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Junior Reading Competition

 

This year there were thirteen entrants for the junior reading competition of whom six were selected for the final.  The standard was quite high and although all the competitors tended to read into their books, the passages chosen were quite interesting.

The first reader was Susan Crawford who read an extract from "Goodbye Mr. Chips," but she lost marks because she did not speak very clearly.  She scored a total of 25 marks.  Margaret Williams read "Time, You Old Gypsy Man," but she also did not speak clearly and gained in all 25 marks.  James Potts was more interesting in his passage "Tigers are Loose" and scored 32 marks.  Roger Kirkham read a passage from "Coral Island" and won the competition with a total of 38 marks.  Hilary Thomas read her extract from "Eothen" very well and gained 34 points, and lastly came Vivienne Cordwell reading a poem called "The Ice Cart" for which she scored 35 marks.

Our congratulations go to all the competitors who did very well, but especially to Roger Kirkham who deserved to win.

D. Barlow, 6ALit.