Meeting 1160 "The Eagles"

 It was another great meeting. We had 5 guests, Peter, Robert, Madonna, Claire, Ray. And a new member! Maddy has joined our club.

President Helen inducted new member Maddy and presented John with a ribbon award for completing level 2 of the Motivational Strategies Path.

Helen inducted Maddy

John recieved ribbon

Toastmaster of the evening Narelle explained that she had chosen "The Eagles" as the meeting theme because she loves the group's music.

Maddy's first role was to propose a toast. She proposed it to "Those who step outside of their comfort zone."

Maddy

George

George chose the word "laughter" as the word of the evening. Although it wasn't used a lot, there was plenty of laughter during the evening.

Round Robin Master Trish invited us to tell what music reminded us of a special event in our lives.

There were 4 prepared speeches by Arun, Helen, Paul and Trish.

Arun

Helen

Paul

Trish

Speech Evaluators were Gail W, Marlene, Christiane and John.

Gail W

Marlene

Christiane

John

Timekeeper Gail reported on the timing of the speeches and evaluations.

Gail W

Tracey

Tracey had brought a raffle, consisting of a mug, coffee, tea, biscuits, cheese, and other snacks. It was won by Marlene.

Supper was provided by Russell and Marlene.

Supper

Supper Break

Russell had prepared some theme related Table Topics for his "victims" who were evaluated by Arun and Paul.

   

Russell

Helen 

Helen had everyone guessing with her "Who am I?" segment.

Marlene delivered an evaluation of the entire meeting.

The evening's awards went to Tracey (Most Improved,) Helen (Best Speech,) and John (Best Table Topic and Best Evaluation.)

Award Winners 24 Sept 2024

There is still time to enter the International Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest to be held at our next meeting on the 8th October.

Meeting 1159 Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest

 Contest nights are always exciting. President Helen welcomed our guests David (Area Director) Jenny, Suzanne, Chris, Mary, Sue who had come from other Toastmasters clubs as well as Robert (second time visitor) and Robbie (first time visitor.)

Helen

Gail H

Gail H spoke about people who are willing to turn up to take on roles and assist where needed. She then proposed a toast to "The people who do."

Trish was the Contest Toastmaster for the Table Topics contest. There were eight participants in the contest, Russell, Arun, John, Helen, Paul, Tracey, Peter and Christiane. 

Table Topics competitors

The same topic was given to all participants, so those who were yet to take their turn were escorted outside, way out of hearing reach and brought in one by one to answer the question, "What is the best age?"

Contestants waiting their turn

The winners were: First Place, Christiane. Second Place, Helen. Third Place, Arun.

Table Topics place getters

 During the supper break, contestants in the Humorous Speech Contest were briefed by Contest Toastmaster Arun.

Briefing contestants

There were four contestants, Gail W, Peter, John and Christiane.

Humorous Speech Contestants

All four speeches were very humorous and entertaining. 

The place getters were: First Place, Christiane. Second Place, John. Third Place, Peter.

Humorous Speech place getters

Peter offered a tempting raffle prize consisting of four kinds of cheeses, Ritz Cracker biscuits and a bottle of wine. It was won by Arun.

Peter's raffle

Narelle and Trish provided Supper.

Supper Break

Here are some random photos taken before the meeting and during the break. (Click on them to enlarge.)

 

Thank you to the judges, contest participants, Contest Toastmasters, tally counters, S.A.A, time-keepers and all the other "people who do."

Next meeting will be on the 24th September with the theme "The Eagles."