Years 7, 8, 9 and 10 teams receive topics at 5:45pm and debate at 6:45pm following 45 minutes prep. First, Second and Third teams receive topics at 6:30pm and debate at 7:45pm following 1 hour prep.
| Year 7 | 3-4 minutes | Year 10 | 4-5 minutes |
| Year 8 | 3-4 minutes | 1st-3rd | 5-7 minutes |
| Year 9 | 4-5 minutes |
There will be buses arranged for all away debates. There will be NO return buses. Note that the buses depart to arrive in time for the Year 8-10 preparations at 6pm, so boys need to come prepared to keep busy in the interim time. As usual, there will be a bus-booking sheet at Masters' Reception.
Allocation of Affirmative and Negative sides for debates will be decided by a coin toss on the night. One coin toss will be made at 5:55pm for the junior debates and a second coin toss at 6:55pm for the senior debates.
Topics are given out in the Alastair Mackerras Theatre Foyer (AMTF) and debates will be held in the Palladium building levels 1-3. The Firsts debate will be held in the Palladium Theatre in the bottom level of the Palladium building.
| Round 1 | 26 July v TKS (College Street) |
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| Round 2 | 2 August v St Ignatius College (College Street) |
| Round 3 | 9 August v Newington College (Newington College) |
| Round 4 | 16 August v St Joseph’s College (St Joseph’s College) |
| Round 5 | 23 August v Sydney Boys High (Sydney Boys High) |
| Round 6 | 30 August v The Scots College (The Scots College) |
| Round 7 | 6 September v Shore (College Street) |
Further information about the competition may be found on the GPS debating website.