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.

TLI at Orlando's

Jef Conn talks about the Distinguished Club Program during the Toastmasters Leadership Institute.

TLI on August 5th

Area Governors Amber Marsh and Kerry Mobley will host a make-up TLI on Tuesday, August 5th, from 6:30pm to 9:00pm at Orlando's Italian Restaurant, 2402 Avenue Q, in Lubbock, Texas.

Taryn Rainwater Wins 3rd Place at District Contest

Left to right:
Dana Lamon (1992 Toastmasters International
World Champion of Public Speaking,)
Taryn Rainwater of Lubbock - 3rd Place,
Byron Taylor of Amarillo - 1st Place,
Eric Tonningsen of Albuquerque - 2nd Place

Entering her first ever speech contest this spring, Taryn advanced to the highly competitive District 23 International Speech contest and returned to Lubbock with a 3rd Place finish.

Taryn is a member of a the Llano Estacado Toastmasters club. After winning her club's contest, she advanced to the Area 61 contest on March 29th and then to the Division F contest on April 12, winning both of them.

On May 3rd she competed in the District 23 International Speech contest in El Paso, Texas. Facing five other Division champions from all over New Mexico, Western Texas, and the Oklahoma Panhandle, Taryn presented a motivational and inspiration presentation with a core message of love, family, and the positive impact of blended families. Given in just seven minutes, the speech, titled "Stepping Into My New Life," chronicles her experiences with and personal definition of step-families.

Congratulations Taryn!