The Chinese Bridge Competition

The competition is open to people who satisfy the following criteria:

• University student
• Aged between 18 and 30
• Of non-Chinese nationality
• Born and raised outside of China
• First language is not Chinese
• Hasn’t participated in the semi-final and final competition held in China in previous years

Format

• Speech on a topic of your own choosing, including a brief self-introduction in Chinese (3 mins)
• Cultural Knowledge Quiz. 5 questions to test your general knowledge about Chinese culture (2 mins)
• Performance. Contestants can choose to perform Chinese songs, music, dance, folk arts, acrobatics, musical instruments, calligraphy, paper cutting, kung fu, etc. (3 mins)

Prizes & Awards

The Grand Prize winner and the First Prize winner will go to China to represent the UK in the Semi-final of the world-wide competition.

• Grand Prize – one £500
• First Prize – one £400
• Second Prizes – two £200 each
• Third Prizes – three £100 each

Individual Awards

• Most Eloquent £100
• Most Creative £100
• Most Talented £100
• Most Knowledgeable £100
• Best Tutor £200

The cash awards are for the purchase of Chinese study materials.

International Finals (online)

Rebecca Mingotti Landriani

Fourth place in Europe.

British Finals (online)

Rebecca Mingotti Landriani

First place (一等奖)

International Finals (China)

James Holmes (家松)

Second place in Europe (一等奖)

Ahmad Elmouniery (谢炫明)

Fifth in Europe (三等奖)

British Finals (London)

Ahmad Elmouniery (谢炫明)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

First Prize

James Holmes (家松)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Second Prize

British Finals (London)

Alexia Daubresse (杜雅莉)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Second Prize

Nadine Golding (高娜娜)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

International Finals (China)

Gabriel Mayoral Galindo (葛金鹰)

Reached the final 30 and was one of the top seven competitors from Europe

Mark McPhilips (莫马克)

Represented the UK in the initial rounds of the competition

British Finals (London)

Gabriel Mayoral Galindo (葛金鹰)

4th year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Second Prize

Mark McPhilips (莫马克)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Second Prize

Charlie Bridges (毕天宇)

3rd year student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Third Prize

Shreya Patel (花雪丫)

4th year student from the University of Leeds School of Mathematics studying Mathematics

Third Prize

British Finals

Yumeka Nosaka (农坂梦香)

3rd year exchange student from the University of Leeds East Asian Studies Department

Second Prize; Most Eloquent

Giovanni Battista Baffetti (乔万尼)

Postgraduate student from Leeds University Business School studying International Business

Second Prize

British Finals

Alice Heales (何雨妍)

Third Prize

Tania Yeromiyan (燕倓雅)

Third Prize

Matthew O’Dowd (马修) 

Third Prize

Christy O’Driscoll (洪佑全)

Most Eloquent