A school continued its winning streak whilst participating in a Rotary competition.

Bridport Primary School once again finished winners in the annual Junior Youth Speaks competition organised by the Rotary Club of Bridport.

The competition took place in Burton Bradstock Village Hall, where local primary school students provided a really entertaining evening for those in attendance.

The evening followed the structure of the Intermediate and Senior competition, which was held by the Rotary Club in January.

Competitors aged between 11 and 13 participated in the intermediate competition and those aged between 14 and 17 took part in the senior competition.

Youth Speaks aims to give young people the platform to speak in front of the public as a member of a team and offer an incentive to formulate ideas on topical subjects.

The competition teaches discipline in dealing with a topic in a limited time and offers the opportunity of learning and practising high standards of expression, presentation and appearance.

This was the second year in a row where the winners came from Bridport Primary School, where last years winning team from the first Junior Youth Speaks competition went on to reach the national finals of the Rotary Intermediate Youth Speaks event earlier this year.

This year's winners of the Junior Competition from Bridport Primary School were William Dacey, Roland Ross and Kitty Rumens, who argued against large corporate retailers by explaining the benefits of supporting local traders.

The runners up from St Mary's School spoke about the damage to the planet caused by single-use plastics.

In addition to being the chairman of the winning team, William Dacey was awarded the prize for being the outstanding contributor of the evening.

Certificates were awarded to all participants by Bernard Paull, the president of the Bridport Rotary Club, and the winners received book tokens.

Mr Paull said: "All of the speakers taking part were excellent in the way they dealt with two relevant and serious topics.

"they showed maturity beyond their years, well done to all of them.

"They are a credit to themselves and to the schools they represent."