YOUTH SPEAKS LOCAL HEAT 2018
Youth Speaks Heat at the United Church
YOUTH SPEAKS
Casterbridge
Rotary Club’s local heat of Youth Speaks involved five teams from Sunninghill
School in Dorchester. Topics chosen by the teams largely followed a zoological
and ecological theme - Saving Sea Turtles, Zoos, What Separates Humans from the rest of the Animal Kingdom,
Families and Britain’s Diet.
Mayor of Dorchester, Susie
Hosford, who enjoyed her first Youth Speaks, presented the trophies on the
club's behalf.
Donna Fernley the teacher who had
coached the teams received the school trophy on behalf of Sunninghill and
grateful thanks from the club for all her hard work.
This year, for the first time, a
new award was made for the Best Speaker of the evening and that was awarded to
Giselle Westwood aged 11.
The judges, Robert Potter, Tony Boyden and
Richard Press, were impressed by the high standard overall and chose the
winning team of Lily Barrett, Tallulah Taschner and Poppy Vera, who spoke on
the Differences (or not!) of Humans and Animals. That team will go forward to
the next round which will be held on Thursday 8th February at Whitstone School,
Shepton Mallet, starting at 17.00. Supporters are welcome and we wish our team
every success.