St Peter's College pupil Alice Perniskie (11) was third in
the year 7&8 section of the Interschools Speech
Contest. Photo by Tuangane Mutangi.
Peter's College pupil Alice Perniskie (11) impressed
judges in the Interschools Speech Contest grand finals, coming
third in the year 7&8 section.
The finals were held at Aurora College, in Invercargill, last
week .
Alice spoke for four minutes about New Zealand's first female
gold medallist, Yvette Williams.
"She was the first New Zealand woman to get a gold medal in
the long jump.
She was from Dunedin, she had two no jumps and then on the
third jump she got the world record," Alice said.
Alice's fascination with Williams was sparked during the
Olympics last year, when she watched a documentary about her.
Alice put in a lot of hard work to reach the grand finals of
the speech competition.
She was one of two people selected from her school to attend
the round of competition that included Longford Intermediate,
Menzies College and St Peter's College.
From that round, she was one of two people selected for the
area finals, and from there she was one of three contestants
selected to perform her speech at the grand finals.
"All of them [contestants] were really good, so I was a bit
nervous about getting a place," Alice said.
Thomas Slee, of Blackmount School, won the year 7&8
section; second place went to Maria Burnett, of St John's
Girls' School.
Mary Gaudion is a year 10 St Peter's College pupil doing work
experience at The Ensign.
- Tuangane Mutangi and Mary Gaudionst
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