ABC Online | Abigail claims victory with a hushed, spell-binding display Sydney Morning Herald As Abigail Carungay stepped up to the microphone in the final rounds of the Premier's Spelling Bee, the audience leaned forward in their chairs for two reasons. The competition, in its third hour, was unbearably tense. And the diminutive nine-year-old's voice, ... A red letter day for spelling champions at the annual Premier's Spelling Bee NSW Premier's Spelling Bee creates a buzz Abigail Carungay, 9, from Carlingford takes out junior State Premier's Spelling Bee |