On Saturday 30th November we held our National Junior Speechmaking final in The Members Pavillion, Ingliston by kind permission of RHASS.\u00a0 A big thank you must go to Briony Harcus, Bruce Lang and Richard Oxley for\u00a0 judging this competition, all three judges commented on how high the standard of competition was across all nine teams! A special thank you must also go to Jane Strawhorn and Jillian Kennedy who were our Questions Masters for the day and tested all teams with their excellent questions. The final results are as follows:<\/p>\n
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1st Place<\/strong> – Harray Purple; Hannah Thompson, Beth Fisher & Elsa McIntosh<\/p>\n 2nd Place<\/strong> – Kilmaurs; David Goldie, Paul Smith & Lynn Smith<\/p>\n 3rd Place<\/strong> – Stranraer & Rhins; James McGarvie, Olivia Turtle & Ruth Turtle<\/p>\n Best Opposer Outwith Winning Team<\/strong> – Ruth Turtle; Stranraer & Rhins<\/p>\n Best Proposer Outwith Winning Team<\/strong> – Max Wyllie; Mauchline<\/p>\n Best Chair Outwith Winning Team<\/strong> – David Goldie; Kilmaurs<\/p>\n Best Overall Speaker<\/strong> – Elsa McIntosh; Harray Purple<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The National Junior Quiz final was held during the judging of speechmaking, thanks must go to Sheena & Munro for compiling the quiz and testing our junior member\u2019s knowledge and to National Vice Chair, Jillian Kennedy for acting as Question Master on the day. Thank you must also go to Euan Bremnar, Anne Craig & Jane Strawhorn for\u00a0 all their help through out the day stewarding and assisting where needed.<\/p>\n Quiz Results:<\/p>\n 1st Place<\/strong> – East Mainland; Erin Brown, Aiden Stout & Beth Fisher<\/p>\n 2nd Place<\/strong> – Ayrshire; Lynn Smith, Louise Kerr & David Goldie<\/p>\n 3rd Place<\/strong> – Biggar; Cate Leiper, Ben Graham & Ryan Adamson<\/p>\n <\/p>\n