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25th June 2008
Riverside Communicators 10th Birthday Party
Riverside Communicators' 10th Birthday Cake
Andrew Klimaytys club founder looks resplendent in his toastmaster outfit
Another club founder Jean Cooper also celebrates her 80th Birthday
Bertie Ekperigin dazzles her audience with a speech on the laws of attraction
Riverside Communicators members enjoy a memorable celebration
14th April 2008
Zahid Bashir gives a test speech at Area 6 Evaluation Contest
Riverside Communicator's Zahid Bashir accepted the challenge of giving the test speech for the Area 6 Contest Night, hosted at London Cardinals in Victoria. Zahid greatly appreciated the quality of speech evaluations that he received from the highly experienced contestants.
Zahid receives his certificate of appreciation from Area 6 Governor, Dave Sellman
31st March 2008
The 2008 Area 29 International Speech Contest and Speech Evaluation Contests were hosted by West London Speakers in Hammersmith on Monday 31st March. Chaired by Darren Mothersele (Vice President Education, London Athenians) and Dorothea Stuart (Area 29 Governor) the contests were well received by an enthusiastic audience.
The five clubs from Area 29 were represented in both contests and we are proud to announce that the winners were:
Area 29 Toastmasters Contests
International Speech Contest
First Place: Jean Cooper, Riverside Communicators
Second Place: Alistair Schreiber, London Athenians
Third Place: Jai Jayaraman, Trojan Speakers
Speech Evaluation Contest
First Place: John Craddock, Riverside Communicators
Second Place: Kate McNeilly, London Athenians
Third Place: Kimra Argus, West London Speakers
2008 Area 29 Toastmasters contests participants
26th March 2008
Riverside Communicators hold 10th Anniversary Speech Contests
With seven contestants in each of two contests, Riverside Communicators held a truly exceptional Contest Night.
The audience and contestants settle in
2008 Club International Speech Contest
The final results were:
First place: Jean Cooper
Second Place: John Craddock
Third Place: Zahid Bashir
2008 Club Speech Evaluation Contest
The final results were:
First Place: John Craddock
Second Place: Bertie Ekperigin
Third Place: Jenny Betts
John Craddock with Bertie Ekperigin
The first place winners Jean Cooper and John Craddock will go on to compete in the next round - the Area 29 Contests on Monday 31st March 2008. We wish them both good fortune.
The overall standard of both contests was excellent. Our appreciation and thanks go to everyone who participated.
2nd December 2007
Anna Hemmings wins BBC London Sports Personality of the Year 2007
Congratulations to Anna Hemmings, world champion marathon canoeist who won the BBC London Sports Personality of the Year Award with a huge percentage of the votes. Anna was formerly a member of Riverside Communicators and we pride ourselves in having helped her as she developed her skills as a motivational speaker.
4th November 2007
Speakers' Corner Event
Riverside Communicators together with London Corinthians hosted an event at the world famous Speakers' Corner, Hyde Park, during the afternoon of Sunday 4th November 2007. Organised by Kim Horner, President London Corinthians and Dorothea Stuart, Area 29 Governor, it gave our London Contest winners Andrew Klimaytys and Jonathon Palmer an opportunity to practice for the UK and Ireland Table Topics (impromptu speaking) and Humorous Speech Contest finals to be held 9-11 November 2007 in Harrogate. They both performed extremely well in a testing situation and handled the hecklers with great aplomb. We wish them both good fortune
The event was also an opportunity for a number of club members to speak for the first time at Speakers' Corner. Riverside speakers included Sue Kennedy and Trevor Stokes who gave great performances from the soapbox. Well done to everyone!.
17th October 2007
The Div B (All London) Humorous Speech Contest and Table Topics Contest were held in Victoria, hosted by London Corinthians. We are very proud to tell you that the Winner of the Div B Table Topics Contest was our very own Andrew Klimaytys.
The competition was formidable, however Andrew gave a virtuoso performance answering the question as to whether recycling was worthwhile. His impact, fluency and creativity were phenomenal and he was acknowledged a worthy winner by the packed audience.
Andrew Klimaytys 2007 Winner of Division B Table Topics Contest
Jonathon Palmer from London Corinthians also gave a great performance with his speech 'Trav-Hell' to win the Div B Humorous Speech Contest. Both Andrew and Jonathon go through to the District 71, All UK & Ireland Contests in Harrogate in November 2007.
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