Meeting 1171 "Ireland"

 Our regular meeting place was undergoing storm damage repairs, but thanks to the resourcefulness of our president Helen and VPE Christiane and the generosity of the Redcliffe Church of Christ, we were able to conduct our meeting in the church hall.

Scarlett, Eoin and Robert

Because St Patrick's Day is in March, Toastmaster Narelle had chosen the theme "Ireland."

Marlene proposed a toast to "The Irish and their sense of humour."

Helen chose the word for the evening - "Harmonious." It was used at least once by most members.

Helen

Scarlett

Round Robin Master Scarlett asked "What travel item would you take with you to make a long trip more comfortable?"

Amy, Rusell, Arun, Trevor

Eoin (a genuine Irishman) presented his Icebreaker speech, "From the fields to the cloud."

Amy presented her second speech titled "Fear." 

Eoin

Amy

Arun spoke about his Toastmasters Journey and Christiane's speech "Please Explain" was about her leadership style as Vice President Education.

Arun

Christiane

Speech Evaluators were Gail H, Marlene, Trevor and Helen.

Gail

Marlene

Trevor

Helen

Chris presented his raffle - a beautiful pot plant and a large umbrella. The lucky winner was Arun. Chris was also timekeeper.

Chris

Supper was provided by Chris and Eoin.

Gail, Eoin and Trevor

Christiane had some challenging Table Topics for Marlene, Scarlett, Amy, Robert, Trevor and Eoin.

Marlene - "Builder of the Titanic"

Scarlett - " Guiness recipe" 

Amy - "Played the harp"

Robert - "Pirate"

Trevor - "Acting the Maggot"

Eoin - "Longest place name"

The Table Topics were evaluated by Chris and Helen.

Chris

Helen

Gail gave a mini speech on what the role of Secretary entails.   Marlene conducted a "Who am I?" segment. Amy was quick to guess that the person was Meghan Markle.

Gail

Robert presented a General Evaluation of the meeting.

President Helen announced the evening's award winners: Amy (Best Speech,) Eoin (Most Improved,) Marlene (Best Contribution and best Table Topic) and Helen (Best Evaluation.)

Award winners 25th March 2025

Next meeting on the 8th April we will celebrating Trish's 30 years in Toastmasters.

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