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Three Club Contests coming soon

1) Online Speech Contest: February 25, 2025 

Contestants will deliver a 5-7 minute speech online. Winners will go on to the online Area contest, the online Division and District contests. Every member is eligible to participate. 

For more information about the online contest, contact Contest Chair, Yvonne; or to volunteer as a judge, contact Chief Judge, Marvin.

2) Two In-person Contests: March 4, 2025

Table Topics. Every member is eligible to participate. Contestants will deliver an impromptu answer to a question in 1-2 minutes. Winners will go on to the in-person contest up to and including District.

International Speech contest. Only members who have complete both Levels1 and 2 in Pathways, or have achieved a DTM may participate. This is the only contest which goes on past District to Regional, then World semi-finals and World finals.

For more information about the In-person contests, contact Contest Chair, Mona; or to volunteer as a judge contact Chief Judge, Marvin.

Four new members inducted

Nandini, our VP membership, led a creative new member induction at the last meeting with Igniters' new members: Luis, Slav, Marci and Olu. 

As she introduced each one, she told us a few facts about them to help us to get to know them. Our members gave them a heartfelt welcome with cheering and clapping and a pledge of encouragement and support.

Nandini, also announced that we now have 36 members in our enthusiastic and vibrant club. Way to go, Igniters!

Igniters is Vibrant and Growing

January 21, 2025 News

Igniters now has 33 vibrant, enthusiastic and fun members!

During the meeting, we found out just how important shoes are when Trish presented her Icebreaker speech. Who knew? Congratulations, Trish!

Nandini led a formal induction in which our members enthusiastically welcomed new member, Barbara.

Photos courtesy of Rebecca

With a big drumroll, Nandini also announced the winners of the Fall Open House contest for bringing guests and new members to the club. Luis generously donated a painting for the prize.

Winners:

First place - Marvin, Second place - Bentley and Third place - Darlene; honorary mention - Ksenija

Our Area Director, Fola and her family dropped in and enjoyed the energy in the meeting. We were delighted to welcome several other guests as well. What a fun meeting!

Laughing with the FunnyBones

On Saturday January 18 2025, three contestants were acclaimed winners of the BattleField of the FunnyBones. The audience laughed and clapped as ten contestants shared their funny stories on a wide range of topics, such as: the value of participating in a contest, solving problems, the dangers of going to a doctor and knowing when to Run!!!

After an afternoon of laughter, it was the audience's turn. They were asked to vote for their top three favourites on their smart phones using Menti.com. Marvin, Molly and our District Director, Daisy, guided the technologically impaired and finally the results were in!

The top warriors were:
1st:     Kuda S. with his speech "Run!!!"
2nd:    Jeff K. with his speech "Ignorance is Bliss"
3rd:     Dave D. with his speech "Problem Solved"

Daisy D42 Director, Dave D, Darlene COG, Kuda, Jeff                                        Jey

 

Photos courtesy of Marvin H. and David W.

Congratulations to all the contestants, including our own Jeff and Jey, and to the organizers of this highly entertaining event. 👏😊

While we waited for results, Nandini spoke about the Circle of Gold role in the upcoming contest season. She invited other members of the COG team, Laura and Darlene, to share their experience and a few of the contestants to speak about the value for them. We were excited to hear that most of the contestants and the audience members have been involved in COG in the past!