All work and no play would make VOX a dull club. Luckily, playing is a high priority for us and much of the vibrancy of VOX lies in its active social life. Not that we need an excuse to party,

Yet another fun-filled foray into the adventure that is public speaking at Vox last week. And what a lot of fun we had! Both ToastMaster, Fergal Rice, and TopicsMaster, yours truly, were disgracefully late (Rumours of quickies abounded that night but

What an evening we had to kick start the Vox Year! As we settled into our new home of McGrattans, we had the vivacious Nora Duggan at the helm who revved up the evening’s meeting with plenty of warmth peppered

Ah Ryan Tubridy.. what’s not to like? The lovely Ryan featured heavily in tonight’s topics session, masterminded by last-minute substitute Dan (thanks Dan!) in flying form. Colette certainly thought there was more good than bad to Tubs, and with no

Food was on the brain of our toastmaster Mark on his first night in the role. He wanted to know what would each participant would choose for their last meal as a means of introduction, with answers ranging from lasagne

Do you remember what you did last night? Beulah didn’t, which caused a bit of a row between herself and Mark during the first of several innovative role plays introduced by tonight’s topicsmaster Maria. The night’s theme was ‘memories’, which

If your friend wanted to leave their steady job as a dentist to join the circus, how would you try to stop them? Topicsmaster Paul gave this role play to Jeremy and Dan last Wednesday night and the crowd much

At a toastmasters meeting, anything can happen. Speakers don’t turn up, topics contestants have ‘brain freeze’, technology refuses to work. All in an evening’s work mastering the toast! At last Wednesday’s meeting most things went smoothly. Topicsmaster Rosie got the

Ready, steady.. talk! It was time for quick fire speaking in the Central Hotel last Wednesday as topicsmaster Christine introduced Voxers to a different kind of topics session. Timer Jill recorded 57 individual speeches of around 30 seconds each as

Who’s your alter ego? The theme of this evening’s meeting certainly led the audience to learn a thing or two about their fellow club members!  Maria, our dynamic Toastmaster for the evening, set those taking roles in the meeting the challenge of revealing what