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Saturday, February 18, 2012: 2nd Annual YOUTH IMPROMPTU SPEAKING COMPETITION at the Victoria Golf Club

Sharpen your public speaking and impromptu skills at an exciting afternoon of impromptu speeches on the topic of Churchill and his modern-day relevance. Youths aged 14-17 are welcome to register. Members of the public welcome in the audience. Judges from Toastmasters International and SWCSVI. Prizes for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place finalists.

Where: Victoria Golf Club - 1110 Beach Dr. (free parking)

When: 1:00 pm - registration 

1:30 - 3:30 - competition

3:45 - awards

Please contact Kieran Wilson at kieranwilson@telus.net if you are interested in participating or for more information. Must register by February 15, 2012.

Wednesday, March 28, 2012: Annual General Meeting with speaker, Dr, Mariel Grant (University of Victoria) 

Where: Uplands Golf Club - 3300 Cadboro Bay Road (free parking)

When: 6:00 pm - registration & cash bar

6:30 - Appetizer Buffet

7:15 - AGM for SWCSVI and CFVI

7:30 - Dr. Mariel Grant of the UVIC History Department Topic: “The King and I: Historical Accuracy and The King's Speech ”

Admission - $30 members

 $35 non- members  

$25 youth 

to register send a post-dated cheque by March 21st to: 

SWCSVI 405 - 3989 Quadra St, PO Box 30125, Victoria, BC V8X 5E1


For more information: Dan Munro @ 250-727-2830 or Margaret Pyper @ 250-381-6440 or churchillsociety@shaw.ca


Print, view, or download the AGM poster:

Recent Events

January 22, 2012: PRE-Tree Ceremony Speakers Event Presentations by members of the SWCSVI Speakers Bureau speaking on Churchill. Speakers and topics:

• Ray Kretchmar (as Sir Winston Churchill) - The Blitz
• Stan Orchard - Churchill and Butterflies
• Chris Gainor - Churchill's 1929 visit to Victoria
• Paul Summerville - Social Justice and SWC
• Mayo McDonough - Churchill Foundation Vancouver Island

January 22, 2012: Annual Tree Ceremony @ Beacon Hill ParkMembers of the SWCSVI and Les Leyne of the Victoria Times-Colonist for a champagne toast to honour Sir Winston Churchill and to commemorate the date of his death on January 24, 1965

BBC News on Churchill's Death

Monday, November 28, 2011: Movie Monday screening of "The Battle of Britain"

Saturday, November 26, 2011: Churchill Birthday Luncheon

Friday, September 30, 2011 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.: Screening of the newly released film "Walking with Destiny"

Sunday, July 3, 2011: Winston Churchill the Artist presentation by historian Sidney Allinson
Coast Collective "Winston Churchill the Artist" poster:

Friday, June 24, 2011: Churchill Memorial Gala Dinner
"Churchill and Leadership" with John H. Maurer, leading Churchill expert, and noted author and Chair of the Strategy and Policy Department, Naval War College Newport, RI
Photos from event:


April 9, 2011: 1st Annual Impromptu Speaking Competition for Youth

March 30, 2011: Annual General Meeting with "The Gadgeteer and the Mad Professor: Churchill, Lindemann & Air Defence" by Dr. David Zimmerman