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2026-08-26 ACU Speech, Drama & Comedy

26th August, 2026

648 Under 16 Years - Prepared Speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Milla	Russell			90	1st
Xxavier	Ballinger			89	Equal 2nd
Beau	Turner			89	Equal 2nd
Isabella	McMahon			88	Equal 3rd
Charlotte	Irvin			88	Equal 3rd
Matilda	Goodbourn			87	Honourable Mention
Pippa	O'Connor			86	Highly Commended
Amalia	Gardiner			86	Highly Commended
Georgia	Miller			85	None
Stefi	Saji			85	None
Eva	Cummins			85	None
Chloe	Pitt			84	None
Mary	Kajo			84	None

649 Under 16 Years - Impromptu Speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Xxavier	Ballinger			89	1st
Georgia	Miller			88	2nd
Milla	Russell			87	Equal 3rd
Charlotte	Irvin			87	Equal 3rd
Eva	Cummins			86	Honourable Mention
Mary	Kajo			85	None
Pippa	O'Connor			85	None
Isabella	McMahon			85	None
Ailish	Kennedy			85	None

644 Under 16 years - Impromptu weather forecast in costume

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sophie	Willsher			90	1st
Danuli	Kahawatta			89	2nd
India	Betts			88	3rd
Gemma	Every			87	Honourable Mention

640.2 Under 16 years - S&D Poetry Recital from the works of Adam Lindsay Gordon, Banjo Patterson, Henry Lawson

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Danuli	Kahawatta			85	1st

640.1 Under 16 years S&D Poetry Recital of any poem

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gemma	Every			89	1st
Danuli	Kahawatta			88	2nd
Beau	Turner			86	3rd
Ailish	Kennedy			85	Honourable Mention
Amalia	Gardiner			84	Highly Commended

661 Under 16 years S&D Group Acting in Pairs

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gemma Every & Sylvia Andrews			88	1st
Isabella Toohey & Eva Grime			87	2nd

641 Under 16 Years - Prepared reading of own choice

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Danuli	Kahawatta			90	1st
Gemma	Every			88	2nd
Beau	Turner			86	3rd

642 Under 16 Years - Character performance solo

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Gemma	Every			89	1st
Matilda	Goodbourn			88	2nd
Danuli	Kahawatta			87	Equal 3rd
India	Betts			87	Equal 3rd
Zara	Andrews			86	Honourable Mention
Amalia	Gardiner			86	Honourable Mention

645 Under 16 years - Poem for two duo

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Danuli Kahawatta & Ishan Mudugamuwa			90	1st
Gemma Every & Sylvia Andrews			88	2nd
Eva Grime & Isabella Toohey			86	3rd

W S Hooper Memorial Prize

Awarded To Danuli Kahawatta

ACU Encouragement Award

Awarded To Ailish Kennedy

ACU Speech Prize

Awarded To Xxavier Ballinger

654 Senior Division - S&D Devised Fairytale Character in Costume

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Charlotte	Fontana			88	1st
Jenna	MacLeod			87	2nd
India	Betts			86	3rd
Gemma	Every			85	Honourable Mention

655 Senior Division -The Alma Purcell effective reading from the work of an Australian poet

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sophia	Bueskens-Wong			88	1st
Jenna	MacLeod			87	2nd
Annaliese	Yarwood			86	3rd
Asher	Brooks			85	Honourable Mention

650 Senior Division - Memorised free verse

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sophia	Bueskens-Wong			92	1st
Annaliese	Yarwood			91	2nd
Jenna	MacLeod			90	3rd
Charlotte	Fontana			89	Honourable Mention
Liza	Sheridan			88	Highly Commended
Matilda	Goodbourn			88	Highly Commended

651 Senior Division -Prose reading on the theme of Hope

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Clementine	Sawyer			90	1st
Jenna	MacLeod			89	2nd
Sophia	Bueskens-Wong			88	3rd

W.S. Hooper Poetry Prize - Adam Lindsay Gordon Trust.

Awarded To Sophia Bueskens-Wong