PERTH DIVISION FINALS

ALSO OFF TO HAHNDORF, MAY 2009

Perth Division held the Humorous and Table Topics Contest Finals on Saturday November 8, 2008 hosted by WA Governors at the Subiaco Community Centre Subiaco.

The winners will represent the Division at the District 73 Finals during 22-24 May 2009.

THE HUMOROUS CONTEST

Lynda t’Hart (WA Governors) was Contest Chair and Alan Smith (WA Governors) was Chief Judge.

The warm up speech was delivered by Pascale Amberville-Colby (WA Governors).

Trina Williams

Trina Williams (Area 10, Stirling) won with her speech titled “It’s a pretty wonderful feeling”  which took us on a journey pre birth though various situations including today.

Peter Erskine (Area 20, Maunsells) was runner up with his speech titled “Longevity” which took us on the journey in the complete opposite with a little help from Woody Allen.

TABLE TOPICS CONTEST

P10 Area Governor Cybele Katavatis was Contest Chair and Inner City Division Governor Ian Pickens was Chief Judge.  The topic was “Who do you think is an Australian National living Icon?”

Judith Allen

Judith Allen (Area 30, Swan) won with her choice of Dame Edna, Barry Humphries and Sir Les Patterson, three for the price of one. 

The runner-up was David Barton (Area 10, Stirling) who took a different view!

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Maree Pickens

Congratulations to the host club WA Governors and Maree Pickens (who will also be competing in the Humorous Contest in Hahndorf) for organising and then running the day as Sergeant of Arms!!

Congratulations to all the contestants and special congratulations to our two winners who will represent our division with aplomb in May 2009.

Thank you  to the host club, WA Governors and Maree Pickens, contestants, Contest Chairs, Judges, Tally Counters, Usher and Timekeepers and Sergeant at Arms and fellow Toastmasters who attended to support Perth Division Toastmasters.

And thanks to Perth Division Governor Bill Hewitt for the story and photos.

The Contests were held at Durack House on Wednesday evening, April 2, 2008

Thanks to Bill Hewitt for this story and the picture of Tri

Tri Suseno

Tri Suseno from Young Guns scooped the pool. He represented P30 in both the International and the Evaluation Contests.

He will represent Perth Division at the District Convention in Lilydale in May.

The International

His speech was titled “How to fail in Life”. It was a message for all of us - don’t do the stuff that will make you fail!!!!! The speech was entertaining, informative and delivered with Tri’s flair. If you didn’t hear it you missed out!!! The runner up was Al Tassone from Curtin and he excelled himself. The title of his speech “Just Smile” is a reflection on a period of Al’s life while he was an apprentice chef and is one of his most cherished lessons.

Gawain Simpson (“Step up”) set the standard as the first speaker delivering a very thought provoking personal story with his call to action for us to “step up” when times are tough. The final contestant was Jeremy Mowe (“The Power of Forgiveness”) who shared some historical moments to show that the power to forgive is important for all of us. Both should be proud of their achievements.

Well done to all contestants and congratulations to Tri and Al on your great efforts!!!

The Evaluation Contest

Glaucia Hyland from Curtin was the Test Speaker. Her speech title was “What’s in a Flag” (It was her Project 8 Speech). The material was well researched and then presented in Glaucia’s clear, confident, organised style. Glaucia, as always, like Al, smiled and engaged the audience throughout the presentation. Well done and a big thanks to Glaucia for standing up and helping out with the contest and allowing the Evaluating Contestants compete!!

Tri gave a very well delivered thoughtful, analytical and motivational evaluation to win this contest. I thought it was fantastic, as did the Judges and Glaucia. The Judges and Glaucia couldn’t be wrong!!!

The runner up was Pascale Amberville-Colby who delivered his evaluation in his unforgettable style and was rewarded with second place. Pascale also coordinated and pulled the contest together and had one of the largest contingents of TM Volunteers seen at a contest.

David Barton and Jeremy Mowe should both be proud of their achievements.
Well done to all contestants and congratulations to Tri and Pascale on your success.

Acknowledgements

Special thanks go to Western Division Governor Mark Richards as the Chief Judge and all the volunteers, Ann, Charles, Christine, Johannes, Judith, Kevin, Leith, Leonor, Liz, Lynne, Lynette, Maree, Martin, Mauve, Nola and Taia.

Durack Toastmasters were the host club and provided the venue and a sumptuous supper enjoyed by all. A very big thank you to Durack.
The trophies were presented by District 73 Governor Mike Helm and Division Governor Gil Alexander.

Pascale thanked all his volunteers, the contestants, test speaker and the audience (including members from our newly formed Ngarlundhu Wangka club) for their contribution to very entertaining, inspiring and educational evening.

The Perth Division Contest was thoroughly enjoyed by all and many of us look forward to witnessing the District Contests at Lilydale in May 2008.

Anon

Anon
Young Guns Secretary

Contest Results from March 29, 2008

You can view a slideshow of all the pictures in this post by clicking on any one of them. Try it.

Claire Lacey

Claire Lacey from Victoria Quay is the Western Division representative for the District 73 final in Melbourne in May this year.

Claire spoke on “Never let your brain retire”. She opened dramatically with “Beep beep beep beep…..” and then told of the death of Lucy at 67, who had given up on life, and whose brain had shrunk. Use it or lose it, she told us dramatically. She followed this with stories of her grandfather who had sunk into depression and was ready to die, but recovered and lived for another happy 10 years. And then there was Doris, at 70 enrolling for another degree at University, energetic and vibrant. It was an excellent International quality speech because Claire applied the lessons of these three people to everybody in the audience - use it or lose it. Never let our brains retire. Live Life!

Claire told Chief Judge Mike Helm that she had been a member of Toastmasters for just 12 months. She was very grateful for the opportunities she had received at Victoria Quay, and particularly for the intense coaching for this speech she had received from Glenis and David Nicholas.

Judith Allan

Mark Richards

Two Contests were held - the International and the Evaluation. The Contests were hosted by Swan and Morning Star and held in the Midland Community Centre. The whole afternoon was brilliantly organised by W16 Area Governor Judith Allen on behalf of Western Division Governor Mark Richards.

Introducing the Contests Mark told us of the great success Western Division is enjoying this year. We have 4 new Clubs so far - WA Governors, Touch of Gold in Kalgoorlie, Cannington Communicators and Canning Vale. As well two Western Division Clubs are among the top 3 in the Distinguished Club Program in District 73 - Victoria Quay and Gateway. He urged us to keep up the good work and to enjoy the contests.

The Evaluation Results

Tania Park Evaluation 1st

Charles Fisher Evaluation 2nd

First was the Evaluation Contest with test speaker Wayne Brown. It was won by Tania Park from Jetty and second was Charles Fisher from Western Founders.

The International Results

Claire Lacey International 1st

After the break for afternoon tea we enjoyed the International. First of course was Claire Lacey from Victoria Quay and second James Park from Jetty.

James Park International 2nd

Michael Malone

Congratulations to Mike Helm and Michael Malone for the Charter of Young Guns. The Club was officially registered on April 24, as Club 995774, but the news was only posted early this morning, May 1.

Young Guns meets every second Tuesday evening from 6.30-7.45 at Level 10, 111 St Georges Terrace. It meets tonight, May 1. You can get more information by checking out the website or by emailing Michael.

Mike Helm

The new Club has been assigned to P30. Michael is the P30 Area Governor and Mike is the Perth Division Governor. For Mike, the Sponsorship of the new Club is an important qualification for his imminent Distinguished Toastmaster Award (his DTM). As well, it will be a strong indication of his inspirational leadership, as part of his campaign to be elected District 73 Governor for next year.

West Australians will be strongly behind Mike’s campaign. If he is successful he will be the first West Australian to be District 73 Governor.