Lions Youth of the Year Quest

Year 12 student Abbey Walsh was the runner up in the Lions Youth of the Year Quest held in Barooga on the 14th of April. Abbey beat out of 4000 students from around the State who went into the competition.

The Chief Justice of the five member panel, Andrew Gibbs, stated that “as former adviser to a Prime Minister and a Political Lobbyist of some 17 years, I have yet to come across any Year 12 Student as impressive as Abbey, so agreed by the entire panel. Although Abbey was narrowly beaten and became runner up, her mastery of her School’s offering, her passion about being involved and the care she spoke about LGBT students was simply amazing. Her overall reflection on Sale and her School was also truly inspiring.”

In a letter to Principal Chris Randell, Mr Gibbs said of Abbey, “She has shown herself to be a true leader of your institute, a worthy young woman deserving of her community’s praise, given the regard she holds them in and the Brand Ambassador she has shown herself to be.”

To get to State, Abbey competed first at Club level and then at the District Final in Trafalgar. At District, Abbey was interviewed by five judges for half an hour discussing activities she participates in under the heading of: Academic, Leadership, Sporting, Cultural activities, Scholarships held, and Achievements and awards. During this interview she was also asked to speak about issues on a local, state, national and international scale, for example, Abbey was asked to discuss Brexit. After the interview process Abbey was then requierd to answer two impromptu questions in front of an audience, with each response to last at least two minutes. Abbey then presented a five minute speech on a topic of her choice, which was Global Poverty and what Australia can do to help solve this issue.

We congratulate Abbey on this outstanding achievement!