Meeting 1082 "Boxing"

Two more new members! Our President Leanne inducted Dana and JP into our club. 

Leanne inducted JP and Dana

We were honoured to have a visit from our Area Director Kirsty, and Mark, who will be Area Director in the coming Toastmaster year (July 2021 - June 2022.) Another very welcome guest was Arun, a first time visitor and we were delighted to see Carmy back at our meeting.

Christiane

Toastmaster of the evening Christiane had chosen Boxing as a theme, in honour of her grandfather who is a keen boxing enthusiast. 

Gail spoke about the upcoming Olympic Games in Tokyo and proposed a toast to " Australian Athletes."  

Word Master Josh chose the phrase "Weigh in" as the word for the evening. 

Gail

Josh

Ed introduced the Round Robin and asked everyone to tell of their greatest challenge.

The main event was the prepared speeches. The first speaker was  Peter who used a clever cartoon to introduce his speech "In Praise of Experts."   It was evaluated by Marlene.

Peter

The second speaker Leanne spoke about "My Three Groups of Mentors" which were her parents, teachers and friends. This completed Level 2 in Leanne's chosen path, "Effective Coaching."  It was evaluated by Tony. 

Leanne

Tony

John was the third speaker. He presented a very animated "Untold Story of Captain Cook's voyage to Australia in 7 Minutes Flat." He performed all the roles of the characters in his story. It was evaluated by Trish.

The Untold Story

 

Trish

John

Leanne's raffle was in keeping with the theme - boxes! They contained mugs, warm socks, Mocha, Marshmallows, chocolates and scratch-its tickets. The lucky winner was Marlene. JP won a smaller second prize box.

Raffle prize

Time Keeper Hazel informed us that the meeting was slightly behind time and it was time to break for supper, which was provided by Marlene.

Time Keeper Hazel

Table Topic Topic Master Darryl didn't pull any punches with his theme related topics. Kirsty, Hazel, Narelle, Dana, Josh, JP and Ed rose to the occasion and presented creative mini-speeches.

Ed

Kirsty

Dana

JP

Josh

The Table Topics were evaluated by Chris and Peter.

John presented an Educational session "A Guide to Giving a Toast."

Chris explained what is involved in the position of Club Treasurer.

John

Chris

Grammarian Carmy commented on evocative word and phrases that had been used during the meeting, including "rolling with the punches", "keyboard warriors", "ready to rumble", budgie smugglers" and "buzzle".

This was followed by an encouraging address from our Area Director Kirsty.

Carmy

Kirsty

Gokul delivered a comprehensive General Evaluation of the entire meeting.

Gokul

Champions of the evening were Leanne (Best Speech), Ed (Most Improved), Tony (Best Evaluation), and Dana (Best Table Topic).

Awards 27th April

Next meeting 11th May will have a Mother's Day theme.  Club Officer Elections will also be held.