Sandgate Toastmasters Club meets at NEW VENUE RSL Sub Branch Hall, 12 Burnett Place, Sandgate Qld on the second and fourth Tuesday of the month. 7 pm to 9.30 pm. Contact us at sgatetm@gmail.com
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Sunday 10 October 2021
See you on Tuesday
See you at the Brighton Wellness Hub on Tuesday night for our Evaluation and International Speech contests. It's going to be a great night!
Tuesday 28 September 2021
Meeting Cancelled
Friday 17 September 2021
Meeting 1091 - Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contest
Always an exciting Meeting with 2 Contests. Once again Sergeant At Arms Josh gave a warm introduction with reminders about switching mobile phones to silent and location of facilities and Exits. This was followed by the Mission Statement.
President Trish stated that "All Contestants are winners before they even start", by just stepping up to partake. Return guest Amber was welcomed.
Peter provided the Toast - to "Discrimination" with many examples of how this affects our daily lives.
The Table Topics Contest Chairman Dan explained the procedure and requirements for the Contest.
Dan |
There were 12 Contestants - I am sure a record number - and they were challenged with the topic "Should we trust self driving cars".
Place Getters: First; Tony, Second, Leanne, Third, John T.
Paul, Leanne, John T, Ted, Gokul and Narelle |
Tony, Josh, Ed, Christiane, Arun and Darryl |
Trish assisted Carmy in presenting the Raffle, and the winner was Liz.
Raffle by Carmy with assistant Trish |
After a break with supper, the Humorous
Contest began with Tony as Contest Chairman.
Tony |
Christiane spoke about "Why Don't They just say what They Mean". John T's title was "Brissie, Brissie, Brissie - Oy, Oy Oy". Narelle spoke about "If you don't Laugh - you Cry".
Place Getters: First Christiane, Second, John T, Third: Narelle.
Christiane, John T. and Narelle |
The Judges were thanked by Trish for their excellent job.
Congratulations to all Participants and the Winners will now continue on to the Area Contests to be held in November.
Thursday 26 August 2021
Meeting 1090 - Trees
Sergeant at Arms Josh once again was methodical with reminders of dual sign ins, facilities at the venue and the Mission Statement. It is a warm and friendly introduction to start our Meetings.
Oh, and also "the joke", which he cleverly related to the theme. Josh also did an excellent job as Timekeeper and as always his Sergeant At Arms role.
Josh in Sergeant At Arms role |
Immediate Past President Leanne welcomed Members and guest Amber, then provided the Toast - to "The Mulberry Bush", or maybe that was "Mulberry Tree" and she was just beating about the Bush.
Leanne |
Control was handed to Toastmaster Liz who quizzed Members about which trees produced the most oxygen, and throughout the Meeting provided facts as well as a few jokes about Trees.
Liz |
J.P. provided the Quote - a very deep and meaningful story about "The Outsiders". He teased us with not revealing the author until the end - who was none other than Donald Trump.
JP. |
Marlene was once again innovative with the Word which she related to Tree - "Symmetry". This was most used by Narelle by the end of the Meeting.
Marlene |
Natalie was the Round Robin presenter and she asked the question - What is your Favourite Season and Why". There were a variety of answers encompassing all seasons, including the "footy season".
Natalie |
Arun's speech was entitled "Mentoring" and was Evaluated by Tony.
Arun |
Tony |
Gokul spoke about "Kids Birthday Parties" and the Evaluator was Darryl.
Gokul |
Darryl |
Evaluator Gail then introduced John T. who spoke about "The Tale of the Girraween Tumbler" - or his misadventure at Girraween.
John T. |
Gail |
The Raffle was produced by Marlene, with Gokul being the lucky winner.
Following the break, a Business Meeting was conducted by Chairman Christiane.
Christiane |
Table Topics were presented by Ed and Narelle, and they both chose a tree theme. Participants were Chris H, Tony, Dan, Ted, Darryl and Hazel.
Ed |
Hazel |
Chris H. |
The Table Topics Evaluations were conducted by Chris H (who did a very accurate and honest report on his own topic, and Ted.
Ted |
General Evaluator Dan gave an overview of the Meeting, with many valid and valued points to watch for in the future. He had commendations for many participants and was supportive throughout his report.
Dan |
Arun, Darryl and John T. |
Wednesday 11 August 2021
Meeting 1089 - TV Shows
Trish welcomed back John T. and extended a welcome to guest Rebecca. We were also reminded of the upcoming Club Speech Contests - Humourous and Table Topics on 14 September, and International and Evaluation on 12 October. Other dates to note are Distsrict 69 Golden Dinner on the 5th Tuesday in November, to celebrate 50 years of District 69. Trish advised the Christmas Meeting for our Club will be the first Tuesday in December, further details to be forthcoming.
The Induction of new Member Natalie was then conducted, observing social distancing of course.
Trish and Natalie |
Control was handed to Toastmaster Darryl, who confessed to being a TV Addict all his life, so he had a huge repertoire of TV shows to share with us.
Darryl |
Peter B. |
Natalie |
Arun |
Carmy |
Ed |
Leanne |
Josh |
Peter D. |
Tony |
JP |
John T. |
Gail |
Dan |
Friday 30 July 2021
Meeting 1088 - Love for Languages
Sergeant at Arms Josh promptly opened the Meeting at 7pm and President Trish welcomed guests Raf and Natalie.
Trish |
Toastmaster for the evening was Gokul, with his well chosen theme. Gokul told us of his multi-lingual skills and provided a range of informative snippets about languages, such as a polyglot is a person who masters many languages and the English language has 750,000 words.
Gokul |
Paul |
Dana |
Peter |
J.P. |
Marlene |
Arun |
Dan |
Narelle |
Darryl |
Carmy |
Christiane |
Peter |
Hazel |
Natalie |
Leanne |
J.P., Marlene, Liz and Arun |