We seek your help in encouraging students from your school to take part in the Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award conducted by the Rotary Club of Richmond. Now in its 32nd year, the Ainger Peck Award has seen over 1800 students compete from secondary schools in the Metropolitan Area.
The Award promotes and enhances communication and helps develop the art of public speaking. It gives each student speaker an opportunity to develop their speaking skills by choosing a topic of their choice and presenting it before an unfamiliar audience. The speakers then get the benefit of constructive advice and feedback from our experienced adjudication panel.
Please note registrations for the NHP Heats close May 4th 2022 unless spots are booked out earlier!
The Rotary Club of Richmond invites your students to participate in this exciting competition
2021: The Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award
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2021
The Final of the Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award was held at the Amora Hotel Riverwalk in Richmond on Monday 24 May 2021. At this dinner the audience of 90 people were treated to ten excellent presentations from a group of talented young speakers from years 9 to 12. The finalists were from eight schools with the winner being Genevie Perruzza a year 11 student from Star of the Sea College who received $400, an inscribed Winner’s Medallion and her name on the perpetual Ainger Peck Trophy . Michael Xiao from Huntingtower was runner up receiving $300, and Allegra Dennison from St Catherine’s School was third receiving $200. Patrick Duncan from St Kevin’s College won the Rotary Club of Richmond Encouragement Award prize of $125. .
This is the 31st year of the competition which was originally named the Ainger Public Speaking Award and in 2019 was renamed the Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award in recognition of the outstanding contribution made by the late Rotarian Nigel Peck AM to the development and success of the Award .Since its inception over 1800 students have participated in this competition which concentrates on the effective delivery of the spoken word, with a lesser concentration on the argument presented or matter. It is open to students from invited schools in the Melbourne metropolitan area and this year 60 students from 26 schools contested the four heats in the Library at Melbourne Girls’ College. The heats were of a high standard and gave the adjudication panel a difficult task to choose the ten finalists. All entrants however benefitted from the experience of speaking in front of an unfamiliar audience on a topic of their own choice and receiving constructive feedback and guidance from our experienced adjudicators. All students who entered receive a certificate acknowledging their participation in the Award.
To the schools that entered thank you for your participation and support of the Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award this year. We hope your students enjoyed and benefitted from the experience.
We look forward to your participation in 2022 which will be the 32nd Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award. If you require any further information please contact me on 94992280 or 0437232880 or email bhosking@bigpond.net.au
Ben Hosking
Chair
Ainger Peck Public Speaking Award
Rotary Club of Richmond
Let’s Work Together
If you would like to be involved in 2022 please contact the Chair, Ben Hosking on 0437232880 or email bhosking@bigpond.net.au
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Congratulations to all the finalists
