The first 2008 Area Contest took place in Division B on Monday 31 March 2008. A night of high quality speeches and speech evaluations. The venue, home of London Athenians and West London Speakers in Hammersmith was packed with an enthusiastic audience.
The winners of the Area 29 2008 International Speech Contest
First Place Jean Cooper, Riverside Communicators.
Second Place Alistair Schreiber, London Athenians.
Third Place Jai Jayaraman, Trojan Speakers.
The winners of the Area 29 2008 Speech Evaluation Contest
First Place John Craddock, Riverside Communicators.
Second Place Kate McNeilly, London Athenians
Third Place Kimra Argus, West London Speakers
Thanks to everyone who took part and made it such a memorable evening. A big "thank you" also to West London Speakers for helping to organise the event, David Drew the sample speaker from Citi Criers, and Paul Carroll, Chief Judge and his team of judges.
The other Area Contests are on 9, 14 and 16 April. For details see below.
Remember the Division B All London final is on Thursday 24 April. Full details will be circulated next week.