Colds and flu left us without our Chair and one evaluator for the evening.
Fortunately CLW stood in and saved the day in his usual competent manner.

Introductions were about ‘absenteeism’

For our inspiration, DS used the aircraft pre-flight checks  procedure to leave us with a poignant thought…

Ah Counter – LG, Timer – GS
Wordmaster – TH with the word ‘bluster’

The prepared speeches were as follows:
Speaker 1 –  LG with ‘House & Home’ evaluated by CLW
Speaker 2 – JW with ‘Gritting’ evaluated by TH

Our Two Minute Topics master CAW asked members to weave a story
from a chosen headline culled from various newspapers including:

There must be more research
All in the pursuit of happiness
Make it a happy Valentine’s day
Paris it’s love
More than just a cruise
Have you or a loved one ever suffered from…
It really makes me smile

Two Minute Topics evaluation – DM

Awards presentation – LG

There was no Best Speech award as there were
only two speeches

Best Topic – JW
Best Evaluator  –  DM – Topics evaluation

General Evaluator – SR