Bishop's Shield Winners

Last Friday, August 10th, the 75th Bishop’s Shield Public Speaking Competition began at 7pm, in the Church of the Blessed Sacrament.  After the excitement of seeing all our old friends from Kavanagh, Verdon and St Kevin’s Colleges, we began with the first event -  Prepared speech, in which our very own Dakoda Conroy came 1st, (much to the delight of her coach Mrs Kate Nicholson).  It was a fantastic start to the competition. The next morning, we started at 9am with the 1st Junior Debate, St Kevin's vs St Peter’s, (coached by Mr Brendan Terry). We came out on top of that, and placed second overall in the Junior Debate section. Early in the afternoon the St Peter’s Senior Debate team, (also coached by Mr Brendan Terry) went up against Verdon College. Once again we came out on top  in the debate placing second overall in the Senior Debate section. Following the debate St Peter’s Lucy Swain, (coached by Mrs Katie O’Connor), came 1st in Impromptu Speech. We then won the Junior Drama, (coached by Miss Rosie Hickey) and came 3rd in Senior Drama, (coached by Mr Nathan Munn). After this long day, we headed home, ready for the final day. On Sunday, Hannah Crowley, (coached by Mrs Christina McCormick) took out the Junior Scripture section and after Mass, Grace Turpia, (coached by Mrs Bridget Ryan) won both the Scripture Readings and the Study Questions to give St Peter’s two more firsts under our belts. At Prize-giving, the scale of our win became apparent as we were buried under the various cups handed out. We came first by a margin of 11 points, with St Kevin’s coming in second. After a farewell to our fellow competitors, we all headed home to catch up on all the sleep we had missed out on after three weeks of hard work. Thanks to everyone who coached us, the organisers and of course Mr Brendan Terry for all the encouragement.  

 Official Results
COMPETING SCHOOLS: St Peter’s College Gore, Verdon College Invercargill, St Kevin’s College Oamaru and Kavanagh College Dunedin.
RESULTS:
JUNIOR DRAMA (Alpha Cup)  Theme:  “The Place of Honour”  (Luke 14: 7-11)
1st             St Peter’s College
2nd           Verdon College

SENIOR DRAMA (J B Lynch CFC Cup)  Theme:  “Encouragement and Accompaniment”  (2 Timothy 1: 5)
1st               St Kevin’s College
2nd               Verdon College

JUNIOR SCRIPTURE (Gerard Curran Cup)
1st  Hannah Crowley, St Peter’s College   
2nd  Molly Colbert, Kavanagh College

SENIOR SCRIPTURE (Study Questions)  (Bishop Kavanagh Cup)  
1st   Grace Turipa, St Peter’s College
2nd   Lisa Satoro, Verdon College
 
SENIOR SCRIPTURE (Psalm/ Sight Reading) (Nora Brophy Cup)
1st   Grace Turipa, St Peter’s College
2nd   Eli Winders, St Kevin’s College
 
IMPROMPTU SPEECH (Dowling Cup) Topic: “Peace of Mind”
1st   Lucy Swain, St Peter’s College     
2nd   Thomas Lewis, Verdon College
 
PREPARED SPEECH (Hibernian Cup) Topic:  “Gaudate et Exsultate”  Pope Francis 2018  (Apostolic Exhortation on the Call to Holiness in Today’s World)  A reflection on some key messages, or lines that touched the heart.
1st   Dakoda Conroy, St Peter’s College
2nd   Hamish McAtamney,  St Kevin’s College
   
JUNIOR DEBATING (Coral Paris Trophy)
1st    Verdon College
2nd  St Peter’s College
 
Names of Winning Team (Verdon College)
Mia Hollingworth  - Leader , Roidan Sutherland  - 2nd Speaker and Holly Muirhead - 3rd Speaker
   
SENIOR DEBATING (Father Christopher Gaffey Cup)
1st  St Kevin’s College
2nd  St Peter’s College
Names of Winning Team (St Kevin’s College)
Rebecca Whittet - Leader, Bethan Ardouin - 2nd Speaker and Joel Kunnethedan  - 3rd Speaker 
 
BEST SPEAKER IN JUNIOR DEBATES  (Dominican Cup)
 Roidan Sutherland, Verdon College
 
BEST LEADER SENIOR DEBATES (Karen Austin Cup)
 Rebecca Whittet, St Kevin’s College
 
BEST SPEAKER IN SENIOR DEBATES (Hibernian Cup)
Emily Chamberlain, St Peter’s College
 
MOST PROMISING SENIOR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE  (Boyce Family Cup)
Kaitlyn Calvert-Shandley. Verdon College
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MOST PROMISING JUNIOR DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE (Terry Angus Cup)
Cara Holst, Verdon College
RUNNER-UP FOR THE BISHOP’S SHIELD:  (Marist Centennial Plate)
St. Kevin’s College, Oamaru      (26 points)
WINNER OF THE BISHOP’S SHIELD 2018:
St. Peter’s College, Gore (37 points)