Ashvin Sivakumar, 12, from ACS (Pri) is Big Spell Champion

[tankee]

Plucky Ashvin Sivakumar, 12, challenged judges to take the national spelling championship on Saturday.

He beat 30 other competitors after a full 10 rounds, finally leaving 10-year-old Kua Le Yi from Catholic High School (Primary) in second place and 11-year-old Loi Si Xian from Raffles Girls Primary School in third.

From the outset, the Primary 6 pupil from Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) was a standout at the microphone, towering a full-head above others and typically asking for a definition and root word.

Then, in a two-person fight for the winning word, Ashvin matched spirit to stature. When judges ruled that he had misspelt "pescatarian", as "pescetarian", he stood his ground, imploring them twice to make sure they had it right.

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-ne ... hampion-20

[ChiefKiasu]

Plucky Ashvin Sivakumar, 12, challenged judges to take the national spelling championship on Saturday.

He beat 30 other competitors after a full 10 rounds, finally leaving 10-year-old Kua Le Yi from Catholic High School (Primary) in second place and 11-year-old Loi Si Xian from Raffles Girls Primary School in third.

From the outset, the Primary 6 pupil from Anglo-Chinese School (Primary) was a standout at the microphone, towering a full-head above others and typically asking for a definition and root word.

Then, in a two-person fight for the winning word, Ashvin matched spirit to stature. When judges ruled that he had misspelt "pescatarian", as "pescetarian", he stood his ground, imploring them twice to make sure they had it right.

http://www.straitstimes.com/breaking-ne ... hampion-20

What on earth is a "pescatarian"?? Nothing short of amazing, these kids.

[jtoh]

guessing it has something to do with fish or seafood?

[Sun_2010]

This boy is also very good in chess I think. Saw him get one of the top 3 prizes in the inter school competitions.
What brains , what memory power

[auntieM]

This boy is also very good in chess I think. Saw him get one of the top 3 prizes in the inter school competitions.
What brains , what memory power

Pleasant and intelligent boy with nice parents and super smart brother in P4 this year.. ..

[phtthp]

The p6 champion spelling boy displayed confidence in front of the judges.
He stand out amongst the contestants.

[phtthp]

What on earth is a "pescatarian"?? Nothing short of amazing, these kids.

Yes, that p6 boy is really intelligent. The way he displayed confidence in front of the judges ... Is a cut above the rest.
( First time I come across such a vocab. )

[AC_Power]

Well done boy!! You could spell a word which I don't even know of its existence until today.

[winchester]

Well done boy!! You could spell a word which I don't even know of its existence until today.

quite scary these kids the words they know. must have really memorised!

[concern2]

Heard he's also learning French.