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Congratulations to  our President Cathy for steering the ship so admirably throughout the season and being instrumental in the club achieving Presidents Distinguished Status.

Special mention to Michael McCann for all of the last minute interventions.

Special thanks to our outgoing committee members for all their hard work over the year.

We wish the incoming committee all the best for next season.

We start back on Wednesday 5th September, enjoy the summer.

Back on 5th September

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Our penultimate meeting of the year….. and what a night…

Congratulations to our President (Captain) Cathy Reilly and her Team for steering the good ship Navan Toastmaster to Presidents Distinguished Club Status.

Congratulations also to Kate Horton on a brilliant Icebreaker, John Grealish on a magnificent Stage 7 speech and to Manus Tiernan who achieved his Advanced Communicator Bronze ” Well done to all.

Manus’s speech completes the last point we needed as a club to achieve Presidents Distinguished Club Status for the incoming year.

Kieran O’Sullivan our hardworking VPE was voted Toastmaster of the year 2018. Kieran will be presented with his award at our dinner on Wed  20th June.’ Congratulations to all…What a year….

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Our next Meeting is scheduled for June 6th at 8:00 Pm 

It promises to be a lively night.

All are Welcome

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Our Meeting 2nd May  2018

We had 3 special speeches on the night, a Stage (10) from Patricia – very inspirational, an Interpretive reading speech (5) “I have a Dream” which brought us right back in time to 1963.
and an Icebreaker from Joe.

All speeches were brilliantly presented and very entertaining.

We welcomed 2 new members and 2 guests

Join us at our next meeting on the 16th May – All visitors welcome.

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Our Meeting 18th April 2018

We had 2 key  Speeches on the night, a Stage (10) from Philip and “A dramatic talk” from Manus

Great Table topics from our President Cathy – very entertaining.

All Club Officers gave an overview of their role in preparation for the election of a new Committee.

Join us at our next meeting on the 2nd May – All visitors welcome.

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International Club Speech and Evaluation  Contest 4th April 2018

We held our club International Speech and Evaluation contests.

Congratulations to Cathy Reilly on winning the Speech contest and to

Peter Finnegan a worthy winner in the Evaluation Contest.

Peter and Cathy now go forward to represent the Club in the Area final in  Dunboyne  Castle Hotel  next Monday night April 9th.

We wish them well.

Join us at our next meeting on the 18th April – All visitors welcome.

Cathy Reilly Winner of Navan Toastmasters
Club Speech Contest

Peter Finnegan Winner of Navan Toastmasters
Club Evaluation Contest

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Our Meeting on the 21st March

We had 4 magnificent Speeches one of which was an IceBreaker on the NEW Toastmasters “Pathways” module.

Great Table topics 2 new Guests, an action packed enjoyable night.

Join us at our next meeting on the 4th April – All visitors welcome.

This Meeting is our Club International Speech and Evaluation Contest

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Our Meeting on the 7th March – Where has the Time gone….

It was a Fun packed night with 3 Speeches, Great Table Topics and a brilliant poem by Tom.

A most enjoyable Night for all of the members and Guests present.

Join us at our next meeting on the 21st March – All visitors welcome.

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At Navan Toastmasters meeting on Wednesday night, we had a talk about the new Pathways Programme which will revolutionize the way things are done in toastmasters.

We also had two speeches. Philip Brady did a stage 8 speech which required him to use visual aids, Sheila Dennehy did her stage 6 in which she had to use Vocal Variety.
our next meeting will be on the 7th of March in the Ardboyne Hotel at 8.00 p.m.

All are welcome.

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Our Area Tall Tales competition took place on 7th February. It was a fun filled action packed night

The winner was Joe Armstrong from Navan Toastmasters with a tale that was so outlandish and exaggerated that it could be true!!!

A big thank you to all the Clubs who supported the event and made it a special night.
Joe Armstrong being presented with his winners certificate and gift by Area 16 Director,

Andrew Finnegan and Navan Toastmasters President, Catherine Reilly.

Joe being presented with the winners Plaque by the President of Navan Toastmasters Catherine Reilly

 

 

Our next Meeting is scheduled for February 21st  It promises to be a lively night.

All are Welcome

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Joe Armstrong – winning the Navan Club Tall Tales Competition.

Joe Armstrong winning the club Tall Tales Competition and being presented with his Certificate by the Club President Catherine Reilly

 

Joe goes on to represent our Club at the Area Finals on the 7th February. We wish him well.

Congratulations to all our contestants for a medley of brilliant Tall Tales… Its hard to pick a winner – but

“there is no show like a Joe Show”

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Our next Meeting is scheduled for January 17th where we will have our Club “Tall Tales” Competition.

It promises to be a lively night.

All are welcome.

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Our Meeting on the 15th November – What a night….

It was a Fun packed night with 4 Speeches, Great Table Topics with “Mice” as a common theme…

Hilariously Funny all round

Join us at our next meeting on the 6th December – All visitors welcome.

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1st November who can believe it?….

It was a night of celebrating many achievements,

Philip Brady celebrating his well-earned Navan Toastmaster of the year award

Cathy Reilly (our President) winning the Area Contest for Humorous Speech

Cathy presenting Toastmaster of the Year award to Philip Brady

Cathy Displaying her “Trophy”

 

In between we had 4 wonderful speeches, 2 X Icebreakers from Kora and Constance and a wonderful Stage 5 from Sheila.

Manus gave a Speech from the Entertaining Speaker series and It was worth the admission. Twisting, spiraling and forking in all directions just like a Tree.

Well done to all for participating.

Looking forward to our next meeting on the 15th November all are welcome especially Guests

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