I have been very busy the last few weeks as I have been competing in speech and drama eisteddfods. I have entered in sections of the Northern Beaches Eisteddfod, Parramatta Eisteddfod and the Sydney Eisteddfod.  I have competed in set poems, verse, monologue/character, humorous and Australian verse. Everything has had to be learnt by memory and sometimes the competition is very fierce with sections of up to 17 different competitors. Once I had to listen to 15 people doing the same poem. I won both sections I entered in the Parramatta Eisteddfod, two firsts and a highly commended in the Northern beaches but I was most excited by winning two sections, a second place and a highly commended in the Sydney Eisteddfod. All my fruits over the year have got me twenty trophies so far, but I couldn’t have achieved this number with out my drama teacher and my Mum. Also, unfortunately it’s true that practice makes perfect.  So whip out that poem book you got for your birthday and start practicing.

Written by Angus Davis