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• 2nd February 2011 -
  
  
  
• 19th January 2011 - Club Competitions
  
  
  
• 8th December 2010 - Just A Minute
  Six gallant members braved the two feet of snow to enjoy a session of Just A Minute session hosted by Bruce Golding. 
  
  
• 26th November 2010 - Annual Dinner
  Our second annual dinner took place at the Apex Hotel, Waterloo Place.  Our guest speaker was David McClay and he deligheted us with a speech on his work at the National Library of Scotland. 
  
  
• 24th November 2010 - The Debuts Just Keep Coming
  Keith McClenan delivered his first speech to the club and Jim Gibbison offerd his first evaluation.
  
  
• 10th November 2010 - Yet Another Debutant
  Our third debutant this year was William Taylor who used his B1 to take us back to his childhood home town of St. Davids.  
  
  
• 27th October 2010 - Another Debutant
  Our second debutant of the year, this time it was Jim Gibbison.
  
  
• 13th October 2010 - Debutant
  The club heard the first speech from one of our new members. Ian Methven gave us a B1: Making a Start, in which he introduced himself to the club by describing his journay from his grandmothers flat to the Scottish Parliament. 
  
  
• 29th September 2010 - Challenge the Reading
  A new innovation for our second meeting of the session as our newly installed Education Director challenged three speakers to deliver the same reading with their own interpretation.  The reading in question was Edward VIII's abdication speech and it was expertly evaluated by Christine Havelock. 
  
  
• 15th September 2010 - First Meeting of the New Session
  In our first meeting of the new session speeches were given by Bruce Golding (B6 Vocabulary and Word Pictures) and débutante Ruaa Rehan (B1 Making a Start), the topic session was led by Katherine Wilkie. 
  
  
• 1st September 2010 - Upgrade to Website Begins
  After spending much of the summer in development the newly expanded Edinburgh Speakers Club website is here.


• 26th May 2010 - Speakers Club Social
  Our second year closed with our second club social.
  
  
• 12th May 2010 - Just a Minute
  Tonight Bruce Golding hosted a Just a Minute evening to end the session.  The contest was won by Lorna Scott Dodd whose attention to detail paid dividends. 
  
  
• 28th April 2010 - Normal Meeting
  Tonight was the last normal meeting before the summer break and the last chance to practice our speaking and evaluation skills before the summer break.
  
  
• 26th April 2010 - National Conference
  What a conference Edinburgh SC picked up a trophy and the Edinburgh area also won one.  Tony Scott came second in the speech conference and the Edinburgh Area won the Fraser trophy for being the Area that added the most members in last year.  There were also changes approved the ASC's constitution. 
  
  
• 22nd April 2010 - National Conference
  Follow the latest from the national conference on twitter @edinburghspeak
  
  
• 14th April 2010  - Annual General Meeting
  Items on the agenda this year included the motions to be debated at National Conference, increasing membership, capitation and also the election of a new committee.  For full details on the new committee see the updated committee page.
  
  
• 31st March 2010 - Normal Meeting
  The highlight of this evenings meeting was a speech from our long distance member Christine Havelock.  She stepped up to the challenge and delighted the club with a speech entitled "What this country needs is a medium sized, medium priced giraffe".
  
  
• 17th March 2010 - Reading Evening
  The club held its first ever reading evening with eight members offering readings of a variety of poetry and prose.
  
  
• 14th March 2010 - District Conference
  The morning session of today's conference was a seminar led by Dilwyn Scott which was hugely informative and beneficial to all who attended.  The afternoon saw the highlight of the day with the district competitions.  Katherine Wilkie represented the club well in the topics contest but didn't win however Tony Scott will represent the club at the National Conference next month in the Speech Contest. 
  
  
• 3rd March 2010 - Meeting Cancelled
  
  
• 17th February 2010 - Normal Meeting
  
  
• 3rd February 2010 -  Area Contests
  The Edinburgh Speakers Club took on Penicuik SC in the Edinburgh Area contests in speech, topics and evaluation this evening.  There were victories for two members of the club, Tony Scott and Katherine Wilkie will represent the Area at District level in Speech and Topics respectively. 
  
  
• 20th January 2010 - Topics and Evaluation Contests
  The club contests in topics and evaluation took place this evening and saw Katherine Wilkie win the topics contest and Iain Millar win in evaluation.  They will join Tony Scott ( the speech contest winner) in the Area contests in a few weeks time. 
  
  
• 9th December 2009 - Debate
  The final meeting of this year saw Tony Scott and Stefan Tymkewycz beat Tom Scott and Bruce Golding in a debate on the motion "This recession has been good for the UK". 
  
  
• 27th November 2009 - Inaugural Dinner
  The club held its first ever dinner on 27 November 2009. With over 30 members and guests present, a great time was had by all, and the event lived up to - or exceeded - everyone's expectations.
  Guest speaker Christine Graham, MSP, gave a fascinating, charming insight into the workings of the Scottish Parliament. The other highlight of the evening was the official presentation of the club's Charter by Joe James, past National President of the Association of Speakers Clubs, to club President, Lorna Scott-Dodd. But the rest of the evening was excellent too, with good food, the occasional glass of wine, and other excellent speeches from club members and guests.
  
  
• 13th October 2009 - New session - same high quality!
  The first two meetings of the new session have gone well, with excellent speeches, a lot a fun, and some good discussion about how to move the club forward.
  Our latest venture is a dinner, to be held in November, where we hope to welcome guests from other speakers clubs from various parts of the country. It's not too late to join!
  
  
• 13th August 2009 - Thinking about the new session!
  Club members are warming up their throats, planning their speeches, and starting to think about the new session.
  Why not join us and see if you can make our second year even more successful than our first?
  
  
• 29th March 2009 - Fiona Millar goes to the Nationals!
  Fiona Millar has taken the next step toward glory by winning the District Competition for Central Scotland and is going on to represent the club at the National Competition for Topics!
  We all wish Fiona the best as she competes in April!
  
  
• 3rd February 2009 - Congratulations to Fiona Millar!
  Fiona Millar put in an excellent performance on the 28th of January, sweeping up both the Topics Cup and the Evaluation Plate on the same night!
  Although the competition was fierce, the judges deemed Fiona the winner in both and she goes on to compete in the Area Championship next week where she will face the winner of the Penicuik Club Competition.
  
  
• 4th January 2009 - Grand Opening of the Website!
  Welcome to the new Edinburgh Speakers Club website, a site that will hopefully live up to the young and vibrant club it represents!
  This site was developed to accomplish three tasks.
  * Educate people about the Speakers Club, and what it can do for them.
  * Keep members of both Edinburgh and the general ASC informed about things that are going on within the club.
  * Introduce an easy, on-line reference for members in order to assist them in preparing for the next meeting.
  If you feel the site does not match these three expectations, please e-mail the webmaster and set him a task
  

Provisional Meeting Dates

Wednesday 19th January 2011 -
Club Competitions

Wednesday 2nd February 2011 - Normal Meeting

Wednesday 16th February 2011 - Normal Meeting

Wednesday 2nd March 2011 -
Normal Meeting

Wednesday 16th March 2011 -
Normal Meeting

Wednesday 30th March 2011 -
Normal Meeting

Wednesday 13th April 2011 -
Annual General Meeting

Wednesday 27th April 2011 -
Normal Meeting

Wednesday 11th May 2011 -
Normal Meeting

Wednesday 25th May 2011 -
Normal Meeting