Union High School, Graaff-Reinet’s ๐ฆ๐๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ฉ๐๐ก๐๐ก๐ saw eight accomplished speakers from Grade 10 to 12, presenting their prepared speeches to convivial audience in The Tony Burrell Union.
Adjudicators Mrs Belinda Grewar, Mrs Tess Neill and Miss Rebecca Langmead provided positive feedback, recognizing the exceptional performances of the speakers.
The final results were extremely close with ๐๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฎ๐ป๐ฒ taking a well-deserved second place for his speech on the topic, “๐๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ข๐ช๐ฏ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ข๐ถ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ค ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ถ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ง๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ด,” which he delivered with passionate intensity.
๐๐ผ๐ ๐ ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ณ๐ถ๐ฒ๐น๐ฑ’s speech, based on the quote, “๐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ, ๐ข ๐ง๐ฐ๐ฐ๐ญ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ข๐ถ๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ข๐บ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ,” displayed a good dose of humour coupled with wisdom and authenticity.
Overall, the quality of the speeches was excellent, with remarkable growth evident in our young orators.
๐๐ถ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ด๐ต ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ซ๐ถ๐ฅ๐ช๐ค๐ข๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐ด ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ช๐ณ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ด ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ญ ๐ข๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ด๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฐ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ช๐ค๐ช๐ฑ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ฐ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ด๐บ ๐ต๐ช๐ฎ๐ฆ.
In addition, the ๐๐จ๐ก๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฆ๐ฃ๐๐๐๐ competition held earlier in the term yielded outstanding results. Azile Mqhamkana (Grade 9) secured first place, followed by Zusange Phehlukwayo (Grade 9) in second place and Konke Gawula (Grade 8) in third place. These young speakers showed tremendous promise and impressed the audience with their abilities.
๐๐ผ๐ป๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐น๐น ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฝ๐ฎ๐ป๐๐ for their exceptional performances, and a heartfelt thank you to everyone who made this event a resounding success.
