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Club News - Archive
Newbury Speakers at the Area speech contest
Newbury Speakers was represented at the Area speech contest at the prestigious Bristol Golf Club following on from the Club Humorous (Tony Henderson-Newport) and Table Topics (Terry Youll) contests. Tony placed 2nd in the Area Table Topics contest.
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Congratulations to Phil Gladwell who has completed his Ice Breaker.
Congratulations to Phil Gladwell who has completed his Ice Breaker. He and his daughter Melanie recently joined Newbury Speakers.
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The Christmas function moves away from the Hilton in Pinchington Lane
We have had a change in venue for the 2006 Christmas Dinner from the Hilton Hotel to the Courtyard Hotel just outside Thatcham on the Bath Road. Click here for directions. A big thank you to Barbara for organising the evening. The annual prizes will be given and the winners will be posted here ... watch this space!
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CONGRATULATIONS to Sam Lipscombe who has become a Competent Communicator
CONGRATULATIONS to Sam Lipscombe who has become a Competent Communicator with the completion of his number 10 speech. Sam spoke of his multi marathon cross desert running and inspired his audience to stretch further in their own quest for personal achievement. Sam has also been following the Leadership Track and is currently the President of Newbury Speakers club.
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As seen in the local Advertiser
Some of you may have spotted the advert which apeared in the Advertiser on the 5th Setember. If you missed it the cutting is displayed here.
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Newbury speakers are guest judges at Reading Speakers annual humorous speech and table topics competition
Sam Lipscombe and Tony Henderson-Newport from Newbury speakers are guest judges at Reading Speakers annual humorous speech and table topics competition. On Monday the 4th Sam and Tony visited Reading speakers where they helped judge the table topics and the set humorous speeches. Tony said “Its always good to visit other clubs, you get an different idea of how others run things and get to listen to a lot of interesting people”.
We are now approaching Newbury Speakers own Table Topic and Humorous speech contest on the 26th where Reading president Mark Bell will be joining us. If you would like to either present a speech or be involved in table topics please contact Sam Lipscombe prior to the evening. For those who have not attended the club before you will be more than welcome to come along for an enjoyable night.
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Newbury speakers prepare for Christmas
Summer is still fresh in our minds and already were thinking about Christmas! Newbury speakers are pleased to announce that we will be attending the Hilton Hotel on Pinchington Lane for our Christmas party. If you would like to come along please contact Barbara Roseblade for more information.
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Newbury Speakers Club elects new committee
Newbury Speakers Club have elected a new committee to lead the club through the next year. Our thanks go to the former committee members Debbie Henderson-Newport, Tony Henderson-Newport, Ewan Lister, Erica Gassor and Sam Lipscombe for the fantastic job they have done throughout 2005/2006. The new committee comprises of the following:
President: Sam Lipscombe
Vice President Education: David Creek
Vice President Public Relations: Tony Henderson-Newport
Secretary: Barbara Roasblade
Sergent at Arms: David Livingstone
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Past President/Acting Treasurer: Debbie Henderson-Newport
We all at Newbury Speakers wish them well and look forward to another successful year at Newbury Speakers Club.
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Newbury Speakers Club prepares for upcoming Humorous and Table Topics competition
We here at Newbury Speakers Club are preparing to host the clubs annual Humorous speech and Table Topics competition which will be held in September. The competition enables our members to deliver a humorous speech which could go all the way to District level. Members can also compete in the Table Topics completion which allows competitors to speak on an “off the cuff” subject for a couple of minutes.
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Davis Brinsdon is welcomed as our newest member
Congratulations go to David Brinsdon as the newest member of Newbury Speakers Club. David has completed his first speech the “Ice Breaker”, a speech that forms as an introduction to public speaking, and is rapidly progressing throughout the first 10 speeches of his manual to achieve the Competent Communicator qualification.
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