Howdy all!
On Saturday, 7 June, we took part in the Hawkeye. Now, for those who don’t know, the Hawkeye is the one trophy that Western Cape Rovers compete for every year. Also, it’s a cool sword-in-the-stone looking trophy (Awesome!)
Anywho, this year’s theme was “1950′s – The Ratpack – casino evening” and boy did the organisers deliver!
Each crew member was issued with pokerchips and told they had to go around the casino (3rd Claremont Scout Hall) and make us much ‘money’ as possible by gambling. This included: Texas Hold’em poker, poker dice, Black-Jack, balloon darts (not what you think), 30 Seconds and horse races. From the beginning already we had the competition, thanks mostly to sheer dumb luck, and a little bit of skill.
Four horse races took place hourly, and thanks to our jockey, Llewellyn, we won all four! Eventually we had to stop and cash in, so we could see who had the out-gambled the others. The chips were totalled for each crew, then divided by the amount of crew members to get a per-member average. The crew with crew with the highest average would be the winner.
The totals were in, and it was announced that we had won (actually we owned the competition by a huge margin), with and average of R460 per member. Now the Hawkeye Trophy is back with us for the second year in a row!
Overall it was an awesome evening, creating a chance for us to socialise with the other crews, and to enjoy ourselves. Thanks to the organisers!
