Durack Toastmasters

Last night (Tuesday 16 September) Durack hosting the Area i40 Contest Finals.  The top speakers from Durack, Young Guns, Riverside and Terrace competed in Humorous and Table Topics contests.  There was a very good turn out, which was rewarded by some excellent speeches and good food!

The winner of the humorous speech contest was Michael Chin from Riverside Toastmasters.  Michael delivered a speech entitled “Tall Poppies: Why we don’t need them”.  He told us why tall poppies are a bad thing, making the rest of us feel inadequate, and also how to spot them and bring them down.  It was a well constructed and very well presented speech, which received a lot laughs.

The runner up was Durack’s Glen Lewis, telling us about his new business “Fitness 2nd”, which would only employ old, fat, dumb people, since they would prove cheaper.  It was a little incorrect (!) but very funny.

Durack’s Mary Murphy picked up first place in the impromptu speaking (table topics) contest.  The challenge for each contestant was to tell us what the priorities should be for the new WA state government.  Mary picked education and spoke passionately about the topic, reflecting on her own education and where she saw room for improvement in WA.

Congratulations to everyone who competed and thank you to all the people who worked hard to make the evening possible.

The winners from these contests now proceed to the division finals on Monday 27 October.  This will commence at 6.30pm in the Central Park theatrette.  Please come along to cheer on our representatives.