Kirby cup

They competed as part of 32 schools that day and made the final 8, winning their first 2 rounds before losing to one of the teams that made the top 2 on the day. A great achievement, especially considering their preparations were almost entirely on their own and this was the first time we have entered this competition. They acted as barristers in a fictional criminal appeal case involving a Sikh man fined $500 for carrying a “kirpan” (a sword carried ceremonially by Sikh men to defend the weak) while in public. It led to some interesting arguments over the definition of a knife and on what constitutes reasonable religious exemption.