{"id":1451,"date":"2017-11-29T15:53:36","date_gmt":"2017-11-29T14:53:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-ireland\/?page_id=1451"},"modified":"2018-02-05T22:25:09","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T21:25:09","slug":"public-speaking-competition-2017-2018","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/northern-ireland\/areas-of-work-economic-empowerment\/areas-of-work-learning-opportunities\/public-speaking-competition-2017-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"2017\/2018 Public Speaking Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The 36<sup>th<\/sup> Annual Youth Award Public Speaking Competition was held on Saturday 3 February at 12 Noon in the Hillsborough Village Centre.\u00a0 The Adjudicators were:-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Ms Shelley Lowry<\/strong>, British and International Federation of Festivals Speech and Drama Adjudicator<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mr David Blevins, <\/strong>Ireland Correspondent, Sky News<\/li>\n<li><strong>Mrs Ann Garvie, <\/strong>Past International President Soroptimist International<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Congratulations to the 12 competitors who participated in the event.\u00a0 The winners are as follows:-<\/p>\n<p>1<sup>st<\/sup> Prize:\u00a0 Mekha Saji, Thornhill College, Londonderry and representing SI Londonderry. Mekha\u2019s topic was \u201cIs it right to criminalise another\u2019s culture?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>2<sup>nd<\/sup> Prize: Cate Bateson, St Mary&#8217;s Grammar School, Magherafelt and representing SI Ballymoney. Cate\u2019s topic was \u201cEvery generation has had it problems, what\u2019s in store for mine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>3<sup>rd<\/sup> Prize: Rebecca Dobbin Donaghy, St Patrick\u2019s College, Dungannon and representing SI Dungannon. Rebecca\u2019s topic was \u201cEvery generation has had it problems, what\u2019s in store for mine?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Topics for the competition included the following:-<\/p>\n<p>1. Is it right to criminalise another\u2019s culture?<br \/>\n2. Every generation has had its problems \u2013 what\u2019s in store for me?<br \/>\n3. Ill health begins in the mind.<br \/>\n4. \u201cUse it up, wear it out, make it do or do without\u201d New England Proverb<br \/>\n5. Immigration \u2013 How open should our doors be?<br \/>\n6. What does Brexit mean for young people?<\/p>\n<p>These six topics have been chosen to represent the areas in which Soroptimist International is involved: Violence and Conflict Resolution; Learning Opportunities; Health and Food Security; Environment Sustainability; Economic Empowerment and Democracy.<\/p>\n<p>Local Club heats were held in November.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 36th Annual Youth Award Public Speaking Competition was held on Saturday 3 February at&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":351,"featured_media":0,"parent":495,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1451","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>2017\/2018 Public Speaking Competition | SI Northern Ireland | SIGBI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" 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