Rotary and youth programmes 2024-25

The 2024-25 Rotary Year has been very successful with many varied activities and competitions with the local schools.

For the Primary Schools we run a football competition and a youth speaks competition.

The football competition is held in September and this year Crickhowell Primary were successful but all schools thoroughly enjoyed the morning.

Junior Youth Speaks. Crickhowell, Llangattock and Llangynidr primary schools have taken part this year. They have all prepared and performed well their chosen subject and were a credit to their schools and themselves. It is impressive to see youngsters of this age express themselves so clearly.

Reading Support at Llangattock Primary School. This has gone well with a good number of Rotarians giving an hour of their time on a Friday lunchtime.The school really welcomes this support as it gives the children the opportunity to meet adults whom they would not normally meet in a school environment.

In the High School we had two students from attend RYLA (Rotary Young Leadership Award) at Storey Arms. One of the students, Sam Critchley came to speak to the club and gave an interesting talk about his experience, achievements and what he had learned about himself.

Students also take part in a variety of competitions, mostly from Year 9 this year.

Young Musician was held in October. A good competition with a mix of less experienced and experienced set of competitors. The instrumentalist and vocal winners, Keira Morgan (Cello) and Grace Livsey went onto the area competition. Keira won the Area Final and went on to the District Final.

Young Chef – held in July. 6 competitors took part and the winner was Arabella Brown.

Young Interviewer – held in November. This is a competition that does not proceed beyond the school. A very good performance by the year 9 pupils interviewing Sir Martin Donnelly about his career in the Civil Service. Rose Jackson was the winner.

Youth Speaks – held in November. All the teams were from Year 9 and again a very good standard. The winning team whose topic was Uses of AI were extremely good.

Young Writer. There were 26 school entries. The winner, Florence Neice went on to the District Final.

Young Photographer. Olivia Iskra won the Intermediate competition and achieved second place in the District Competition.

Young Artist. Judged by three local artists, Olivia Iskra won the intermediate winner. Lexi Sutherland, the senior winner. Both progressed to the District final winning their respective categories. – a real achievement!

Other Youth Support. We have supported two students by giving a contribution to their tuition fees as they move beyond school and into further education, one in Musical Theatre and the other in Dance..