Table Topics and Humorous Speech Contests

                                          Humorous Speech & Table Topics Contest.

The first set of contests in the Toastmaster year are the Humorous Speech and Table Topics contests. Both contests are open to Toastmasters no matter what their level.  Competitors in the Humorous Speech contest deliver a 5 to 7 minute  humorous speech.  In the table topics contest, competitors are asked to speak on a random topic delivered to them by the contest chair. All the competitors speak on the same topic and are lead into the meeting room one by one to answer the topic. The humorous speech and topics contests start at club level and progress through area, division and culminate at District level.

Humorous & Table Topic contests are enjoyable events and an ideal introduction to Toastmasters international.  The  Division final will be held at

Oriel Hse Hotel, Ballincollig, Sunday 23^rd Oct,  14:15 for 14:30 start.

Following are dates of some of the Area Finals:

Area 17;  18th October, Grand Hotel, Fermoy, 20:00,

Area 23;  11th October, Montenotte Hotel, Montenotte Cork, 20:00.

Below is Michael Cronin, Speakeasy Toastmasters Mallow, who won the Division A Humorous speech contest in 2009, and then won the District final in Kilkenny.