A bit of an international update on the fortunes of Matt Danks, 50 per cent (80 per cent by weight) of Black Country public relations agency DCPR.
The lad – now back in Blighty – was enjoying hundreds of runs in the Caribbean and seemingly a similar amount of rums.
Danks, the larger than life spin (no – not the cricket spin) guru, left colleague Russ Cockburn home alone in their Wolverhampton office pad to go and watch England struggle to a draw in Barbados.
Whilst the bat and ball offered little in terms of real excitement, the former Ellowes Hall pupil found sanctuary and more interesting times in the shape of the Caramel Club and the Reggae Lounge.
Cockburn, in between holding the fort at DCPR, told me: “I had a few texts off him, but not many focused on the cricket. All Reggae Lounge this, Caramel Club that.
“Apparently the former is a music club yet I haven’t had a definition on the pleasures the latter and I don’t think I’m going to look into it too deeply.”
The pint-sized PR practitioner concluded: “He even got me sorting Ashes tickets out for him whilst he was strutting his stuff all over Butterfly Beach – the blooming cheek of it.”
Danks for the memories, Matt!
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It appears those rural delinquents who organise the suicidal Hoar Cross Downhill at Christmas have done it again – raising more than £60,000 for the Wish upon a Star charity.
The soapbox challenge attracted more than 40 intrepid entrants in an assortment of projectiles who tackled the Down Course and new chicane with scant regard for life and limb.
Fortunately the Meynell Ingram Arms serves as the finishing post with Pedigree preferred to the bubbly favoured by those Formula One wimps.
As ever, Bright eschews such dangerous activities, finding the barman, log fire and faithful hound the ideal companions to view such tomfoolery.
Still I raise my glass to the Mad Club and presume they will repeat the exercise next year.
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Recession watch …
My spies tell me that PR and event management group Big Cat still haven’t quite adjusted to the new world order.
It is alleged they won a bottle of Champagne in the raffle at the recent Birmingham Future Ball, refused to drink it because it was warm and not chilled, and then left it behind at the end.
Champagne Charlies or what!
