Speeches again

On Wednesday the 10th of September at St Patricks hall in Putaruru, the lion’s speech finals were held. The contest started at 6:30 and ended at about 9:30. There were about 13 contestants including the intermediate section. Megan Hemming, Blayne Hughes and Chloe Belfield participated in this event.
First everyone said their prepared speech and then later on came the impromptu speeches. I enjoyed the prepared speeches the most because I got to hear all of them. The impromptu speech was the hardest because you only get about ten seconds to prepare for that speech. The contestants were given a topic and had to talk for only one minute. It was a great experience to be able to participate in the contest. I was really nervous but as I said my speech it felt just like I was doing it in front of the school again. Blayne competed in the intermediate section (the year 7 and 8’s) and Megan and Chloe competed in the primary section (year 5 and 6’s).
The competition went well for Blayne who was placed in first place. Megan and Chloe also did very well being placed 3rd equal.
It was a great experience and I hope to go again.
By Chloe