The meeting was extremely well attended with a total of 17 members plus guests present. As a result it was nearly a ‘standing room only’ event – which was pleasing to see. The Toastmaster for the meeting was Julie Gordon. Her theme for the meeting was “A Safe Place to Learn”. Julie took care toContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report | Monday October 24th”
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Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report | Monday October 10th
Sometimes a Toastmaster meeting takes place in spite of whatever is going on in our lives – and our meeting on Monday was one of those…. Steve Bisby stepped in as Toastmaster with just a few hours’ notice and chose the very appropriate theme of “Anything Goes”. Alison Turner brought the room to rights andContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report | Monday October 10th”
Success at Area 21 Speech Contests!
Congratulations to our members who competed at the Area 21 Speech Contests in Sheffield on October 9th and those who came to support them! Jean Stewart and Andrew Miller represented the club in the Humorous Speech Contest and Andrew Miller and Natalia Skorcewska in the Table Topics Contest. Andrew Miller took first place in theContinue reading “Success at Area 21 Speech Contests!”
Humorous and Table Topics Speech Contests Sept 26 2016
We had two excellent Speech Contests at our meeting on Monday September 26th. Bridget Pearson was Contest Chair for both and did a magnificent job both beforehand (there is such a lot of printing and organising of people!) and in leading the contests in a calm, assured manner. Well done! Shelagh Jones was Chief JudgeContinue reading “Humorous and Table Topics Speech Contests Sept 26 2016”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report | Monday August 22 2016
Meeting report by General Evaluator Jean Stewart: Meeting room was prepared by Sgt at Arms and other Members of the Club in readiness for the meeting to start at 7.00pm. Bridget Pearson, Sgt at Arms, provided a two-minute warning of start of meeting. Then started meeting at 7.00pm. Bridget used a laptop to register attendanceContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report | Monday August 22 2016”
Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report| Monday August 8 2016
A busy meeting bursting with energy –and one new guest, one returning guest who were warmly welcomed. Sergeant at Arms Alison Turner got us going right on time and Jean Stewart, as Toastmaster of the day, opened the meeting with her theme of Indulgence. Julie Pitcher, her first time in the role, carefully explained aboutContinue reading “Doncaster Speakers Meeting Report| Monday August 8 2016”
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