Senior Speech Competition

The power of words, intonation and body language was unleashed during Union High School, Graaff-Reinetโ€™s annual ๐—ฆ๐—˜๐—ก๐—œ๐—ข๐—ฅ ๐—ฆ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—˜๐—–๐—› ๐—–๐—ข๐— ๐—ฃ๐—˜๐—ง๐—œ๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก.

Eleven speakers were brave enough to enter and certainly impressed the audience and adjudicators alike with excellent speeches.

We extend our grateful thanks to Grade 12 learner Anna Pringle for ensuring the smooth running of the programme.

๐—–๐—ข๐—ก๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ง๐—จ๐—Ÿ๐—”๐—ง๐—œ๐—ข๐—ก๐—ฆ to ๐—๐—ผ๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฑ, who claimed third place, the eveningโ€™s runner-up ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ, whose intelligent approach and good preparation served her well, and the overall winner ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ข๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป, who performed with confidence and flair.

๐˜ˆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜ณ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.