11th March found Excalibur members and guests in a spacious lecture theatre, generously provided by University College London, for the club's annual International Speech and Evaluation contests.
Entrants in the Speech Contest were: Flemming, Simon, Ben, Ian and Sonia, with Jill kindly stepping in as Chief Judge, at short notice. Monika was Competition Chairperson.
Contestants in the Evaluation contest were Cat, Sarah, Ian E, Andrew, Ian B, and Eugene. Ken performed the Chairperson role.
The quality of the speeches and evaluations was high, but there could be only one winner in both categories (who will go on to represent Excalibur at the Areal Level). The results were as follows:
International Speech Competition
Winner: Flemming
Second Place: Simon
Third Place: Ben
Evaluation Competition
Winner: Cat
Second Place: Andrew
Third Place: Ian E
It was a great evening - and many thanks to everyone who attended, competed or performed a role - with the coronavirus threat hanging over us. And of course, many congratulations to our winners!
Our
next meeting will be at 19:00 on 25th March, but due to the spread of the virus, this will
not be at our usual Fitzrovia venue. Instead we will be trialling our first online meeting, via Zoom. Watch this space!
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