Area S7 Summary Report : Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest

The months of August-October, as usual, were the months of contests. In Area S7, except for the newly-born Amphenol Toastmasters Club, all clubs had organized their very own club level Humourous Speech and Evaluation Contest to unearth their respective club champions for the term 2009/2010. And here are the champions for the club level contests:

Motorola Penang Toastmasters Club

Chua Hui Boon, CC (Humourous Speech)

Ooi Pey Hann (Evaluation)

Motorola Penang (II) Cyber-speakers Toastmasters Club

Loh Beng Teong, ACB, CL (Humourous Speech)

Irene Wong (Evaluation)

BM Bigfoot Toastmasters Club

Ong Hooi Chin (Humourous Speech)

Ong Hooi Chin (Evaluation)

Bagan Ajam Toastmasters Club

Nishaline Priya Pubalan, CC (Humourous Speech)

Nishaline Priya Pubalan, CC (Evaluation)

Next came the area level contests. Having 2 - 4 weeks' time to sharpen their skills by doing trial speeches and attending workshop to get more tips on doing evaluation, these club champions/representatives had come together under one roof in the arena of champions on 13 September 2009, competing against one another to see who would be the best of the best in Area S7 for term 2009/2010. Here are the winners:

Area S7 Humourous Speech Contest

Nishaline Priya Pubalan, CC (Champion)

Ong Hooi Chin (1st Runner-up)

From left: Hock Chye (Contest Chairperson), Hooi Chin, Nishal, Yew Jin (Area S7 Governor)


Area S7 Evaluation Contest

Ong Hooi Chin (Champion)

Loh Beng Teong, ACB, CL (1st Runner-up)

From left: Michelle Goh (Contest Chairperson), BT Loh, Hooi Chin, Jessica Ho (Area S6 Governor)



Guess what's next? The Division S Contest of course! On 4 October 2009, our area champions, Nishal and Hooi Chin, put up their bravest front ever and gave their best shot competing against all the champions/representatives from 7 other areas in Division S. Despite our area and clubs being quite "inexperience" in terms of years of existance, I'm glad to announce to you that...Area S7 did not return empty-handed!

Our Area S7 humourous speech champion, Nishaline Priya Pubalan, had finished as the 1st Runner-up of the Division S Humourous Speech Contest!

All in all, congratulations to all the winners of the club, area and division contests!

There are 3 things which I had learned from my observation throughout these contests:

• You do not have to be an experienced Toastmaster with colourful titles under your belt in order to be a winner in the division level Humourous Speech Contest. Nishal had practically just completed her CC earlier this year.


• You do not have to be an experienced Toastmaster with many years of evaluation experience in order to be a winner in the area level Evaluation Contest. Hooi Chin had practically just done her Assignment Speech #1 and had ZERO experience in evaluation when she won her club level contest.


• Support from club members is extremely important in boosting one's confidence and performance. And when I say support, I really mean PHYSICAL support!

Bagan Ajam Toastmasters Club members in support of Nishal -- "Nishal! You are hot!"


The International Speech and Table Topics Contest will be coming soon in February 2010. I hope this article would serve as a motivation to those who aspire to emulate the success of these winners.

Start your hard work now :)


Posted by:
Lee Yew Jin
Area S7 Governor