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

Congratulations to our Fall 2017 Contest Winners!

The Area 61, Area 62, and Area 65 fall contests were held in Lubbock, Texas, this past weekend and contestants from Toastmasters clubs across Lubbock, Clovis, and Portales participated.

The fall contests were Humorous Speech and Evaluation. The first place winners will move on to the Division F contests on October 7th where members from Lubbock, Clovis, Portales, Hobbs, Lovington, Eunice, Midland, Odessa, and Fort Stockton will come together and see which members will represent Division F at the Fall Conference in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Area 61 winners Jan Grams (Humorous) and
Zack Ruckman (Evaluation) with Area 61 Director Cletis Tatum.

Area 62 winners Anicia Plowman (Evaluation ... front) and
Fred Moore (Humorous ... right) with Area 62 Director
Gary Johnson (back left.)

Area 65 winners Maria Villagrana (Humorous 2nd Place,)
Matt Kennel (Evaluation 1st Place,)
Patti Douglass (Evaluation 2nd Place,)
Taryn Colvin (Humorous 1st Place,) and
Area 65 Director Parker Waldrop.

Tim Evans Wins District Contest

Tim Evans

Congratulations Tim Evans of the WWJS Toastmasters club for winning the District 23 Toastmasters Evaluation Contest!

Tim is a Lubbock, Texas, resident and a 11 year member of Toastmasters.

The Evaluation contest recognizes the skills of members who provide valuable feedback to a speaker about the speech they have just given.

Tim also won the District 44 Evaluation Contest in the Fall of 2006.

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.)

Area 61, 62, and 65 Contest Winners

Congratulations to everyone who participated in the Fall 2015 Evaluation and Humorous Speech Contests for Areas 61, 62, and 65! We had a great turn out at Texas Tech University's Escondido Theater on Saturday, August 29, 2015.

The winners of Saturday's contests will move on to the Division F Contests on Saturday, September 12, 2015. Your winners are:

Area 61

• Evaluation - Taryn Colvin
• Humorous Speech - Taryn Colvin

Area 62

• Evaluation - Patti Douglass
• Humorous Speech - Kim Davis

Area 65

• Evaluation - Tim Evans
• Humorous Speech - Donna Labatt

Area 61
Ross Nieman, Victoria Xiong, Nadeeja Wijayatunga, 
Thomas Kent, and Taryn Colvin

Area 62
Patti Douglass, Gary Johnson, Kim Davis,
Jason Davis, Debora Perez-Ruiz, Cliff Colvin, Lori Daniel

Area 65
Kevin Wilson, Donna Labatt, Donna Peters, Tim Evans

Full photo album here: https://goo.gl/photos/tRcmPhGHhfCN2sL6A

Stacy Cain Wins District Competition

Area 62 Governor Kerry Mobley, Stacy Cain, and Area
61 Governor Amber Marsh celebrate after Stacy's victory.

Distinguished Toastmaster Stacy Cain from Lubbock's Llano Estacado Toastmasters Club won the District 23 Speech Evaluation contest on Friday, October 24, 2014.

After being selected to represent her club, along with Taryn Colvin, another Llano member, Stacy went on to place second in the Area 61 Speech Evaluation Contest behind Articulate Toastmasters member Angelia Heare. At the Division F contest, Stacy won and moved forward to the District 23 contest where she faced off against five other competitors from all across the Oklahoma Panhandle, Western Texas, and New Mexico. After a round of six evaluations, Stacy emerged as the winner and brought the trophy back to Lubbock.

Stacy is a member of two clubs, Llano Estacado and South Plains Toastmasters. She also participates in many Toastmasters events around Lubbock such as the recent Rawls College of Business demonstration meeting.

Congratulations Stacy!

Fall 2014 - Area Contest Winners

Area Governors Amber Marsh and Kerry Mobley held the combined Area 61 & 62 contests for Evaluation and Tall Tales on September 20, 2014, at the Rawls College of Business on Texas Tech campus.

Ben Mercado, president of Eloquent Raiders, participated as the Test Speaker for the Evaluation Contest.

The first and second place winners from each contest in each Area will move on to the Division F contest on October 11, 2014.

Area 61 - Evaluation

1st Place - Angelia Heare
2nd Place - Stacy Cain

Area 61 - Tall Tales

1st Place - Crystal Collins
2nd Place - Lakshmi Muthukumar

Area 62 - Tall Tales

1st Place - Thomas Kent

* There were no contestants for the Area 62 Evaluation contest.

Test Speaker Ben Mercado

Area Governors Kerry Mobley (left) and Amber Marsh (right)
with Angelia Heare (center)

Kerry with Stacy Cain (right)

Kerry and Amber with Crystal Collins (center)

Kerry with Lakshmi Muthukumar (right)

Kerry and Amber with Thomas Kent (center)

(L to R) Amber, Kerry, Lakshmi, Taryn Colvin, Jason Davis,
Crystal, Stacy, Thomas, Angelia, and Natalie Waters

For more images and full size versions of the above photos, please visit https://plus.google.com/photos/110259574576535569916/albums/6061335283401418673 .


All photos taken by Ben Mercado (www.benmercado.com).

Area 61/62 Contests - Fall 2014

Click for the PDF flyer

The combined Area 61 & Area 62 contests for Tall Tales & Evaluation will take place on September 20, 2014, in Room 103 of the Rawls College of Business.

Contestant and judges briefings will being at 9:30am with the contests to run from 10:00am to noon.

Please see the flyer (click on the image to the right) for additional details.

Lubbock Pro Club Hosts Awards Ceremony

During it's November 16th meeting, the Lubbock Pro Club hosted a special awards ceremony honoring Lubbock Toastmasters members who received awards during and leading up to the Fall 2013 Conference in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Immediate Past District Governor TK O'Geary recognized the following Lubbock Toastmasters:

• Robert Barnhill - Treasurer of the Half Year (January to June, 2013)
• Jef Conn, Robyne Vaughn, Steve Hightower, Robert Barhnill, Jana Barnhill, John Leazar, and Linda Leazar - Keys to the District for Exemplary Service to District 23
• Robyne Vaughn - Area Governor of the Year for 2012-2013

District Governor Linda Leazar recognized contest winners from the fall contest season.

• Amber Marsh - Area 61 Humorous Speech Winner
• ZQ - Area 61 Evaluation Winner
• Patrick McMahan - Area 62 Humorous Winner and Division F Humorous 2nd Place
• Tim Evans - Area 62 Evaluation Winner, Division F Evaluation Winner, District 23 Evaluation 3rd Place

Tim Evans Advances to District Evaluation Contest

Tim Evans delivers during the
Division F Evaluation contest

Representing the WWJS Toastmasters club in Lubbock, Texas, Tim Evans won the Division F Evaluation contest on Saturday, October 5, 2013.  

Tim, also a member of the Downtown Toastmasters club in Lubbock, won the District 44 Evaluation contest in Fall 2006 when Lubbock was a part of District 44.  Tim is now going for his second District trophy.

Fall 2013 Humorous, Evaluation Divison F Contests

Lt. Governor Marketing Jef Conn is excited!
Are you?

The Fall 2013 Division F contests for the Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests will be in Lubbock on Saturday, October 5th, in the Lanier Auditorium of the Texas Tech School of Law.

Contestants from Clovis to Ft. Stockton and Lubbock to Roswell will converge in Lubbock to determine who will advance to the District 23 contest in Santa Fe, NM, on October 18 and 19, 2013.

The contest begins at 1pm (central time), but contestants and judges should arrive by 12:30pm for the briefings.

Area 61/62 Humorous and Evaluation Contest Results

Lt. Governor Marketing Jef Conn welcomes the
audience to the Area 61 & 62 Fall Contests

The Texas Tech School of Law, home to the Eloquent Raiders club, hosted the Area 61 & 62 Humorous Speech and Evaluation contests this morning.

Area Governors Ernee Kozyreff and Uwe Beltz put the contest together and recruited Jef Conn, our district's Lieutenant Governor Marketing, to take the role of Toastmaster.  Additionally, Ernee covered the chief judge duties while Uwe embraced the role of test speaker for the Evaluation contest.

The first and second place finishers will advance to the Division F contest on Saturday, October 5th, at the Texas Tech School of Law.

The contest results are:

Area 61 - Humorous Speech	Area 62 - Humorous Speech
1st - Amber Marsh	1st - Patrick McMahan
2nd - Weston Waldo
3rd - Lakshmi Muthu Kumar
Area 61 - Evaluation	Area 62 - Evaluation
1st - Zhiqiang Wu	1st - Tim Evans
2nd - Lakshmi Muthu Kumar

Area 61 Humorous - Lakshmi Kumar, Jef Conn, and
Weston Waldo (Amber Marsh not pictured)

Area 62 Humorous - Jef Conn and Patrick McMahan

Area 61 Evaluation - Zhiqiang Wu, Jef Conn, and
Lakshmi Kumar

Area 62 Evaluation - Jef Conn and Tim Evans

Jef interviews the contestants

Uwe Beltz delivers the test speech for the
Evaluation contest

Good luck at Division, everyone!