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YOUTH INTERMEDIATE AND SENIOR
YOUTH SPEAKS Braunton
Academy,
JUNIOR sponsored by
Braunton Caen,
The finals of the junior section of the Youth won the Senior
Speaks competition was held at Paignton section of the
Community and Sports Academy. Youth Speaks
area competition
Eight teams from across the District converged , at Bodmin
each of them sponsored by their local Rotarians, College and go
and the event was hosted by Paignton, with forward to the
invaluable assistance from the Rotary Club of regional final at Shaftesbury School on April 21.
Torquay.
The Academy team did so by mixing French,
Judges were Leon Winston, former Principal of German and English in the six months they were
South Devon College and a well-known orator in allowed in a talk called “Bonjour – what for?” The
Torbay; broadcaster Joe Loosemore; and talk was intended to make the point that it’s
educationalist and writer Frank Sobey. important to speak the appropriate language
when abroad.
Subjects ranged from “Is modern technology
making children anti-social?” to “Teenagers – are In second place was Plymouth High School for
they a new species in our homes?” to “The Girls, sponsored by the Rotary Club of Plymouth
Cornish Pasty” and “Should we listen to our Mayflower, with Saltash Community School
parents?” (Saltash) coming third. The best chair prize went
to Corey Pearce of Hele’s School, the best speaker
The winners were St Mark’s C of E Primary being Braunton’s Scarlett Rolls, while the best
School, who spoke on “young siblings”. They were proposer was Tommy Williams of Saltash.
sponsored by Bude RC. Second were Penponds,
speaking about teenagers (Camborne), closely The Intermediate section was won by Pilton
followed by Biscovery (St Austell) who spoke on College (Barnstaple), with Penair School (Truro)
the Cornish Pasty. and Uffculme School (Exmouth and District)
coming second and third.
