Seriously ping-pong
The sign of any decent, hard-working ad agency is how good its staff are at ping-pong. So it is with interest that Dr Mumbo hears how seriously Sydney’s creative agency scene is taking Noise International’s inter-agency ping-pong competition, announced earlier this month.
Not only has the list of agencies involved grown to 11 (agencies can still enter via Noise’s website – and the deadline has been extended to May 10), with JWT, Host, Leo Burnett, DDB, US Sydney, Three Drunk Monkeys, Sapient Nitro, M&C Saatchi, BMF, Holler and MercerBell in the running. But a number of agencies are holding internal competitions to select their best players.
Some teams have already been decided. Here’re five of them:
Host
- Andrew Guirguis
- Wes Hawes
- Will Miles
- Gary McCreadie
DDB Sydney
- Malcolm Caldwell
- Mark Parry
- Simon Veksner
- Dave Shirwell
- George Kacevski
Three Drunk Monkeys
- Justin Drape
- Dan Beaumont
- Naomi Iland
- Jed DePyper
- Ted Bergeron
JWT
- Declan Byrnes-Enoch
- Nima Idelkhani
- Blair Kimber
- Warren Marshall
Leo Burnett
- Gary Clarke
- Patrick Fileti
- Misha MacDonald
- Brad Grey
Leo Burnett’s head of creative services Gary Clarke has sounded off an early round of chest beating about his team, saying: “Patrick is the Roger Federer of ping-pong. Misha is ambidextrous – makes him hard to play against. Brad and I are on the table at least once a day – if the work doesn’t get in the way.” Heaven forbid.
Noise is taking the whole thing very seriously too, which is just as well seeing as there’s $1,500 at stake for the winner. Working with M&C Saatchi, they’ve even produced a making-of video to explain the thinking behind the promotional video.
The Making of Ping Pong – Creative Team from Noise International on Vimeo.
Our company is based in Wollongong are we allowed a shot at this prestigious event??
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Sorry, Peter, but this one is for Sydney agencies only.
We’ve had a lot of interest from agencies all over Oz though so who knows…maybe next year…
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These guys are well up for the challenge. I myself do not meet there standards….
Switched on Media:
Andy Jameson
Scot Ennis
Rattan Muttoo
Chris RedShaw
Hadrien Brassens
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Awesome idea!
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