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Club News - 2008 Archive
Club Christmas Party Held at the Donnington Valley Hotel - 12th December 2008
The club held a joint Christmas Party this year with Vodafone Speakers club at the Donnington Valley Hotel in Newbury. After the meal, club presidents Ray Wilton (Newbury Speakers) and Lisa Ford Stranc (Vodafone Speakers) presented the various trophies to the winners of club awards.
Tony Henderson-Newport kindly donated a cup for the 'Make A Difference' award to Vodafone Speakers club and presented it to it's first ever recipient - Myra Geater.
Jenny Mills was presented with a bouquet of flowers as a thank you for organising the event. Well done Jenny.
After the presentations everyone adjourned to the bar and the dance floor. Be sure to visit the Gallery to view the photos from the party.
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Fabienne Schaefer Achieves Her Competent Communicator Award - 9th December 2008
Congratulations to Fabienne Schaefer who has now achieved her Competent Communicator award. Fabienne's CC10 speech was an inspirational and thought provoking speech which reminded us to take time out from our busy lives; to think; to dream; to believe that we can achieve if we put our minds to it.
Sadly, Fabienne is leaving the UK and going back to her native Germany before Christmas. It was Fabienne's goal to achieve her Competent Communicator before she left and the club was happy to support her, enabling Fabienne to deliver her final three speeches in consecutive meetings. Well done Fabienne.
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Club Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest - 23rd September 2008
After a very amusing evening of speeches David Brinsdon (Humorous Speech) and Philip Gladwell (Table Topics) won through and will be representing the club at the Area 42 Contest in Bere Regis on 28th September. Many thanks to everyone who came along to help with the Club contest.
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Newbury Speakers AGM - 24th June 2008
The club said farewell to the outgoing committee, celebrating their success during the 2007-2008 Toastmaster Year. They were:
President |
Phil Gladwell |
Treasurer |
David Livingstone |
Secretary |
Lakshika Khullar |
VP Education |
Tony Henderson-Newport |
VP Public Relations |
Sarah White |
VP Membership |
Sam Lipscombe |
Sergeant at Arms |
Roy Bettcher |
| Webmaster & Team |
Phil Gladwell, Tony Henderson-Newport, Sam Lipscombe |
| Immediate Past President |
Sam Lipscombe |
The incoming committee are:
President |
Ray Wilton |
Treasurer |
David Livingstone |
Secretary |
Alison Coles |
VP Education |
Tony Henderson-Newport |
VP Public Relations |
David Brinsdon |
VP Membership |
Sarah White |
Sergeant at Arms |
Phil Gladwell |
| Webmaster & Team |
Phil Gladwell, Tony Henderson-Newport, Sam Lipscombe |
| Immediate Past President |
Phil Gladwell |
Outgoing President Phil Gladwell praised the efforts of the committee and referenced the amount of effort from all club members. The club finished the year in a healthy financial position, having delivered a number of Speechcraft courses to the business community, performed well in club activities and regional compititions and was represented at the District 71 Toastmasters Conference in Killarney in Ireland.
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Newbury Speakers 10's Night - 10th June 2008
In an amazing evening Newbury Speakers celebrated four club members achieving their number 10 speeches:
- David Brinsdon (CC10) spoke about Animal Farm and then related this to the valour and courage of the service men and women serving overseas.
- Philip Gladwell (CC10) spoke about his journey in Toastmasters; from joining Toastmasters to being elected Club President, to running Speechcraft and Presenting at the UK and Ireland D71 Conference in Killarney. It was a speech about taking opportunities when they present themselves.
- Jenny Mills (ACS10) delivered a humorous speech with excellent anecdotes and impeccable timing, encouraging the audience to extend themselves.
- Tony Henderson-Newport (ACG10) presented a Roast (similar to a Best Man's Speech) where he set about roasting his good friend Phil Gladwell. Given that Phil's family was in the audience, it made for an entertaining presentation.
The room was filled with guests, and "bubbles" and "nibbles" were enjoyed by the audience who also took part in a rolling table topics session, ably managed by Toastmaster Glenn Hovey.
A HUGE congratulations to David, Phil, Jenny and Tony.
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Newbury Speakers Presents at UK and Ireland Toastmasters Conference - 10th May 2008
Club President Philip Gladwell and VP Education Tony Henderson-Newport presented at the Toastmasters District 71 National Conference in Killarney, in the County of Kerry in Ireland.
The presentation was focused on the delivery of the Toastmasters Speechcraft module to corporates and on Building a Corporate Toastmasters Club. Newbury Speakers has a strong track record in Speechcraft and was heavily involved in forming the Vodafone Speakers Club. As such Phil and Tony came with good "street cred" for the presentation, which was very well received and generated a number of enquiries from session attendees.
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Division E International Speech and Evaluation Contest - 22nd April 2008
Philip Brooks stepped into the breach and represented Area 22 in the Division E Evaluation Contest in Aberdeen, after the winner of the Area Contest, Jan Collins, was unable to compete.
Congratulations to Philip who placed a very commendable second in the contest, a great achievement and an inspiration to other members of the club.
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Area 22 International Speech and Evaluation Contest - 29th March 2008
Philip Brooks and Tony Henderson-Newport represented Newbury Speakers at this years Area 22 International Speech and Evaluation Contest, hosted by Northavon Speakers, in Bristol.
Congratulations to Philip (Evaluation) and Tony (Prepared Speech) who both placed second in very tight contests. Should the contest winners not be able to make the Division E contest in April then Philip and Tony may be heading north to Aberdeen, this years venue.
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Newbury Speakers To Present At Spring Conference - 6th March 2008
Phil Gladwell and Tony Henderson-Newport will be presenting on Speechcraft and Forming A Corporate Club at this year's Spring Conference in Killarney on 10th May.
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Tony Henderson-Newport Wins the Area Tall Tales Contest - 5th February 2008
Club officer training last Sunday at Yeovil in Somerset got the year off to flying start for Tony Henderson-Newport,
a long standing member at Newbury speakers. Congratulations go to Tony for placing first in a hotly
contested area Tall Tales contest. Tony’s story saw him describe the differences between men and women and why he was glad to be a man! After describing the benefits of being a women in the end it came down to just one thing, waxing!
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