Class no.

Age limit

Time limit

Choice

Entry fee

Guideline: Entrants must choose and memorise one of the set pieces. The piece must not be cut and movement should not be used.  No copy need be supplied to the adjudicator.

School uniform is not required but entrants must be smartly dressed. See Regulation 10.1.

1

Under 7 years

The Magic Piper - E.L.Marsh

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or A Dragon in the Classroom  - Charles Thomson

100 Best Poems for Children

2

Under 8 years

Greedy Dog  - James Hurley

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or Hallowe’en - Leonard Clark

100 Best Poems for Children

3

Under 9 years

The Painting Lesson - Trevor Harvey

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or I Can’t Find My Teddy Bear - Ian Souter

100 Best Poems for Children

4

Under 10 years

The Sound Collector - Roger McGough

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or The Sea - James Reeves

100 Best Poems for Children

5

Under 11 years

The Magic Box - Kit Wright

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or The Word Party - Richard Edwards

100 Best Poems for Children

6

Under 12 years

Colonel Fazackerley - Charles Causley

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or The Visitor - Ian Serraillier

100 Best Poems for Children

7

Under 13 years

The Highwayman ( Part 1: first 6 verses ) - Alfred Noyes

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or Break of Day in the Trenches - Isaac Rosenberg

The School Bag

8

Under 15 years

Mid Term Break Seamus Heaney

100 Best Poems for Children

£5.00

or Cat Dying in Autumn Irving Layton

The School Bag

9

Under 17 years

Any poem written by one of the Poets Laureate

£5.00

Classes 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5

80

Junior Verse Speaking Cup

Classes 6, 7, 8 & 9

81

Senior Verse Speaking Cup