Division Winners Head to District Contest

Congratulations to all of our Division F contestants who participated in the Fall 2017 Division F contests in Lubbock, Texas, on Saturday, October 7, 2017.

Members from across the Division, including Midland, Odessa, Hobbs, Lovington, Clovis, Portales, Andrews and Lubbock, packed the training room at Tyler Technologies to enjoy the speeches and evaluations delivered by our contestants.

The winners of this contest move on to the District 23 Contests at the District 23 Fall Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on October 27 - 29, 2017.  Find out more about the conference here: www.district23.org/conference-fall-2017/ .

The contest was put on by Division F Director Kim Davis and the Contest Toastmaster Douglas Sanford.

Division F Evaluation Contest Winners

• 1st Place - Matt Kennell of WWJS Toastmasters in Lubbock
• 2nd Place - Sandra Torres of Permian Toastmasters in Midland
• 3rd Place - Anicia Plowman of Speaking the Plains Truth Bayer in Lubock

Division F Humorous Contest Winners

• 1st Place - Mark Edgar of Poip-Up Toastmasters in Midland
• 2nd Place - Bobby Kimbro of EnergyPlex Toastmasters in Hobbs
• 3rd Place - Maria Villagrana of WWJS Toastmasters in Lubbock

Evaluation Contest - Sandra Torres, Matt Kennell,
Anicia Plowman, Bobby Kimbro,
and Douglas Sanford

Evaluation Contest - First Place
Matt Kennel with Kim Davis

Evaluation Contest - Second Place
Sandra Torres with Kim Davis

Evaluation Contest - Third Place
Anicia Plowman with Kim Davis

Humorous Contest - Mark Edgar, Jan Grams, Maria Villagrana,
Bobby Kimbro, and Douglas Sanford

Humorous Contest - First Place
Mark Edgar with Kim Davis

Humorous Contest - Second Place
Bobby Kimbro with Kim Davis

Humorous Contest - Third Place
Maria Villagrana with Kim Davis

Lubbock Toastmaster Wins Division F Evaluation Contest

Tim Evans of the WWJS Toastmasters club won the Division F Evaluation contest on Saturday, September 12, 2015, in Lubbock, Texas.

Tim has been a member of Toastmasters for over 10 years and won the District 44 Evaluation contest in 2006.

Tim Evans receives his First Place
certificate from Area 63 Director
Pamela Emmons-Beasley

Doug Johnson of Midland, Texas, won the Humorous Speech contest. Doug and Tim both advanced to the District 23 contests which will take place during the fall conference in Ruidoso, New Mexico.

Doug Johnson receives his First Place
certificate from Area 64 Director
Charles Beasley

Division F Contest - Location Moved to Tyler Technologies

The Division F Contests for the fall of 2015 have been moved to a new location.

The date remains the same - Saturday, September 12th - but the time has been moved up slightly and the contest will now run from 11:00am to 1pm. The briefings begin at 11:00am and the contest starts at 11:30am. All judges and contestants need to arrive at 11:00am.

The location will be Tyler Technologies at 5519 53rd Street, Lubbock, TX (location details and map.)

Kevin Coffey Goes to District

During Saturday's Division F speech contests in Lubbock, Texas, WWJS Toastmasters member Kevin Coffey won the International Speech contest with his speech "First World Problems."

As a mechanical engineering student at Texas Tech University, Kevin lives in a high tech world and drew upon his life experiences to craft the speech.

Pam Davis of the Enriched Speakers club in Eunice, New Mexico, won the Table Topics contest.

Both Toastmasters move on to compete in the District 23 contests on May 1st and 2nd in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Along with Kevin and Pam, Midland's Layne Rouse placed second in International Speech and third in Table Topics, Lubbock's Jason Davis placed third in International Speech, and Lubbock's Jef Conn placed second in Table Topics.

Contest winners Kevin Coffey, Layne Rouse,
Jason Davis, Pam Davis, and Jef Conn

Photo by Bobby Kimbro

Division F Contest Winners for Spring 2014

Area 61 & 62 Governor Ernee Kozyreff and Lt. Governor Marketing Jef Conn hosted the International Speech and Table Topics contests for Division F today. Toastmasters from Lubbock, Midland, Odessa, Hobbs, Eunice, and Clovis came together for the event which determined which Toastmasters - only the first place finisher from each contest advances* - would go on to the District 23 contests in El Paso, Texas, on May 2-3, 2014.

International Speech Contest

Left to Right
2nd - Patti Douglass (South Plains Club - Lubbock)
1st - Taryn Rainwater (Llano Estacado Club - Lubbock)
3rd - Victoria Xiong (Articulate Club - Lubbock)

Table Topics Contest

Left to Right
1st - Layne Rouse
2nd - Ike Chukwura
3rd - Donald Beatty (Downtown Club - Lubbock)

All Contestants

Front:
Ike Chukwara (Enriched Speakers, Table Topics Contest)
Middle (left to right):
Mike Edgar (Pop-Up Toastmasters, International Speech Contest),
Taryn Rainwater (Llano Estacado, International Speech),
Victoria Xiong (Articulate Toastmasters, International Speech),
Patti Douglass (South Plains Toastmasters, International Speech)
Back (left to right):
Bobby Kimbro (EnergyPlex Toastmasters, International Speech),
Layne Rouse (Pop-Up Toastmasters, Table Topics),
Donald Beatty (Downtown Club, Table Topics),
John Boyden (EnergyPlex Toastmasters, Table Topics),
Sarah Asio (Lubbock Club, Table Topics)