International Oratory Festival 2025

The 2025 International Festival was a glorious event with students from 19 countries taking part in public speaking, debate, poetry recital, original poetry, drama, prose reading and news reporting

All of the students taking part receive a written report and graded certificate, following the grading system established by the British and International Federation of Festivals.

The students who do best in their category and age group are also awarded prize certificates.

International Oratory Festival 2025 Awards 

ClassGoldSilverBronze
Solo Acting 6-8 Alina Lai, China

Yuanyuan Zheng, China River Wu, China 
Solo Acting 9-14Sara Cheema, UKNaomie Powell, UK 
Larry Luo, China
Alex Wong, China
Poetry recital 6-8 Kayla Wang, China   Thashya Mauli Dharmawarden, Sri Lanka 
Elaine Lian, China
Abigail Hoe, Korea 
Audrey Xu, China

Hailey Huang, China
Ruhi Srivastava, UK
Poetry Recital 9-11Sara Cheema, UKJoseph Odedele, UKAlex Wong, China 
Poetry Recital 12-18 Prēsha Patle, UKMichela Ambrosini, Italy Thevisuthan Solomon Praino, Sri Lanka 
Pedro Allami, Argentina
Sabthanaa Rameshkumar, UK
Original Poetry 6-8 Hollie Pickles, UK
Romeo Anderson, UK
Isla (Crown Wood), UK
Ivy Yingting Lian, China 
Original Poetry 9-11Iris (Crown Wood), UK
Sofia Keshtmand, UK
Darcy Hill, UK
Amelia (Crown Wood), UK
Jessica (Crown Wood) UK
Original Poetry 12-14 Chloe Abir, USA

Prēsha Patle, UK Edugie Inneh, UK Kevin J Hong, USA 
Lily Taylor, UK
Temitayo Agbejobi, UK
Original Poetry 15-18 Isabella Tuzzeo, Italy 
Yasmine Maadane, Italy 
Charlie Crausman, USA 
Prose 6-8David Ethan John, UK
Milo Li, China Yuanyuan Zheng, China 
Enrico Bovo, China   Kayla Wang, China 
Prose 9-11Tarini Singh Rana, India  Larry Luo, China Alex Wong, China 
Victor Guo, China 
Nevidu Aurelian Jayasinghe, Australia 
Riddhima Sachin Trivedi. India 
Prose 12-18Kaashwini Baskaran, UK
Amy Annoj, UK
Simona Carnazzi, Italy
Presenting an Argument 6-8Ka Yuet LIANG, China 
Saisha Chawla, Singapore
Iron Chen, China 
Presenting an Argument 9-11Ryan Chen, Singapore 
Poppy Curle, UK
Cynthia Hui, China 
Felix Dai, China  Larry Luo, China Hadia Akhtar, UK
Presenting an Argument 12-14 Phillip Yoo, Singapore
Harjun Singh Bindra, Singapore 
Aurvi Jain, Singapore 
Presenting an Argument 15-18  Laura Memini, Italy Brooke Harpoothian, USA 
Elias Wiseman, USA 
Impromptu Speaking 12-14 Spencer Chen, UK
Harjun Singh Bindra, Singapore
Aurvi Jain, Singapore
Impromptu Speaking 15-18Avi Shah, USA 
Collen Altmann USA 
Anita Barzellotti, Italy 
Maryn Yokoyama , USA
Speaking to Inform 6-8Yuanyuan Zheng, China 

Bovo Enrico, China 
Kayle Wang, China 
Olivia Ye, China 
Audrey Xu, China   Alina Lai, China 
Speaking to Inform 9-11Zoharr Singh Sandhu, India 
Ruoxi Zhao, China 
Zhiling Liang, China 
Joyce Dai, China 
Nathiq Mohamed Rihan, United Arab Emirates 
Speaking to Inform 12-14 Aurvi Jain, Singapore 
Ishanvi Singh, SingaporeHarjun Singh Bindra, Singapore
Kavya Chawla, Singapore 
Speaking to Inform 15-18 Caini Lian, Singapore 
Maryn Yokoyama USAAya Kaouri, Italy 
News 9-11Sai Akshadha Prabakaran, Poland 
Sara Cheema, UKYuanyuan Claira Zhuang, UK 
News 12-14 Spencer Chen, UK
Kevin J Hong, USA
Oscar Junting Wang, Singapore
Reagan Jewel Redleaf, USA
News 15-18 Seeun Jang, South Korea
Lee Hyunseo, South Korea 
Brooke Harpoothian, USA
Best in Category Winner
Solo Acting Sara Cheema (UK) 
Poetry RecitalSara Cheema (UK)
Prose Reading Kaashwini Baskaran  (UK)
Presenting an Argument Phillip Yoo (Singapore)
Speaking to Inform Aurvi Jain (Singapore)
Impromptu Speaking Spencer Chen (UK)
News Spencer Chen (UK)
Original Poetry Chloe Abir (USA)
International Champion Winner
6-8 years Yuanyuan Zheng (China)
9-11 years Larry Luo (China) 
12-14 years Aurvi Jain (Singapore) 
15-18 years Brooke Harpoothian (USA)

Best in Festival  2025 and  Winner of the Jubilee Shield


Sara Cheema (UK)

Medal Table

Country Gold Silver Bronze Total 
United Kingdom116825
China 881531
Singapore 44513
USA 25512
Italy 2237
India 2012
South Korea 1203
Sri Lanka1012
Poland 1001
Australia 0101
Argentina 0011
United Arab Emirates 0011