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A renowned and well-established club in the university, the Gavel Club of University of Sri Jayewardenepura brings the acclaimed inter university public speaking contest ‘Speech Master 2016’ to life for a third consecutive year.
The club which was established in 2011 is an affiliate to Toastmasters International District 82, lands on this significant milestone following the grand success of the second instalment of the contest which was held last year.
Speech Master 2015 brought together more than 220 participants from more than 90 State and private universities and institutes and this year’s contest will undoubtedly be the destination of the local youth who’s interested in the field of public speaking.
Speech Master 2016 provides its contestants with an international platform to showcase and fine-tune their public speaking and leadership skills as the club itself strives to develop effective communication and presentation skills in each of its members. Emulating to great heights, the contest aims at discovering hidden talent across the country as well as providing the contestants to compete with International contestants in order to broaden the horizon of dimensions of public speaking.
The preliminary round of this year’s contest was held on 25September with a participation of more than 300 contestants from different universities and educational institutes and more than 50 experienced Toastmasters at Sri Jayewardenepura University premises.
Fifty Semi Finalists have been chosen to compete in the Semi Final round on 6October at the university premises. Six international Semi Finalists have already been selected to compete in the Finals via strict evaluation under a prominent panel of Toastmasters and the Grand Finale of the contest will award the winner with a cash price of Rs. 100,000 and will take place on 9 October at The Kingsbury, Colombo.
