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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.