Wow!!! What a way to celebrate the weekend for Anchorvale TMC!
Filled with hope and confidence, FOURTEEN of our members travelled from one end of Singapore to the other - for me, it's the longest drive I’ve ever made within Singapore- to witness a historic moment for Anchorvale.
It was a very well organized Division A
contest, that had a fantastic line up of speakers, who have proven their worth in
their area contests. Our Anchorvale friends managed to grab seats together resulting
in fun and LOUD camaraderie.
The Contest started with the Humorous speech. From
the first few speakers, I still remember one speech about "Where is my
Mr.Right?" It was truly hilarious, especially with funny Toastmasters
acronyms like; DTM-Desperate To Marry. Even before this speaker began, the entire hall
burst into laughter when her speech-title was announced, "Where is my
Mr.Right?", because the previous speaker's topic was something about
"Finding a right girl". I believe it was sheer coincidence!
While we were enjoying the humorous
delivery from the earlier contestants, we were anxiously awaiting Riz's performance
in the Humorous speech line-up.
The moment "Riz" was
announced, Anchorvale’s cheers and screams shook the whole contest hall! It
made everyone look back at the centre where the Anchorvale troop was
anchored! Salma's voice definitely stood out and I believe some people passed appreciative comments about it during the break. We were the club with a
vibrant group of cheerleaders!
Then the much awaited "Falling
in Love, all over again" started with a trademark by Riz. Despite hearing
this speech for the third time, we still laughed at every opportunity. It was a
courageous speech as well - to call his wife a "tigress" right in
front of her!
At the end of the humorous speech
contest, the winner was very clear in my mind. The dramatic speech, clear and vivid
expressions, excellent vocabulary and of course the witty humour, all stood out
clearly from the other contestants.
After a fun refreshment session, it
was time for another Anchorvale Champion to prove his worth in the evaluation
contest! Zulhafni!!
Yes, with another thunderous cheer,
Zul delivered a fantastic, trademark evaluation - with an analogy. He exceeded
our expectations. This time, he used Singapore taxi drivers to analyse the test
speaker’s speech. I am simply amazed by his talent of preparing and structuring
his speech in such a short time. His delivery was very distinct and way beyond
everyone else's!
When the time came for announcing
the winner, it was a unique experience for both Humorous and Evaluation contests
results. When the first runner-up was announced, there was a huge cheer from
Anchorvale! Not for the runner-up, but because it became clear that the winner
was Riz and Zul in their respective contests!
A sweep by the Champions of Anchorvale
at the Division A Humorous and Evaluation Evaluation Speech Contests! We have
finally defeated our Division hoodoo.
Kudos to the Division A champions,
Riz and Zul. But the battle is not over yet, one more final feat to achieve. We
are hoping that would be achieved as well.
The District 80 Humorous and
Evaluation Speech Contests will take place on Sunday 2nd November
2014. We wish our champions all the best, I am sure they will make us proud, no
matter what the results are!
Written By: Clement Raj (Rasu)
Evaluation Champion doing it like a boss
The awe-inspiring funny man
The Champs with our intelligent and fabulous DvG
Lots of love from our AG and past DvG
Anchorvale fun times
Family photo after the results :)
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