5 May 2012 : Kay Price-Lindsay won the District 74 International (prepared) speaking contest, 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.

29 March 2012 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual Division D speech contests in the Alphen Hall in Constantia. Kay Price-Lindsay excelled by winning the International (prepared) speaking contest, and in so doing became the first member of Two Oceans Toastmasters for at least the last 13 years to win any contest at division level. David Katerere won the Evaluations contest and Thomas Bowman won the Impromptu Speaking contest ; Kay, David and Thomas will represent Division D at the District 74 contest in KwaZulu-Natal on 5 May 2012.

14 March 2012 : 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.

1 February 2012 : 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.

1 October 2011 : The District 74 "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2011 was won by Lizo Bango from Cape Town Toastmasters (Area D2).

6 September 2011 : The Division D "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2011 was won by Lizo Bango from Cape Town Toastmasters (Area D2). He will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 1 October 2011 in Vanderbijlpark.

24 August 2011 : Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1. The winner was Michael Fawcett from Good Hope Toastmasters ; he will represent the 4 clubs in Area D1 at the Division D contest on Tuesday 6 September 2011.

20 August 2011 : Jock Elliot from Queensland in Australia won the 2011 World Championship of Public Speaking contest at the annual Toastmasters International convention in Las Vegas, USA. District 74's contestant, David Cairns, was unfortunately not placed.

17 August 2011 : Toastmasters International unveiled new branding for the organization.

6 July 2011 : The first meeting of The Breakfast Club was held at the Mugg & Bean restaurant in Claremont. This is a new club that will meet every Wednesday morning at 7:30 AM, thus introducing a rather different concept to the South African Toastmasters scene - meetings once a week in the morning, rather than once (or perhaps twice) a month in the evening.

4 May 2011 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their 20'th Anniversary Meeting, an enjoyable and festive occasion attended by many distinguished guests (click here for details and photos).

16 April 2011 : District 74 held their annual speech contests. David Cairns from Centurion Toastmasters won the International (or prepared) speech contest with former 5-time winner Douglas Kruger placing second. Cathy Angus (The Sages Toastmasters) won the Evaluations contest and Nozipho Mbanjwa (Midrand Toastmasters) won the Impromptu Speaking contest. David Cairns will represent District 74 at the Toastmasters International "World Championship of Public Speaking" contest in Las Vegas, USA in August 2011.

17 March 2011 : Division D held their annual speech contests ; amazingly, all three contests were won by Bill Russell from Ernst & Young Toastmasters! He will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 16 April 2011 in Johannesburg. Alana Byrne of Two Oceans Toastmasters was third in the International Speech contest.

23 February 2011 : The annual speech contests for Area D1 were held at Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai. Two Oceans Toastmasters excelled by winning both the International (prepared) speech contest (Alana Byrne) and the Impromptu Speaking contest (Paul Kilfoil). Marge Kruyt was the demonstration speaker for the Evaluations contest (won by Sarah Rossouw from Good Hope Toastmasters). Alana, Paul and Sarah will represent area D1 at the Division D contest on 17 March 2011.

2 February 2011 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Alana Byrne (international or prepared speech) and Paul Kilfoil (who won both the evaluations and impromptu speaking contests). They will represent Two Oceans Toastmasters at the Area contest on Wednesday 23 February 2011.

9 September 2010 : The Division D "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2010 was won by Charmaine Sparrow from Winelands Toastmasters (Area D5). Dale Robinson from Two Oceans Toastmasters (Area D1) was second. Charmaine will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 2 October 2010 in Pretoria.

25 August 2010 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1. The winner was Dale Robinson from Two Oceans Toastmasters, with Andrew Huisamen from Grove Toastmasters second (he had won this contest in 2008 and 2009). Dale will represent the 4 clubs in Area D1 at the Division D contest on Thursday 9 September 2010.

14 August 2010 : David Henderson from San Antonio in Texas won the 2010 World Championship of Public Speaking contest at the annual Toastmasters International convention in Palm Springs, USA. District 74's contestant, Ryan Ebedes, was unfortunately not placed.

4 August 2010 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "Humourous Speaking" contest. The winner was Dale Robinson, with second place going to Alana Byrne (amazingly, an exact repeat of the result of the 2009 contest). Dale Robinson will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on 25 August 2010 [View photo].

1 July 2010 : Theo Potgieter, a member of Two Oceans Toastmasters, assumed the role of Area Governor for the 4 clubs in Area D1. His term of office is from July 2010 to June 2011.

30 June 2010 : Two Oceans Toastmasters achieved President's Distinguished Club status by attaining 9 of the 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals that were set by Toastmasters International for the period July 2009 to June 2010.

15 May 2010 : District 74 held their annual speech contests. Ryan Ebedes from Transformers Toastmasters won the International (or prepared) speech contest, Ian Bratt won the Evaluations contest and Vincent Geldenhuys won the Impromptu Speaking contest. Ryan Ebedes will represent District 74 at the Toastmasters International "World Championship of Public Speaking" contest in Palm Springs, USA in August 2010.

5 May 2010 : Isabel Walker, Two Oceans Toastmasters' Vice-President Public Relations, was the recipient of a special award from the area governor for area D1 (Michael Fawcett), honouring her for her extraordinary dedication and commitment to promoting Toastmasters over the past ten months [View photo].

21 April 2010 : Isabel Walker, Two Oceans Toastmasters' Vice-President Public Relations, was interviewed on CCFM, a community radio station based in Muizenberg, Cape Town.

17 April 2010 : Division D held their annual speech contests. Frank janse van Vuuren (Stellenbosch Toastmasters) won the International (or prepared) Speech contest, Hugh Solomon (Cape Town Toastmasters) won the Evaluations contest and Glenn Simpson (Ernst & Young Toastmasters) won the Impromptu Speech contest. The winners will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 15 May 2010 in Johannesburg. None of Area D1's representatives won their contests but all three were placed : Sean Collard (Two Oceans Toastmasters) was third in the International Speech contest, Lorne Sulcas (Two Oceans Toastmasters) was third in the Evaluations contest and Steven Cannoo (Grove Toastmasters) came second in the Impromptu Speech contest.

10 April 2010 : The annual speech contests for Area D1 were held at Achievers Toastmasters in Westlake. Two Oceans Toastmasters excelled by winning both the International (prepared) speech contest (Sean Collard) and the Evaluations contest (Lorne Sulcas), as well as having third place in the Impromptu contest (Marion Thomas). Sean and Lorne will represent area D1 at the Division D contest on 17 April 2010.

3 March 2010 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Cecily Froud (international or prepared speech), Lorne Sulcas (evaluations) and Marion Thomas (impromptu speaking). Unfortunately Cecily will not be able to attend the Area contest on Saturday 10 April 2010, so the club will be represented at the area contest by Sean Collard (who replaces Cecily), Lorne Sulcas and Marion Thomas.

20 February 2010 : A FaceBook "group" for Two Oceans Toastmasters has been created ; the group can be found at www.facebook.com/groups/361944725936.

25 November 2009 : Dale Robinson from Two Oceans Toastmasters won the 2009 "Humour HopAbout" contest, hosted annually by Table Bay Toastmasters [View photo].

17 October 2009 : Ben Brown from Bedfordview Toastmasters in Division B won the 2009 District 74 "Humourous Speaking" contest.

19 September 2009 : The Division D "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2009 was won by Lizo Bango from Cape Town Toastmasters (Area D2). Andrew Huisamen from Grove Toastmasters (Area D1) was second. Lizo will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 17 October 2009 in Johannesburg.

12 September 2009 : Achievers Toastmasters hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1 [View photo]. The winner was Andrew Huisamen from Grove Toastmasters (who had won this contest in 2008 and thus successfully defended his title) ; he will represent the 4 clubs in Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 19 September 2009. Runner-up was Christel van Zyl from Good Hope Toastmasters. Dale Robinson, Two Oceans' contestant, was unfortunately not placed [View photo]. Lorne Sulcas from Two Oceans was the contest chairman [View photo].

2 September 2009 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "Humourous Speaking" contest. The winner was Dale Robinson, with second place going to Alana Byrne (who was a new member and had not yet even given her first speech). Dale Robinson will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on 12 September 2009.

15 August 2009 : Mark Hunter from District 69 (Queensland, northern New South Wales and the Northern Territory in Australia) won the 2009 World Championship of Public Speaking contest at the annual Toastmasters International convention in Mashantucket, Connecticut, USA. Second was Mary Cheyne (District 31) and third was Erick Rainey (District 7). District 74's contestant, Douglas Kruger (who has won the District 74 International Speech Contest five times since 2001), was unfortunately not placed.

14 August 2009 : Toastmasters International created a new region (Region 11), which in future will include District 74 and many other non-American districts that previously were not allocated to a region. This means that for the first time ever the districts outside of North America will have the same status as those in North America, and is thus a huge step forward for Toastmasters Southern Africa.

12 June 2009 : Two Oceans Toastmasters' web site was moved from GeoCities (where it had been hosted for 9 years) to http://TwoOceansTM.webs.com.

3 June 2009 : No less than sixty one people attended Two Oceans Toastmasters' annual dinner meeting, including Lois Strachan (District 74 Governor), Craig Strachan (District 74 Lt Governor Education & Training), Jurgens Pieterse (Division D Governor) and Francois Rossouw (Area D1 Governor).

20 May 2009 : The first meeting of Black River Park Toastmasters was held in Mowbray (a suburb of Cape Town). This is a new club that is hoping to be chartered before the end of 2009.

16 May 2009 : District 74 held their annual speech contests. Douglas Kruger won the International (or prepared) speech contest for the fifth time, Liz Dewing (from Division D) won the Evaluations contest and Marlene van Wyk won the Impromptu Speaking contest. Division D's other two contestants (David Katerere and Paul Barnard) respectively came second in the International speech contest and third in the Impromptu speech contest. Douglas Kruger will represent District 74 at the Toastmasters International "World Championship of Public Speaking" contest in Mashantucket, USA in August 2009.

12 May 2009 : The first meeting of Kalahari Toastmasters was held in Upington in the Northern Cape. This is a new club that is hoping to be chartered before the end of 2009.

9 May 2009 : Division D held their annual speech contests. David Katerere won the International (or prepared) Speech contest, Liz Dewing won the Evaluations contest and Paul Barnard won the Impromptu Speech contest. The winners will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 16 May 2009 in Cape Town. None of Area D1's representatives won their contests but all three were placed : Harry Thomas (from Two Oceans Toastmasters) was third in the International Speech contest, Paul Kilfoil (from Two Oceans Toastmasters) was third in the Evaluations contest and Ericka Allison (from Good Hope Toastmasters) came second in the Impromptu Speech contest.

25 April 2009 : The annual speech contests for Area D1 were held at Francois' Restaurant in Fish Hoek. The winners were Harry Thomas from Two Oceans Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Paul Kilfoil from Two Oceans Toastmasters (evaluation) and Ericka Allison from Good Hope Toastmasters (impromptu speech). They will represent area D1 at the Division D contest on 9 May 2009.

4 March 2009 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Harry Thomas (international or prepared speech), Paul Kilfoil (evaluations) and Mary Honeybun (impromptu speaking). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Saturday 25 April 2009.

3 March 2009 : Lois Strachan, Toastmasters Southern Africa District Governor, was interviewed live on Good Hope FM, a popular Western Cape radio station.

1 March 2009 : SMI Toastmasters (which was in area D1) closed down. There are thus only 4 clubs left in area D1 : Two Oceans (Fish Hoek), Achievers (Westlake), Good Hope (Tokai) and Grove (Newlands).

16 February 2009 : Harry Thomas delivered his CC 10 at Achievers Toastmasters and thus set a new record at Two Oceans Toastmasters for the shortest time taken to achieve Competent Communicator (CC). He gave his CC 1 on 3 September 2008, meaning his CC took only 167 days from start to finish. Harry delivered 3 speeches in January 2009 and another 3 in February 2009 at 4 different clubs (Two Oceans, Winelands, Achievers and Cape Town).

11 February 2009 : A new Toastmasters club opened in Woodstock, just outside Cape Town's city centre. Called GV.comm, they meet every second Wednesday evening of the month at 8 PM.

17 December 2008 : While on holiday in England, Lynn Moss presented a speech at a meeting of Ridgeway Speakers Toastmasters in Abingdon.

24 November 2008 : The 2008 "Humour HopAbout" contest, hosted annually by Table Bay Toastmasters, was won by Craig Strachan from Cape Town Toastmasters. Michael Fawcett from Good Hope Toastmasters placed second.

25 October 2008 : The results of the District 74 "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2008 were as follows :
  - Winner : Jay Hari (Division H)
  - 2'nd : Louwrie Engelbrecht (Division A)
  - 3'rd : Ian Brick (Division B)

4 October 2008 : The Division D "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2008 was won by Brian Gowans from Cape Town Toastmasters. He will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 25 October 2008 in Port Elizabeth.

20 September 2008 : Achievers Toastmasters in Westlake hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1. The winner was Andrew Huisamen from Grove Toastmasters ; he will represent the 5 clubs in Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 4 October 2008. Runner-up was Michael Fawcett from Good Hope Toastmasters and Stephen Browne from Two Oceans Toastmasters was third. Paul Kilfoil from Two Oceans was the contest chairman.

18 August 2008 : Lynn Moss, Two Oceans Toastmasters' president, was interviewed live by Soli Philander on 567 Cape Talk, a popular Western Cape radio station.

16 August 2008 : LaShunda Rundles (from Dallas, Texas, USA) won the 2008 World Championship of Public Speaking contest at the annual Toastmasters International convention in Calgary, Canada. She is the first women in 22 years to win this contest and only the fourth woman ever.

6 August 2008 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "Humourous Speaking" contest, and the winner was Stephen Browne. Isabel Walker was second and Arthur Buitendag placed third. Stephen will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on 20 September 2008.

1 August 2008 : Two additional Toastmasters clubs were added to Area D1 (The Grove Toastmasters in Newlands and SMI Toastmasters in Rondebosch), bringing the total number of clubs in the area up to five.

23 July 2008 : Several members of Two Oceans Toastmasters attended a meeting of Achievers Toastmasters in Westlake. Lorne Sulcas presented his CC 9 while Jack London did a speech evaluation as well as a general evaluation of the meeting.

17 May 2008 : District 74 held their annual speech contests. Christoff Appel from Division D won the International (or prepared) speech contest, Nicholas Mitchell from Division E won the Evaluations contest and Andrew Freeborn from Division D won the Impromptu Speaking contest. Christoff Appel will represent District 74 at the Toastmasters International "World Championship of Public Speaking" contest in Calgary, Canada, in August 2008.

11 May 2008 : A new Toastmasters club was officially chartered in Cape Town's southern peninsula - Achievers Toastmasters, based at the Achievement Awards Group offices in Westlake. Achievers have joined the two existing clubs in Area D1.

19 April 2008 : Division D held their annual speech contests. Christoff Appel won the International (or prepared) speech contest, Don Tooth won the Evaluations contest and Andrew Freeborn won the Impromptu Speaking contest. The winners will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 17 May 2008 in Port Elizabeth. Babette Davisson, from Two Oceans Toastmasters and representing Area D1, placed second in the Impromptu Speaking contest.

1 April 2008 : Three Toastmasters clubs in Area D1 closed down and ceased to exist : Hout Bay Toastmasters, George Toastmasters and Deloittes Toastmasters (a corporate club in Claremont). This was a particularly sad occasion for Hout Bay, as in years past they had been voted the top Toastmasters club in Southern Africa. George Toastmasters was the only club between Somerset West (a town just east of Cape Town) and Port Elizabeth, a distance of some 750 km. This means that only TWO Toastmasters clubs still survive in Area D1 - Good Hope (in Tokai) and Two Oceans (in Fish Hoek).

26 March 2008 : Good Hope Toastmasters hosted the annual speech contests for Area D1. The winners were Francois Roux from Two Oceans Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Babette Davisson from Two Oceans Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Nadine Butler from Good Hope Toastmasters (evaluation). Nadine Butler unfortunately cannot attend the Division D contest on 19 April 2008 so Jack London from Two Oceans Toastmasters, who came second in the Evaluations contest, will represent Area D1 in her place.

5 March 2008 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Francois Roux (international or prepared speech), Jack London (evaluations) and Babette Davisson (impromptu speaking). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Wednesday 26 March 2008.

5 December 2007 : Francois Roux delivered his CC 10 and thus set a new record at Two Oceans Toastmasters for the shortest time taken to achieve Competent Communicator (CC). He gave his CC 1 on 7 February 2007, meaning his CC took only 302 days from start to finish.

17 September 2007 : Several members of Two Oceans Toastmasters attended a meeting of Deloittes Toastmasters in Claremont. Lynn Moss presented her CC 9 and Arthur Buitendag did an evaluation.

13 September 2007 : Division D held the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2007. The winner was Cobis Wilson ; he will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 13 October in Johannesburg. Michael Fawcett from Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai (representing Area D1) came second.

5 September 2007 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1. The winner was Michael Fawcett from Good Hope Toastmasters ; he will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Thursday 13 September 2007. Runner-up was Francois Roux from Two Oceans Toastmasters. Several members of two other clubs attended the meeting - Good Hope Toastmasters and Cape Town Toastmasters. Cape Town Toastmasters stole "George", District 74's "travelling gavel" ; Two Oceans had had George since 11 July 2007.

1 August 2007 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "humourous speaking" contest, and the winner was Francois Roux. Carol Martin was second and Mary Honeybun placed third. Francois will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on 5 September 2007.

11 July 2007 : Arthur Buitendag, Debby Satchel, Reine Marais and Carol Martin (all members of Two Oceans Toastmasters) paid a visit to Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai. They thus stole "George", Toastmasters SA's "travelling gavel" and will keep George until such time as at least 4 members of another Toastmasters club visit Two Oceans. Good Hope Toastmasters had previously claimed George from Strelitzia Toastmasters in Pretoria on 19 June 2007.

12 May 2007 : Two Oceans Toastmasters was awarded the trophy for the Best Club Web Site in District 74 for 2006/2007. This was the second time in 3 years the club had won this trophy (we won it in 2004/2005) and, because there was no award in 2005/2006, it effectively means that the club has held it for 3 years in a row.

21 April 2007 : Division D held their annual speech contests. Liz Dewing won both the International (or prepared) speech contest and the Evaluation contest while Hugh Solomon won the Impromptu speaking contest. Both winners were from Cape Town Toastmasters and will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 12 May 2007. Nadine Butler, from Good Hope Toastmasters and representing Area D1, placed second in the International speech contest.

11 April 2007 : Good Hope Toastmasters hosted the annual speech contests for Area D1. The winners were Nadine Butler from Good Hope Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Paul Kilfoil from Two Oceans Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Giles Conradie from Good Hope Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 21 April 2007.

7 March 2007 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Lynn Moss (international or prepared speech) and Paul Kilfoil (who won both the impromptu speech contest and the evaluation contest). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Wednesday 11 April 2007.

22 January 2007 : Lynn Moss presented her CC 7 speech at Hout Bay Toastmasters. Paul Kilfoil did an evaluation at the same meeting, which was also attended by Arthur Buitendag and Jennifer Moss.

21 October 2006 : District 74 held the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2006. The contest was won by Marlene van Wyk, with Deon Pieterse from Pinelands Toastmasters (the Division D representative) coming second. Third was Ross Farley.

30 September 2006 : Division D held the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for 2006. The winner was Deon Pieterse from Pinelands Toastmasters ; he will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 21 October in Springs, Gauteng. Runner-up was Ryan Ferreira from Pep Talkers and third was Don Tooth from Chuckle & Chirp. Unfortunately Dylan Brander from Two Oceans Toastmasters (representing Area D1) was not placed.

16 September 2006 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual "Humourous Speaking" contest for Area D1. The winner was Dylan Brander from Two Oceans Toastmasters ; he will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 30 September 2006. Runner-up was Tim Mansfield from Good Hope Toastmasters.

11 September 2006 : Two Oceans Toastmasters and Deloitte Toastmasters (the hosts) held a joint "lifeboat debate" contest. Eight contestants took part in the event, which was won by Lynn Moss from Two Oceans. Second was Paul Kilfoil, also from Two Oceans and third was Catherine Butler from Deloitte.

6 September 2006 : There were no less than nineteen guests at Two Oceans' September meeting. Fifteen of these were a group of foreign exchange students from 7 different African countries : Cameroon, Congo, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Madagascar and Uganda.

2 August 2006 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "humourous speaking" contest ; the winner was Dylan Brander with Malcolm Ross placed second. Dylan will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on 16 September 2006.

24 May 2006 : Paul Kilfoil presented a speech entitled "Relativity Demystified" at a meeting of the South Peninsula Astronomy Club in Fish Hoek. Cecily Froud, also a member of both Two Oceans Toastmasters and the South Peninsula Astronomy Club, provided a silent evaluation for the speech.

20 May 2006 : District 74 held their 2006 speech contests at the annual conference in Johannesburg. The winners were Christof Appel (international or prepared speech), Anne Barnard (impromptu speech) and Jan-Hendrik Grobler (evaluation). Christof Appel will represent District 74 at the international inter-district public speaking contest in Washington DC, USA in August 2006.

3 May 2006 : Cecily Froud achieved her Advanced Toastmaster Silver award, the first member of Two Oceans Toastmasters to progress beyond ATM-B since the early Nineties.

22 March 2006 : Good Hope Toastmasters hosted the annual speech contests for Area D1 ; unfortunately no contestant from Two Oceans managed to win. The winners were Alan Elliot from Good Hope Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Natalie Mercer from Hout Bay Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Sarah Marais from Good Hope Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 22 April 2006.

8 March 2006 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Karen Cousins (international or prepared speech) and Paul Kilfoil (who won both the impromptu speech contest and the evaluation contest). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Wednesday 22 March 2006.

11 November 2005 : Toastmasters International announced radical changes to their educational and leadership awards programmes, effective 1 July 2006. Additional leadership qualifications will be made available and existing qualifications have been modified.

12 September 2005 : Cecily Froud, a member of Two Oceans Toastmasters, won the 2005 Area D1 "humourous speaking" contest hosted by Deloitte & Touche Toastmasters. She will represent the 5 clubs in Area D1 in the Division D contest on Saturday 24 September 2005. Runner-up was Linda Turner from Hout Bay Toastmasters.

26 August 2005 : Toastmasters International announced an increase in the amount of member fees payable, effective 1 October 2005. Semi-annual fees are now $27 and the new member fee is now $20.

23 August 2005 : Douglas Kruger, a member of Florida Toastmasters club in Johannesburg, won the international Inter-District speaking contest. He now moves into the final of the annual World Championship of Public Speaking contest, to be held on 27 August at the 2005 Toastmasters International convention in Toronto, Canada. In 2004 Douglas placed second in this contest.

6 August 2005 : Reine Marais, president of Two Oceans Toastmasters from July 2004 to June 2005, was awarded the trophy for Club President of the Year for 2004/2005 within Division D of District 74.

3 August 2005 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "humourous speaking" contest, and the winner was Cecily Froud. She will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Monday 12 September 2005.

1 July 2005 : Reine Marais, immediate past president of Two Oceans Toastmasters, assumed the role of Area Governor for the 5 clubs in Area D1. Her term of office is from July 2005 to June 2006.

30 June 2005 : Two Oceans Toastmasters achieved Distinguished Club status by attaining 5 of the 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals that were set by Toastmasters International for the period July 2004 to June 2005.

25 June 2005 : A "showcase meeting" was held to mark the end of the very successful Youth Leadership Programme at Pollsmoor Prison. Reine Marais and Jack London, both members of Two Oceans Toastmasters, were involved in this programme from beginning to end.

21 May 2005 : District 74 held their 2005 speech contests at the annual conference in Cape Town. The winners were Douglas Kruger from Florida Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Mike Clark from Taverners Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Anne Barnard from Pretoria 2000 Toastmasters (evaluation). Douglas Kruger will represent District 74 at the international inter-district public speaking contest in Toronto, Canada on 23 August 2005.

21 May 2005 : Two Oceans Toastmasters was awarded the trophy for the Best Club Web Site in District 74 for 2004/2005.

8 May 2005 : Ann Sylvester ATM, a highly respected and long-time member of Two Oceans Toastmasters, passed away. The club extends its deepest sympathy to Ann's family and friends.

28 April 2005 : Paul Kilfoil presented a speech entitled "The Life Cycle of Stars" at a meeting of the South Peninsula Astronomy Club in Fish Hoek. Cecily Froud, also a member of both Two Oceans Toastmasters and the South Peninsula Astronomy Club, provided a silent evaluation for the speech.

23 April 2005 : Division D held their annual speech contests. The winners were Olivier Baudry from Taverners Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Mike Clark from Taverners Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Brent Combrinck from Ernst & Young Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 21 May 2005.

21 April 2005 : Reine Marais, president of Two Oceans Toastmasters, visited Namibia on business and attended a meeting of Seagulls Toastmasters in Windhoek ; she did an evaluation of one of their member's speeches at the meeting.

13 April 2005 : Reine Marais, president of Two Oceans Toastmasters, was invited to be a judge at the Division D, Area 2 speech contests.

14 March 2005 : Hout Bay Toastmasters hosted the annual speech contests for Area D1 ; unfortunately no contestant from Two Oceans managed to win. The winners were Jeremy Swartz from Hout Bay Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Gerald Shaw from Hout Bay Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Nikki Green from Good Hope Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 23 April 2005.

2 March 2005 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Malcolm Ross (international or prepared speech), Jack London (impromptu speech) and David Couldridge (evaluation). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Monday 14 March 2005.

28 February 2005 : Reine Marais and Carole Ward were judges at the Hout Bay Toastmasters speech contests.

21 February 2005 : Paul Kilfoil presented his AC&L 9 speech at the second meeting of the new (and as yet unchartered) Division D "Advanced Club" in Pinelands.

19 February 2005 : Reine Marais, Carole Ward and Cecily Froud attended the Division D Judging Workshop presented by Rod Taylor.

5 January 2005 : Penny Sparrowhawk, Two Oceans Toastmasters Vice-President Education, tendered her resignation from the club. Paul Kilfoil was co-opted as the new VPE in her place for the remainder of the Toastmasters year (until 30 June 2005).

10 November 2004 : Four clubs in the Western Cape (Two Oceans, Good Hope, Hout Bay and Chuckle 'n Chirp) took part in a "lifeboat debate" contest. Ten contestants took part in the event, which was hosted by Good Hope Toastmasters and won by Cleone McMillan from Good Hope. Second was Malcolm Ross from Two Oceans and third was Steve Stevenson from Chuckle 'n Chirp.

21 August 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual humourous speaking contest for Area D1. The winner was Duncan McMillan from Good Hope Toastmasters in Tokai ; he will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 18 September 2004.

21 August 2004 : Douglas Kruger, a member of Florida Toastmasters club in Johannesburg, came second in the annual World Championship of Public Speaking contest at the 2004 Toastmasters International convention held in Reno, Navada, USA.

20 August 2004 : Beth Thomas, a member of Rainbow Nation Toastmasters club in Vereeniging and a past District 74 governor, was elected to the Toastmasters International board of directors. She will serve a 2-year term as the international director representing all Toastmasters districts outside of the USA and Canada.

4 August 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual "humourous speaking" contest, and the winner was Carole Ward. She will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Saturday 21 August 2004.

30 June 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters achieved Select Distinguished Club status by attaining 7 of the 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals that were set by Toastmasters International for the period July 2003 to June 2004.

28 June 2004 : Penny Sparrowhawk and Paul Kilfoil, both members of Two Oceans Toastmasters, did evaluations at a Deloitte & Touche Toastmasters meeting in Claremont. Penny was voted the Best Evaluator at the meeting.

8 May 2004 : Division D held their annual speech contests. The winners were Hugh Solomon from Cape Town Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Natalie Mercer from Hout Bay Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Liz Walters from Stellenbosch Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Division D at the District 74 contest on Saturday 22 May 2004.

17 April 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted the annual speech contests for Area D1 ; unfortunately no contestant from Two Oceans managed to win. The winners were Aletti van Zyl from George Toastmasters (international or prepared speech), Natalie Mercer from Hout Bay Toastmasters (impromptu speech) and Sarah Marais from Good Hope Toastmasters (evaluation). They will represent Area D1 at the Division D contest on Saturday 8 May 2004.

3 March 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters held their annual speech contests, and the winners were Carole Ward (international or prepared speech), Ann Sylvester (impromptu speech) and Paul Kilfoil (evaluation). They will represent the club at the Area D1 contest on Saturday 17 April 2004.

25 February 2004 : Two Oceans Toastmasters mounted a "raid" on Good Hope Toastmasters ; it turned out to be a very successful joint meeting with 3 speakers and evaluators from each club. Well done to Lindi Collett, Arthur Buitendag and Malcolm Ross who presented prepared speeches, and to Cecily Froud (who won the best evaluator award) and Lindi Collett (who won the best contributor award).

6 September 2003 : Carole Ward, a member of Two Oceans Toastmasters, won the 2003 Area D1 "humourous speaking" contest hosted by Hout Bay Toastmasters. She will represent the 5 clubs in Area D1 in the Division D contest on Saturday 20 September 2003.

6 August 2003 : Two Oceans Toastmasters hosted a foreign visitor at our club meeting - Betsie Segura-Krueger, originally from the Philippines and now resident in Jordan, presented a speech from the "Communicating on Television" advanced manual. It was her 18'th advanced speech which means she is only two speeches away from achieving her ATM-S.

1 July 2003 : Jack London, a member (and former president) of Two Oceans Toastmasters, assumed the role of Area Governor for the 5 clubs in Area D1. His term of office is from July 2003 to June 2004.

30 June 2003 : Two Oceans Toastmasters achieved President's Distinguished Club status by attaining 9 of the 10 Distinguished Club Program (DCP) goals that were set by Toastmasters International for the period July 2002 to June 2003.