RC of Longbenton with Killingworth

This evening, we made the journey up north to visit our District Governor's club, Longbenton with Killingworth. Barbara drove herself and Tom, and picked me up on the way; the traffic was unexpectedly light and we got there nice and early. We met some of the club's Rotarians, and just after we made it to the bar, Helen arrived with Dave Sadler (previous GSE team leader and our GSE coordinator.)

Sadly, this time we had to meet without James, who was busy with the sets and lighting for his amateur dramatics society - in his absence, Barbara delivered his portion of the presentation instead.

The evening proceeded very quickly and without fuss - the club was a really lively and entertaining one, though poor Barbara was on the reciving end of numerous pieces of banter (which I am far too polite to repeat here!) We had a lovely 2-course meal - sorry James, you'd have really enjoyed it! - and after some brief business, including the re-induction of a former member, there was a short break for us to set up our equipment.

The presentation itself is definitely getting easier for us and flowing much more smoothly. I think we all remembered to introduce the next person this time, and we're gradually slowing down our delivery. For me, the speed was something I really focused on this evening, and I feel as though my presentation was clearer because of it.

After the obligatory feedback (which was, as always, extremely helpful) instead of a raffle, the club played a quick game that involved flipping two coins. All the players had to stand up and guess the coins' results, by putting their hands on either their heads, their 'tails' (i.e bums!), or a mixture of the two. The president then flipped the coins and called out the result. The people whose hands were in the same position as the coins (e.g. 2 tails; 2 hands on bums) got to play a second round - the rest of us had to sit down. The lady who won the second round was the overall winner, by being the only person who correctly predicted two heads. She won a fab box of chocolates which she passed around the club. (By the way, this is a super game and I will definitely be stealing the idea to use with my children's reading group!)

All in all it was a really fun evening. We'd all like to say a big thank you to the president, Michael Coulthard, and all the other members of Longbenton with Killingworth for being such good hosts, and for providing us with some more useful feedback.