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2026-08-27 ACU Speech, Drama & Comedy

27th August, 2026

637 Under 14 Years - Prepared speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Ava	O'Halloran			88	1st
Lilah Rose	Goodbourn			87	2nd
Myla	Comelli			86	Equal 3rd
Lashen	Jayaweera			86	Equal 3rd
Ishaen Badraka	Mudugamuwa			85	Honourable Mention
Imogen	Borg			84	Highly Commended
Sophie	Willsher			84	Highly Commended

638 Under 14 years - Impromptu speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sophie	Willsher			90	1st
Ava	O'Halloran			89	2nd
Lilah Rose	Goodbourn			85	3rd

658 Senior Division - Prepared speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Asher	Brooks			92	1st
Lainie	Ballinger			90	2nd
Mia	Keating			89	3rd
Charlotte	Fontana			88	Honourable Mention
Clementine	Sawyer			88	Honourable Mention
Jenna	MacLeod			88	Honourable Mention
Sophie	Bueskens-Wong			88	Honourable Mention

659 Senior Division - Impromptu speech

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Sophia	Bueskens-Wong			90	1st
Lainie	Ballinger			89	2nd
Jenna	MacLeod			88	Equal 3rd
Mia	Keating			88	Equal 3rd

Sally Vawdrey Memorial Prize - Foreign Lands by Robert Louis Stevenson

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Amaya	Ranasinghe				1st
Venus	Wijesundara				2nd
Kylie	Fernando				3rd
Leandre	Dualan				Honourable Mention
Perry	Nunn				Honourable Mention

Under 14 Years - Leanne McInnis Memorial Scholarship

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Lashen	Jayaweera			179	1st
Sophie	Willsher			174	Equal 2nd
Ishan Badraka	Mudugamuwa			174	Equal 2nd

Under 16 Years - Ballarat National Theatre Prize

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
India	Betts			92	1st
Gemma	Every			91	2nd
Sophie	Willsher			90	3rd

Senior Division - The Margery James Trust Fund Louie Dunn Prize.

First Name	Surname	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Charlotte	Fontana			95	1st
Clementine	Sawyer			94	2nd
Sophia	Bueskens-Wong			93	Equal 3rd
Gemma	Every			93	Equal 3rd
Jenna	MacLeod			93	Equal 3rd

Senior Division - The Ivy Keates OAM Aggregate Award

Awarded To Jenna MacLeod

Encouragement Award

Awarded To Liza Sheridan

669 - Open S&D Group Improvisation

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
BCMA Rat			88	1st
BCMA Raccoon - Team 2			87	2nd
BCMA Gremlin - Team 3			86	3rd
Speech & Drama Group 5 Senior			85	Honourable Mention

662 - Open Division S&D Group Scenes for 2 or more

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Charlotte Fontana & Jenna Mcleod			94	1st
Liza Sheridan & Annaliese Yarwood			91	2nd
Jenna MacLeod & Asher Brooks			90	None

667 - Open S&D Group Improvisation - Death in a minute

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
BCMA Raccoon - Team 2			88	1st
BCMA Rat			87	Equal 2nd
BCMA Gremlin - Team 3			87	Equal 2nd
Liza Sheridan & Annaliese Yarwood			86	Equal 3rd
Speech & Drama Group 5 Senior			86	Equal 3rd

663 - Open S&D Group Improvisation In Pairs

Group Name	Suburb	State	Points	Placing
Jenna MacLeod & Charlotte Fontana			90	1st
Gemma Every & Zara Andrews			89	2nd
Gemma Every & Sylvia Andrews			88	3rd