Thursday, November 13, 2003

13 Nov

Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow

Congratulations, Gerry and Kieran!

Very well done to toastmasters Gerry O’ Callaghan and Kieran Buckley who each won first prize in the ‘Division A’ Humorous speech and Topics contests held last Saturday night, 1st November, in Blarney. Gerry won the Humorous speech competition with a wonderfully funny speech entitled ‘Toby’s Eulogy’. Toby was a rat, by the way. Kieran Buckley took first prize in the Topics competition. Both Gerry and Kieran made their way to these finals having first won the club competition and then the Area finals. Again, congratulations to both!

During our own meeting held on Thursday, 1st November, there was a lively and entertaining topics session conducted by the Topicsmaster for the night, Tim Ahern. The topics session as usual allowed members and guests to speak in an impromptu fashion on just about anything and this evening was no different. Topics included the ideal holiday, pre-nuptial agreements, obesity and growing old quietly. A number of people had some interesting ideas on the reasons why women live 8 years longer than men. And how would YOU introduce Ryanair’s Michael O’ Leary?

Our next meeting is on tonight, 13th November and, as usual, guests are very welcome to attend. The meetings start at 8:00 pm and we ask everyone to be at The Hibernian Hotel (Chapel Lane) at 7:50 pm.

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