Competition for Speakers

IT WAS competition time again at the Loughborough Charnwood Speakers Club,

this time for the Topics Trophy which was won by Vince Jupp.

Dorota Pawelczuk was a worthy runner up, again with English not being her first language she gave a good topic on the word Perseverance.

Martin Cox, President of the Newark club was the chief judge and remarked that it was not the easiest of words to be given for a three minute topic when you only have seconds to think about what to say.

Winners of the previous contests for Speech and Evaluation have reached Area level and Loughborough club member James Davies won the Evaluation Contest and runner up of the Speech Contest. The area will host the area Topics contest in due course and winners of all three contests will go on to the District Finals then to the National contests held in April.

There was the usual warm up session at the start of the evening and Pindar Tara gave us an example of five yogic breaths. Breathing techniques can be very helpful in Public Speaking so this was something we may need to practice.

Serpil Akkaya gave her second speech to an assignment based on construction. This was an inspirational speech about not giving up. Serpil has learnt English since coming to this country and has a really good command of the language.

Vince Jupp performed a speech which took us on an imaginary walk through the countryside on a wintry day using a plethora of adjectives to demonstrate his skill at word pictures and vocabulary.

University student Joe Zhouzhhenghong gave a speech to show gestures and body language describing his time as an Intern during the summer holidays.

There is always something to learn at a Speakers Club, from listening or performing interesting speeches to thinking on your feet for a topic session. If you would like more information or fancy visiting us find details on our website www. loughboroughspeakers.org The next meeting is at 7.30pm on Tuesday, February 26, at John Storer House.