NEWS
North Western District Conference
The North Western District Conference took place in Ecclefechan on Sunday 7th March, this event brings Speakers Clubs from Greater Glasgow, Argyle & Clyde and our own area Border together. The day is divided between the Annual General meeting and Competitions in three speaking disciplines.
Following a straight forward meeting with no unexpected controversial motions it was time to get down to the first competition, this was the ‘Evaluation Contest’. In this competition a speaker gives an eight minute speech, on this occasion it was by Cynthia Ramsay from the Burnley Area. It is then evaluated by six members, one from each Area (the finalist in their own area). These evaluators are judges by a panel of judges from another district.
Then the Speech Contest takes place with the winners of each Area competing with an eight minute speech. Again a panel of judges marks how well they performed the various aspects of speaking.
Finally the Topics competition is held with the finalists from each area taking part. This is the contest where each person is given the same topic, in turn as they enter the room. They are then required to give a three minute speech of the cuff. The judging panel marks them on their performance.
Wendy Brown
I am very pleased to report the Cockermouth Club did exceptionally well. In the Speech Competition our member Wendy Brown was the winner, with her speech entitled ‘The demise of the greasy spoon’. She was awarded the large cup and will now go on to represent the North Western District in the national Final in York at the end of April.
Davidson Bell
In the Evaluation and the Topics contest, once again a Cockermouth member was in the top two, Davidson Bell was the runner up in both competition.
Overall an excellent day for Cockermouth Speakers Club
Following a straight forward meeting with no unexpected controversial motions it was time to get down to the first competition, this was the ‘Evaluation Contest’. In this competition a speaker gives an eight minute speech, on this occasion it was by Cynthia Ramsay from the Burnley Area. It is then evaluated by six members, one from each Area (the finalist in their own area). These evaluators are judges by a panel of judges from another district.
Then the Speech Contest takes place with the winners of each Area competing with an eight minute speech. Again a panel of judges marks how well they performed the various aspects of speaking.
Finally the Topics competition is held with the finalists from each area taking part. This is the contest where each person is given the same topic, in turn as they enter the room. They are then required to give a three minute speech of the cuff. The judging panel marks them on their performance.
Wendy Brown
I am very pleased to report the Cockermouth Club did exceptionally well. In the Speech Competition our member Wendy Brown was the winner, with her speech entitled ‘The demise of the greasy spoon’. She was awarded the large cup and will now go on to represent the North Western District in the national Final in York at the end of April.
Davidson Bell
In the Evaluation and the Topics contest, once again a Cockermouth member was in the top two, Davidson Bell was the runner up in both competition.
Overall an excellent day for Cockermouth Speakers Club
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