What happened last Meeting
at Sandgate Toastmasters
27th August 2002
Table Topics and International Speech ContestGuests
We welcomed guests Heather and Elizabeth. Also Pamela, who has been a member of a Toastmasters Club in Canberra, and Edith, a former member of our club. We were pleased that both Pamela and Edith have decided to become members of our club.
Presentations
Monica was presented with a badge for sponsoring 5 new members, and our club was presented with a "Select Distinguished" ribbon for our banner, as we had met 8 of our 10 goals.
Round Robin
Narda introduced a four-letter word - HATE, and asked us "What do you hate?" The answers were varied. A few of the hateful things were Table Topics, zucchinis, and toilet seats that were left up.
Poem
Lenore read two poems that her friend had written, "Restoration" and "Reach Beyond"
Table Topics
Contest
The contestants were Kellie, Neville, Caroline,
Del, and Trish. The topic was, "Behind closed doors."
The winners were:
1st: Trish
2nd: Caroline
3rd:
Kellie
Congratulations to the winners,
and well done everyone!
International Speech
Competition
Contestants were:
1. Trish "Shades of Gray"
2. Kellie "On the Inside"
3. David "Consequences"
They were all excellent speeches, and the winner was: Trish again!
Congratulations!
Raffle
Lenore donated a Salsa bowl, with a salsa dip and chips. It was won by
David.
Coming Up
September 10 :Next meetings theme will be "Spring - New Growth."
To celebrate Spring, bring along a plant cutting to swap.
Sunday October 6:. Area Conference at Brighton Bowling Club,Sandgate.
Monday October 7: SpeechCraft.
An 8 week course run by our club at the Brighton State School, North Rd,
Brighton.
October 29: .Novice Speech and Interpretive Reading contests.
See Trish for more information.