The Towers Public Speaking Team Wins Again!

The Towers Public Speaking Team entered the Shoreham and Southwick Rotary Club Competition ‘Youthspeaks’ and were delighted with their result.

They regularly win but on this occasion it was a ‘clean sweep’ as they came first in all sections:


• Best Chairperson (Georgia Fowler-Burtwell);
• Best speaker (Sophie Sparkes);
• Best vote of thanks (Daisy Parker) and, of course,
• Best team!

Their theme was ‘the importance of funding for the arts’ and they were prepared by Dr Martyn and Mrs Sparkes.

The Rotary Club judges said that the girls had been inspirational and had given an excellent presentation where the audience would have dared not pay attention and that they should all look to politics as a career.

Another judge, Dr Kackie Gordon, summed up the performance by saying that The Towers were just ‘dead good!’

The girls had all worked very hard to prepare for this competition and deserved their triumph because, as Winston Churchill is reputed to have said, “if we are not fighting for the arts then what are we fighting for”?

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