From Chris Lloyd-Davison, Area 31 Director
The Area 31 contests were held on Thursday 6 October 2016 at Angel House in South Quay.
It was a fantastic night with great enthusiasm from contestants and audience members alike, and a joyful atmosphere! Thank you to all who came along and helped out on the night, and an especially big thank you to the Chief Judge, Pemma Fox, and the two Contest Chairs, Peter Boulton and Marjorie Perkins.
Contestants from Canary Wharf Communicators, WiBF-Canary Wharf and Woodford Green Speakers participated. The participants were:
- CWC: Harpreet Shergill and Kanishka Aubeelack for the Table Topics Contest.
- WIBF: Nazia Tingay and Nick Harkin for the Humourous Speech Contest, and Becky Tuff and Nick Harkin for the Table Topics Contest.
- WGS: Andrew Steavenson and Lena Chudasama for Humourous Speech Contest, and Jean Adamson and Pamela Odukoya for the Table Topics Contest. A big "Thank you" to Lyn Roseaman for the wonderful photos.
The results were:
Humourous Speech: 1st Nick Harkin (WIBF) 2nd Nazia Tingay (WIBF)
Table Topics: 1st Becky Tuff (WIBF) 2nd Nick Harkin (WIBF) 3rd Pamela Odukoya (WGS)
The Division K Contest will be held on Saturday 22nd October, and all winners from the Area 31 Contest will be competing! An exciting and enthralling day you don’t want to miss! Registration is now open and can be found using this link:'
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/toastmasters-division-k-october-2016-conference-and-contest-tickets-28486159871