YOUTH SPEAKS: NORTH OF ENGLAND FINAL

North of England Final 2026

The North of England Final Individual Trophies (Senior and Intermediate) Sunday, 22nd March, hosted by Frodsham and Helsby Rotary at the Forest Hills Hotel, Frodsham. This was the sixteenth and final event of the 2025-6 Youth Speaks competition.

Winners  Intermediate - Lymm High School.  Senior - All Hallows Catholic College.

Runners-up Intermediate - Lymm High School. Senior - Balshaw’s Church of England High School.

Congratulations to all the teams which took part and gave such superb performances.

The teams are from Rotary Districts 1190 (Lancashire and Cumbria) and this District (1285). 

Participating Schools: All Hallows Catholic College, Balshaw’s Church of England High School, Lymm High School, St Bede's High School, Bedford High School.

Sponsoring Clubs: Leigh, Leyland, Macclesfield Castle, Warrington.

Schools entering the 2026 District competition.

All Hallows Catholic College, Bedford High School, Beech House School, Bolton School Boys' Division, Bridgewater School, Bury Grammar School, Cardinal Newman Catholic High School, Congleton High School, Didsbury High School, Dixons Newall Green High School, Falinge Park High School, Fallibroome Academy, Golborne High School, Great Sankey High School, Harper Green School , Hazel Grove High School, Hazel Wood High School, Helsby High School, Hope Academy, Hulme Grammar School, James Bateman Middle School, Kingsway Park High School , Knutsford Academy, Laurus Cheadle Hulme, Laurus Ryecroft High School, Lymm High School, Penketh High School , Priestnall School, Sharples School, St Ambrose College, St Cuthbert’s Catholic High School, St Edmund Arrowsmith Catholic High School, St. Mary's Catholic High School, The County High School Leftwich, The Derby High School, The Macclesfield Academy, The Sutton Academy, Thornleigh Salesian College, Tower College, Tytherington School , Westhoughton High School, Wilmslow High School, plus one direct team entry. (42 in total)

Participating Rotary Clubs in 2026 

Altrincham, Biddulph, Bolton Daybreak, Bolton Lever, Bolton with le Moors, Bramhall & Woodford, Chadderton & Failsworth, Cheadle Royal, Congleton, District Hub, Frodsham and Helsby, Knutsford, Leigh, Macclesfield Castle, Newton-le-Willows, Northwich, Radcliffe, Rainhill, Rochdale, Sale, Sandbach, St Helens, Stockport Lamplighter, Tameside, Tyldesley with Atherton, Warrington, Westhoughton, Widnes, Wilmslow & District, Worsley. (29 sponsoring and 2 supporting)