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Kay Price-Lindsay named President of the Year 2016/2017

Posted by LP User on Friday, April 6, 2018, In : Club News 



Not only did Two Oceans Toastmasters become President Distinguished club for the 8th year in a row for year 2016/2017, but our president Kay Price-Lindsay was awarded the prestigious title of President of the Year for Division D. 


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Anél Pieter Hammersma represents Two Oceans at the Division Contest

Posted by LP User on Friday, April 6, 2018, In : Contests 

One of our newest members Anél (on the left), has flown through the International prepared speaking contest rounds and will be representing our club on Saturday the 7th April at the Division Contest. Her speech title 'Noise' is a delightful look at mindfulness, accepting life on life's terms and surrender.

Delivered with her amazing confidence, powerful presence and hilarious storytelling ability, we are watching this space. 

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Spreading the word

Posted by LP User on Thursday, September 14, 2017, In : Club News 
Toastmaster Kevin Robinson, who holds the record for the most ums in his first speech (63) has certainly conquered public speaking and now finds himself giving presentations internationally in his career. Here he is with the group he addressed in Ghana recently on solar energy. "I couldn't have done it without Toastmasters!"
Well done, Kevin! You are proof of the success and amazing benefits of the Toastmasters programme. Proud to be  associated with you!
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Devi voted Best PR in SA!

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 19, 2015, In : Club News 
Our amazing Vice President Public Relations Devi Paulsen has taken the title of Best PR in District 74 for 2015!  Devi has been extraordinary at making sure that Two Oceans and Toastmasters has been front of mind in the media all year, and we are so proud of her!

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Verity is crowned SA Evaluations Champ

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 19, 2015, In : Contests 
In a first for Two Oceans, member Verity Price brought by the title of District 74 Evaluations Champion for 2015!  This is the second time a member has been crowned a District Champion - in 2012 Verity's sister Kay Price-Lindsay won the District Prepared Speaking title. We are a club on fire!

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Toastmasters Turns 90 - Two Oceans Style

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 19, 2015,

October marks the 90th anniversary of Toastmasters International. Since 1924, Toastmasters has helped millions of members empower themselves by gaining communication and leadership skills, enabling them to lead richer lives. 

Two Oceans celebrated with a specially baked and decorate cake to mark the occasion - the wonderful work of our brilliant Vice President Public Relations - Devi Paulsen!

Click here to learn more about the 90 year journey!


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A journey to district - by Chris Neville Smily

Posted by Chris Neville Smily on Monday, October 13, 2014,

Hi Two Oceans

 

So, I am at the airport and thought it would be a good idea to pen a few points about the humorous competition and my overall experience. It sure has had its ups and only a few downs, it has been an emotional journey which I am super glad to have gone on and been a part of. 


When starting TM, I had no idea that these competitions existed and it was only from being at the club for some time that I fully become aware of them. My entry into the humorous competition was from attendin...


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Two Oceans Toastmasters Humorous and Impromptu Contestants

Posted by Devi Paulsen on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, In : Club News 
From left Devi Paulsen, Pamela Cooper, Verity Price (1st place - Impromptu category), Melanie Steyn, Chris Smyly (2nd place - Humorous Prepared category), Reto Camichel (2nd place - Impromptu category), Jeremy Fenn (1st place - Humorous Prepared category) and Ruth Cort.

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Two Oceans Toastmasters raises the roof with laughter

Posted by Devi Paulsen on Wednesday, August 20, 2014, In : Club News 

The Fish Hoek Civic Centre roof was raised with roars of side-splitting laughter at the recently hosted Two Oceans Toastmasters annual Humorous and Impromptu Speech Competition.

After seven prepared humorous speeches and five impromptu presentations, the judge’s pencils came to a rest and the top two places for each category were announced: Verity Price and Reto Camichel walked away with the first and second places in the impromptu category while and Jeremy Fenn and Chris Smyly bagged first ...


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We are President's Distinguished for 3rd year in a row!!!

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 27, 2014,

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A Night With Our Stars

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 27, 2014, In : Club News 
Two Oceans celebrated a brilliant Year End Dinner on Wednesday and swore in a brand new committee! We were spoiled to a delicious meal at Barracudas in Fish Hoek as a festive group of members and partners gathered to enjoy a special evening together.

Stars were the theme throughout - from the decor to our Division Champs!  Reto Camichel took the club to it's 9th DCP point of the year as he ended his CC journey in style - doing a live make-over with fellow member Claire Strohbach. Carey Fenn s...

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Reto & Lorne BOTH place at District Contest

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 27, 2014, In : Contests 
Lorne Sulcas took 3rd place at the District 74 Evaluations Contest on 16 May and Reto Camichel went on to take 2nd place at the Prepared Speaking contest on 17 May.  A HUGE success for them both and for Two Oceans.

Since 2012 we've had member at the District Finals each Year. Kay took 1st place for speaking in 2021, Verity took 2nd place for Humourous Speaking in 2012, Lorne took 3rd place for Evaluations in 2013 and Francois competed in Prepared Speaking. Jeremy competed in the Humorous Final...

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Good Hope Toastmasters Raid Two Oceans

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 27, 2014,
Wow Two Oceans! Another wonderful meeting and feisty Mike Raid from Good Hope! Congrats to our winners: Devi for her CC1, Reto for his first evaluation, Dawid for an hilarious Table Topics, Francois for best leadership and Carey Fenn for another stellar Toastmasters role!


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Reto & Lorne are Division D Champions!

Posted by LP User on Friday, June 27, 2014, In : Contests 
Well done Lorne Sulcas and Reto Camichel for doing us proud tonight and making Two Oceans history - two Division D Winners on one night!!!! Huge congrats to Marion Thomas and Claire Strohbach for competing brilliant too! What a team effort!

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Two Oceans are the Area Champs!

Posted by LP User on Monday, March 31, 2014, In : Contests 
From Club to Area to Division.... the world is our oyster! Two Oceans participated in many ways at the Area Contest on 19th March, held at the Steenberg Golf Estate and brilliantly run by Breakfast Club Toastmasters.  Melanie Steyn was our brilliant Contest Chair, we provided judges on the night and even 'Cashiers' at the door! :) Two Oceans took first and second place in BOTH contests! What an unbelievable night! 

Reto Camichal - 1st International Speaking Contest (Area)
Claire Strohbach - ...

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Two Oceans on TV

Posted by LP User on Monday, March 31, 2014, In : Club News 
Member Marion Thomas had a huge success running  her Youth Leadership Program at the AZ Berman Highschool in 2013 and recently was asked to appear on SABC program Hectic99 with some of the learners to talk about overcoming the fear of public speaking!

Amazing achievement for Marion and wonderful exposure for Toastmasters!



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2014 Club Contest

Posted by LP User on Monday, March 31, 2014, In : Contests 
Club  Competition - Wednesday 5 March 2014   
Club Competition night is always something to look forward to! This competition was EPIC!

Oodles of guests, star-class competitors, first time contest chairs, new members participating as time-keepers and tally counters, amazing judges...

It really is a pleasure to be part of a club where every member is engaged, invested, enthusiastic and ready to rock no matter what part they are playing! Well done Two Oceans!

Well done to our winners of the ni...

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Reto Camichel wins Humour Hop About!

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, In : Contests 
Woohoo!!!!! Two Oceans took top honours tonight when Reto Camichel won the Humourous Hop About at Table Bay Toastmasters! This means we have yet another trophy at the club and even more to celebrate as we end this year with BIG smiles on our faces!


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Sozo Centre Youth Leadership Program - Thank You Letter

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, November 27, 2013, In : Club News 
Dear Verity, Carey and Two Oceans Toastmasters,

It is with great enthusiasm that we wish to express our appreciation to you for the amazing work you have done with the learners over the last eight weeks! The 10 Sozonites have learnt so much and have been truly inspired by you. They evidently had an enjoyable experience and will treasure this for a very long time.

As you are aware, one of the strategies of the Sozo Educentre is to expose the Sozonites to environments and ventures that would broa...

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August 2013: Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Monday, September 2, 2013, In : Club News 

Who knew we were such a funny bunch!? Well, it would seem that Two Oceans is proving itself to be not only a club with a great sense of humour, but also as a club of great talent! 

Club Humorous & Impromtu Competition  
Wednesday, 7th of August 2013...It was a cold winters evening, spirits were high and the competition promised to be tough... Two Oceans Toastmasters was ready... to laugh until they cried!

What a FANTASTIC evening we shared at our annual club Humourous & Impromptu Speech Competit...

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July Meetings: Review

Posted by LP User on Saturday, July 27, 2013, In : Meetings 
Club Meeting - Wed 3rd July
We started our new year with bang with twenty three members and four guests coming out in force. Big congrats go to Ryan Arendse for delivering is Ice Breaker speech and starting his new role as SAA! Justine Crew-Brown gave a fabulous CC2, Mallorie Lee a thought provoking CC4, Ruth an entertaining AC4, Melanie Steyn a rivetting AC4 and Marion Thomas a hilarious AC9 roast of Theo.

Best Speaker: Mallory Lee CC4
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Top Honours in the Division

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, July 23, 2013, In : Club News 
At the Toastmasters end of year awards dinner held at Newlands Cricket club on Saturday the 20th of July, we proved that we not only have the spirit, but we also have what it takes to be a top club that produces great leaders!

Two Oceans walked away with two of the four awards on offer on the evening.

Toastmaster of the year was awarded to Verity Price and Club President of the year was awarded to Theo Potgieter. Two Oceans Toastmasters Club also achieved Presidents Distinguished Club Status ...

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30 June: We are Presidents Distinguished!

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, July 2, 2013,
Two Oceans is proud to announce that we finished the year with 9 DCP points. This makes us a Presidents Distinguished Club for the 2nd year in a row!

An especially big thanks goes to Alana Bryne who by achieving a Triple Crown this year helped the club earn 2 points with her CL and ACB. Also to Marion Thomas for her AL and Babette Davisson for her ACS. A big congrats to Debby Satchel & Claire Strohbach for completing their CC's and to all our new members who helped us earn another 2 points! L...

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18 June: Year End Dinner Meeting

Posted by VPPR on Wednesday, June 26, 2013,
In true Two Oceans style we all gathered to celebrate another bumper year and welcome in the new committee for 2013-2014.  Kalkbay Theatre provide the venue, Funki Chef the food and Theatresports the side splitting entertainment!  Another laughter filled evening was enjoyed by all, steered effortlessly by Marion Thomas as Toastmaster of the evening. Outgoing President Theo Potgieter gave a brilliant speech on how well the club has done this year and recognized members who have added to its su...
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3 June: Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, In : Meetings 
Our June meeting was a bumper one with 5 speeches, brilliant table topics and fantastic evaluations.

With Theo away Jeremy stepped in as acting president and Carey Fenn as Toastmaster was exceptional - her preparation for the role was flawless and she kept us effortlessly on track.

The speeches of the night were no different. Clinton McKenzie wowed us with his 'Road Less Travelled' CC1. Reto 'Woke' us up with his rivetting CC2 story of surviving a fire and Jeremy tuned us into our caveman insti...

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15 May: Lorne Sulcas Crowned Division Champion

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, June 26, 2013, In : Contests 
Two Oceans Toastmasters is proud to have had two members once again rise above the crowd this year and stand out as exceptional communicators in the International Speech and Evaluations contest.

Local business owner Francois Roux was crowned Best Speaker in the Area (Southern Suburbs) in April and went on to take third place at the Division Contest (Western Cape) in May. Fellow member and wild life photographer, Lorne Sulcas, not only took the honours as the Best Evaluator in the Area, he then...

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23 April 2013: And the winners are.....

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, In : Contests 
Last night the best of the best of Area D1 met to battle it out at the International Speech and Evaluations Contest. The contest was held at the Wynberg Old Boys Pavillion and was brilliantly organised by Ryan Skews of Good Hope Toastmasters.

Two Oceans exceeded all expectations when we took first place in both the speech and evaluation contests! Francois Roux with this speech 'Joe The Obstacle Jumper' had the audience rivetted with his moving yet humourous speech about his grandfather. There ...

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April Meeting Reviews

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, April 24, 2013, In : Meetings 

April Club Meeting                                            
On Wed 3rd April we had a bumper meeting with no less than 6 speakers. Justine Crewe-Brown kicked off with a sizzling hot CC1, Neville took us on an hair raising adventure to the Antarctic with his CC4, Ruth told us a true story on how a little faith can save the day (AC2), Dawid is on roll and made us aware of how a number sequential small mistakes can have disastrous results. (CC3), Lorne entertained us with a reading from Herma...
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18 March: Early Bird Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, In : Meetings 
7 members and 2 guests gathered for another fun filled Early Bird Express meeting at the Windsor Gardens with Helen Burton taking the lead as Toastmaster of the day.  Nick Satchel treated us to his CC1 of comparing his life's journey to a hike; Debby Satchel shared with us how to grow our 'African Money Trees' in a lively CC6 and Ruth Cort enthralled everyone with an East African Fable in her AC5.

These short and sweet meetings continue to be a wonderful start to the week and we are now managi...

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6 March: Contest Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, March 19, 2013, In : Contests 
The caliber of the speeches and evaluations at our contest meeting tonight was absolutely astounding, but unfortunately each contest can only have one winner. Congratulations to Francois Roux who won the English International contest . Francois, we will be cheering you on at the Area Contest! Also a big thumbs up to Claire Strobach who came close second and continues to grow and flourish as a speaker.

The Evaluation Contest had a nail biting finish with Verity Price and Lorne Sulcas head on he...

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Can Two Oceans Produce Another Winner?

Posted by LP User on Friday, March 1, 2013, In : Contests 
Two Oceans Toastmasters will be holding its Annual International Speech contest on Wednesday 6th March at the Fish Hoek Civic Centre at 19h00.

Last year, Kay Price-Lindsay did Two Oceans proud when she went from winning the club contest to representing Southern Africa at the International Speaking Contest Semi-Finals in Orlando, Florida in the USA. Kay was placed joint 10th in the world, after narrowly missing out on the finals when she was beaten by Ryan Avery who was crowned the overall win...

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21 Feb: Advanced Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Friday, March 1, 2013, In : Meetings 
On Thursday 21st February we hosted our first ever Advanced meeting. It was well attended with 10 members and 7 guests in total and gave a wonderful opportunity for advanced speakers to take the stage. Aaron Blanchard did an outstanding job of organising the meeting and then pulling off a brilliant first time Toastmaster role! Mike Fawcett entertained us with a humourous sales pitch presentation, Theo Potgieter showed us how to 'Eat An Elephant' when attempting to become a Distinguished Toast...
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18 Feb: Early Bird Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Friday, March 1, 2013, In : Meetings 
Our Early Bird Express meeting was a small but festive one with Neville Arends completing his CC3 and Helen Burton being Toastmaster. The rest of the meeting was dedicated to an hilarious round of Table Topics run by Helen Burton on justifying rather strange new home choices (carpark in Koeberg or Kalkbay Habour Wall)! Verity Price then challenged everyone with some pretty stiff proverbs which made for good practice for competition style impromptu speaking.

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6 Feb: Club Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Monday, February 11, 2013, In : Meetings 
What a vibrant February meeting ! Two Oceans is truly on a roll and destined to be a top club!  We won (yet again) the covetted Treasurer' excellence award for paying over ALL our dues on time. Well done Verity and thank you all club members!

It was a meeting of firsts. Not only did we have the privilege to induct 2 first time toastmasters (Carey and Dawid), but for the first time our meeting was recorded on video (thank you Aaron)! We also had a first time toastmaster of the evening -...

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21 Jan: Early Bird Meeting Review

Posted by VPPR on Tuesday, January 22, 2013, In : Meetings 
Our Early Bird meeting got off to a great start this year with two visitors joining us for breakfast and Helen Burton running a brilliant meeting with her theme 'flying by the seat of your pants'.

Debby Satchel delivered a fantastic CC4 urging us to 'just do it' when it comes to seizing the opportunites life sends our way. Marion Thomas then delivered an inspiring PR Speech to encourage us to grow the Early Bird club with a vision to it eventually chartering in it's own right. 

After a delici...

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9 Jan - Meeting Review

Posted by Theo Potgieter on Saturday, January 12, 2013, In : Meetings 
A big thank you to all members & guests who helped to make last nights meeting a resounding sucsess !

We had the privilege to induct Ingrid Kingon as a new member. This brings us one step closer to our DCP goal of President’s Distinguished since we now have 4 points in the bag.  Every members achievement helps us towards our goal of 10/10 points by June.

We had 5 guests at the meeting, two of whom have expressed interest in joining and Dawid Mocke was voted in a member and will be ind...

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19 Nov: Early Bird Meeting Review

Posted by VPPR on Wednesday, November 21, 2012, In : Meetings 
This past Monday morning saw 6 members gather at The Winsor Restaurant for the monthly Early Bird Express Meeting. We also had two visitors join us - Penny from the Pro Biz group that Kay Price-Lindsay spoke to last month and Nick who is one of our returning members Debby Satchel's son!  Nick dove straight in and did a wonderful job as timekeeper, while Marion took the honours as Toastmaster of the day. 

Debby Satchel gave an informative CC2 on the secrets of networking that was the perfect s...

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7 November - Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Thursday, November 15, 2012, In : Meetings 
This months meeting saw a wonderful turnout. With 13 guests including: former member Cecily Froud, a Toastmaster from Berlin and two teenagers wanting to see what Toastmasters is all about.  It made for a brilliant evening where  the club treated to fantastic speeches by Claire Strohbach (cc4), Verity Price (cc9) and an educational on effective evaluations by Marion Thomas. Lorne Sulcas ran a dynamic Table Topics section in our new longer slot to help members improve their impromptu speaking....
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15 Oct: Early Bird Express Meeting Review

Posted by VPPR on Wednesday, October 17, 2012, In : Meetings 
This Monday morning saw a small group of Two Oceans members and guests gather at The Windsor Garden Restaurant for another Express Meeting. Though the gathering was small, the spirit, as always, was big.

Claire Strohbach
gallantly stepped into the Toastmasters role at the last minute, and as always she guided the meeting gracefully and eloquently!  Our newest member Debby Satchel, delivered a wonderful CC1 that took us on her journey of dealing with her fear of public speaking. It is very clea...

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First 3 Distinguished Club Points for Two Oceans

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, October 10, 2012, In : Club News 
Just  three months into the new Toastmasters year and Two Oceans has already achieved three Distinguished Club Points (DCP)!

By paying our semi-annual dues in September we qualified for our first DCP point! It was a show of great support as always by every member to ensure our treasurer Verity could pay everyones fees across before the deadline. Thank you all!

At our recent October meeting, members Alana Byrne and Babette Davisson both earned the club an additional 2 points. Alana for completin...

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17 September Express Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Monday, September 17, 2012,
We had yet another laughter filled Early Bird Express Meeting this morning at the Windsor Gardens Restaurant at Fish Hoek. With a thought provoking CC3 speech by Claire Strohbach on 'Love the one you're with' and an hilarious CC4 by Mike Fawcett on 'Will Man Ever Fly?', the moming saw lots of laughter and enjoyment all round. The Express Meeting is definitely gaining traction and we even had a visitor who will be signing up with the club from next month! Everyone agreed that it is a wonderful...
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5th September: Meeting Review

Posted by LP User on Friday, September 7, 2012, In : Meetings 

We had a brilliant meeting to herald in Spring! The four outstanding CC2's really proved that the quality of speakers at Two Oceans Toastmasters is exemplary. With Aaron pondering the pro's of Possum Plucking, Mallorie uncovering the silver lining of her fears, Jeremy reminding us that Gingers are people too, and Claire exploring whether or not we should respect our elders – our September meeting was a laughter filled and very memorable meeting. The quality of speeches was so outst...


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18 Aug: Kay Price-Lindsay is joint 10th in the World

Posted by LP User on Tuesday, August 21, 2012, In : Contests 
With all of Two Oceans Toastmasters good wishes behind her, Kay winged her way to Orlando last Monday to represent Two Oceans (and Southern Africa) at the International Public Speaking World Champs. She was part of the final group of 9 Semi-Finals held on 16th August and was the last person of the day to speak (talk about pressure)! For the first time in the competition the ballots had to be counted 3 times because the results were so close and in the end Kay was placed 2nd to an Ameri...
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13 Aug - Early Bird Express Meeting

Posted by LP User on Monday, August 13, 2012, In : Meetings 
Two Oceans enjoyed a true Woman's Month Early Bird meeting this morning, with Alana Bryne single handedly taking on being Sergeant At Arms, Toastmaster and Evaluator for two speeches!  Stepping in Marion who came down with flu, Alana did a sterling job of multi-tasking through her various roles of the morning. Verity stood in a President for the Toast and Awards, while a first time visitor Andrew acted as timekeeper!

It made for a very festive meeting with a thought provoking and beautifully c...
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11 Aug - Kay's Farewell PR Event

Posted by LP User on Monday, August 13, 2012, In : Club News 
On Sat 11th August over 60 friends, family and fellow toastmasters gathered at The Forge in Kalkbay to watch Kay Price-Lindsay deliver her final dress rehearsal of her two speeches for the Toastmasters International Speaking World Championships that begin on 16th August in Orlando, Florida. The support for Kay was tangible in the room and it was no surprise that after delivering her second speech the audience gave her a standing ovation!  Everyone felt that regardless of the outcome this week...
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1 Aug: Humourous Contest...

Posted by LP User on Wednesday, August 8, 2012, In : Contests 
What a magic Humourous Contest and evening we all shared last week! Well done to everyone who contributed to making the evening such a huge success and for such a big turnout of guests - we were packed to overflowing!

Alana's Youth Leadership Program presentation was a delight and the quality of the speeches and the level of entertainment was extraordinary. Seeing the students delivering their speeches was an inspiration to us all no doubt and testiment to how important the YLP is in h...

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Youth Leadership Program news...

Posted by LP User on Friday, July 20, 2012, In : Club News 
Two Oceans Toastmasters member Alana Byrne has for the last few months been running a Youth Leadership Programme at Silvermine Academy in order to help the youth of Fish Hoek find their voice. Alana, a life coach, has taken the opportunity to help Grade 11 & 12 students at Silvermine Academy take part in the Toastmasters Youth Leadership Programme as part of her own progress within the Toastmasters Leadership programme.

The atmosphere at the YLP is filled with laughter and comraderie. It is fa...
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16 July - Early Bird Express Meeting

Posted by LP User on Monday, July 16, 2012, In : Meetings 
Two Oceans sneaked in a 'back to school' Express meeting this morning with the theme "Believers are Achievers". The role of Toastmasters in believing that you can achieve, was carried through the whole of the meeting and 11 hardy souls braved the wet weather to join us for a laughter filled morning.

Verity Price in her first Toastmaster role then took control of the "flight" and flew us gracefully from Fish Hoek, on our own special trip, including comingup with an "impromptu" impromptu...
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11 July - Division Dinner crowns Marion Thomas!

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 12, 2012, In : Club News 

Last night at the Annual Division D dinner our very own Marion Thomas was crowned Division D Toastmaster of the Year!!! Her tireless work as our President last year, along with pulling off a brilliant Division Contest, helping members achieve their goals, assisting in chartering the Breakfast Club and getting our own Early Bird Express Meeting going, made her without a doubt the deserving recipient of Toastmaster of the Year!

This is the second year running that this award has been giv...
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4 July: New Year, New Beginnings

Posted by LP User on Friday, July 6, 2012, In : Meetings 
Our first club meeting of the Toastmasters year was held on Wednesday 4th July and saw the new club president Theo Potgieter outline the incoming committee vision for the year:  to focus on helping all our members reach their educational goals and keep improving the quality of each meeting.

Kay Price-Lindsay was the Toastmaster for the evening and she carried the theme of 'A New Broom Sweeps Clean' fluidly through the night with peels of laughter all round.. She also introduced some new ...
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27 June: Annual Dinner Meeting

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 5, 2012, In : Club News 
Two Oceans celebrated a successful end of the Toastmasters year at Bhandari's Restuarant in Fish Hoek on Wed 27th June. Our members enjoyed a delicious Indian feast complete with belly dancers and much laughter. Lorne Sulcas was Toastmaster for the evening and Area Governer Francois Rossouw inducted in the new committee for 2012-2013.

Amongst the numerous awards handed out, Marion Thomas was named Toastmaster of the Year for her invaluable work as the Club's President in 2011-2012 and en...
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5 May: District Contest won by Kay!!!

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 5, 2012, In : Contests 
Kay Price-Lindsay won the District 74 International (prepared) speaking contest with her speech 'Snap, Crackle, Pop'. This is the first time ever that a member of Two Oceans Toastmasters has become the public speaking champion of Southern Africa!!!

Kay will represent District 74 at the World Championships of Public Speaking in the USA in August 2012. Go get em!

  
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29 March: Division Contest hosted by Two Oceans!

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 5, 2012, In : Contests 
Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual Division D speech contests in the Alphen Hall in Constantia. This was the first time our club had hosted such an event and it went brilliantly. With over 100 guests, fantastic finalists in the Prepared Speaking, Impromptu and Evaluation sections and delicious catering, it was a very special evening all round.

Kay Price-Lindsay excelled by winning the International (prepared) speaking contest, and in so doing became the first member of Two O...

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14 March: Area Speech Contest

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 5, 2012, In : Contests 
The annual speech contests for Area D1 were held at Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai.

From Two Oceans Toastmasters Kay Price-Lindsay won the International (prepared) speech contest and Sandi Welsh placed second in the Impromptu Speaking contest (which was won by Mike Fawcett from Achievers Toastmasters). Oliver Hagan (Grove Toastmasters) won the Evaluations contest.

Kay will represent area D1 at the Division D contest on Thursday 29 March 2012.
 
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1 February: Annual Speech Contest

Posted by LP User on Thursday, July 5, 2012, In : Contests 
Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were
Kay Price-Lindsay
(international or prepared speech), Lorne Sulcas (evaluations) and Sandi Welsh (impromptu speaking).

They will represent Two Oceans Toastmasters at the Area contest on Wednesday 14 March 2012. Good luck!

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Please Note:

District 74
means the 9 countries of Toastmasters Southern Africa (approximately 125 clubs)

Division D means Namibia & the Western Cape of South Africa (approximately 30 clubs)


Area D1 means the 4 Toastmasters clubs in Fish Hoek, Tokai, Claremont & Newlands 

 

 


 

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To be a person is to have a story to tell.
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"All the great speakers, were bad speakers at first."
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