Cherry Kingpins off to a flying start
Thursday, January 29th, 2009
The long-awaited inaugaral Cherry Kingpins Bowl and Booze evening kicked off – or rolled off, rather – last Friday night at the superb All-Star Lanes, downstairs from our studio in The Old Truman Brewery. The gauntlet thrown down late last year by Cherry was picked up by rival agency Display Digital, who talked the talk in the build-up, but looked decidedly sluggish on the evening due to a pre-match curry down Brick Lane.
Cherry, however, opted for a far superior warm-up routine. Two bottles of Brooklyn Brewery Black Chocolate Stout (10.1% by volume!) gave our elite team a Ready Brek-style glow. What maniac decided to combine beer and chocolate to send our pleasure sensors into overdrive?
Display got off to a flyer, however, with their man-machine ‘Magic’ Mark Hanlon scattering the skittles with a succession of strikes. Their second man, Steve ‘Lemonade’ Levin, put in a steady performance, while their secret weapon bringing up the rear, a man known only as ‘The Apprentice’, found the only ball fitted with a gutter-magnet.
Class began to shine through though, as a black sambuca topup gave Cherry the imputus to grind out results in the crucial ‘last third’ of the game.
A late volley of strikes from Mark Hanlon almost nicked it at the death, but Cherry held on to secure a famous 317–288 point victory.
The Display Digital boys put on a competitive show with Mark Hanlon, coming out as the highest scoring individual, but at the end of the day the team effort from Cherry ensured the glory was theirs!
A highly enjoyable evening was had by all, with bowling itself coming out as the real winner.
Keep your eye on the scores as a trophy will be presented to the highest scoring team at the end of the year. If you haven’t done so already, get your team together and drop us an email if you think you have what it takes to win!