Meeting 974 Humorous & TT Contests

Congratulations to the place getters in the contests last meeting. We heard some funny speeches in the Humorous Speech contest. Darryl came first with his tale about an incident with a mango tree, Annette T spoke about an eventful cruise and came second. Jim's speech about a Career choice earned him Third place.

 Humorous Contest - Jim (third) Annette (Second) Darryl (First)

 The Table Topic contest was well represented. The topic was "One moment in time." Annette T won first place, Steve second and Christiane third.

Table Topics Contest - Annette (First) Steve (Second) Christiane (Third)

 Photos were not allowed during the contest, but here are some of the contestants being intervieved afterward.

Leanne

Annette T

Steve

Daryl

Contest Toastmaster Liz with Dave

Christiane

Jim with Contest Toastmaster Steve

Some of the audience

Supper Time

Jim's raffle (2 bottles of wine) was won by Annette W.

Jim's raffle

Annette W

Thanks to the judges who gave their time.

Rose, Rod & Jenny

Next meeting  13th September - still another week away, because there were 5 Tuesdays in August.

The Evaluation and International Speech contests will be held on the 27th September. More contestants needed!

Meeting 973 "Trains"

Who else but train buff Dave to perform the role of Toastmaster of the day?

Dave

Dave's train

S A A Nick called meeting to order

Annette W's speech  - Longevity

Nick's speech - Sandgate Jetty

Carmy's speech -AQ Bus

Annette T evaluated Annette W's speech

Liz evaluated  Nick's speech

Steve evaluated Carmy's speech

Jim's raffle

Wendy- Time Keeper

Trish - Chairman

Leanne - Table Topics Master

Steve - train sound

 Dave -  TT I think I can

Trish - TT Train to Canada

Steve - TT Train journey

Liz - TT All Aboard

Christiane TT -  Famous Train

Annette T - TT Eavesdropping

Kirsty O - Grammarian

Tim - Listening Quiz

Christiane - Joke

Darryl - General Evaluator

Award winners
Dave, Nick, Annette W, Liz & Rose

Thanks to Rose for taking photos in my absence.

The next meeting on the 23rd August will be our Humorous Speech and Table Topics Contest night.

Einbunpin Festival 2016

As usual, we conducted a Toastmasters information stand at the recent Einbunpin Festival.

Jim & Mr M

Annette W, Marlene, Jim, Christiane

Steve coordinated our stall and was assisted by Jim, Nick, Leesa, Annette T, Wendy, Dave, Rose, Christiane, Marlene  and Annette W  - as well as our hairy friends, Charlie puppy and Mr M.
Thanks to Darryl and Leanne for providing us with a table and chairs.

We met some interesting people.

Steve with Town Crier

Pack up time

Jim and Nick assisted Steve in setting up the tent, keeping it steady throughout the day and packing up when the Festival was over.

It was a successful event and we received contact details for over 16 potential visitors to our meeting

It was good to relax when it was all over.

Thanks to Leesa for some of the photos.