Despite being locked out due to delays on the tube, we still had a smashing meeting.
- Leigh was our Toastmaster for the evening
- Noor took over timekeeper duties
- Christine our Grammarian introduced the word of the day “Meh”, a word that has recently been accepted into the Oxford Dictionary.
- Tian was our Table Topics Master
We had 3 great speeches tonight (their speech evaluators in brackets):
- Ana – Hiking (Marcelo)
- Shamim – Keep off the grass (Christine)
- Ga Lok – The Gruffalo (Matteo)
Congratulation to Ruby, Christine and Shamim for winning best Table Topics, Evaluator and Best Speech respectively.
Paul reminded everyone that the next meeting on Tues 15th September will be the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contest.
There are 3 ways for you to take part:
- Compete – there are 2 separate contests. All members in good standing can compete in either or both for:
- Prepared humorous speech contest
- Table topics contest
- Help out – this is slightly different meeting and I need to following helpers:
- Contest Chair – i.e. the contest Toastmaster
- 3 x counters
- 2 x timers
- Sargent at arms
- Judge a contest at another club
- Come and cheer on the speakers, stay for a drink and assist with the post competition analysis in the Hoop & Grapes afterwards.
We will also have visitors from other clubs who will act as independent judges for the winners. The winner of the prepared speech and the winner of the table topics will go onto to compete in the Area contest against other clubs and if they keep on winning they will compete in the District final held in Brighton to claim the ultimate prize.
Please contact Paul if you’re interested in competing or organising. If you’re competing, we can send you on the details and competition rules and if you’re helping, we can get started on getting things organised.
It’s going to be a cracking evening, hope to see you all there.
Those who want to get involved, let us know and we’ll send you on a pdf copy of the rules
