Toastmasters International Sandgate - Competition Night Meeting Recap 1183
9th Sept 2025
There was a buzz of anticipation and preparation before the meeting. |
| Before the meeting |
Sergeant at Arms T.J. called the meeting to order and handed control to Peter, who was acting as President as well as Contest Chair.
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| Peter |
The Table Topics contest was first, with eight Toastmasters competing. They were Scarlett, Arun, Erin, Christiane, Paul, Narelle, Helen and Eoin.
Gail and John were Timekeepers.
The Table Topic Contestants had been briefed and were escorted outside by Contest S.A.A. Marlene so that they couldn't hear the topic, then ushered inside individually by T.J. when it was their turn to compete.
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| T. T. Contestants outside - an opportunity to chat. |
The Table Topic was "What does the world need most right now?"
When all 8 contestants had competed, they were interviewed by Peter and given a Participation Certificate.
Marlene and Jill collected the judges' ballots and assisted Chief Judge Jenny with the counting.
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| Table Topics participants |
And the winners were Helen - First Place, Christiane - Second Place and Narelle Third place.
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| Narelle-3, Helen-1, Christiane -2. |
T.J. presented a raffle - which consisted of a puzzle book and a bag of tempting goodies to eat. She was kept busy selling raffle tickets during the break. The lucky winner was Jill.
Arun and Scarlett provided a delicious supper.
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| Supper |
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| Supper |
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| Chatting over supper |
Next was the Humorous Speech Contest, with Paul acting as Contest Chair. Helen and Scarlett were timekeepers. Erin and Eoin were Ballot Counters.
There were three contestants - John who came first, Christiane second and Narelle third.
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| Narelle-3, John-1, Christiane- 2. |
Our contest winners will compete against other Toastmasters Clubs at the Area 8 Contest in November.
Thanks to our Chief Judge Jenny, Suresh, David, Mark, Nev and Chris for giving their valuable time and expertise.
Our next meeting on the 23 September will be a "normal" meeting followed by an International Speech Contest and Evaluation Contest on the 16th October.
