'BEER CENTURION'

 

On 20th June 2005 it was time for another drinking challenge. This challenge was called the "Beer Centurion". The idea is to drink a shot of beer every minute for one hundred minutes. The challenge sounds easy but it works out to be nearly 7 pints in 1 hour 40 minutes, which doesn't sound very easy! This challenge has been attempted a couple of times before by some members of the group (once was at piss up in the park 2004) but never completed. This time everyone was better prepared and determined to complete it. Only one member of the group had completed it before, a Mr James Passey so it was decided that he should be the official timekeeper. Ok a couple of brief rules, every minute there is a 10 second warning then on the minute everyone drinks their shot, if for any reason you cannot do your shot on the minute, being sick or going to the toilet for example then you must make up the shots that were missed when you return. Everyone must do the one hundredth shot together. The venue was Peter Hills house. Here is a list of participants and their choice of drink: -

JOE CHILCRAFT	-	STELLA
PETER HILL	-	STRONGBOW
STUART GRANT	-	STRONGBOW
ADAM THOROUGHGOOD	-	SPITFIRE
NATHAN DUFFIELD	-	TO BE CONFIRMED
DAN LANE	-	TO BE CONFIRMED
MICKEY HILL	-	JOHN SMITHS
ADAM EDWARDS	-	TO BE CONFIRMED
JAMES PASSEY	-	CASTLEMAINE
GRAEME SIMPSON	-	CASTLEMAINE
TOM SILVER	-	RED WINE
WILL SILVER	-	MIXTURE

So after the BBQ every one sat down and the challenge attempt was started at 9pm.

 

As expected it started of easy and the first few minutes were pretty boring. Tom Silver ran out of wine so went to the shop to buy some more, we let him off the shots that he missed as he was drinking wine. We reached the early 60’s when we had a first casualty. Adam Thoroughgood ignored the rule of when you feel sick go do it in the bin by firstly being sick on himself then on the garden. He didn’t want this to stop him completing the challenge so he caught up the shots he had missed and carried on. Next was James Passey, he spent a bit of time being sick in the bin but somehow still managed to shout out the 10-second warnings and when it was time to drink. Adam Edwards was the next victim, which is very rare to see him sick through alcohol. Then Peter Hill made his way to the bin to be sick which is not rare at all! Finally Stuart Grant stepped up to make his mark. All of the above caught up the shots that they missed and carried on with the challenge. Dan Lane gave up at around the 50 – 60 mark. Graeme was suspected of cheating and throwing his shots away. Everyone else started a 10 second countdown at 10:39.50s and drunk their one hundredth shot together at 10:40 James Passey stopped the official stop watch and remarkably it stopped on exactly 1:40:00.

Then after the challenge to celebrate the boys all went in the pool at the end of the garden, some fully clothed! Graeme Simpson didn’t really seem keen to go in, so he needed a bit of help. During the struggle to get him in the pool Mickey Hill badly cut his foot on something. It seemed bad enough to call out an Ambulance. When they arrived Adam Thoroughgood took these pictures on his phone, he wasn’t sure if it was the right thing to do but here they are anyway: -

 

The paramedics asked us why we was drinking on a monday night. Whats the special occasion? We didn't have an answer. Tom Silver was doing his best to chat up the lady paramedic and to get her phone number. In the end he said he will just phone 999 and ask for her by name.

 

So apart from the end it was a pretty good night and another drinking challenge was successfully completed and can now be ticked of the list.

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