Annual District Contest Champions
Each year members begin the contest cycle at the club level, proceeding onto Area and Division before the District finals. Each champion is recognised here, as part of our District legacy.
International Speech Contest Champions move from District level onto the regional quarterfinals. Each regional quarterfinal proceeds onto the World Championship of Public Speaking®.
| Year | Contest winner | Club | Division | World Championship |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| District 91 | ||||
| 2024/25 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H | |
| 2023/24 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H | Semifinalist |
| 2022/23 | Anthony Garvey | Shilling Speakers | L | |
| 2021/22 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H | |
| 2020/21 | Ben Sloyan | Casterbridge Speakers | A | |
| 2019/20 | Robin Sundstrom | Holborn Speakers | C | |
| 2018/19 | Sonia Aste | Riverside Communicators | B | |
| 2017/18 | Fabio De Sio | London Business School | L | |
| 2016/17 | Simon Bucknall | Excalibur | L | Finals – 2nd place Watch Simon’s speech! |
| 2015/16 | Thien Nguyen Phan | St Paul’s Speakers | L | Semifinals – 1st Place |
| 2014/15 | Jeremy Robinson | NZICA Bank Speakers | L | |
| District 71 | ||||
| 2014 | Chris Boden | Maidenhead Speakers | ||
| 2013 | William Dempster | HOD Speakers | ||
| 2012 | Yvonne Jordan | Enniscorthy Toastmasters | Semifinals – 3rd place | |
| 2011 | Malachi Talabi | Croydon Communicators | Semi Finalist | |
| 2010 | Erick Rainey | Manchester Orators | ||
| 2009 | Gareth McHale | North Avon Speakers | ||
| 2008 | Sultan Nazir | Rathfarnham Toastmasters | ||
| 2007 | Simon Bucknall | London Cardinals | Inter-District – 2nd place | |
| 2006 | Simon Bucknall | London Cardinals | ||
| 2005 | Erick Rainey | Capital Communicators | Finals – 3rd place | |
| 2004 | Erick Rainey | Capital Communicators | Inter-District – 2nd place | |
| 2003 | Bob Harvey | Bromley Speakers | ||
| 2002 | Bob Ferguson | Hertfordshire Speakers | ||
| 2001 | Phillip Khan-Panni | London Athenians | Inter-District – 3rd place | |
| 2000 | Brendan Toale | Glasnevin Toastmasters | Inter-District – 1st place | |
| 1999 | Paul Ellis | Lucan Toastmasters | ||
| 1998 | Joseph Portley | Crusaders Club | ||
| 1997 | Brian Cluer | Thurles Toastmasters | ||
| 1996 | Brendan Toale | Glasnevin Toastmasters | ||
| 1995 | Phillip Khan-Panni | Grosvenor Square Speakers | Semi Finalist | |
| 1994 | Brian Cluer | Thurles Toastmasters | ||
| 1993 | Phillip Khan-Panni | Bromley Speakers | Inter-District – 1st place | |
| 1992 | Adrienne Daly | Naas Club | ||
| 1991 | David Lindsey | Thame Speakers | ||
| 1990 | Giles Robinson | Epsom Speakers | ||
| 1989 | Muiris O’Keefe | Bray Toastmasters | ||
| 1988 | Patricia Foley | Eblana Dublin City Centre Club | ||
| 1987 | Michael Fennessy | Grosvenor Square Speakers | ||
| 1986 | Betty Gosnell | Oxford Speakers | ||
| 1985 | Marie Pyne | Ennis Toastmasters | World Champion of Public Speaking | |
| 1984 | Denis Vickers | Thame Speakers | ||
| 1983 | Ray Fullam | Dublin Toastmasters | ||
| 1982 | Stephen Johnson | Mildenhall Toastmasters | ||
| 1981 | Harry Knox | Waterford Club | ||
| 1980 | Dick Cullinane | Waterford Club | ||
| 1979 | Russ McDevitt | Dun Laoghaire Club | ||
| 1978 | Susan Cowles | Oxford Speakers | ||
| 1977 | David Lindsey | Aylesbury Speakers | ||
| 1976 | Bob Annenberg | Aylesbury Speakers | ||
| 1974 | Sean Hickey | Shannon Club | ||
| 1973 | George Brenner | Shillelagh |
| Year | Contest Winner | Club | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H |
| 2023/24 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H |
| 2022/23 | Dan Magill | Croydon Communicators | H |
| 2021/22 | Dan Magill | Society Speakers, Croydon Communicators | L |
| 2020/21 | Shivpriya Gowri | Purley Speakers | H |
| 2019/20 | Paola Podesta | London Olympians | B |
| 2018/19 | Daniel Magill | Epsom Speakers | H |
| 2017/18 | Ola Aralepo | Tube Talk | C |
| 2016/17 | Dallas Leigh-Martene | London Olympians | B |
| 2015/16 | Selina Jones | Aylesbury Speakers | A |
| 2014/15 | Tazud Miah | Early Bird Speakers | B |
| Year | Contest Winner | Club | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Christopher Bovell | The Speakers of Croydon | H |
| 2023/24 | Sarina Mann | Hamwic Speakers | A |
| 2022/23 | Sarina Mann | Hamwic Speakers | A |
| 2021/22 | Elyssa Schneider | Sutton Speakeasy, Society Speakers | D |
| 2020/21 | Andrew Bennett | Experience French | L |
| 2019/20 | Chris Murphy | Tunbridge Wells Speakers | H |
| 2018/19 | Chris Boden | Maidenhead Speakers | J |
| 2017/18 | Mark Hanly | Early Birds Speakers | C |
| 2016/17 | Andrew Klimaytys | Riverside Communicators | B |
| 2015/16 | David T. Jones | Holborn Speakers | L |
| Year | Contest winner | Club | Division |
|---|---|---|---|
| District 91 | |||
| 2024/25 | Matthew Robertson | Bloomsbury Speakers | C |
| 2023/24 | Bruno Marques | Early Bird Speakers | B |
| 2022/23 | Sylvia Lobo | Toasted Sandwich Speakers | H |
| 2021/22 | Andrew P. Bennett | Berkeley Square Speakers, Excalibur Speakers, Experience French | B |
| 2020/21 | Roz Etwaria | Zig-Zag Toastmasters | A |
| 2019/20 | Chris Murphy | Tunbridge Wells Speakers | H |
| 2018/19 | James Cross | Kings Cross Speakers | C |
| 2017/18 | Chinkata Okpara | Excalibur Speakers | L |
| 2016/17 | Tazud Miah | Early Bird Speakers | C |
| 2015/16 | Ga Lok Chung | City of London, Kings Cross | K |
| 2014/15 | Alex de Jong | Northavon Speakers | A |
| District 71 | |||
| 2014 | Simon Bucknall | London Cardinals | |
| 2013 | John Webber | Solent Speakers | |
| 2012 | Lynn Cantor | Excalibur Speakers | |
| 2011 | Chris Boden | Maidenhead Speakers | |
| 2010 | Jane Cameron | Southside Speakers | |
| 2009 | Simon Bucknall | Excalibur Speakers | |
| 2008 | Hilary Briggs | Grosvenor Square Speakers | |
| 2007 | Kate Atkin | Anglia Communicators | |
| 2006 | John Evans | Thamesdown Speakers | |
| 2005 | Bob Ferguson | Excalibur Speakers | |
| 2004 | Chris Cox | Cambridge Speakers | |
| 2003 | Janet Rose | Maidenhead Speakers | |
| 2001 | Ian Rees | Maidenhead Speakers |