"Truly remarkable showings really. Very, very good," she said.

Mudgee's Joshua Pye, a regular at the Wellington Eisteddfod, stepped up with a dynamic performance reading with character from a Shakespearean poem.

"It was a bit daunting. I always try and do something different," he said. His mother Karen said she loved the Wellington Eisteddfod.

"We really love coming here, it's our favourite, the people are so friendly, the competition strong and Joshua does well here," she said.

Joshua said one day he would like to become an actor and at just 12 he has the world at his feet.

Sophie Mason, whose grandfather Kevin is the president of the Eisteddfod, was busy.

"I have competed in 23 sections here, great fun and I performed in the impromptu sections quite a lot," she said.

Sophie was from a farm at Mt Lambie between Bathurst and Lithgow and she was there with her brother Charlie who won the Duologue section.

Two children from Euchareena, Chloe Gosling, 7 and Chelsea Cross, 11 performed Cabbage Patch Kids and finished second in the Duologue section behind the Masons.

"We really enjoyed working together doing the Cabbage Patch duo," Chelsea said.

Dubbo's Andy Dickerson took out the Junior Speech and Drama prize.

"I really enjoying doing Australian stories of all types," he said. Andy defeated Joshua Pye and Sophie Mason for the top prize. The Dubbo 12-year-old also won the character prize.