Youth Speaks Round 1

“On Tuesday 22 November 2011, 8 teams from 4 local senior schools competed in the 1^st round of the Rotary Youth speaks competition.

The eventual winners were (from L to R) Ade Adebanjo, Elizabeth O’Connor and Louis Montebello  from Carshalton Sports College, seen here with the Nonsuch president Chris Forkan.  The team will go on to the District semi finals early next year.  The event was organised by the Nonsuch Rotary Club and hosted by Wilsons school.”

 This competition is to give children of all ages experience of talking to the public and is organised by RIBI (Rotary International in Britain and Ireland).

RIBI is set up into districts of which Sutton belongs to district 1140. Youth Speaks has been running for over 12 years in Sutton. The Rotary Club of Sutton Nonsuch has been the principal organiser for the past 6 years. There were 8 Sutton schools teams taking part in this year’s senior competition for 17 year olds and under.

An intermediate competition for under 14s will be held in January. Winners will go on to District Semi Final.