The annual Rotary Speech Finals were held on Monday night where there were eleven wonderful speeches from our Junior and Senior competitors.  The variety of subjects as always created a lot of interest and thought for the audience. 

Thank you to Rotary for your ongoing support of this competition and to our judges, Miss Emma Cameron, Mrs Lynn Marsh, and Mr Doug Tate, who had difficult decisions to make on the evening.

A feature of the evening was the amazing diversity that was showcased by the speakers and their topics.  It reinforced the calibre of the students we have at all levels at the College and the enrichment, events of this type provide for our students.

Juniors

1^st Sariah Taufa – Phones

2^nd Rachel Renner – Life is a Lottery

3^rd Lockie Singer – Farming

Highly commended

Lottie Smith, Juan Migual (JM) Macalalad, Bree Franklin.

Senior

1^st Hannah Webster – A Life, A Legacy

2^nd Greta Minehan - Actions Speak Louder Than Words

3^rd Hamish Ganley – Negative Effects of Colonisation

Highly commended

Maddie Ewen, Carter Drake.

The winner of the W.R. Simmons Cup for the best speaker of the evening was Hannah Webster. 

We also wish Hannah Webster all the best as she competes in the New Zealand Lions’ Young Speechmaker Contest in Wainuiomata on Saturday.  Hannah is representing the Hawke’s Bay in this event.

President of Rotary Club Waipukurau, Mr David Tilyard, presenting the W. R. Simmons Cup to Hannah Webster

Article added: Tuesday 06 August 2024