The Yorkshire and Humber regional Spelling Bee final took place at the University of Hull on the 26th March, with 16 schools and 60 Year 7 pupils from across the region competing for a place in the national final in July. Those competing in the regional final had been selected from heats that had taken place in their schools, which tested their spelling ability in French, German or Spanish.
The pressure was on in the regional final as only 4 winners from each language can go through to the national final.
It was a closely fought battle, with some participants having to compete in a sudden death round, but eventually 4 winners for each language succeeded in beating all the other contestants in their category, and will go down to the finals in Cambridge on the Friday 6th July to compete with other pupils from across the country and represent Yorkshire and The Humber.
The winning schools in the Spanish Competition were:
1st place Sheffield High School
2nd place Kings
3rd place Kings
4th place Honley High School
4th place Harrogate High School
The winning schools in the German Competition were:
1st place Sheffield High School
2nd place Beverley High School
3rd place Beverley High School
4th place Hymers College
And finally the winning schools in the French Competition were:
1st place Hymers College
2nd place Beverley High School
3rd place St. Wilfrids Catholic High School
4th place The North Halifax Grammar
Well done to all those Year 7 pupils who did so well in competing in this year’s competition and to those who managed to get to the regional final. Big congratulations also to those pupils who have made it through to the National Final in July. We wish you all the best of luck and we hope you get to bring some trophies back to Yorkshire!
See our Spelling Bee winners in the local press by clicking on the following links:
