On Friday the 9th of May St Matts hosted the Senior Plain English Speaking Award. Five regional contestants competed; we had one from Dubbo, two from Coolah and two from St Matts.

Our two contestants were Tariro and Mary from Year 10. Tariro's speech titled “Being a Woman” touched on the struggle of navigating the world as a woman in today’s society. Mary’s speech titled "Invincible Determination” spoke about the pursuit of perfection and the impacts that it has on our minds and lives.

The winners of the competition were both from Coolah, and we literally narrowly missed out on progressing through the competition. However, we need to give congratulations to Mary for delivering the impromptu for the day. And equal congratulations to Tariro for her skilful speech, which narrowly missed first place. 

And finally we would like to thank our fellow public speakers who were gracious hosts and helpers for the day: Lilly, Marco, Bronte, Billy and McKayla. 

We look forward to hearing and celebrating our Junior competitors, yet to be finalised early Term 3. 

The Public Speaking Club and Ms Starick