SOCRATES CUP - AND THE WINNER IS...............

Greetings to all Athenians & West London Toastmasters and Guests who came and supported Socrates Cup Night.

West London Speakers claimed the win in the "Grudge Match" for Socrates Cup. Athenians made Socrates proud by putting a good fight and being excellent hosts.

The evening was led by our modern Athenian Chairperson Anna Litsiou, dressed for the occasion in Athenian gold; she governed the evening with grace and good humour. 

A massive thank you to our Athenians Socrates debating team: Anne Bingham, Paul Carroll, Graeme Phillips, Derek Munro, Owen Murphy, Mike Robinson, Kate McNeilly and Yvonne Massett – who did us proud with their witty table topics, persuasive and astute speeches, and shrewd evaluations.   You gave us reason to laugh, gasp, applaud and wave our yellow balloons around with appreciation.

And a big thanks to Julien D’Sa who organized a fun and flawless evening that ran without a hitch.   Thank you Kwame for the entertainment and everyone else that helped out.

The West London Speakers may have won over the judges and claimed victory but that is nothing but motivation to keep our game up, and come back even stronger!  

Next week our normal Toastmaster evenings resume, but now that we are all in the healthy competitive spirit – why not put that energy into the Humorous Speaking and Table Topics competition coming up at end September.