Lions Youth of the Year

We look forward to students from our local High Schools competing again in our 2011 Youth of the Year Quest on Monday 15th November 2010. Visitors are welcome to this evening, to meet and hear our some of our outstanding local youth speak to us. Please contact our Secretary if you would like to book in for this evening.

Youth of the Year 2010

Congratulations to Samuel Farrell of Normanhurst Boys High School, who was selected as one of six Sydney District Finalists in our Youth of the Year Quest in 2010.

Sam was Youth of the Year Quest winner of the Region 5 final for 2010 in which he was successful in both the public speaking and the overall sections of the Youth of the Year Regional final.

We wish Samuel every success and we thank the other contestants, their families, friends, judges and organisers of this year’s Youth of the Year Quest.

It was a privilege to hear such outstanding youth speak to us during the evenings.

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Region finalists, Lions Youth of the Year Quest, 17 March 2010.

Both Samuel and Ahmet Dalkic of Epping Boys High School had previously competed at our Club competition in February and we congratulated Ahmet who was runner up in that stage of the quest.

We appreciate these students for accepting the challenge of participating in this competition and are priviledged to have enjoyed presentations from these youth who will be our future leaders.

We also extend the Club’s gratitude to our judges for their role in the February stage of the event  and  to the  Club’s Youth of the Year Chairman, Dr Margaret Talbot.

Ahmet Dalkic, Dr Margaret Talbot and Samuel Farrell

Youth of the Year 2009

Last year, Beecroft-Cheltenham’s 2008-2009 Youth of the Year winner, Thomas Maitland from Epping Boys High School, progressed through the Region, District to the State Final. Whilst he didn’t win, all our Club members were delighted to get to know this amazing young man and to support him every step of the way. We received the following letter from Tom thanking our Club for the experience.

Thomas Maitland from Epping Boys High School respresented Sydney (Lions District 201N5) at the 2008-09 State Final held at Maclean in northern NSW.

“I would like to formally thank the Beecroft Cheltenham Lions Club for the continuous support and sponsorship of me throughout my time in the Lions Youth of the Year Quest. The experience has taught me so much that I would not have learnt otherwise and developed skills which will be invaluable in my future.

“I am also so grateful to the members who gave up their own time to come to all of the YOTY rounds, and particularly those who travelled to Bankstown and Maclean. The advice, support and encouragement from those people really helped me progress through the competition.

“Through the competition I have been fortunate enough to meet some very interesting people, and myself and my family have been made to feel very welcome at all the events we have attended.

“It was a pleasure to participate in the Youth of the Year competition. That such an extensive effort is put into by Lions is a testament to the high calibre of the organisation.

“I hope I can be involved in more Lions activities in the coming months and years and again thank the Club as a whole for all the time and support given to me throughout the competition.”

The next step for Samuel will be the Region final which will be on Wednesday March 17 hosted by City of Ryde Club.

We wish Samuel every success and will be sure that we are there to support him and also to enjoy hearing Samuel and other young leaders present on the evening.

The Lions Youth of the Year Quest is a community project designed to encourage, foster and develop leadership qualities in young Australians. More than 2,000 people compete in the Quest each year, with winners making their way through zone, region, district, state and national finals.

Here is a brief presentation introducing the program, for students.

Lions Youth of the Year Information pdf 326KB

Please Contact our club if you would like further information.

Finalists for last year's District 201N5 (Sydney) judging