AREA 6 HUMOROUS & TABLE TOPICS CONTEST – Saturday 14th September 2013

12:30pm Contestant Briefing

12:55pm Call to Order

1:00pm Chairman’s Address
Graeme Reed ATM-S, CL
Area 6 Governor

1:05pm Toast
Philip Bendeich DTM

Humorous Speech Contest
1:10pm Toastmaster – Mark Lehane CC, CL

CONTESTANTS
1]. Phil Lovell
2]. Mikki Hruban
3]. Farzad Fard

1:50pm Interviews and 
Participation Certificates

2:00pm Break (Coffee, Tea Refreshments)

2:30pm Call to Order

Table Topics Contest
2:35pm Toastmaster – Tiffany Tenty CC

CONTESTANTS
1]. Heather Gordon
2]. Clarence Pho
3]. Narelle Stoll
4]. Roy de Visser
5]. Rebuen D’Lima

3:10pm Interviews and 
Participation Certificates

3:25pm Announcement of Winners
Past Phillip Division Governor
Alex Thomas ACS, ALB

TABLE TOPICS CONTEST
WINNER – Rebuen D’Lima – Smooth Speech
RUNNER UP –  Heather Gordon – Concord West Toastmasters
THIRD – Roy de Visser – Burwood Toastmasters


HUMOROUS SPEECH CONTEST
WINNER – Farzad Fard – Concord West Toastmasters
(Runner Up and Third are not announced when there are less than 4 Speakers)


3:35pm Vote of Thanks
Mark Lehane CC, CL
President Concord West Club 

3:40pm Chairman’s Closing Remarks
Graeme Reed ATM-S, CL
Area 6 Governor

Our Thanks to the Clubs of Area 6 for their participation in this Competition

Burwood Club

Burwood Telecom

RailCorp 

Smooth Speech

And Host Club for this event

Concord West Club

Phillip Division Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contest

Saturday 27th October 2013 at 1pm 

Location: Mittagong RSL Club

Old Hume Highway Mittagong (Off Bessemer Street)

Plus our thanks to the 

Timers, Sergeant at Arms, Counters and Visiting Judges 

Plus to Dai Fei, Mark, Philip, Glen and John for assisting with Set Up

CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS CLUB – 10th SEPTEMBER 2013

Call To Order – S@A – John

President’s Welcome – Mark

Chairman 1 – Paul

Reading of the Mission of the Club – Glen

Introductions – Will Kevin make a good backbencher?

Word of the Day – Antipathy – Peter

Apologies – Daniel, Lyndal, Mathi, Bernard, Nick A, Helen & Farzad (Running late)

Visitors – Andrew, Joseph and Diann (President of Burwood Toastmasters)

Toastmaster Session One – Mark

1. Educational – Tiffany: “Toastmasters Educational Program” – Evaluator – Diann

2. ACB2 – John “Speechcraft Intensive” – Evaluator – Dai Fei

BREAK

Call To Order – S@A – John

Chairman 2 – Edna (In her first role)
Toast – Katherine – “To Change”

Toastmaster Session Two – Peter

3. ACB3 – Dai Fei “How did banding feet start” – Evaluator – Tiffany

4. ACB4 – Paul “Winston” – Evaluator – Philip

TableTopics Master – Katherine (In her first role)

Theme: Changing Trends…

Evaluators – John & Mark

Ums and Ahs – Katherine

Grammarian / Word of the Day – Peter

Big Ears – Samuel

Timers Report – Philip

General Evaluator – Glen

Paul receiving his Competent Communicator Certificate
from VPE Tiffany in the company of Club President Mark

Presentation – Long standing Club Member Paul was presented with his ‘umpteenth’ Competent Communicator Certificate. Paul has accumulated numerous Competent Communicator Awards over his almost ten years in the Club for completing the 10 set speech exercises in the Competent Communicator Manual. In addition Paul has also achieved numerous Advanced Communicator Awards as well. Always learning.

Closing Remarks – Mark

UPCOMING EVENTS

AREA 6 Humorous & Table Topics Contest
Saturday 14^th September 2013

Normal Meeting

Tuesday 24th September 2013

CONCORD WEST TO HOST 2013 AREA 6 HUMOROUS & TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

CONCORD WEST TOASTMASTERS CLUB – 27th AUGUST 2013 – CLUB HUMOROUS & TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

Call To Order – S@A – John

President’s Welcome – Mark

Contest Chairman – Mark – Outlining the Contest Rules and drawing for speaking order.

Introductions – Thoughts about Contests and Competitions?

Apologies –Philip, Daniel, Lyndal, Nick I and Grant.

Visitors – Area 6 Governor Graeme Reed (Chief Judge)

Humorous Contest – Helen

1. Heather: “You don’t Have to be funny to make people laugh”.

2. Peter: “City and Country”.

1. Farzad: “Being Iranian”.

Toastmaster Helen Interviews while Counting is happening.

BREAK

Call To Order – S@A – John

Contest Chairman – Mark – Outlining the Contest Rules and drawing for speaking order.

Table Topics Contest – Farzad

Topic: What is the thing about your Job that most people think – that is not true.

1. Heather
2. Glen
3. Meghan
4. Dai Fei
5. Mathi
6. Heather
7. Tiffany  (Apologies but the order is not correct)

Toastmaster Farzad Interviews while Counting is happening.

Presentation to Contest Winners – Area Governor Graeme & President Mark.

2013 Club Humorous Contest Participants L>R: Peter, Heather and Farzad with Toastmaster Helen

Humorous Speech Contest – Winner: Farzad

Presented with the Tony Spragg Memorial Trophy for Humorous speeches.

(With only 3 Speakers, no Runner-Up or Third Place is announced).

2013 Club Table Topics Contest Participants L.R: Tiffany, Glen, Meghan, Dai Fei, Heather (Winner) and Mathi with Contest Toastmaster Farzad.

Table Topics Contest:

• Winner: Heather
• Runner Up: Tiffany
• Third Place Dai Fei

President’s Closing Remarks – Mark

UPCOMING EVENTS

Normal Meeting

Tuesday 10th September 2013

AREA 6 Humorous & Table Topics Contest
Saturday 14^th September 2013

Concord West Club is Hosting this event at the Concord RSL 

and we need as many helpers as we can muster.