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Hall of Fame
Speech Contests
(See also Hall of Fame - Leadership)
Names highlighted in Yellow went on to win the Western or Cumberland Division Contest
Names highlighted in Green won their Division contest and went on to win the District Contest
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Year |
Club Speech Contest Winner | Club Humorous Speech Contest Winner | Club Evaluation Contest Winner | Club Table Topics Contest Winner |
Peter Poulson Memorial Award for Best Speech
of the Year For a list of winners with speech titles, click here |
| 2023-24 | Anu Vijayan | Anu Vijayan | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | |
| 2022-23 | Anu Vijayan | Anu Vijayan | Anu Vijayan | Anu Vijayan | Anu Vijayan |
| 2021-22 | Anu Vijayan | Rob Tibbertsma | Vicki Sheehan | David Griffiths | Anu Vijayan |
| 2020-21 | Gary Wilson | Vicki Sheehan | Ron Marriott | Ron Marriott | Matt Tonkiss |
| 2019-20 | Vicki Sheehan | Michael Fong | Ron Marriott | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan |
| 2018-19 | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | Matt Tonkiss | Vicki Sheehan |
| 2017-18 | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | Vicki Sheehan | Elizabeth Wilson |
| 2016-17 | Anu Vijayan | David Griffiths | Vicki Sheehan | David Griffiths | Gary Wilson |
| 2015-16 | Monique Tonna | Monique Tonna | Alicia Denis (Leise) | Monique Tonna | Tom Woods |
| David Griffiths, representing another club, won the District 70 contest | Ron Marriott, representing another club, won the District 90 contest | ||||
| 2014-15 | David Griffiths | Ian Lipski | Ron Marriott | Alicia Denis (Leise) | David Griffiths |
| 2013-14 | David Griffiths | Michael Said | Michael Said | Monique Tonna | David Griffiths |
| Tom Cummins, runner-up to David Griffiths, won Area 13 and Western Division while | |||||
| David Griffiths, representing another club, won the District 70 contest | |||||
| 2012-13 | David Griffiths | Monique Tonna | Alicia Denis (Leise) | David Griffiths | Monique Tonna |
| 2011-12 | Sam Ekinci | David Griffiths | Alicia Denis (Leise) | Wendy Nielsen (Lipski) | Simon Chhoeu |
| 2010-11 | David Griffiths | Ferdie Oosterhoff | Alicia Denis (Leise) | David Griffiths | David Griffiths |
| 2009-10 | Sam Ekinci | David Griffiths | David Griffiths | David Griffiths | Linda Snalam |
| 2008-09 | John Nichols | Kate Linklater | David Griffiths | David Griffiths | Suben Subenthiran |
| 2007-08 | Wikrom Tang | Wikrom Tang | David Griffiths | David Griffiths | Cheryl Piper |
| 2006-07 | Sue Mitchell | Ivan Popowski | David Griffiths | Sue Mitchell | Gary Wilson |
| 2005-06 | Glenn D'Cruz | Cristian Sylvestre | Dilshan Perera | Kirsten Linklater | Cristian Sylvestre |
| Demian Coorey, runner-up to Dilshan Perera, won Area 13, Division and District | |||||
| 2004-05 | Ron Marriott | Adrian Dolahenty | Michael Said | Ron Marriott | Suben Subenthiran |
| 2003-04 | Michael Said | Michael Said | Michael Said | Robyn Peck | Peter Poulson |
| 2002-03 | Glenn D'Cruz | Cristian Sylvestre | Glenn D'Cruz | Keith Wolfson | Robyn Peck |
| 2001-02 | Tom Ware | Demian Coorey | Cristian Sylvestre | Steve Wieczorek | |
| 2000-01 | Helen Kennedy | Demian Coorey | Helen Kennedy | Brett Davidson |
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| 1999-00 | Charles Rickards | Brett Davidson | Vicki Woodger | David Kelly | |
| 1998-99 | Charles Rickards | Sue Deaves | Helen Kennedy | ||
| 1997-98 | Charles Rickards | Les Plumridge | Suzie Johnson | ||
| 1996-97 | Charles Rickards | Greg North | Vicki Woodger | ||
| 1995-96 | Donna Regalado | Vicki Woodger | David Kelly | ||
| 1994-95 | Vicki Woodger | Keith Wagner | David Kelly |
Peter Poulson was a popular member, tragically murdered together with his grandchildren Marilyn and Sebastian while trying to save their lives. |
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| 1993-94 | Charles Rickards | Rex Baker | David Kelly | ||
| 1992-93 | Rex Baker | Charles Rickards | Elizabeth Wilson | ||
| 1991-92 | Rex Baker | Rex Baker | Jon Goris | ||
| 1990-91 | John Miller | Michael Benson | Rod Downs | ||
| 1989-90 | Bob Hince | Michael Benson | Ken Rennie | ||
| 1988-89 | Bob Hince | Fred Brown | Phillip Allan | ||
| 1987-88 | Bob Hince | Rex Baker | Bob Hince | ||
| 1986-87 | Bob Hince | Rex Baker | Ken Rennie | ||
| 1985-86 | Ken Rennie | Rex Baker | Clive Warren-Smith | ||
| 1984-85 | Bob Hince | Rex Baker | Allan Murray | ||
| 1983-84 | Harry Hyland | Archie Barclay | Ken Rennie | ||
| 1982-83 | Bob Hince | Peter Lee | Harry Hyland | ||
| 1981-82 | Bob Hince | Bob Hince | Allan Murray | ||
| 1980-81 | Bob Hince | Brian O'Brien | Gary Wilson | ||
| 1979-80 | Archie Barclay | Bob Hince | Gary Wilson | ||
| 1978-79 | David Williamson | Bob Hince | |||
| 1977-78 | David Williamson | Archie Barclay | |||
| Jerry O'Donovan, runner-up to David Williamson, won Western Division and District. | Chris Cunliffe-Jones, runner-up to Archie Barclay, won Western Division. | ||||
| 1976-77 | David Williamson | Gary Wilson | |||
| 1975-76 | Gary Wilson | Paul Keighery | |||
| 1974-75 | Keith Dank | David Williamson | |||
| 1973-74 | Gary Wilson | Keith Dank | |||
| 1972-73 | Keith Dank | Gary Wilson | |||
| 1971-72 | Eugene Koeppen | ||||
| 1970-71 | Gary Wilson | ||||
| 1969-70 | David Goodrich | ||||
| 1968-69 | Keith Dank | ||||
| 1967-68 | Roy Brough | ||||
| 1966-67 | David Osten |
Club Speech Contest Winners who have won the District 70 Speech Contest have been David Williamson (1977), Jerry O'Donovan (1978, substituting for David Williamson at Area level upwards), Bob Hince (1989, 1990) and David Griffiths (2011, 2015). Jerry (1978) and Bob (1989) also won the Inter District Speech Contest and participated in the World Final in the USA, Bob finishing as Runner Up.
Club Evaluation Contest Winners who have won the District 70 Final have been Gary Wilson (1980), Clive Warren-Smith (1985), Bob Hince (1987), Elizabeth Wilson (1992), Demian Coorey (2006, runner-up at Club level but participating as one of 2 allowed representatives at Area 13) and David Griffiths (2010).
Club Humorous Contest Winners who have won the District 70/90 Final, receiving the Parramatta Trophy originally donated to District 70 by Parramatta Club in 1972 and upgraded to the Gary Wilson - Parramatta Trophy in 1983 and then passing to District 90 in 2015, have been Wikrom Tang (2007), and David Griffiths (2009, 2016)