Cape Town Custard!

Our mate Mark, from South Africa, was selected for the lunchtime ‘Johnnie Walker 1820 Challenge’, requiring each contestant to throw a cricket ball at 6 sets of stumps. The first set was 5m away, the other five distanced at 5m increments through to 30m. Each set you hit, and knock the bails off, you’ll receive $20 for the closest, then $50, $100, $250, $400, and $1000 for the furthest, equaling $1820, hence the name! Mark was woeful. He only hit the $400 set, and the bails didn’t fall. While he was taken back to the $20 for 3 more throws (before he finally broke the stumps) a Stewards’ Inquiry was held, and awarded Mark the $400 for at least hitting the stumps. This is more than I can say. I had a go in Melbourne, earned $20 first up, and didn’t hit another! Mark might have had a custard arm, but I possessed a ‘Noodle Arm’ if ever there was one!

Luke Gillian 20/10/2005 14:25:40