Meeting report – 31st March
Posted by carrigtm on April 9, 2008
A fairly lively meeting with medium-sized attendance. A welcome to Hilary, who was our guest for the evening. Shay’s opening address gave a report of our club’s success at the Area Final of the International Speech & Evaluation Competition. Liam achieved First place in the speeches and Brendan Third place in the evaluations. Congratulations to both. Liam now progresses to the next stage, this being held at the Radisson hotel, Cork Airport on April 19th.
The topics session was, as usual, varied and entertaining, with Jean the Topicsmaster adding her own spontaneous comments (incorporating some bluster it should be added). At times, it seemed at this was tantamount to inciting a riot!
Well done to Tim for collecting the award for best topic reply. We’d hate for him to be chief of police! For those recipients of this report that don’t get it, a friendly suggestion to attend the next meeting and enjoy the fun!
Two fine speeches presented by Vera Murphy and Shay McInerney. Vera’s ‘Bitter Pill’ included a punchy PowerPoint presentation to drive home the message of the double standards that exist in the Health Service, whilst Shay’s toast of 3 minutes (a challenge in itself to keep the speech that short) gave us a concise and emotive tribute to a departed relative of high stature.
We are rapidly approaching the end of our season before the summer break, so for those members that want to progress through their manual, please contact Phil & he will do his best to accommodate you. Do remember though, that it’s not a race and everyone should proceed at a pace that suits the individual.
