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Falcon College wins public speaking competition
08 Mar 2012 at 16:08hrs | Views
FALCON College is this year's winner of the Rotary Club of Bulawayo South annual public speaking competition held at Bulawayo Theatre.
The competition ran for three weeks with the finals being held on Thursday evening.
Kudzanayi Tapiwanashe Ndlovu, an Upper Six pupil at Falcon College in Esigodini, came up tops beating Salber Williams from Dominican Convent and Melody Dzingai from Girls College into second and third place.
His winning speech was entitled "Beneath the African Sky" while Dominican Convent's speech was entitled "Have You Got It In You" and Girl's College speech was entitled "Are You Ready?"
Other speeches were "Carpe Diem" (Seize The…) by Christian Brothers College, "Luck is not real, it's either skill or chance" by Eveline, "Global warming, fiction or reality?" by
Gifford High, "Cloning Ethics" by Milton High, "Forgive me" by Sobukhazi "High and Crazy World" by Petra High School.
Kudzanayi walked away with a shield and $200.
Speaking after the competition an elated patron of Falcon College Interact Club, Mr Austin Moyo, said his pupil did well to win the top prize for the school.
"I am impressed by Tapiwanashe Ndlovu for winning the prize for the school. We take great pride in achieving excellence in whatever we do," he said.
Mr Moyo said the competition was stiff and paid tribute to the other contestants for being so highly competitive.
"The competition was so stiff as there were brilliant speeches that were presented by other contestants we would like to pay tribute to them," he said.
President of the Rotary Club Bulawayo South Mrs Sandy Whitehead said the competition was organised to promote communication skills and build confidence.
"We want to build confidence and leadership skills in our students. We want to make this event the talk of town so that pupils benefit from participating in such events," she said.
Mrs Whitehead said being a Rotarian was pursuing service before self and they wanted to instill that into the young generation.
"I was impressed by the use of language and anecdotes in the speeches. This shows that the contestants prepared well for the competition," she said.
Mrs Whitehead thanked the sponsors of the competition for their support and hoped that next year the competition would have more schools.
The main sponsors of the competition were Femina Garments, Diagnostics Laboratory Services and Zim Copiers. Individuals also made some contributions.
The competition drew 17 Bulawayo schools.
The competition, which in previous years was organised by Lions Club, was last held in 2006.
The competition ran for three weeks with the finals being held on Thursday evening.
Kudzanayi Tapiwanashe Ndlovu, an Upper Six pupil at Falcon College in Esigodini, came up tops beating Salber Williams from Dominican Convent and Melody Dzingai from Girls College into second and third place.
His winning speech was entitled "Beneath the African Sky" while Dominican Convent's speech was entitled "Have You Got It In You" and Girl's College speech was entitled "Are You Ready?"
Other speeches were "Carpe Diem" (Seize The…) by Christian Brothers College, "Luck is not real, it's either skill or chance" by Eveline, "Global warming, fiction or reality?" by
Gifford High, "Cloning Ethics" by Milton High, "Forgive me" by Sobukhazi "High and Crazy World" by Petra High School.
Kudzanayi walked away with a shield and $200.
Speaking after the competition an elated patron of Falcon College Interact Club, Mr Austin Moyo, said his pupil did well to win the top prize for the school.
"I am impressed by Tapiwanashe Ndlovu for winning the prize for the school. We take great pride in achieving excellence in whatever we do," he said.
"The competition was so stiff as there were brilliant speeches that were presented by other contestants we would like to pay tribute to them," he said.
President of the Rotary Club Bulawayo South Mrs Sandy Whitehead said the competition was organised to promote communication skills and build confidence.
"We want to build confidence and leadership skills in our students. We want to make this event the talk of town so that pupils benefit from participating in such events," she said.
Mrs Whitehead said being a Rotarian was pursuing service before self and they wanted to instill that into the young generation.
"I was impressed by the use of language and anecdotes in the speeches. This shows that the contestants prepared well for the competition," she said.
Mrs Whitehead thanked the sponsors of the competition for their support and hoped that next year the competition would have more schools.
The main sponsors of the competition were Femina Garments, Diagnostics Laboratory Services and Zim Copiers. Individuals also made some contributions.
The competition drew 17 Bulawayo schools.
The competition, which in previous years was organised by Lions Club, was last held in 2006.
Source - TC
