Speakeasy Toastmasters fortnightly meeting was held at the Hibernian Hotel Mallow on Thursday last. Despite of or perhaps because of the beautiful sunny evening our attendance was twenty three members. We have three more meeting before the end of this year. So if you have any interest in or curiosity about Toastmasters – come along and see for yourself. You will not be asked to speak unless you wish to.
On Thursday night we had a very full programme. Five speakers entertained us with wide and varied subjects. The speakers were as follows - Mary Moynihan; Mary McCarthy; Pat Sexton; Angela Sheehan; Margaret O’Regan. The topics Master of the night was Mary Stack. Mary had a very innovative approach to topics which worked well. There were many contributions to the topics and of course plenty laughs. This is the sort of thing that lengthens one’s life - fun and laughter. The time keeper was Liam Flynn, and our ‘ah’ counter was Jerry Kelleher. Both did their tasks admirably.
On Saturday night the Division Final of the International Speech and Evaluation was held at the Radisson Hotel, Cork Airport. This was very well attended by toastmasters from the five areas in our Division. We were proud to support the two contestants from our Club who won at the Area Final, beating four other clubs to arrive at this stage which is no mean achievement. They were Mike Cronin and Pat Sexton. At Saturdays Final there were five contestants in each competition. So we are very proud to say that Pat Sexton came second in the Speech Final and Mike Cronin came second in the Evaluation Final. A wonderful achievement. Well done boys - our heartiest congratulations. You both did Speakeasy Toastmasters proud.
Our next meeting is on Thursday May 3rd. Do leave the gardening or the jogging and come and join us at the Hibernian Hotel at 7.50 sharp. We are still serving the best tea/coffee and biscuits in town at the interval. We serve them with a smile. When did you get your last ‘cuppa’ served with a smile?
We look forward to seeing you there on 3rd.
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