Canning Vale Toastmasters
First Club Contest
Tuesday 26th Aug was CVTMs first club contest night.
There were 5 contestants for the Humorous contest.
Billy Griffiths, Colin Sears, Peter Jordan, Diana Veitch and Mike Palmer.
All 5 speeches had us rolling in the aisles. 3rd place went to Billy Griffiths with his tale about his time as a taxi driver. 2nd place went to Diana Veitch with a story of her bathing exploits in the bush. And the winner was Mike palmer with his adventures in the City to Surf fun run.
Here Mike accepts his award from Chief Judge Sarah Duxbury and Western Div Gov Ross Wilkinson.
In the Table Topics contest there were 6 contestants.
Michael Geisler, Mick Turner, Mike Palmer, Diana Veitch, James Abrahams and Billy Griffiths who each had to reply to the topic "I Wish I Had......."
Everyone gave an outstanding answer, with 3rd place going to Mike Palmer, not wishing for anything as he has it all now. 2nd place to Billy Griffiths wishing for a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. And the winner was Diana Veitch with her reply being, she wish she hadn't opened her big mouth.
Diana accepts her award from Area Gov Sarah and Div Gov Ross.
First time Contest Chair for the Table Topics was President, Robyn Richards, who did an outstanding job.
A huge crowd was on hand to watch the contests with many guests from other clubs and 2 visitors.
Our winners will progress to the Area Final on Oct 7th at the same venue. Good Luck to you both we know you will make CVTM proud.
Canning Vale hosts
W16 Area Final 2008
On 7th Oct 2008 CVTM hosted the W16 Area final for Table Topics and Humorous speech contests. The night was a memorable one with some fantastic performances from all contestants.
Table Topics was first, with the Topic " Australia is known as the lucky country. Is this statement still true today?". The winner, who will proceed to the Division final, was Valda Ross from Foothills and our own Diana Veitch took 2nd place. Here Valda and Diana receive their awards from Western Division Governor, Ross Wilkinson and W16 Area Gov Sarah Duxbury.
The Humorous Speech contest followed a sumptuous supper provided by the CVTM members. It was laughs all round with the winner, a very popular, Mike Palmer from Canning Vale and 2nd going to Reg Millett from Successful.
Our congratulations go to Mike and Diana for sensational performances in the Area contests and we wish Mike all the best for the Division Final on 1st November at the Fremantle Bowling Club.
Club Contests Feb 2009
Canning Vale held it's club International and Evaluation contests over 2 weeks in February 2009. Both contest were of a very high standard and all contestants performed admirably.
The International was won by Hermine Zielinski with 2nd going to Mike Palmer and 3rd to Diana Veitch.
Here Hermine receives her 1st place award for International from Western Division Governor, Ross Wilkinson.
The Evaluation contest was won by Diana Veitch with 2nd place going to Robyn Richards and 3rd to Hermine Zielinski. Here Diana recieves her 1st place award for Evaluation from Ross Wilkinson.
Both Diana and Hermine will represent Canning Vale in the upcoming Area final against 3 other club finalists. We wish them all the best.
GO GIRLS !!!!
Area W16 Finals 2009
The Area W16 finals for International and Evaluation were held on Sat 28th Feb 2009 @ Bullcreek Community Centre. It was a great day with CVTM members in the contests and helping to run the contests.
Hermine won the International contest and will go on to the Division final to fly the flag for Canning Vale. 2nd place went to Ling representing Southsiders. Diana performed admirably in the Evaluation contest and was unlucky not to place. 1st for Evaluation went to Graham Corry from Sothsiders with 2nd going to Trevor Doble from Foothills. Congratulations from Canning Vale to all winners. We know you will proudly represent Area W16 in the upcoming Western Division Final.
Hermine accepts her 1st place award for International, from contest sponsor Abby Conlon from Bankwest. Ling comes 2nd and is asked for her comments by contest chair Peter Jordan.
Graham Corry from Southsiders wins the Area W16 Evaluation contest with 2nd place going to Trevor Doble from Foothills.
Diana gives her comments on the Evaluation contest to contest chair Andre Sequeira.
Peter and Andre gave outstanding performances in their contest chair roles and a big thanks to John & Phyll as tallycounters, Jean on timing and Billy as Usher.
Western Division Finals 2009
The Western Division International & Evaluation contests were held in Fremantle on Sat 28th March 2009. Both contests were of extremly high standard and kept the large audience thoroughly entertained.
The International contest was won by our very own Hermine, who showed us all not to shy away from fear, but to just GO! and confront it. 2nd place went to Jim Stephen from Bunbury who noted that a good or bad reputation can mould your whole life.
Hermine & Jim receive their awards from Western Division Gov, Ross Wilkinson and Chief Judge Ian Pickens (Innercity Division Governor).
The Evaluation contest was won by Glen Wright from Gateway with 2nd place going to Graham Corry from Southsiders. Nola Haddrill was the test speaker and gave an interesting speech on diabetes with an excellent demonstration on what diabetes can cause. Everyone who was there will never forget the zucchini, or was that a cucumber.
Glen & Graham receive their awards from Ross and Chief Judge
Bill Hewitt (Perth Division Governor)
Hermine & Glen will represent the Western Division in the District Final at Hahndorf, South Australia on May 22-24 and we wish them both all the best.
Hermine celebrates her magnificent victory.
GO! Hermine.
Table Topics & Humorous 2009
Tuesday 25th Aug was contest night at CVTM. Both contests were well represented and the results were extremely close.
5 contestantants were in the Table Topics. Ling Morton, Diana Veitch, Mike Palmer, Nilakshi Jayasekera & Michael Geisler who pondered the question of Late night shopping in WA. In the Humorous there were 7 budding comedians.
John Palmer, Diana Veitch, Martin Soh, Nilakshi Jayasekera, Mike Palmer, Peter Jordan and Michael Geisler with Contest Chair , Jodie Tapper.
The winners were Mike Palmer in T Topics & Peter Jordan in the Humorous. Peter will represent CV in the Area W16 final in 2 weeks time and Diana will take Mike's spot as he is unable to attend due to work commitments.
Area W16 Finals 2009
What a fantastic night it was at the Area W16 finals for Table Topics and Humorous contests. A huge turnout of 46 Toastmasters from the 4 clubs witnessed an excellent display from all speakers. The winners were our own Diana Veitch in the Table Topics and Peta Anderson from Successful in the Humorous. Good luck to both of you in the Division final.
The Humorous speech contestants, Ryan Thomas (Southsiders), Peta Anderson (Successful) and Canning Vale's Peter Jordan show off their certificates received form contest chair Mick Turner.
Table Topics contestants Ken Wilson (Southsiders), Diana Veitch (Canning Vale), John Palmer representing Successful and Valda Ross (Foothills) are congratulated by contest chair Martin Soh.
The topic was "If I could do anything, I would ......."
Diana would like to be tall blonde and have a rich old sugar daddy. Almost there Diana!
The topic was "If I could do anything, I would ......."
Diana would like to be tall blonde and have a rich old sugar daddy. Almost there Diana!
The happy winners Peta and Diana will represent Area W16 in the Western Division Final on Sat Nov 7th at Fremantle.
International Speech Contest 2010
On Tuesday 9th Feb 2010, Canning Vale held it's club International Speech contest. Diana Veitch was contest chair with 6 very willing members giving their International speeches. All the speeches were very well received by the large audience and the result was a close call.
Here are the participants with contest chair Diana Veitch after receiving their particpation certificates. Peter Jordan, Mike Palmer, Mick Turner, Jean Boladeras, John Palmer & Michael Geisler.
The winner was Mike Palmer with a very emotional speech about his friend. Runner up went to Peter Jordan with a speech about people in your Photo of life and 3rd place to John Palmer who paid a tribute to his hero, his dad.
Mike will now represent Canning Vale at the Area Final on March 15th @ Foothills.
Evaluation Contest 2010
The Evaluation contest held on the 2nd March 2010 was a closely contested event with 6 participants, of which 4 were first timers. Geoff Schulz from newly formed club CSBP was the test speaker and gave his speech entitled "Blowing Bubbles" which was all about his scuba diving adventures. Each evaluator gave Geoff some encouragement and some key points to improve his speech.
The contestants, pictured here with contest chair Jenny Ramshaw, are Jay Mc Sweeney, Mike Palmer, Diana Veitch, Nilakshi Jayasekera, Dave Clarke and Jean Boladeras.
The winner was Mike Palmer seen here with W16 Area Governor, Robyn Richards. Second place went to Diana Veitch and third place to Jean Boladeras. Here they are with test speaker Geoff Schulz from CSBP Toastmasters.
Mike will now represent Canning vale in both the Evaluation & International contests at the Area Final in 2 weeks time. Good luck Mike.
District 73 Finalists
John Palmer & Diana Veitch have won their way through to the District final for International and Evaluation contests which will be held in Creswick, Victoria on the 14-16th May 2010. Even though they both were representing other clubs in the Division, we know they both have their roots firmly planted in Canning Vale. We wish them all the best.
John placed first in the International Speech contest with his speech, "My Dad, My Hero". If he wins at District level, he will go onto the USA for the World Championships. Diana placed first in the Evaluation contest with a great evaluation of Tim Mcnamara's speech, "The World's Oldest Profession"
Area W16 Finals Table Topics & Humorous 2010
Canning Vale hosted the Area finals for Table Topics & Humorous speech contests on October the 19th. A huge crowd watched our own, Mike Palmer, win the Table Topics contest with the question "With halloween approaching do you celebrate or ignore this". In the Humorous contest, Stephanie Chan from Southern River won with her speech "007" where she warned everyone that despite her small stature, you do not mess with her.
Mike Palmer from Canning Vale & Stephanie Chan from Southern River will represent Area W16 in the Western Division final on Sat 6th Nov.
Humorous contestants Stephanie Chan, Mike Palmer & Valda Ross are congratulated by contest chair, Chandana Weerasekera. Table Topics contestants Mike Palmer, Valda Ross, Patrick Grogan & Eric Fernandes are applauded by contest chair, Robyn Richards.
A superb spread was arranged by club officers Bob Glasheen VPM & Jean Boladeras SAA. Area W16 Governor, John Palmer gives a thankyou gift to our judges on the night.
Mike Palmer Takes the Double in 2010
The Table Topics & Humorous Speech Contests have been run and won with Mike Palmer winning both contests. The Table Topics Contest was first up with the topic, "I Always Wanted To Be..." Mike told us that he always wanted to be a Forest Ranger, even though he hates living in the country and now sells houses in suburbia.
Table Topics Contestants, Mike Palmer, Andre Sequeira, Dave Clarke, Bob Glasheen, Nigel Budden, Michael Geisler & Nilakshi Jayasekera with Contest Chair, Phyll Lightbody. First Place went to Mike Palmer, second place Nigel Budden & third place Dave Clarke.
The Humorous contest was very enjoyable with 4 hilarious speeches. Mike's winning speech was all about his bad back and how he hurt it in a mountain bike accident? or was that picking up his sons school bag?. Peter Jordan told us about his exploits in the goldfields trying to detect gold and digging a thousand holes looking for it, only to find it was his steelcaps he was detecting. Dave gave us advice on using Google to good effect and then took us to one of his business meetings where his Toastmasters skills are desperately needed. Chandana told us all about how we can keep our marriages exciting and then explained that his wife wears her ring on the wrong finger because she married the wrong man!
Humorous Speech contestants, Mike Palmer, Dave Clarke, Chandana Weerasekera & Peter Jordan with Contest Chair, Shehan Alwis. First place Mike Palmer with second place Peter Jordan.
Good luck to Mike for both contests in The Area W16 final on October 19th 2010.