Humorous Speech & Evaluation Contests 2021

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Our club's first online Humorous Speech and Evaluation Contests 2021 concluded on a high note on Thursday 21 January 2021 and culminated in an awards and appreciation dinner on Sunday night. We had six contestants for both contests, with several new members taking the plunge.

Many thanks to the guidance of our chief judge Michael Rodrigues and assistance of tally counters Ida & Roann, timers Defriceni & Rosalind, SAA Aarti, Zoom Masters Swarna & Michael Yonanathan, test speaker Tu Yu and contest chair Joni Siah.

Congratulations to all our participants and winners! The contest champions and first runners-up will represent our club at the Area Z3 Contest on Saturday 13 March 2021.


Contest results:

Katong TMC Humorous Speech 2021:

1st: Rachel Kee

2nd: Harleen Sidhu

3rd: Lydia Ng


Katong TMC Evaluation Contest 2021:

1st: Malcolm Chen

2nd: Eliz Wong

3rd: Geri Kan


1st online contest for Katong TMC


Humorous Speech Contest trophies

Evaluation contest trophies

Test speaker Tu Yu from NUS Alumni TMC

Assistant ZOOM Master Michael Yonathan

Timer Defriceni

Timer Rosalind Wong

A big thank you to our Chief judge Michael Rodrigues
& his panel of judges

Happy faces at the end of the contest

Awards and appreciation dinner

Presenting a token to our Chief Judge

Humorous speech winners Rachel & Harleen
(Missing Lydia)

Evaluation contest winners Malcolm & Geri
(missing Eliz)

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