From David Marks, Area 34 Governor
Area 34 held their contest evening on 19 March at the London Underground offices at St James Park.
The meeting was opened by Area Governor, David Marks, who also chaired the International Speech contest.
The Area council elected Jay Surti to be the Area Director from 1 July 2015. Jay later chaired the Evaluation contest.
Chief Judge was Liz Hobbs of Tube Talk. Thank you to our mystery speaker Luca di Carlo, of Broadgate Speakers who gave a speech entitled "The Postman" calling us to to action - "Innovation, Determination, the Future".
The winners were:
International Speech Contest
1st Janet Tarasofsky, Bloomsbury Speakers
2nd Talia Ajibade, Tube Talk
3rd Kaveh Pourvand, Clerkenwell Speakers
Evaluation Contest
1st Kaveh Pourvand, Clerkenwell Speakers
2nd Ellie Rudolph, Holborn Speakers
3rd Michael Foster, Society Speakers.
The first placed winners will represent Area 34 at the Division L contests on 28 March.
Pictured below L to R: Jay, David, Janet, Liz
Pictured below L to R David, Kaveh, Jay and Liz