To commemorate 40 years of Wetherby Speakers Club we travelled back to October 1977, the month when the club was founded.
Opera Gin-free (Niki Boersma) receives the trophy from judge Catriona Webb
Speakers adopted thinly disguised characters representing half a dozen young(ish) people talking in 1977 about their hopes and ambitions and how they thought things would turn out for them over the next four decades. This was the scenario for the annual After Dinner Speech Contest held at the Bridge Inn, Walshford, on Friday 16th March.
After 6 light hearted and entertaining speeches the winner was declared – congratulations to Niki Boersma who gave a powerful and humorous address as Opera Gin-free.
The other speakers were Nutella Lawson (Jocelyn Brooks), Alex Fergietime (Neil Wilson), Tim Earners Glee (Peter Wilson), James Tryson (Howard Herbert) and Bill Doorways (John Holian).
The MC was Jeremy Axeman (Chris Clissitt) and the judge was Catriona Webb.