Area A2 Contest results

Here are the pictures of the Area A2 contest held Friday, Oct.2nd, 2009...

The Area A2 Humorous contest winners are:
from left to right...
3rd place: Darci Rowe, 2nd place: Mike Knopf, Winner: Geoff Crew
Both Geoff and Mike will represent Area A2 at the Division contest.


From left to right...

Winner: Ruth Ray
2nd place: Steve Rock
3rd place: Gerry Buchman

Because Ruth Ray will be unable to attend the Division contest, Steve and Gerry will be the ones attending it on Friday October 9.

Area A1 and A5 contest results !

A great time was had by all who attended the contests on April 1st, 2008, at
Marist College, in Poughkeepsie, NY.

Area A5 held their contest prior to the Area A1 contest and the winners are....

Area A5
1st Place Tall Tales:
Neal Marsh, Arlington Rotary Toastmasters

1st Place International:
Michael Casale, Marist College Toastmasters

Picture (l-r): Neal Marsh - A5 Tall Tales winner, Janice Parker (Area A5 Governor), Michael Casale - A5 Intl. winner.

Area A1's winners included:

Area A1 Tall Tales Winners:
2nd Runner-up: Brian Prasky
1st Runner-up: Richard Basener
1st Place: John Thayer

Picture (l-r): Richard Basener, Brian Prasky, John Thayer,Mike Ruppert (Area A1 Governor).


Area A1 International Speech Winners:
2nd Runner-up: Deanna Dunn
1st Runner-up: Thomas Franklin
1st Place: Daniel Daly


Picture (l-r): Deanna Dunn, Thomas Franklin, Daniel Daly, Mike Ruppert (Area A1 Governor).


Larger versions of the photos on this page can be downloaded using the links below:

http://www.notewordy.com/Toastmasters/Spring08_A1_Intl_winners.jpg

http://www.notewordy.com/Toastmasters/Spring08_A1_TallTales_winners.jpg

http://www.notewordy.com/Toastmasters/Spring08_A5_winners.jpg

Speech Contest tips... from SixMinutes.com

SixMinutes.com is fast becoming one of my favorite blogs!

Check out this article about how to win a Toastmasters Speech Contest !

Great suggestions !

I hope to see everyone at the Area Contests on April 1st (Areas A1,A3, A4A5) and on April 2nd (Area A2). Dates and times are listed on this blog in a previous post.

Judges and other role players are still needed for these contests. Contact your Area Governor for more information.

Happy Competition !

Area A4 / A2 contest scheduled!

The Spring contest for Area A2 and Area A4 has been scheduled!


Date:
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008


Time:
Contestants & role players (judges, etc.) arrive by 6pm
Contest starts at 7pm


Location:
Stony Hill Fire House
59 Stony Hill Road,
Bethel, CT 06801

click here for a map of the location.


We look forward to a fun evening of International and Tall Tale speeches! Be sure to invite your friends and family and come out to support the contestants from your club!

Area A2 & A4 Contest Winners !

On Sept.25th, Area A2 and Area A4 held their TableTopics and Humorous speech contest at the Stony Hill Fire Department in Bethel, CT.

In Area A4 Humorous Speech Contest, Pearl Golay took home 1st place for her speech titled, "A Permanent Crisis" while Shila Ray was the 1st RunnerUp with his speech titled, "Virtues". (Pearl and Shila are shown in the picture to the right ... Pearl is the one on the left.)

In the Area A2 Humorous Speech Contest, Nana Danso (far left in the picture to the right) won 1st place with his speech titled, "The Secret" and Jinghua Xu (far right in picture) was the 1st RunnerUp with her speech titled, "Love is Deaf".

TableTopics winners were Liz Smith (Area A4, 2nd from left in picture) and Kathleen Zap (Area A2, 3rd from left in picture).

Area A1, A3 and A5 Fall Contest set for Sept.25th!

The Area 1, 3 and 5 contests (Humorous and TableTopics) will be held on Tuesday, September 25th from 6-9PM. Contestants should arrive at 6pm (or slightly sooner) for briefings.

The Contest will be located in the Ulrich Conference Room in the Dyson Center atMarist College. Directions to Marist are at http://www.marist.edu/welcome/direct.html

Contact your Area Governor if you need more information...
Area A1, Mike Ruppert, areaA1@district53toastmasters.org
Area A3, Ozgur Turkmen, areaA3@district53toastmasters.org
Area A5, Janice Parker, areaA5@district53toastmasters.org

IMPORTANT NOTE:
Each club can send up to TWO contestants from their club to the area contest for each contest! That means up to 4 people total from each club could participate in the area contest !

2 Contestants per club for fall area contests - Change in D53 procedure

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Will Ryan
Subject: Contestants for fall contests - Please note a change in D53 procedure

The polls have now closed and your votes produced a quorum! Thank you very much. Of the 44 members of the committee, 32 voted.

The results are:
We will allow 2 contestants per club for Area contests in Areas with 4 or fewer clubs. Please check the attached alignment spread sheet for Areas (20) affected by this change.

We will allow 2 contestants per Area for Division contests in Divisions with 4 or fewer Areas (applies only to Division E).

Will Ryan DTM
District 53 Toastmasters
District Governor
2007 - 2008 "Dare to Believe"