On Wednesday 15th we held the Stockport Bowl. There were 5 competitors: Sue Heaven – Stockport Ladybrook Andrew Bunch – Manchester ‘Peterloo  Mike Rhodes – SSC Walter Mason – SSC Paddy Macdinnell – Alderley The judges were Anne Bouget and Dave King. It was a wonderful competition and social night. Well attended with an appreciative Read More …

On Sunday 5th March Mike Rhodes and Tony Johnston represented the club in the regional finals at The Tickled Trout Conference Centre, Preston. Mike was in the Topics competition where he had to speak for 3 minutes, without preparation,  on the word ‘Strike.’ I’m his inimitable style Mike gave a very charismatic, forceful and humorous Read More …

There were seven strong contestants this year, all aiming for first place. I was amazed at the variety of speeches from a short list of titles. Well done to all of the contestants, it was a tough competition this year and the judges had a tough job to decide on deciding the top three places. Read More …

Next Wednesday, 29th March we have our Club Speech competition and Ken Sharpe Trophy (the latter which is open to those who have not won the club speech competition before). So, we all have an opportunity to participate and, with a good speech, be a winner. There are five titles to choose from: · Dressing Read More …

A big well done and congratulations to Mike R for winning this years club Evaluation Competition. You’ll represent the club at the Pennine Area conference in autumn and I’m sure you’ll do another fantastic job there!

A massive well done to all of our contestants last night, at the annual Stockport Bowl competition. A interesting selection of informative and amusing speeches. A big thank you to our chairman Walter M, our contestants Bev S Claire T, Mary C, Eric R, John D and Mike R, to our judges Linda H and Read More …

Well done to everybody for tonights contributions. Mike did a great job as the chairman, everything ran smoothly and to time. Richard conducted a very efficient topics session that gave everybody something to talk about. Tonights star however, was due to an interesting and well presented topic titled “Autumn Leaves”, with ad-hoc prop usage and Read More …

Thanks to everybody for attending tonight’s Speech Competition, with an extra big thank you to Susan Allen from Stockport Ladies Speakers Club for being our fabulous judge. A big congratulations to Mike Rhodes for winning with his speech on the topic of Debt, which was interesting and entertaining. Good luck for the Area Conference Mike! Read More …

We had our highest attendance this year, with 2 guests (Ali and Shah) who did a fantastic job at their topics. Overall, an enjoyable evening with some good preparation for the Topics and Evaluation contest at the next meeting.