The 2009 Area 32 Humorous Speech and Table Topic contests were held at Singleton on Sunday August 30. Pictured here (from left) Nicole Craft, winner of the Table Topic Contest, Northern Division Governor Bob Kirchner, Area 32 Governor Jim McNickle and Contest runner-up Graham Turvey.

Pictured here (from left) are Kaye Newton, contest runner-up, Bob Kirchner, Jim McNickle and contest winner Tony Rockley.

Club Leadership Training was held in Area 29 at Bellingen on Saturday August 29.

Pictured here (from left) Fran Robertson (Bellingen President and Treasurer), Jeff Carlson (Nambucca Valley VPE), Janet Dyson (Nambucca Valley President), Marie Biggart (Nambucca Valley Sgt-At-Arms) and Area 5 Governor Justyn Phillips.

Pictured here (from left) Nancy Hobson (Bellingen Secretary), Irenee Prince (Bellingen), Bob Kirchner (Northern Division Governor), Fran Robertson (Bellingen President) and Jonathan Deans (Bellingen VPE).

Pictured here (from left) Jenny Rowland (Coffs Harbour), Marianne Gallagher (Coffs VPM) and Michael Gallagher (Coffs President).

Pictured here (from left) Adrienne Burton (Kempsey VPE), Elke Pearson (Kempsey VPPR) and Fran Tarbox (Kempsey President and Treasurer.

Club Leadership Training was held in Area 5 at Kendall on Saturday July 18.

Pictured here (from left) Dagmar Brenne (Port Macquarie Secretary), Justyn Phillips (Area 5 Governor and Port VPE), Jon Smith (Port VP Membership) and Narelle Langfield, Area 18 Governor.

Pictured here (from left) Giri Weissmann (Port Macquarie President), Jim McNickle (Area 32 Governor), Georgia de Biasi (Port VP Public Relations), Marcus Ludriks (Port Assistant VPE) and Bob Kirchner, Northern Division Governor.

Club Leadership Training was held in Area 18 at Tamworth on Saturday July 4 with an excellent attendance of incoming office bearers and non executive members.

Pictured here (from left) incoming Tamworth Club President Stewart Dowe, Narrabri Toastmasters' Ann Rae and Area 18 Govenor Narelle Langfield.

Tamworth's Ken McKenzie, District Governor Ian Chick and incoming Tamworth Club Secretary Alison George.

Immediate Past Gunnedah Club President Geoff Hood with Tamworth Club Sgt At Arms Margaret Finucane and 2009-10 Quirindi Club President Sarah Reardon.

Quirindi Toastasters Prue Green (incoming Vice President Public Relations), Kevin Doolan (Secretary), Bob Kirchner and Hugh Hamilton (Club VPE).

Clockwise from top left: Gunnedah's Tom Bartlett with Narrabri's Danny Thomas, immediate past Tanworth Club President Alice McKenzie and Tamworth's Vice President Membership Elizabeth Hingston.

Immediate Past Area Governor Denis Toms, incoming Narrabri Club President Stephen Beale and New England (Armidale) Club's Peter Robertson.

2009-10 District 70 Lt Governor Education & Training Phillip Bendeich with immediate past President of Narrabri CLub Doreen Vance.

Trish Ducrow from Gunnedah Club with incoming Gunnedah President Angie Turner and incoming Tamworth Club Vice Preesident Education John Taylor.

Participants in the 2009 Northern Division International Speech & Evaluation Contests at Muswellbrook (from left): Kaye Newton (Twin Rivers), Leo Burgess (Taree), Angela Bischof-Joseph (Kempsey), Angie Turner (Gunnedah), Northern Division Evaluation winner Eric Elsley (Tamworth), Gary Hall (Port Stephens) and Northern Division International Speech Contest winner Michael Gallagher (Coffs Harbour).

From right: Area 18 Governor Denis Toms, International Speech Contest winner Angie Turner from Gunnedah, Evaluation Contest winner and International Contest runner-up Eric Elsley from Tamworth, Lucy Staughton, Evaluation Contest runner-up from Gunnedah and Bob Kirchner who was presented with Area 18's Nancy Gray Award for service to Toastmasters.

James Baker (left), from Helensburgh in Southern Division, winner of the 2008 District 70 Humorous Speech Contest in Campbelltown with, Maurice Lane (centre) from Coffs Harbour in Northern Division, runner-up, and Tom Wilde from Hunter Gourmet Club in Eastern Division.

From left: District 70 Governor John Inglis with Mal Gurr runner-up in the Northern Division Humorous Speech Contest and the winner Maurice Lane from Coffs Harbour with Northern Division Governer Judy Clark and District 70 Lt Governor Education & Training Ian Chick.

District 70 Semi-Annual Conference Chairman Juliana Jamal does her best (and a good best at that!) to encourage conference attendees with visitor volunteer Carl Russell from Quirindi and Michael Said, District 70 Public Relations Officer.

District 70 Governor John Inglis (left) with John Taylor (third from left) and Andrew Hughes (second from left), winner and runner-up, respectively, of the 2008 Northern Division Table Topics Contest held in Cessnock, Northern Division Governer Judy Clark and District 70 Lt Governor Education & Training Ian Chick (right).

Northern Division Governor Judy Clark with John Taylor, winner of the 2008 Area 18 Table Topics Contest held in Gunnedah.

Northern Division Governor Judy Clark and Area 18 Governor Denis Toms (left) with Rob Philp, winner of the of the 2008 Area 18 Humorous Speech Contest held in Gunnedah.

Area 18 Governor Denis Toms with John Taylor (centre) and Rob Philp, winners of the 2008 Area 18 Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contests, respectively, held in Gunnedah.

Rob Philp and Jenna Wood, winner and runner-up, respectively, of the 2008 Area 18 Humorous Speech Contest held in Gunnedah.

Andrew Hughes, winner of Area 5's 2008 Humorous Speech Contest is congratulated by Northern Division Governor Judy Clark.

Dagmar Brenne, runner-up in Area 5's 2008 Humorous Speech Contest is congratulated by Northern Division Governor Judy Clark.

Andrew Hughes (winner) and Roz Baker (runner-up) after the announcement of Area 5's 2008 Table Topics Contest by Northern Division Governor Judy Clark.

Coffs Harbour's Michael Gallagher was named runner-up in the 2008 District 70 International Speech Contest final. That's Michael in the centre of our photo with winner Mark D'Silva from Westpac City Club and third placegetter Sharon Richards from the Hills District Club.

Tamworth Club took home the Travel Gavel (again) from the 2008 District 70 Conference. Pictured receiving the gavel from District Lt Gov Marketing Ian Chick (left) are (from left) Tamworth Club Conference attendees President Eric Elsley, Narelle Langfield, Carol Brodbeck, Alice McKenzie and Ken McKenzie (absent from pic, Rob and Julie Philp).

Area 18 Governor Anna van Netten (left) presents drinda Luckensmeyer of Narrabri Toastmasters with her Distinguished Toastmaster award.

At the Area 32 International Speech & Evaluation Contests (from left): Evaluation winner Anneke Redman (Maitland), Area Governor Rob Nicholson and International contest winner Naisse Dermott (Singleton).

At the Area 18 International Speech & Evaluation Contests at Narrabri (from left): Evaluation runner-up Sandy Findlay (Narrabri) and winner Rob Philp (Tamworth), Area Governor Anna van Netten, International contest winner Eric Elsley (Tamworth), runner-up Tom Bartlett (Gunnedah), International participant Denis Toms and ND Governor Jim McNickle.

Area 18 Governor Anna van Netten, District 70 Lieutenant Governor Education & Training John Inglis and Tamworth VP Membership/Quirindi VP Education Bob Kirchner.

Tamworth Membership Committee member Elizabeth Hingston, Narrabri President Doreen Vance, Jean McNickle, District 70 Lieutenant Governor Marketing Ian Chick and Narrabri VP Education Jenni Hiscock.

Gunnedah President , Tamworth President Eric Elsley, Northern Division Governor Jim McNickle and Gunnedah VP Education Angie Turner.

Tamworth VP Education Ian McEachern, Tamworth VP Public Relations Carol Brodbeck, Area 18 Governor Anna van Netten and Tamworth member Andrew McFarlane.

New England President Peter Robinson shares a laugh with Bob Kirchner.

Northern Division Governor Jim McNickle launches into an education and training presentation.

Roz Baker, responding after being named Table Topics Contest winner, and runner-up Julie Garlick.

District Lt Governor Education & Training John Inglis, Immediate Past DG Nick Rinaldi and Northern Division Governor Jim McNickle congratulate the Humorous Contest winner and runner up, Paul Kidcaff (third from right) and Fran Kirkhoff

Hugh Hamilton (President, Quirindi), Tom Bartlett (Gunnedah), Nick Broadbent (Tamworth), Margaret Rowland (Tamworth), Narelle Langfield (Tamworth), Stewart Dowe (Tamworth/Quirindi) and Kevin Doolan (Quirindi)

Toastmaster of the Humorous Speech Contest, Tamworth's Stewart Dowe (right) interviews Area 18 contestant Tom Bartlett from Gunnedah

Richard Shore (Central Division Governor), Denis Toms (Narrabri), John Inglis (Lt Governor Education & Training), Carol Brodbeck (Tamworth) and Immediate Past DG Nick Rinaldi

Toastmasters Ann Rae (Narrabri), John Taylor (Tamworth), Narelle Langfield (Tamworth), Neil Monckton (Frederickton) and Jean and Jim McNickle (NDG)

Roz Baker (Great Lakes - 1st in Table Topics Competition)
Nick Rinaldi (District 70 Governor)
Sue Haynes (Lt Governor Education and Training)
Andre Taylor (Port Macquarie - 1st in Humorous Speech Competition)

Peter Haller (Eastern Division)
Nick Rinaldi (District 70 Governor)

Sue Haynes (Lt Governor Education and Training)
Andre Taylor (Port Macquarie - 1st in Humorous Speech Competition)

Roz Baker (Great Lakes - 1st in Table Topics Competition)
Andre Taylor (Port Macquarie - 1st in Humorous Speech Competition)

Cessnock representatives in the Area 32 contest. George Koncz competed in the Area 32 Humorous Contest and Nicole Craft in the Table Topics contest.

David Coffey from Singleton won the Humorous contest at Area 32 with Ian Milne from Maitland recieving the second place.

Nicole Craft from Cessnock competed in the Table Topics.
Gerard O'Connor is Cessnock's Treasurer who was the timekeeper.

Mal Gurr from Maitland won the Table Topics contest with Nicole Craft from Cessnock who received the second place certificate.

Judy Clark (Northern Division Governor)
Mal Gurr (Maitland - 2nd in Evaluation Competition)
Cheryl Keane (District 70 Governor)
Eric Elsley (Tamworth - 1st in Evaluation Competition)
Edwina Cellier (Cessnock - 1st in the International Competition)
Nick Rinaldi (Lt Governor Education and Training)
Ben Ferris (Maitland - 2nd in the International Competition)

Mal, Eric, Edwina and Ben checking out the prizes.

Mal, Eric, Edwina and Ben are now ready for their photo.

Cheryl Keane (District 70 Governor)
Edwina Cellier (Cessnock - 1st in the International Competition)
Ben Ferris (Maitland - 2nd in the International Competition)
discussing the day's proceedings.

Mal Gurr and Nick Rinaldi taking notes.

Judy Clark and Eric Elsley enjoying the day.

Members of Maitland club enjoying the proceedings at Tamworth

Reg Stewart (District 70 Governor)
Anna van Netten (Northern Division Governor)
John Taylor (Tamworth - 2nd in the International Competition)
Ben Ferris (Maitland - 1st in the International Competition)
Cheryl Keane (Lt Governor Education and Training)

Reg Stewart (District 70 Governor)
Anna van Netten (Northern Division Governor)
Anneke Redman (Maitland - 1st in the Evaluation Competition)
Fran Kerkhoff (Coffs Harbour - 2nd in the Evaluation Competition)
Cheryl Keane (Lt Governor Education and Training)

Anna van Netten, Cheryl Keene, John Taylor (Winner Table Topics contest - New England), Fran Kerkhoff (Second place Table Topics contest - Coffs Harbour), Reg Stewart

Anna van Netten, Cheryl Keene, Robert Nicholson (Winner Humorous speech contest - Cessnock), Fran Kerkhoff (Second place Humorous contest - Coffs Harbour), Reg Stewart