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Young Speakers Competition - Oban Rotary Club

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Oban Rotary's 2019 Young Speakers Competition, which involves Primary 6 and 7 youngsters speaking on a subject of their choice for 3/4 minutes, was held last Wednesday evening (22nd May)at the Perle hotel.

18 students from the local primary schools took part and once again each presentation was in the outstanding category which left MC for the night, Rotary President Iain Mac Intyre wondering what superlatives are left to describe this Competition. The students were ably supported by their families and teachers with each speaker being loudly applauded by the large audience. The winner of the competition was David Simpson from Rockfield P/S speaking on "The importance of talking as an alternative to technology", in second place was Zofia Dobrzyn (St Columbas) with her chosen subject being "China and Nepal arguing over Mt Everest" and third was Charlotte Moreland (St Columbas) whose topic was "Technology and how it is changing the world". The winner received the Oban Rotary Young Speakers Quaich with all three receiving  monetary prizes.

The adjudicators were Bill Leech, Eamon Arthur and Alex Clark who are members of Oban Speakers Club.

In his final summing up, President Iain emphasised the importance of being able to speak to an audience if one is to have a successful career in the modern world.

Our pictures show David Simpson with President Iain and Bill Leech, the principal adjudicator and President Iain again with all the Speakers.

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