Schools Contest

SPEAKEASY TOASTMASTERS

Set the ball rolling

The song says ‘and it’s all over now’. Allow me to tell you - IT IS NOT. Speakeasy Toastmasters have just planted the seed and every year it will come to fruition. There will be another and another and another Public Speaking Contest. The precedent has been created. The first contest took off with a ‘bang’ last Thursday night. Nine contestants – three schools - what a fund of knowledge and expertise on a wide range of topics. Each contest was eloquent and entertaining, and in reality all contestants were winners. There were nine judges and they had quite a task. Unfortunately there can only be one first. The best individual speaker prize went to Emma Nyhan. And the team/school prize went to St. Mary’s Secondary School Mallow. All contestants got a Certificate of Participation. The individual and team winners got plaques.

That was not all. Mallow is a town which cares for, and fosters its youth – believing in the maxim that the youth of today are the adults of tomorrow. Speakeasy Toastmasters were extremely lucky in getting generous sponsors. The major sponsor was MALLOW CREDIT UNION. They presented a beautiful Perpetual Cup which was presented to the winning team by Mr Liam Sampey a member of the Credit Union Committee. A great big thank you to Mallow Credit Union. The next Perpetual Cup – another beautiful silver piece of art – was donated by the HIBERNIAN HOTEL, MALLOW. This cup was presented to the individual winner by Mr Shane Shortall, Manager of the Hibernian Hotel. Also thank you to our other sponsors. A hundred thousand thanks to the schools who presented the participants. The Sponsors; and President Mary Buckley and all the club members who made it all possible. The Perpetual Cups have just gone on the first leg of their long journey. Next year a new team of pupils will contest the Public Speaking Competition. A big ‘buala bas’ to everyone involved.

Now back to the housekeeping - yes – we will have another action packed meeting on Thursday 30^th November. We have an interesting programme including an icebreaker. Please come along and hear for yourselves. There will be a ‘cead mile failte’ and a ‘cupan tae’ to lubricate the vocal cords. Guests please note – you will not be asked to speak unless you wish to do so. Further details from our PRO Loretto at 087/4118132 or log on to our up to date web page at speakeasytoastmasters.com