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Thursday, 27 March 2025

Meeting 1171 "Ireland"

 Our regular meeting place was undergoing storm damage repairs, but thanks to the resourcefulness of our president Helen and VPE Christiane and the generosity of the Redcliffe Church of Christ, we were able to conduct our meeting in the church hall.

Scarlett, Eoin and Robert

Because St Patrick's Day is in March, Toastmaster Narelle had chosen the theme "Ireland."

Marlene proposed a toast to "The Irish and their sense of humour."

Helen chose the word for the evening - "Harmonious." It was used at least once by most members.

Helen
Scarlett

Round Robin Master Scarlett asked "What travel item would you take with you to make a long trip more comfortable?"
Amy, Rusell, Arun, Trevor

Eoin (a genuine Irishman) presented his Icebreaker speech, "From the fields to the cloud."

Amy presented her second speech titled "Fear." 

Eoin
Amy

Arun spoke about his Toastmasters Journey and Christiane's speech "Please Explain" was about her leadership style as Vice President Education.


Arun
Christiane

Speech Evaluators were Gail H, Marlene, Trevor and Helen.

Gail
Marlene

Trevor
Helen


Chris presented his raffle - a beautiful pot plant and a large umbrella. The lucky winner was Arun. Chris was also timekeeper.

Chris

Supper was provided by Chris and Eoin.

Gail, Eoin and Trevor

Christiane had some challenging Table Topics for Marlene, Scarlett, Amy, Robert, Trevor and Eoin.

Marlene - "Builder of the Titanic"
Scarlett - " Guiness recipe" 


Amy - "Played the harp"
Robert - "Pirate"



Trevor - "Acting the Maggot"
Eoin - "Longest place name"


The Table Topics were evaluated by Chris and Helen.

Chris
Helen

Gail gave a mini speech on what the role of Secretary entails.   Marlene conducted a "Who am I?" segment. Amy was quick to guess that the person was Meghan Markle.

Gail

Robert presented a General Evaluation of the meeting.

President Helen announced the evening's award winners: Amy (Best Speech,) Eoin (Most Improved,) Marlene (Best Contribution and best Table Topic) and Helen (Best Evaluation.)

Award winners 25th March 2025

Next meeting on the 8th April we will celebrating Trish's 30 years in Toastmasters.

Semi Annuals are due NOW. Please contact us if you need the banking details.


Sunday, 16 March 2025

Moreton Division Conference at North Lakes

 

Congratulations to the competitors from our club, John and Christiane! John took first place in the International Speech Contest with his speech "Are You Listening?"  Christiane came third in the Table Topics Contest. The topic was "Don't Panic."

John and Christiane

John

7 of our club members were able to attend. Marlene, Gail, Trish, Christiane, John, Helen and Will.

Sandgate Club members


John and Gail


Conference Room, Corso. North Lakes.

Thursday, 13 March 2025

Meeting 1170 "Seas the Day"

 A special welcome to first time visitor Madeline and Robert. 


New members Julie, Scarlett & Eoin

George 
Toast - "Seize the Day; the Tides of Life."
Julie
Word of the day - "Fortuitous"


Toastmaster - Jonathon
Chris Round Robin
Carpe Diem; Seize the Day


Julie speech
"The Mysterious Case of Patient Zero"


Scarlett Icebreaker speech
"From Clinical to Captivating"

                      
Helen speech
"The President's Role"
    
John speech
"Are You Listening?"

Gail H - Evaluator
Marlene - Evaluator

Evaluations also by Narelle and Jonathon.

Raffle Master Eoin
Irish whisky & Irish chocolate.
Won by Christiane.

Timekeeper Brett with Christiane


Yummy supper provided by
Scarlett and Helen

Theme related Table Topics by TJ. Answered by Christiane, Julie, Brett, Eoin, Narelle and Chris. 

Christiane
Brett


Eoin
     
Chris

Peter Table Topics Evaluator & Listening Quiz
Chris General Evaluator


Award winners Jonathon - Best Evaluation
Scarlett- Best Speech & Most Improved
Narelle - Best Table Topic

Next meeting Tues 25th March

Moreton Division Conference this Sunday 16th March. Come & support John & Christiane. Can pay at the door. $20.