High School Awards

Steve had the honour of presenting awards to the local High School Debating Team on their awards night.

Another photo from Area 8 Conference

Kris has sent a photo he took of our club members at the Area 8 Conference. Thanks, Kris!

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Back row: Steve, Leanne, Chris, Darryl
Next row: Leesa, Marlene, Annette T, Annette W,  Christiane
Front: Trish

Area 8 Conference 2016

Trish -winner of  Evaluation contest
photo by Kris Kamusinski

Congratulations to our Sandgate members who did so well at the Area 8 Contests last Saturday.
Trish won first place in the Evaluation Contest and Annette came second.

 Evaluation place-getters Annette & Trish with Michael from Peninsula Clu

Darryl also represented our club and took third place in the International Speech contest

International Speech contest
 Darryl (left) with Allan (Peninsula Club) & Jenny (Healthy Chatterers)

and Annette Thompson took third place in both the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest.

Humorous Contest
Annette with Greg (Healthy Chatterers) & Michael (Peninsula)

Our club hosted the Evaluation Contest. Although a relatively new member, Leanne took on the role of Contest Toastmaster and gave a professional performance.

Leanne with MC Alan H.

We got a better photo of her afterwards!

Leanne

Other members, Chris, Christiane, Marlene, Leesa, Steve filled the roles of ushers, time keepers, sergeant-at- arms and ballot counters.

Educational sessions were presented by our Metro Division Director Mark Snow and World Champion  Speaker 2009 Mark Hunter.

Metro Division Director

Mark Hunter

A delicious lunch was served in the courtyard outside.

Lunch

Area Director Ajit 

Here are the winners again -  with Darryl
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Thanks to our sponsors Brisbane Truck School,   PanicATAX and Luke Howarth MP  Fed Member for Petrie.

And of course, our brave test speaker, judges, and all who helped to make it a successful Conference.

(This is a rather biased report, focusing mainly on Sandgate Toastmasters, because I haven't got  permission from everyone in the other clubs to use their photos.)

Silent Night at Sunset

Remember Peter V, who used to come to our meetings? We always loved to hear him sing!  He and his brother Andy have launched a new CD "Silent Night at Sunset." If you would like to buy one, you can contact Peter or visit this website.

http://www.aidarena.org/product/silent-night-at-sunset

Meeting 978 "Place Your Bets"

This meeting was fun! Here are the photos.

Toastmaster Jim - dressed for the part

Wordmaster Trish - "Aftermath"

Darryl - Round Robin
Gambling with 50 Grand.

Reza -  speech "My Passion"

Christiane - speech "Nomen Est Omen"

Leanne - speech 

Evaluator Liz

Evaluator Paul

Evaluator - Annette

Reza with Time Keeper Dave

Kirsty

Paul

Jonathon 

Chris

Carmy 

John T 

Peter

Nick

TT Evaluators Steve & Marlene

Trish's Mystery raffle

Annette won the raffle

Grammarian Jonathon

Carmy - Quiz

Karen - Book review
"Truama" by Prof Gordon Turnbull

Leesa - General Evaluator

Award winners 27 Oct 2016

Next meeting 8th November.

Come to our Area 8 Conference

5th November is the date for our the Area 8 Conference. It will be in the HACC Training room at Prince Charles Hospital.  There's plenty of free parking if you come in the entrance on Hamilton Road.

Come and support Annette, Trish , Darryl and Steve as they represent our club in the contests.

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Come and learn from top speakers from  Healthy Chatterers, Peninsula, Powerlink, and Sandgate Toastmasters Clubs. Be inspired by World Champion 2009 Speaker Mark Hunter.

Meet old friends and make now ones in our extended Toastmasters family.

Bring your family and friends so they can see what Toastmasters is all about.

Meeting 977 "Sew it Seams"

Past President John T & President Steve

Our club is Select Distinguished! President Steve presented the new ribbon to John T, who was president during the period our club earned the award. The ribbon will be added to our banner.

Steve welcomed our guest Nikki to our meeting.

The theme was "Sew it Seams" and Toastmaster Christiane had decorated the tables with examples of her craftwork.

Toastmaster Christiane & President Steve

Darryl proposed a toast to his Auntie Marg who had passed away.

Wordmaster Annette T chose the word "Serendipity." which means "good luck in making fortunate discoveries by chance."

Wordmaster Annette T

Round Robin Master John T asked us to describe a patchwork quilt depicting different aspect of our lives. The responses were varied and imaginative.

Tim presented a speech on Childhood Sleep Apnea. It was evaluated by Marlene

Tim

Marlene

Nick spoke about Stuttering. He was evaluated by Dave.

Nick

Dave

Our third speaker was absent, so John T who has recently returned from an overseas trip, told us why we should visit Canada. He was evaluated by Darryl.

John T

Darryl

Jonathon dramatically presented the raffle that Leesa had donated - Scratchie cards.  It was won by Karen. Jonathon even made the timers report sound exciting!

Jonathon

Suppertime

The Business Session was chaired by Steve.

Chairman Steve

Carmy provided an entertaining session with Table Topics for Dave, Jim, John T, Annette T, Jonathon, Marlene and Steve. If you missed it, ask Jonathon what he did with his mother's dart!

Jim - ear pick?

Carmy - TT Master

Dave - constructing a shelter

John T - standing out from class

Jonathon - what is a dart?

Annette - hates fancy dress

Steve - costume for school play

Darryl - sewing on buttons

Marlene - quilt

The Table Topics were evaluated by Karen and Trish.

Karen

Trish

Grammarian Darryl commented on the use of filler words and warned us to avoid saying "could of" instead of "could have."

Daryl - Grammarian

Jim summed up the meeting with his General Evaluation.

Jim - General Evaluator

Awards for the evening went to Carmy (personal best,) Tim (best speech, Trish (best evaluation) Jonathon (best table topic,) and Christiane (best contribution.)

Award winners 11 th Oct 2016

Next meeting 25th October. We are looking forward to seeing some members who have been away. 

Don't forget to let Jim know if you are coming to the Area 8 Conference on the 5th November. You'll get the early bird rate if you register by the 21st. Come and support our contestants!