Classical Reading Competition successes

Particularly pleasing were the excellent performances from some newcomers to this field: Harry G won the Senior Latin Prose category with a spirited version of a piece of Cicero, while Freya P was awarded third prize for her version of an Odyssey excerpt in the Senior Greek section. Naima H won the Junior Greek prize with an excerpt from the Iliad, while Freddie F was in close contention, gaining second prize. 

There were some excellent performances from our youngest pupils, who were competing in some of the larger fields of the day: Lingling BS won her Junior Latin section, with what the judge described as 'an almost flawless' version. She was followed closely by Tess A, who was second, and by Teagan G in third, in the other Junior Latin section. There were impressive performances from the Intermediate Latin level, with Sumei BS and Solly D both learning their Virgil piece by heart, and winning second and third prize respectively. Finlay T was highly commended by the judge for the other Intermediate Latin piece by Virgil. 

A lot of hard work has gone into the preparation for this event, not just among the prize-winners, but also our other competitors, Thore G (Senior Latin Verse), Ophelia K (Senior Greek), Hector CM (Intermediate Latin) and Ben S (Junior Latin). 

Well done to all of our competitors for making time for this unusual and demanding exercise, and reaching such a high standard, despite the pressures of live performance!