The fall Toastmasters contest has two components -- Table Topics and Humorous speech contest.
Those who attended the Fall 2004 Area 9 Toastmaster Contest last year
know that it was a LOT of fun.

We had some great speeches!

Contest Levels

First we start off with our Toastmaster club contest. The winners of our club contest move on to the area 9 contest. From here the
Toastmasters battle it out at the division level. Winners at the Division level will battle it out at the District level in jolly old London Ontario!

Our Club Contest

Phoenix-Toronto Toastmasters Club Contest

Tuesday October 11th

This will be held at our usual Tuesday meeting location.

Sandy our VP of Education announces contestants

Hello Contestants!

The emails have been flying and I just wanted to confirm our contestants
for each contest:

Table Topics:

• James
• Bonnie
• Michelle W
• Brian
• Susan

For Humorous Speech Contest:

• Vlad
• Michelle W

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Thanks,
Sandy

p.s. Each of you will need to fill out the Speech Contestant Biographical Information. Those of you in the
Humorous Contest, also need to complete the Speakers Certificate of Eligibility and Originality forms.




-- Sandy / VP of Ed

Club contest Results!

The winners of the table topics were:

• First place - Michelle W.
• Second place - Bonnie
• Third place - Susan

Table Topics Pictures and Comentary

Warning! May contain humour. Those without a sense of humour or who are easily offended go someplace else! :)

Laura gave us the contest rules with military precision. This year Fred gave us an interesting challenge. He asked "How much deeper would the ocean be if sponges didn't live there?"

I could almost hear Bing thinking "Red Light! Red Light!" It was pretty scary, but at least none of the contestants went over time. Thanks to Bing and Debbie for their help as timers. Bonnie did a speech with ease. Later Bonnie told me that she was extremely nervous. However, she did such a great job I don't believe it. The judges must have thought the same for she easly glided into a second place finish. Congratulations Bonnie!

I (James) was the last contestant so I didn't get a chance to hear anyone's table topics until I reviewed the tape the next day. I must say that when I reviewed the tape I was extremely impressed with Brian's speech. Excelent job! Here, we see Michelle expressing her love for the audience. The judges must have been enamoured with her performance for they awarded her first place in Table Topics. Congratulations Michelle!

I (James) was the last contestant! Boo! I found this to be a difficult table topic. Once or twice during my speech I drew a complete blank. I thought I paused for an eternity. However, when I viewed the tape my pauses weren't that big at all! I would have been better off to have paused a fraction of a second longer and state my points more clearly. Overall a good learning experience and a lot of fun! Here we see Susan with her third place win at Table Topics. Congrats!

At this point Sandy made a monolog about how we as Toastmasters must preserve the endangered sea sponge. It was really heart wrenching. However, when our camera man Joe woke up he found that the batteries in the camera had run down. At this point Joe retired his duties as camera man and returned to the safety of civilian life. :)

Our Club's Humorous Speech Contest

The winners of the humourous speech contest were:

• First place - Michelle W.
• Second place - Vlad

Although Vlad did not win first place he made a great attempt. Not only that, but he clearly showed that he
understood that an executive members duty was to help provide and promote great service, fun, and learning to
the members. The membership looks forward to Vlad overthrowing Michele B's reign! :)

Excelent speech Vlad!

Thanks to our volunteers

Of course most of our club volunteered to help out with roles. I'd like to give special thanks to our
photographer Joe and our videographer Marcia.

Area 9 Toastmaster Contest

Area 9 Toastmaster Contest

Wednesday October 19th

Etobicoke Civic Centre

Councils Chambers

399 The West Mall, Etobicoke M9C 2Y2

This is the room right beside our regular Tuesday night meeting location.

The Contestants

Area 9 Toastmasters includes :

• Phoenix-Toronto Toastmasters
• Toronto #1Toastmasters
• Gateway
• MDS/Source Medical Speak Easy
• Nissan Canada
• Humber Business School #1

Area Contest Results

Congratulations Michelle W!

Michelle battled it out in both Humorous and Table Topics at the Area 9 competition.
Did she hold her own? Hell ya! Michelle pulled off first place in Table Topics. But did she stop here?
No! The competition was fierce but Michelle continued on to an impressive second place
finish in the humorous speech contest.

Congratulations Michelle! And behalf of the entire club "thanks!" for giving a powerful showing
for our Club.

Last years Area Contest

Our club hosted the Fall contest last year and it was a blast!
We met lots of great people from our club (Phoenix-Toronto Toastmasters) and also from other local Toastmaster clubs including Goodyear, Toronto #1,
eCommunicators, and Humber Shores.

Toastmasters Fall 2005 District 60 Contest

Those who win at the division level will move on to the district level.
The district Fall 2005 District conference will be held:

November 4-6

London Convention Centre

For a Google map click here

Additional details on the Fall 2005 District 60 Toastmaster Conference can be found here. (PDF file)

And here for the full revised flyer (PDF file).