate Association of Singapore, the SSSDC functions as the Nationals of the secondary school debating circuit. Representing our school in Division I, our debaters have consistently performed exceptionally and achieved admirable results.
Singapore Secondary Schools Debate Championship results by year
Year | Team | Result |
2026 | Gilbert Wei Ziqi Leong Ze Meng, Noel Treidan Chan Zhi Kai Chow Blake Raiden Zhen Xu Yaojia | Participants |
2025 | Aarav Agarwal | Plate Finalists |
2024 | Jerome Ong | Plate Champions |
2023 | Caden Wong Jing Xi | Participants; Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 15th |
2022 | Kwah Hsiang Rui David | Semi-finalists; Caden Wong—Individual 10th; Zachary Khoo—Individual 17th; David Kwah—Individual 19th |
2021 | John Lagman | Semi-finalists; Jonathan Yeoh—Individual 7th |
2020 | - | Cancelled due to COVID-19 |
2019 | Goh Shen Ee Matthew | Participants; J Harith Menon—Individual 4th; Chin Guan Wei—Individual 15th |
2018 | Vernon Goh | Participants; Jonathan Lim—Individual 13th; Joshua Wee—Individual 14th |
2017 | Joseph Chan, Bryan Tan | Participants; Wesley Ng—Individual 16th |
2016 | Michael Lee | Division I Runners-Up; Christopher—Individual 3rd |
2015 | Christian Yeo | Division I Quarter-finalists; Christian Yeo—Individual 7th; Pulkit—Individual 9th |
2014 | Timothy Chong | Division I Quarter-finalists |
2013 | Arthur Lee | Division I Champions; Gavin Goh—Best Speaker of Finals; Timothy Ong—Individual 5th; Arthur Lee—Individual 16th |
2012 | Lee Yun Ze | 2nd Runners-Up; Lee Yun Ze—Individual 6th; Timothy Ong—Individual 7th |
2011 | Darren Lee | Quarter-finalists; Darren Lee–Individual 3rd; Lee Yun Ze–Individual 9th |
2010 | Avery Yew | 2nd Runners-Up; Rohan Shah–Individual 2nd; Noel Cheong–Individual 6th; Avery Yew–Individual 15th |
2009 | Ryan Leow | Quarter-finalists; Noel Cheong–Individual 2nd; Ryan Leow–Individual 3rd; Rohan Shah–Individual 5th |
2008 | Walter Yeo | 9th |
2007 | Adwyn Chuang | Quarter-finalists; David Crawshaw–Individual 4th; Lloyd Soh–Individual 11th |
2006 | – | 1st Runners-Up |
2005 | – | Division I Champions |
2004 | – | 1st Runners-Up |
Other Secondary School Achievements
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Date | Competition | Result |
May 2026 | Anglo-Chinese Debating Championship 2026 | Participants |
May 2026 | Dunman High Debate Open 2026 | Champions; Phan Duc Phong—Individual 1st; Dylan Wong Wen Kang—Individual 12th; Xu Yaojia—Individual 15th; Lim Zhe Yuan—Individual 26th |
Apr 2026 | Raffles Debate Academy U-14s Debating Championships 2026 | Participants |
Nov 2025 | Singapore International Debate and Public Speaking Championship 2025 | Participants; Leong Ze Meng, Noel—Individual 9th |
Apr 2025 | Raffles Debate Academy U-14s Debating Championships 2025 | Participants; Xu Yaojia—Individual 12th; Dylan Wong Wen Kang—Individual 21st |
Jan 2025 | Eunoia Debating Championship 2025 | Plate Finalists; Heng Jie Feng Ayden —Individual 11th |
Nov 2024 | Thoburn Cup 2024 | 1st Runners-Up; Heng Jie Feng Ayden —Individual 2nd; Nathaniel Cheng Rong En —Individual 3rd; Lau Cedric Dreyzen Uy —Individual 5th |
Aug 2024 | Debaters’ Edge Debate Open 2024 | Participants |
May 2024 | Raffles Debate Academy U-14s Debating Championships 2024 | Participants |
Nov 2023 | Illuminate 2023 | Participants |
Oct 2023 | Thoburn Cup 2023 | Champions (Team B); 1st Runners-Up (Team A); Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 1st; Yang Zhenglin—Individual 3rd; Heng Jie Feng Ayden—Individual 4th; Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 5th; Jerome Ong—Individual 9th |
Aug 2023 | Lasallian Debate League 2023 | 2nd Runners-Up; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 1st; Jerome Chan Yeak Yern—Individual 2nd; Ephraim Wu I-Hng—Individual 6th; Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 9th |
Aug 2023 | Dialogic Academy U-14 Championships 2023 | Participants; Heng Jie Feng Ayden—Individual 7th |
May 2023 | Raffles Debate Academy U-14s Debating Championships 2023 | Participants; Heng Jie Feng Ayden—Individual 2nd; Ng Tei Rei, Javier—Individual 7th |
Apr 2023 | Oldham Cup 2023 | Participants |
Mar 2023 | Orator's Trophy 2023 | Participants |
Jan 2023 | Debate Association Debating Championships 2023 | Semi-finalists; Caden Wong & Ephraim Wu—Joint Individual 19th |
Aug 2022 | Singapore International Schools' Debate League 2022 | Team A—Participants; Team B—Quarter-finalists |
Jul 2022 | Thoburn Cup 2022 | Champions and 1st Runners-Up (ACS sent 2 teams); Jerome Ong—Individual 1st; Caden Wong—Individual 2nd; Nathaniel Cheng—Individual 4th; Gabriel Wong—Individual 7th; Keegan Goh—Individual 10th |
Jul 2022 | Asian World Schools Debate Open 2022 | Participants |
Jun 2022 | Hong Kong Online WSDC International 4.0 | Participants |
May 2022 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Tournament 2022 | Quarter-finalists; Jerome Ong—Individual 10th |
Mar 2022 | Orator's Trophy 2022 | Jerome Ong—2nd Runner-Up |
Jan 2022 | Eunoia Debating Championship 2022 | Quarter-finalists; Keegan Goh—Individual 7th; Zachary Khoo—Individual 10th |
Oct 2021 | Thoburn Cup 2021 | 1st Runners-Up; Nathaniel Cheng—Individual 1st; David Kwah—Individual 2nd; Keegan Goh—Individual 10th |
Aug 2021 | World Schools Debating Championships 2021 | J Harith Menon was part Team Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the semifinals at the tournament. |
Aug 2021 | Hua Yi Debate Championships 2021 | Semi-finalists |
Jun 2021 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Tournament 2021 | Quarter-finalists; Edward Sum—Individual 6th; Keegan Goh—Individual 15th; Jerome Ong—Individual 16th |
Mar 2021 | Orator's Trophy 2021 | Semi-finalist: Euan Loh (Senior Division) Participant: Keegan Goh (Junior Division) |
Jan 2021 | Debate Association Debating Championships (DADC) 2021 | Quarter-finalists; Jonathan Yeoh—Individual 2nd; Zachary Khoo—Individual 4th; John Lagman—Individual 20th Team: John Junrui Hu Lagman; Yeoh Siang Rong, Jonathan; Kwah Hsiang Rui David; Zachary Matthew Khoo Wen Kai; Edward Sum Guanlin |
Jan 2021 | International Debate Weekend 2021 | Participants (Event is non-competitive) Team: Yeoh Siang Rong, Jonathan; John Junrui Hu Lagman; Zachary Matthew Khoo Wen Kai; Kwah Hsiang Rui David; Caden Wong Jing Xi |
Oct 2020 | Thoburn Cup 2020—Junior Division | 1st Runners-Up |
Jul 2020 | National Schools Online Debating Championship 2020 | Participants; John Lagman—Individual 20th |
May 2020 | Oldham Cup 2020–Junior Category | Semi-finalists; J Harith Menon—Individual 6th; Yeoh Siang Rong Jonathan—Individual 14th |
Oct 2019 | Thoburn Cup 2019 | 1st Runners-Up; J Harith Menon—Individual 2nd; Jonathan Yeoh—Individual 4th; Euan Lim—Individual 8th |
Aug 2018 | HCI Debate Invitationals 2018 | 1st Runners-Up; Matthew Goh—Individual 1st |
May 2018 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Tournament 2018 | 1st Runners-Up; J Harith Menon—Individual 4th |
Feb 2018 | ACJC Orator's Trophy | J Harith Menon—1st Runner-Up |
Oct 2017 | ACJC Methodist Schools' Debate Cup 2017 | Team A—Champions; Team B— 2nd Runners-Up; Jonathan Lim—Individual 1st; Bryan Tan—Individual 3rd; Thomas Loke—Individual 5th; Matthew Tham—Individual 6th; Luke Tay—Individual 7th; Joshua Wee—Individual 10th |
Aug 2017 | River Valley High School Under—16s Novice Debate Championships 2017 | 1st Runners-Up |
Aug 2017 | HCI Debate Invitationals 2017 | Participants; Thomas Loke—Individual 7th; Wesley Ng—Individual 10th; Bryan Tan—Individual 17th |
May 2017 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Championships 2017 | Participants |
Oct 2016 | ACJC Methodist Schools' Debate Cup 2016 | Team A—Runners-Up; Jonathan Lim—Individual 3rd; Vernon Goh—Individual 4th; Joseph Chan—Individual 6th; Thomas Loke—Individual 8th; Wesley Ng—Individual 10th |
Jul 2016 | MGS Youth Under-14 Debate Challenge Shield | Participants; Jonathan Lim—Individual 20th |
May 2016 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Championships 2016 | Participants; Joshua Wee—Individual 9th |
Oct 2015 | ACJC Methodist Schools’ Debate Cup 2015 | Team B—Champions; Team A—Runners-Up; Michael Lee—Individual 2nd; Jonathan Loke—Individual 3rd; Joseph Chan—Individual 5th; Gaurav Kumar—Individual 7th |
May 2015 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Championships 2015 | 1st Runners-Up; Anson Teh & Don Teh—Joint Individual 1st; Joseph Chan—Individual 3rd |
Oct 2014 | ACJC Methodist Schools’ Debate Cup 2014 | Team B—Champions; Team A—Runners-Up; Christian Yeo—Individual 1st; Pulkit Athavale—Individual 2nd; Christopher Low—Individual 4th; Gabriel See—Individual 5th; Michael Lee—Individual 7th; Jonathan Loke—Individual 8th |
Aug 2014 | HCI Debate Invitational 2014 | Semi-finalists; Christian Yeo—Individual 3rd; Axl Chua—Individual 4th |
Jul 2014 | MGS Youth Under-14 Debate Challenge Shield | Champions; Pulkit Athavale—Individual 2nd; Christopher Low—Individual 5th |
May 2014 | Raffles Debate Academy Under-14s Debate Championships 2014 | 1st Runners Up; Pulkit Athavale—Individual 1st; Christopher Low—Individual 9th |
Oct 2013 | ACJC Methodist Schools’ Debate Cup 2013 | Champions; Timothy James Chong—Individual 1st |
Mar 2013 | NUS-SCWO Challenge Shield | Champions; Arthur Lee—Best Speaker of Finals, Individual 5th; Timothy Ong—Individual 5th; Gavin Goh—Individual 5th |
Jul 2012 | ACJC Methodist Schools’ Debate Cup 2012 | 1st Runners-Up |
Jul 2012 | MGS Youth Under-14s Debate Challenge Shield 2012 | Semi-finalists |
Dec 2011 | VJC Invitational Debate Tournament 2011 | Lee Yun Ze–Individual 1st; Arthur Lee–Individual 2nd |
Oct 2011 | SJI U-14 Invitational Debate Championship 2011 | Champions; Gavin Goh–Individual 1st; Arthur Lee–Individual 4th |
Oct 2011 | ACJC Methodist Cup 2011 | Team A–Champions; Timothy Ong (Team A)–Individual 2nd; Lee Yun Ze (Team A)–Individual 3rd; Gavin Goh (Team B)–Individual 4th; Arthur Lee (Team B)–Individual 9th |
Jul 2011 | HCI Invitational Debate Championship 2011 | Semi-finalists |
May 2011 | RI U-14 Invitational Debate Championship 2011 | 1st Runners-Up; Timothy Ong—Individual 1st; Gavin Goh—Individual 2nd; Arthur Lee—Individual 5th |
Oct 2010 | SJI U-14 Invitational Debate Championship 2010 | Champions |
Oct 2010 | ACJC Methodist Cup 2010 | Champions |
Mar 2010 | MOF Budget Debate Challenge 2010 | Champions |
IB Achievements
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Date | Competition | Result |
Jun 2026 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2026 | Participants; Jerome Ong—Individual 17th |
May 2026 | Anglo-Chinese Debating Championship 2026 | Semi-finalists; Zhang Zhihe—Individual 14th; Nathaniel Cheng Rong En—Individual 17th |
Mar 2026 | NYJC Infernus Cup 2026 | Participants |
Mar 2026 | Borneo Asian Parliamentary Debate Championship 2026 | Participants; Jerome Chan Yeak Yern—Individual 13th; Nathaniel Cheng Rong En—Individual 17th; Heng Jie Feng Ayden—Individual 21st; Tan Wei-Xin Timothy—Individual 24th; Ang Sen Zhe, Micah—Individual 25th; Lo Eleanor Wen-Ye—Individual 30th |
Mar 2026 | Orator's Trophy 2026 | Participants |
Feb 2026 | NUSPA Debate Series 2026 | Quarter-finalists; Jerome Chan Yeak Yern—Individual 3rd; Nathaniel Cheng Rong En—Individual 6th; Jerome Ong—Individual 7th |
Jul 2025 | Singapore Polytechnic Debate Open 2025 | Semi-finalists; Nathaniel Cheng Rong En—Individual 14th; Jerome Ong—Individual 17th; Jerome Chan Yeak Yern—Individual 27th; Isabelle Koh Xi Wen—Individual 71st; Chew Yi Ren—Individual 82nd; Evonne Toh Jie Xi—Individual 83rd |
Jul 2025 | Mid-Year Debate Invitationals 2025 | Participants |
Jun 2025 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2025 | 1st Runners-Up; Zachary Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 6th; Jerome Ong—Individual 7th; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 12th |
Apr 2025 | Debateable Open 2025 | 1st Runners-Up; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 1st; Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 2nd; Jerome Ong—Individual 5th; |
Feb 2025 | NUSPA Debate Series 2025 | Participants; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 11th |
Aug 2024 | Debaters’ Edge Debate Open 2024 | Champions; Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 1st; Yang Zhenglin—Individual 4th; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 9th |
Jun 2024 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2024 | Quarter-finalists; Zachary Caden Wong Jing Xi—Individual 9th; Gabriel Wong Kiat En—Individual 10th; Kwah Hsiang Rui David—Individual 16th; Matthew Khoo Wen Kai—Individual 20th |
Apr 2024 | Oldham Cup 2024 | Participants |
Mar 2024 | NYJC Infernus Cup 2024 | Team A—1st Runners-Up; Team B—2nd Runners-Up; Zackary Chong Kim Leong—Individual 2nd; Macy Amelie Sin Rei Soong—Individual 4th |
Feb 2024 | Orator's Trophy 2024 | Cherelle Lee Shi En—1st Runners-Up |
Feb 2024 | NUSPA Debate Series 2024 | Semi-finalists; Kwah Hsiang Rui David—Individual 15th |
Jun 2023 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2023 | Quarter-finalists; John Junrui Hu Lagman—Individual 7th |
Apr 2023 | NYJC Infernus Cup 2023 | Participants |
Apr 2023 | Oldham Cup 2023 | Participants |
Apr 2023 | Hwa Chong British Parliamentaries 2023 | Participants |
Mar 2023 | Orator's Trophy 2023 | David Kwah—Finalist |
Feb 2023 | NUSPA Debate Series 2023 | Participants |
Jan 2023 | NYJC Prometheus Cup 2023 | Participants |
Aug 2022 | Singapore International Schools' Debate League 2022 | Participants |
Jul 2022 | Doxbridge Schools Debating Championships 2022 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore placed 3rd at the tournament and Harith individually placed 3rd in speaker rankings. |
Jun 2022 | Singapore Pre-World Schools Debating Championships 2022 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore placed 2nd at the tournament and Harith individually placed 8th in speaker rankings. |
Jun 2022 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2022 | Participants; Erika Lee En Yu—Individual 20th |
Apr 2022 | NYJC Infernus Cup 2022 | 1st Runners-Up |
Apr 2022 | Oldham Cup 2022—International Division | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the finals at the tournament. |
Apr 2022 | Oldham Cup 2022—High School Division | Participants |
Feb 2022 | China WSDC High Schools Championship 2022 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the finals at the tournament. |
Feb 2022 | NUSPA Debate Series 2022 | Quarter-finalists; Thaddeus Thomas Heng Tian Ler—Individual 3rd; Ong Keng Keat, Joshua—Individual 9th |
Jan 2022 | Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2022 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the semi-finals at the tournament. |
Dec 2021 | Hong Kong Debate Open 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Dec 2021 | Winter Holidays Open 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the semi-finals at the tournament. |
Nov 2021 | EurOpen 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Aug 2021 | World Schools Debating Championships 2021 | J Harith Menon was part Team Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the semifinals at the tournament and placed 3rd out of 76 countries. |
Jul 2021 | Oxford World Schools Debating Championships 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the quarter-finals at the tournament. |
Jun 2021 | Singapore Pre-World Schools Debating Championships 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Jun 2021 | South Asian Schools Debating Championship 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Jun 2021 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2021 | Semi-finalists; Tanay Jacob—Individual 10th; Matthew Goh—Individual 14th |
May 2021 | Oldham International League 2021 | Octo-finalists (The only non-national team to get into the qualifying rounds.) Additionally, J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the quarter-finals at the tournament. |
Apr 2021 | Oldham Cup 2021—Senior Division | Semi-finalists |
Mar 2021 | Orator's Trophy 2021 | Jishnu Talukdar—Finalist |
Feb 2021 | International Debate Tournament Ljutomer 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Feb 2021 | NUSPA Debate Series 2021 | Quarter-finalists Team: Goh Shen Ee Matthew; Tam Di Xi; Tanay Sebastin Jacob Mutthah; Sana Kir; Chin Guan Wei |
Jan 2021 | Eurasian Schools Debating Championship 2021 | J Harith Menon was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged champions at the tournament. |
Jan 2021 | International Debate Weekend 2021 | Participants (Event is non-competitive) Team: Goh Shen Ee Matthew; Tam Di Xi; Tanay Sebastin Jacob Mutthah; Sana Kir; Jishnu Talukdar |
Oct 2020 | Thoburn Cup 2020—Senior Division | Team A—Champions; Gabrielle Lee Kurniawan—Individual 1st; Chin Guan Wei—Individual 6th (Joint); Goh Shen Ee Matthew—Individual 6th (Joint) Team B—1st Runners-Up; Tam Di Xi—Individual 8th |
May 2020 | Oldham Cup 2020—Senior Division | Participants; Chin Guan Wei—Individual 2nd; Gwee Yi Xin—Individual 6th; Gabrielle Lee Kurniawan—Individual 14th |
Aug 2019 | World Schools Debating Championships 2019 | Gwee Yi Xin was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore made it to the quarterfinals at the tournament. |
Jun 2019 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2019 | 1st Runners-Up; Renaeta Wang—Best Speaker of Finals |
Apr 2019 | Oldham Cup 2019 | Octo-finalists |
Feb 2019 | NUSPA Debate Series 2019 | Participants; Luke Tay—Individual 1st, Jonathan Lim—Individual 3rd; Wesley Ng—Individual 11th |
Aug 2018 | SJI Lasallian Debate League 2018 | Quarter-finalists; Wesley Ng—Individual 6th |
Jun 2018 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2018 | Champions; Gabriel See—Individual 4th; Michael Lee—Individual 8th; Jonathan Loke—Individual 11th |
Feb 2018 | NUSPA Debate Series 2018 | 1st Runners-Up; Jonathan Loke & Pulkit Athavale—in top 20 best speakers (individual rankings not released); Luke Tay—Best Novice Speaker |
Jun 2017 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2017 | Quarter-finalists; Jonathan Loke—Individual 19th; Christian Yeo—Individual 16th; Gabriel See—Individual 11th; Pulkit Athavale—Individual 1st |
Jun 2016 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2016 | Participants; Axl Chua—Individual 11th; Natalie Yeo—Individual 17th |
Apr 2016 | Oldham Cup 2016 | Participants; Axl Chua—Individual 2nd |
Apr 2016 | DA(S)—ITE Debate Championships 2016 | Participants; Axl Chua—Individual 9th; Natalie Yeo—Individual 18th |
Mar 2016 | International Debate Weekend 2016 | Participants |
Jul/Aug 2015 | World Schools Debating Championships 2015 | Arthur Lee was part of the team that represented Singapore. Team Singapore emerged world champions at the tournament. |
Jun 2015 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2015 | Participants; Timothy Ong—Individual 6th; Gavin Goh—Individual 7th |
Mar 2015 | NUSPA Debate Series 2015 | 1st Runners-Up; Gavin Goh—Individual 10th |
Jul 2014 | Red Cross Debate Series on International Humanitarian Law | Champions |
Jun 2014 | MOE-ACJC Intercollegiate Debating Championship 2014 | 1st Runners-Up; Timothy Ong—Individual 9th; Arthur Lee—Individual 10th; Gavin Goh—Individual 17th |