Young spelling champion crowned at state bee | 7NEWS

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Sixty-eight finalists from 210,000 students competed in the New South Wales State Spelling Bee Championships held in Penrith. Ten-year-old Josephine Rapp from the Blue Mountains emerged as the winner after a final round battle against runner-up Anika Chakravarthy. The youngest competitor, eight-year-old Oliver Reid, and participants from across the state including Liam Narisma from Tamworth, represented the top 0.03% of the state’s spellers.

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