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Evaluation Contest 2011

March 18th, 2011 by david

Blanche MacQuinto was the winner!

Blanche MacQuinto
Contest Chair Heljo Cameron
with Blanche MacQuinto

We held our Club final for the Evaluation Contest on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. There were three members in the Contest

Peter Law, Greg Madden and Blanche MacQuinto

Michele Naidu from Canning Vale Club was the test speaker. She spoke about St Patrick’s Day, with a very appropriate Irish accent.

Janet McNie was the Timer, assisted by Glenis Nicholas. And we had a timing disqualification!

Blanche was first, and Greg second.

Blanche will represent the club in the Area W21 final being hosted by Gateway on Tuesday evening, March 22nd. That evening will also have the Area final of the International Contest. Neville Simmons is our representative.

New Members
Christine Bonser
& Blanche MacQuinto

Besides the Contest we had two excellent speeches.

Christine Bonser gave her Competent Communicator 2 – An unchartered adventure – about exploring Kimberley waterways in a boat.

Andrew Bond gave his Humorously Speaking 2 – Live life on your terms. It was a serious speech with jokes.

Blanche was very surprised to win the Evaluation Contest as she is a very recent new member of Victoria Quay. She is so new in fact that when President Peter Law presented badges to two new members she was one of them, along with Christine. Christine and Blanche are shown reading and accepting the Toastmasters Promise.

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International Contest 2011

March 3rd, 2011 by david

Neville Simmons was the winner!

Neville Simmons
Contest Chair Greg Madden
with Neville Simmons

We held our Club final for the International Speech Contest on Wednesday, March 2, 2011. It was a strong field with five members in the Contest

Paul Reilly spoke on Climate Change or Apocalypse
Peter Law – A Stroke of Luck
Heljo Cameron – Take a Risk
Neville Simmons – Watch your Words
Colin Hughes – What it is like living with a disability

Peter Law was placed 2nd.

Neville will represent the club in the Area W21 final being hosted by Gateway on Tuesday evening, March 22nd. That evening will also have the Area final of the Evaluation Contest. We are holding our club final on Wednesday, March 9.

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Peter Law sweeps W21 Contests

October 21st, 2010 by david

Victoria Quay hosted the W21 Contests

On Wednesday, October 20, 2010 Victoria Quay hosted the Area W21 Humorous and Table Topics Contests.  There were contestants from Victoria Quay, Gateway and CSBP Kwinana.  It was an evening full of highlights for our club.

Peter Law
Peter Law

The big one

Our President, Peter Law, won both Contests.  He carried off the Humorous with his “Midlife Crisis – Leave it to the Professionals” speech.  The Table Topics subject was “The most memorable dinner party”.  He recounted a military party with the Governor and some unexpected under the table activities.

The supper

Some people say that the contest detail which sticks in peoples memories is the supper.  On that test, this was the most memorable contest I have attended.  Heljo Cameron and partner Alan superintended the arrangements.  Members brought along a plate – and the food on them was plentiful, tasty and attractive looking.  Thank you everybody and particularly Heljo and Alan.

The contest officials

Area W21 Governor Tim McNamara was the Toastmaster.  He was genial, relaxed and efficient.  His careful planning meant that the whole contest flowed without a hitch.

Mark Williamson
Mark Williamson

Heljo Cameron
Heljo Cameron

Mark Williamson and Heljo Cameron were the Contest Chairs.  They were faultless in their accurate, mistake free conduct.

Judith Ingle and Greg Madden kept time scrupulously.

Glenis Nicholas and Andrew Bond were tally counters.  I’m sure they were fair, supervised by Chief Judge Sandra Morton from Cannington Communicators.

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Paul Reilly and Neville Simmons were the Usher – yes, it was a double act, and it worked well.

The Judges

The Judges
Area Governor Tim McNamara with the Judges

Sandra Morton was chief judge.  She was assisted by Peter McDonnell, the W10 Area Governor from Stirling Toastmasters and a judge from each of the competing clubs – Victoria Quay’s Alan Smith, Martin Lindsay from CSBP Kwinana, and Sharon Wayland from Gateway.

The audience

Over 40 people were there with 17 of our current members and five Victoria Quay visitors.  You can get details of attendance from our regular weekly summary at Week 756.  The audience was very receptive and responsive to all competitors in both contests.

Where to from now?

Peter will represent Area W21 in the Western Division final to be held on Saturday afternoon, November 6.  Victoria Quay members will be there in force to support him.

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Humorous Contest Results

August 26th, 2010 by david

Contest Results from August 25

Richard Strickland was Contest Chair
Mark Richards was Chief Judge

There were 4 contestants, each of whom gave an excellent speech.  Only one could be selected to represent us in the Area W21 Contest to be hosted by Victoria Quay on Wednesday, October 20.

Peter Law
Peter Law

Heljo Cameron
Heljo Cameron

Our four contestants were, in speaking order,

Andrew Bond

Peter Law

Genevieve Morrissey

Heljo Cameron

First was Peter & Second Heljo

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Peter will represent us at the W21 Area Final on October 20.

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Table Topics Contest Results

August 19th, 2010 by david

Contest Results from August 18

Mark Williamson was Contest Chair
David Nicholas was Chief Judge

There were 4 contestants, each of whom gave an excellent answer to the question “Do you like surprises? Why?”.  Only one could be selected to represent us in the Area W21 Contest to be hosted by Victoria Quay on Wednesday, October 20.

Peter Law
Peter Law

Shane Manns
Shane Manns

Our four contestants were, in speaking order,

Andrew Bond

Peter Law

Joe Fry

Shane Manns

First was Peter & Second Shane

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Peter will represent us at the W21 Area Final on October 20.

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Club Contests in August

August 12th, 2010 by david

Two contests this month

During the year there are four Toastmaster Contests

Table Topics
Humorous
Evaluation
International

There are four levels of Contests

Clubs – Areas – Divisions – District.

Victoria Quay is in Area W21 of Western Division so our Contest sequence will be

Victoria Quay – Table Topics on August 18 and Humorous on August 25
Area W21 – Table Topics and Humorous on October 20 at the Fremantle Bowling Club
Western Division – Table Topics and Humorous on Saturday November 6
District 73 – Table Topics on May 22 and Table Topics on May 20 – both in Perth

Why would you compete in the Club Contest?

It’s a different experience to our standard Table Topics

  • The time is 2 minutes, not 90 seconds
  • All contestants have the same topic
  • It’s a contest so you are competing against other members
  • If you win you go on to other contest levels

The Contest Format

We have our usual meeting and include the Contests.

  • With the Table Topics there will be speeches and evaluations as well.
  • With the Humorous there will be Table Topics and perhaps an ordinary speech or two

The Contest Judges are our members not competing

  • We have a Judging Workshop at the beginning so all our members can get training in judging
  • One experienced member is the Chief Judge who supervises the proceedings

How do you enter either or both Contests?

All members are eligible. There are no other requirements. Tell Vice President Education David. Email or phone him on 0401 011 212

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Meeting 722 Evaluation Contest

February 20th, 2010 by david

A hot contest!

There were 4 contestants, each of whom gave an excellent evaluation.  Only two could be selected to represent us in the Area W21 Contest to be hosted by Gateway on Tuesday, March 10.

Neville Simmons
Neville Simmons

Lee Syminton
Lee Syminton

Our four contestants were, in speaking order,

Neville Simmons

Lee Syminton

Mark Williamson

Mark Hamilton

And the winners were
Neville & Lee
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Raf Cammarano
Raf Cammarano

Toastmaster for the night was Glenis Nicholas

Contest Chair was President Heljo Cameron

Chief Judge was David Nicholas who presented the Judging Workshop

The Judges were all our members, but not the contestants of course

The Usher was Colin Dwyer

The Timer was Gail Jenkins

The Tally Counter was Ty Brydon

The Test Speaker was Raf Cammarano from Canning Vale.
Raf’s title was “The Essence of Simplicity”.
He had three main points

    Find the core of the message
    Make the most of the first sentence – the core
    Use metaphors and analogies to engage audience emotion

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We had 4 Visitors and two of them took part in the Table Topics presented by Peter Law.

Next Week is the International Contest.

Again, we have a hot contest, with five contestants this time
Mark Hamilton, Colin Dwyer, Heljo Cameron, Lee Syminton and Neville Simmons.

Members, come and enjoy the contest as you hone your judging skills.

Visitors are very welcome.  You wont be disappointed with the fun we have and the skill our contestants display.

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