Exmoor Rotary: Youth Speaks

experience in speaking on a public platform
incentive to formulate ideas on specific subjects
discipline in dealing with a topic in a limited time
opportunity to learn from others high standards of expression, presentation, and appearance
experience in accepting impartial assessment and constructive criticism.

The local competition normally takes place in January each year, the Area competition in February, and the District one in March.

YOUTH SPEAKS 2020 was on Thursday 30 January 2020 at Bampton School.

YOUTH SPEAKS 2024 will be taking place next January.

The John Owen Trophy (pictured on the right) is awarded annually to the school which wins the Junior Youth Speaks competition in our local area.

It was given in memory of a previous headteacher of Dulverton Middle and Community School. See below for full list of winners.

The pictures below are from the 2020 event hosted at Bampton CE School.

Winners of the Junior competition (age 10-11) Bolham School 2 with Rotary Vice President Daniel "Should we worry about the bush fires in Australia?"
Runners-up of the Junior competition Bampton CE School 2 "Rainforests"
Individual awards were also presented for best Chair (Bampton 2), Best Speaker (Dulverton 1), and Best Proposer of Thanks (Bolham1)
Bampton 4	Bolham 1
Bampton 3	Dulverton 1
Bolham 3	Bampton 1

Note that Bolham School joined in the competition from 2003.