Thursday 16 March was the date of our International Speech Contest and what a great evening it was. There were inspiring speeches, insightful evaluations and entertaining Table Topics.
The meeting was ably led by our Contest Chair, Dave Henson.
Our first speaker was Richard Green with a speech titled “On the Crest of a Wave”. This was an inspiring speech about how Richard’s life was changed by meeting a soldier, who had suffered life-changing injuries in Afghanistan. The soldier’s cheerful attitude inspired Richard to change his outlook on life.
The second speaker was Richard Murray who inspired us all to work towards our DTM Award. He encouraged us to film ourselves practising our speeches and so that we can look for ways to improve.
The third speaker was Susan who shared some entertaining stories with us about her childhood and finished them off with some good advice for us.
After the break our mystery speaker, Paul Cave from Purley Speakers, told us about his addiction to smoking and how he has given it up after thirty years.
His speech was then evaluated by Richard Green, Richard Murray, Paul Lynch, Jenny Andreas, David Wilson and Alex Clark.
In between all that our chair, Dave H, managed to fit in the Contestant Interviews and several Table Topics.
The evening was finished off by giving a Certificate of Participation to all the contestants followed by giving Certificates to the Winners.
The winners were:
International Speech: 1. Richard Murray
Evaluations: 1. Paul Lynch 2. David Wilson 3. Richard Green
Thanks to all the contestants, judges, contest chair and everyone else who took part and who helped to make this an inspiring evening.
Please come along and support our winners at the Area Finals, which will be held at The Quaker Building, 60 Park Lane, Croydon, CR0 1JE, which is located at the south-west corner of the Croydon flyover, near to Fairfield Halls.
The date is Saturday 25 March at 12.45 pm. So, please come along and support them.
You can see directions, a map and a photo at this link:
http://croydonquakers.org.uk/location.html
The contest is being organised by Purley Speakers, who are still looking for volunteers to be judges and to take on other roles. If you would like to help please ring or send an email to the President of Purley Speakers, Vidhya Nagendran.
M: 07463790435
Paul Andreas
President, Bromley Speakers.