Arts
Showing their flair for speech making
The winners with their trophies pose with the officials. Pic by Nilan Maligaspe
“Being able to stand up and talk with confidence, is a much sought after skill. It provides an opportunity to influence others and get ideas across to a larger audience,” said Principal of the British School Colombo, John Scarth welcoming the invitees and finalists of the Young Speaker Competition 2017.
The Young Speaker contest is an initiative taken by Adventus Education in collaboration with the British School Colombo to promote speaking skills within the international and national schools of Colombo and to provide a forum for students to exhibit their strengths in speech making and formulating reasoned argument to be expressed to a wide invited audience.
The finalists in the junior category were Senithi Dahanayake from Lyceum International School Panadura, Sakina Mansoorally from Burhani Serendib School, Dhivas Sugumar from Asian International School, Shaheen Gani from Gateway College Dehiwala, Ashvini Chandrakumar from Methodist College and from Wesley College, Yusuf Barrie.
First place went to Ashvini Chandrakumar of Methodist College while Yusuf Barrie of Wesley College was second and Shaheen Gani of Gateway College was placed third.
Shalinda Perera from Gateway College Negombo, Divya Sivagami from Colombo International School, Anish Fonseka from Gateway College Colombo, Uzair Kidwai from The British School Colombo, Amanda Haliday from Methodist College and Nathan Omprasadham from Overseas School of Colombo competed in the senior category.
Divya Sivagami of Colombo International School won the coveted title with Amanda Haliday of Methodist College and Uzair Kidwai of the British School Colombo being placed second and third.
The panel of judges comprised Founder and Chief Trustee of the Foundation of Goodness Kushil Gunasekera, Head of Sustainable Development, Communication and External Affairs of Siam City Cement Farzana Khan, Communications and Media Consultant Savithri Rodrigo and Head of Marketing and Communications of HSBC, Tharanga Gunasekara.