Social Breakfast 
Date: January 08
Venue: Vultures cafe  (cnr of William and Francis Street Northbridge)

Time: 7am

Rostrum City Breakfast Club Christmas Party  
Date: December 20
Venue: Grecos Restaurant

Broadway Nedlands
Time: 7pm

Speaker of the Year Finals
Date: November 1st
Venue: Ibis Hotel Perth
Start Time: 6.30pm
Tickets: $65
Speaker of the Year is an annual state wide competition open to any Rostrum member.
There are a range of topics to speak on and you deliver your speech at a heat in one of the evening meeting clubs in Perth. The overall 4 winners then compete for the title of Speaker of the Year which is held at a prestigious awards dinner at a Perth Hotel.

Amongst the highlights were awards from Freeman Gloria Hancock (a Club 42 member!) to Alan Ham (Club 15) who is now a Freeman of Rostrum. Another highlight was Freeman Bill Smith giving his infamous shopping speech, its reputation was well deserved with Bill presenting an extremely entertaining speech.


The Great ANZAC Day Debate Victory
On Friday 26 April Club 15 hosted the annual Anzac Day Breakfast Meeting at the Metro Inn, South Perth. The morning kept in with the tradition of remembrance with a moving speech from historian Bill Edgar about the 2/16th battalion. The first half of the breakfast also included the National Anthem with the Last Post followed by a silent tribute, giving us all the opportunity to reflect on the sacrifices our soldiers made fornus. The second part of the morning was more of a lighthearted nature with the ‘Great Debate’. The topic was ‘Humour is an Aussie solider’s best weapon’ with Club 42 (affirmative) battling it out against Club 8.

 

The speakers from these clubs were:
Club 42 Louise Warren, Phil Otley and Adrian Grant.

Club 8 Peter Humphreys, Roger Edland and Lisa Buckleton.

 

After much deliberation from the adjudicators Freeman Gloria Hancock, Speaker Terry O’Meara and Alan Ham we were crowned victorious for the second year in a row.   The pressure is now on for 2009!