A 10-week-long Youth Development Program of Elite Toastmasters Club in Jubail Industrial City culminated in its Grand Finale at the Mariya International Schools Auditorium here, popularly known as Elite YLP. The event saw 29 youth leaders from International Indian School, Mariya International School, Al-Hussan School, display their speaking and leadership skills that they learned during the 10-week-long YLP program under the able guidance and coaching of the dedicated Toastmasters led by Chief Coordinator Surender Chari. The unique design of the Elite YLP program included regular meetings, workshops by Expert Toastmasters, mock contests and special coaching sessions where the Youth leaders learned the skills of public speaking and leadership through the time tested Toastmasters "Learning by doing" approach under expert Toastmasters mentors. The Grand Finale event was the culmination of the coaching efforts, where all Youth leaders displayed their speaking prowess in the International Speech, Table Topic Speech and Evaluation Speech Contests. The event had a majestic start with a colorful banner parade. This was followed by the Elite's special video on the YLP Journey where the audience got an opportunity to see the efforts behind the transformation of the youth leaders. It was a great honor for the Elite Toastmasters and the Youth leaders of Elite YLP, Saudi Arabia Toastmasters District 79 Director Abdullah Al Sharif was the Chief Guest of the evening. District CGD James Edward Taruc, Division L Director, Venkat Devarajan, Abdullah Al Ghamdi, chairman of Mariya International School, Dr. Syed Hameed, principal of International Indian School Jubail, to have them all as very important guests of honor. YLP Chief Advisor, Distinguish Toastmaster Periyanayaham, shared a valuable keynote "PQRS - The Key Takeaways" for the youth leaders. Area officers of division E & L Club Officers of Sister Clubs in Jubail, Distinguished Toastmasters of the Jubail Toastmasters Fraternity and the dedicated parents of our talented youth leaders were present. The dignitaries and the parents present gave the youth leaders a standing ovation for their hard work and dedication. It was a grand and colorful ceremony of Youth Talent display in communication and Leadership. The youth leaders who emerged winners were: International Speech: Champion - YL Dhivya Gunasekar; 2nd Placed Winner - YL Momina Naveed; 3rd Placed Winner - YL Mahek Kantharia. Table Topics Speech: Champion - YL Anupama Sudheer; 2nd Placed Winner - YL Ahmed Amr Aly; 3rd Placed Winner - YL Ali Manar Al-Ali. Evaluation Speech: Champion - YL Hussain Najam Japan; 2nd Placed Winner - YL Ishita Wadhwa; 3rd Placed Winner - YL Priya Agarwal.
