SIXTH-FORM student at Wellington School Abi Govey has beaten off stiff competition to win the coveted title of Taunton Young Singer of the Year 2020.

She performed Music for a While by Henry Purcell, Mister Snow from Carousel by Rodgers and Hammerstein, and Nuit d’etoiles by Debussy. Abi also won the inaugural Junior Singer of the Year in 2016.

In addition, Abi has just achieved a distinction in her LAMDA Gold with a 90 per cent mark. She performed three monologues – Like a Virgin by Gordon Steel, Things I Know to be True by Andrew Bovell, and the last one from Shakespeare’s Comedy of Errors.

Abi has taken lead roles in a variety of school performances, including School of Rock and Blood Brothers, and is hoping to go to drama school or a conservatoire when she finishes at Wellington.