Speech and Drama Winners — 2025

Trophy Winners

Peter Ward Memorial Shield Sahana Kuhan
Navapurkar Junior Shield George Sadler
Navapurkar Senior Shield Richelle Muzammil
The Redhead Trophy CK Theatre School Group 3
Tiny Tim Cup Aatmay Rao
Peter Pan Cup Dhruv Kalluri
Starlight Cup Sahana Kuhan
Debut Cup Vir Nagpal Sharma
Stardust Cup Marcus Weissenboeck
Winnie the Pooh Trophy Sahana Kuhan
Sunshine Trophy Ivy Wang
Wynne Trophy Sophia Pavel
Tiny Talkers Trophy Aatmay Rao
Chatterboxes Trophy Charlotte Fernandes
Jack-In-The-Box Trophy Ivy Wang
Reading Debut Cup Abirami Kanesiah
Year 2 Verse Speaking Trophy Leah Grabiner
Jack & Jill Cup Esther Miele
Verse Speaking Challenge Cup Barney Levenson
Young Verse Speakers Cup Olivia Selwyn
Margaret Gordon Memorial Cup Arielle Harris
Betty Bandy Cup Holly Breeze
Raja Cup for Prose Reading Tharunika Kathirkamalingam
Junior Public Speaking Trophy Shivam Kantaria
Year 3 Verse Speaking Trophy Beatrice Scott
Young Actors Cup George Sadler
Duologue Achievement Award Leo Zhang & Trixie Willis
Junior Sight Reading Cup Miraya Vohra
Norman & Mavis Tyrwhitt Trophy Avaniish Ramesh
Watford & District Music Festival Speech Award Harien Jegan
Poetry Cup Aurelia Sanandres
Senior Verse Speaking Cup Rhya Sabapathy
Prose Reading Cup Rhea Joy
Reading Award Richelle Muzammil
Senior Public Speaking Trophy Oliver Goulding
Margery Bridcutt Drama Trophy Maria Marcoi
Watford Music Festival Drama Award Isla Riley & Jessica Rechitean
Tony de Courcy-Hughes Memorial Trophy JSS Performing Arts Group 3
Chrystel Arts Theatre School Shield CK Theatre School Group 3
The Bala Trophy Talia O'Gorman
W. Idris Owen Challenge Cup Ish Sachdev
Kala Sripavan Sight Reading Cup Aurelia Sanandres
Gerard Salih Sight Reading Cup Judicca Marcelline
Shakespeare Hero Trophy Harry Bilgora Kelly
Dan Collins Memorial Shield Pump House CYT Group 3

Class Winners

S0 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — Reception Year & Under
  Gold Aatmay Rao (winner: Tiny Tim Cup)
  Silver Leo Chatterjee
  Silver Rani Mehta-Karamsadkar
  Bronze Abhishek Mehta-Virani
  Bronze Kiaan Gupta
S1.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 1
  Gold Vir Nagpal Sharma (winner: Debut Cup)
  Silver Dea Manek
  Bronze Anaya Shah
S1.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 1
  Gold Marcus Weissenboeck (winner: Stardust Cup)
  Silver Samyra Sarda
  Bronze Siyenna Davda
S1.3 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 1
  Gold Sahana Kuhan (winner: Winnie the Pooh Trophy)
  Silver Jessie Stone
  Bronze Olympia Ozguven
S2.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 2
  Gold Sophia Pavel (winner: Wynne Trophy)
  Silver Esther Miele
  Bronze Amy Davidson
  Bronze Lara Gordon
S2.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 2
  Gold Dhruv Kalluri (winner: Peter Pan Cup)
  Silver Imaan Chaudhri
  Bronze Ayla McVeigh
  Bronze Imaan Ali
  Bronze Mira Patel
S2.3 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 2
  Gold Ivy Wang (winner: Jack-In-The-Box Trophy)
  Silver James Ghatnekar
  Bronze Jenna Jamani
S3.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 3
  Gold Barney Levenson (winner: Verse Speaking Challenge Cup)
  Silver Stella Chapman
  Silver Talia Persky
  Bronze Alaina Muhammad
S3.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 3
  Gold Sara Afzal
  Silver Sadie Chodosh
  Bronze Maya Davis
  Bronze Rachel Toffel
S3.3 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 3
  Gold Aubrie Brodkin
  Silver Alyssa Popat
  Bronze Anaika Mathur
  Bronze Joscelyn Lynch
S3.4 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 3
  Gold Neevan Parmar
  Silver Amarachi Arogundade
  Bronze Annie Singh
  Bronze Constance Custins
  Bronze Neereja Inparaj
S4.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 4
  Gold Gia Daoud
  Silver Avaleen Vig
  Silver Spriha Sukasi
  Bronze Laasya Mukherjee
  Bronze Ria Radia
S4.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 4
  Gold Talia O'Gorman
  Silver Elissia Cejka Campos
  Bronze Surya Patel
S4.3 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 4
  Gold Olivia Selwyn (winner: Young Verse Speakers Cup)
  Silver Olivia Dalah
  Bronze Arya Limbani
  Bronze Tamsin Nasralla
S5.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 5
  Gold Humphrey Aleeson
  Silver Emma Ye
  Bronze Myla Derry
S5.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 5
  Gold Sebastian Chronopoulos-Othonaios
  Silver Niam Shah
  Bronze Avaniish Ramesh
  Bronze Isabella Thomas
  Bronze Joshua Robertson
S6.1 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 6
  Gold Caóimhe Morris
  Silver Izzy York
  Bronze Marnie Krestin
S6.2 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 6
  Gold Raphael Olivier
  Silver Safiyah Afzal
  Bronze Anna Russell
S7 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 7
  Gold Uma Anand
  Silver Lucia Murphy
  Bronze Jude Matthews
  Bronze Keshicca Marcelline
S8 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Year 8
  Gold Seraphina Moss
  Silver Enzo Daoud
  Bronze Arissa Suri
  Bronze Ellasofia Dawson
S9 Verse Speaking (Set Poems) — School Years 9 & 10
  Gold Aurelia Sanandres (winner: Poetry Cup)
  Silver Maryam Siddiqui
  Bronze Anika Iyer
  Bronze Annabel Radburn
S11 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — Reception Year & Under
  Gold Aatmay Rao (winner: Tiny Talkers Trophy)
  Silver Asiya Kassamali
  Silver Ayva Patel
  Bronze Abhishek Mehta-Virani
  Bronze Avyaan Sawjani
  Bronze Rani Mehta-Karamsadkar
  Bronze Sidharth Davda
  Bronze Zach Karim
S12.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 1
  Gold Charlotte Fernandes (winner: Chatterboxes Trophy)
  Silver Diya Garara
  Silver Samyra Sarda
  Bronze Mahi Patel
S12.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 1
  Gold Sahana Kuhan (winner: Peter Ward Memorial Shield, Starlight Cup)
  Silver Chance Campbell
  Bronze Olympia Ozguven
S13.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 2
  Gold Leah Grabiner (winner: Year 2 Verse Speaking Trophy)
  Silver Lara Chatterjee
  Bronze Myla Grossman
S13.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 2
  Gold Ivy Wang (winner: Sunshine Trophy)
  Silver Amy Davidson
  Silver Rafferty Clarke
  Bronze Anvi Nikhade
  Bronze Ariyana Dhami
  Bronze Kamila Daya
  Bronze Nyah Shah
S13.3 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 2
  Gold Esther Miele (winner: Jack & Jill Cup)
  Silver Derin Lawal
  Bronze Lara Gordon
  Bronze Sophia Benoliel
S14.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Phoebe Jordan-Byrne
  Silver Alyssa Popat
  Silver Aubrie Brodkin
  Bronze Joscelyn Lynch
  Bronze Matti Harrod
S14.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Beatrice Scott (winner: Year 3 Verse Speaking Trophy)
  Silver Jai Kotecha
  Silver Leya Khagram
  Bronze Eva Benoliel
S14.3 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Roshni Shah
  Silver Talia Persky
  Bronze Alaina Muhammad
  Bronze Justin Cheung
S14.4 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Constance Custins
  Silver Eena Anand
  Bronze Raees Alyas
S14.5 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Elisabeth Ioannou
  Silver Sadie Chodosh
  Bronze Matilda Stern
S15.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Freddie Jaffe
  Silver Olivia Selwyn
  Bronze Amber Cohen
S15.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Talia O'Gorman (winner: The Bala Trophy)
  Silver Gia Daoud
  Bronze Atticus Collier
S15.3 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Anya Velani
  Silver Emilia Lewis
  Bronze Alexander Horobets
  Bronze Mikael Fazal
S15.4 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Torvald Husheer
  Silver Olivia Dalah
  Bronze Lana Bhatt
S15.5 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Arya Limbani
  Silver Leo Zhang
  Silver Sophie Rajapakse
  Bronze Bobby Craig
S16.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 5
  Gold Fiore Ayeni
  Silver Layla Sibley
  Silver Nivedya Warnakula
  Bronze Avinaash Ramesh
  Bronze Zac Wong-Davidson
S16.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 5
  Gold Arielle Harris (winner: Margaret Gordon Memorial Cup)
  Silver Avaniish Ramesh
  Silver Layla Zaman
  Bronze Charlotte Porter
  Bronze Noah Kennet
S16.3 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 5
  Gold Grace Jordan-Byrne
  Silver Emma Ye
  Bronze Annabelle Greene
  Bronze Jake Tyahooa
  Bronze Oliver Dawson
S17.1 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 6
  Gold Safiyah Afzal
  Silver Tayyib Kehinde
  Bronze Chloe Krotosky
  Bronze Shivam Kantaria
S17.2 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Year 6
  Gold Holly Breeze (winner: Betty Bandy Cup)
  Silver Tanya Joy
  Bronze Lyla Kaye
  Bronze Marnie Krestin
S18 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Years 7 & 8
  Gold Harien Jegan (winner: Watford & District Music Festival Speech Award)
  Silver Richelle Muzammil
  Bronze Liam Lynch
  Bronze Tristan Struc
S19 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Years 9 & 10
  Gold Judicca Marcelline
  Silver Aurelia Sanandres
  Silver Isabel Rickson
  Bronze Athitthan Balakumar
  Bronze Tara Lawal
  Bronze Veena Ram
S20 Verse Speaking (Own Choice) — School Years 11 — 13
  Gold Rhya Sabapathy (winner: Senior Verse Speaking Cup)
  Silver Dylan Lakhani
  Silver Motunrayo Rilwan
S23 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Years 2 & Under
  Gold Chance Campbell
  Silver Derin Lawal
  Silver Dhruv Kalluri
  Bronze Hasvika Jeyaselvan
  Bronze Havinesh Jeyaselvan
  Bronze Linisha Kathirkamalingam
S24 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 3
  Gold Abirami Kanesiah (winner: Reading Debut Cup)
  Silver Neereja Inparaj
S25 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 4
  Gold Gia Daoud
  Silver Talia O'Gorman
  Bronze Jessica Berkovi
S26 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 5
  Gold Tharunika Kathirkamalingam (winner: Raja Cup for Prose Reading)
  Silver Oliver Dawson
  Bronze Avinaash Ramesh
S27 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 6
  Gold Tanya Joy
  Silver Shivam Kantaria
  Bronze Lyla Kaye
  Bronze Tayyib Kehinde
S28 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 7
  Gold Keshicca Marcelline
  Silver Jenuja Sriharan
  Bronze Eliana Patel
S29 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 8
  Gold Richelle Muzammil (winner: Reading Award, Navapurkar Senior Shield)
  Silver Harien Jegan
  Bronze Enzo Daoud
S30 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Year 9 & 10
  Gold Lucy Graham
  Silver Judicca Marcelline
  Bronze Shriyana Patel
S31 Prose Reading (Own Choice) — School Years 11 — 13
  Gold Rhea Joy (winner: Prose Reading Cup)
  Bronze Dylan Lakhani
S33.1 Public Speaking — School Years 6 & Under
  Gold Elissia Cejka Campos
  Silver Avinaash Ramesh
  Bronze Nova Reign Scipio
S33.2 Public Speaking — School Years 6 & Under
  Gold Shivam Kantaria (winner: Junior Public Speaking Trophy)
  Silver Prisha Singh
  Bronze Louis Ajala
S34 Public Speaking — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Enzo Daoud
  Silver Isabel Rickson
  Bronze Prajna Nandakumar
S35 Public Speaking — School Years 10 — 13
  Gold Oliver Goulding (winner: Senior Public Speaking Trophy)
  Silver Himani Vora
  Silver Irmak Tuzunalper
  Bronze Dylan Shah
S36 Sight Reading — School Years 3 & 4
  Gold Miraya Vohra (winner: Junior Sight Reading Cup)
  Silver Abinesh Sriharan
  Silver Neereja Inparaj
S37 Sight Reading — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold Avaniish Ramesh (winner: Norman & Mavis Tyrwhitt Trophy)
  Silver Tanya Joy
  Bronze Persephone Clarke
  Bronze Shivam Kantaria
S38 Sight Reading — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Aurelia Sanandres (winner: Kala Sripavan Sight Reading Cup)
  Silver Ava Kaye
  Silver Isabel Rickson
  Bronze Harien Jegan
  Bronze Jenuja Sriharan
S39 Sight Reading — School Years 10 — 13
  Gold Judicca Marcelline (winner: Gerard Salih Sight Reading Cup)
  Silver Rhea Joy
S46 Solo Acting (Shakespeare) — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Harien Jegan
  Silver Arwin Vermeulen
  Silver Samuel Tippen
  Bronze Aurelia Sanandres
S47 Solo Acting (Shakespeare) — School Years 10 — 13
  Gold Harry Bilgora Kelly (winner: Shakespeare Hero Trophy)
  Silver George Gower
  Silver Luca Gaddes
  Bronze Lola Ajala
S50.1 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 4 & Under
  Gold Lana Bhatt
  Silver Arjun Tiwari
  Bronze Yarvi Gosrani
S50.2 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 4 & Under
  Gold Chance Campbell
  Silver Maya Pennycook
  Bronze Cagan Guven
S51.1 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold George Sadler (winner: Young Actors Cup, Navapurkar Junior Shield)
  Silver Aurelia Burgess
  Bronze Anisha Dixit
S51.2 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold Charlotte Porter
  Silver Jack Pennycook
  Bronze Ayden Osei-Tutu
  Bronze Mark Stephen Luca Erbasu
S51.3 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold Elena Curran
  Silver Holly Breeze
  Silver Joshua Miel
  Silver Lyla Kaye
  Bronze Aradhya Gopikrishna
S51.4 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold Noah Kennet
  Silver Nicola Sophia Popa
  Bronze Sienna Miller Doidge
S52.1 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Hannah Ahmad
  Silver Keshicca Marcelline
  Bronze Haleemah Kehinde
S52.2 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Anaya Punde
  Silver Richelle Muzammil
  Bronze Aurelia Sanandres
S52.3 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Ish Sachdev (winner: W. Idris Owen Challenge Cup)
  Silver Samuel Tippen
  Bronze Isabel Rickson
S53 Solo Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 10 — 13
  Gold Maria Marcoi (winner: Margery Bridcutt Drama Trophy)
  Silver Hayden Kemp
  Silver Ishani Patel
  Bronze Harry Bilgora Kelly
S54 Duologue Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 4 & Under
  Gold Leo Zhang & Trixie Willis (winner: Duologue Achievement Award)
  Silver Fiadh Gallagher & Noa Landsman
  Bronze Alexander Horobets & Zayn Rahemtulla
  Bronze Kiaan Patel & Samuel Gardener
S55.1 Duologue Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold Savannah Feerick & Sienna Miller Doidge
  Silver Alayna Elash & Elena Curran
  Bronze Jake Tyahooa & Joshua Miel
S55.2 Duologue Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 5 & 6
  Gold George Sadler & Jack Pennycook
  Silver Holly Breeze & Peta Thrussell
  Silver Samuel Zavodu & Vasos Ioannou
  Bronze Ayden Osei-Tutu & Vivek Shah
S56 Duologue Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 7 — 9
  Gold Emily Kagalwala & Ruby Grainger
  Silver Alana Perera & Skyli Saravanapavan
  Silver Kara-Jane Hocking & Megan Jackson
S57 Duologue Acting (NOT Shakespeare) — School Years 10 — 13
  Gold Claudia Devine & Sofia Trebar
  Gold Isla Riley & Jessica Rechitean (winner: Watford Music Festival Drama Award)
S62 Devised Scene — School Years 6 & Under
  Gold JSS Performing Arts Group 3 (winner: Tony de Courcy-Hughes Memorial Trophy)
  Silver JSS Performing Arts Group 1
  Bronze JSS Performing Arts Group 2
S63 Devised Scene — School Years 9 & Under
  Gold CK Theatre School Group 3 (winner: Chrystel Arts Theatre School Shield, The Redhead Trophy)
  Silver NRYA Group 1
  Bronze JSS Performing Arts
S64 Devised Scene — School Years 11 & Under
  Gold Pump House CYT Group 3 (winner: Dan Collins Memorial Shield)
  Silver NRYA Group 2
  Silver P.S Theatre Stage 3
  Bronze Pump House CYT Group 2