Meeting 839 - Contests

Yet another new member, David was inducted last meeting and several guests attended.

Six members competed in the Table Topics contest and spoke on the topic  "It seemed a good idea." 

Trish came first, Annette second and Jonathon third.

Table Topics Participants

Table Topics Winners

John won the International Contest with his speech "Poor Performance." Dave came second with " Terra not so Firma.

International Speech Winners

Meeting 838 Theme - "Art"

" Poetry is an art," Toastmaster Dave told us, and he kept us entertained by reciting some of his favourite poems between meeting segments.

Another new member, Chris was inducted.

We had 3 excellent speeches. Trish presented a heart felt, inspiring speech about morning coming after the dark night - sorry, I can't remember the title.

Rhys presented an intriguing & amusing speech about the speed & velocity of a lemon.

Raider spoke about emigrating to Australia from Brazil. It was his "Icebreaker" speech.

Raider

All 3 speakers received equal votes for the "Best Speaker" award.

Next meeting will be a contest night - Table Topics and International Speech.

Photos for Meeting 837 - Humorous and Evaluation Contests

Meeting 837 - Contests

Our stall at the Einbunpin Festival paid off. There were quite a few guests at the meeting, as well as a test speaker and contest judges  from other clubs.

Two more new members were inducted - Liz and Nicole.

Test speaker Fiona who belongs to Healthy Chatterers and Peninsula Toastmasters presented a most thought provoking speech about the problems in nursing homes. Her speech was evaluated individually by 5 contestants.

The Evaluation Contest was won by Annette, with Rose in second place and Del in third.

The Humorous Speech Contest provided plenty of laughs. It was won by Damian with his speech, "Where did the Funny Go?" Liz came second with a very amusing speech about buses.

Winners of the contest will compete at the Area Conference on the 24th October at the Arana Hills Leagues Club.