Meeting 930 Contests

Congratulations to the winners of the Evaluation and International Speech Contests, Trish and Annette. They will compete with five other clubs at the Area 8 Conference on the 1st November at the Eventide Health Campus, Brighton.

Winners Evaluation Contest

 Trish came first in the Evaluation Contest, with Annette Second.

Winners International Speech Contest

And Annette came first in the International Speech Contest, with Trish second.

 Contest Toastmasters  were Nicole and Jonathon.

Nicole & Jonathon

We are very grateful to Area 8 Governor Jenny, Area 3 Governor Noela, and Chris and Dell who came to judge our contests, particularly Dell, who also filled in as test speaker at short notice.

Test Speaker Dell

Chief Judge Chris

Nicole & Noela

Toastmaster John S & Jenny

Toastmaster for the meeting was John S who kept the evening flowing smoothly.

It was good to see our guest Jean back again and also her friend Lisa.

Nicole presented new member Peter D with his membership badge.

Peter received badge

Nick read the mission statement and Tim proposed a toast to "Inspiring Others"

Nick

Darryl

Darryl presented an apt quote  by Patricia Fripp, about speaking.

Rafflemaster Maureen was unable to attend, but she took the trouble to ring the hotel and organise a raffle prize of a bottle of wine and a voucher for a meal. Thanks, Maureen! 

Rose presented Maureen's raffle. It was won by Leesa.

Rose

Leesa wins raffle

Rose also presented the Round Robin, centering around a bottle of water, and each participant finishing wih the words "and so I thought..." 

Round Robin

Area 8 Governor  Jenny

Area 8 Governor Jenny told us abut the highlights of the Area 8 Conference in November. We are hoping all our members will attend. 

Next meeting will be on the 18th October with a "Sixties - from Rock to Woodstock" theme.  Leesa, Jim, Tim & Peter D will be presenting speeches. Remember there will be an extra week before the next meeting, because there are 5 Tuesdays in September.