King Pin Bowling, 29 March 2022 

In the first social event of 2022, the SPR returned to the All Star Lanes in London’s East End for a competitive evening of ten-pin bowling. With bowling off the SPR agenda for the two years of pandemic lockdowns, one or two claimed that their techniques had got rusty, but some impressive scores were still posted across the five teams – two from Savills, one each from Avison Young and CBRE, and a mixed team from Tristan Capital and UBS, among others. 

A close-fought contest saw ‘Savills A’ edge past ‘Team Transitory’ (the mixed team) by 783 points to 781, with ‘SBBS’ (from CBRE) third on 610. The leading individual player was Dan Hill from Savills with 153, followed by Mike Barnes (also Savills) and James Purvis (Team Transitory), who tied in second place on 132. Fifteen players scored over 100, and the satisfying clatter of a strike was heard no fewer than 44 times. 

Drinks were available to members free of charge throughout the evening, and an enticing selection of canapés was provided at the close, when committee member Shehryar Qazi also handed out the prizes.

Tim Horsey

Savills A, the winning team: Mike Barnes, Dan Hill, Victoria Bajela, Simon Preece, Will Holford and Ed Hampson (not shown in that order!).

Individual top scorer Dan Hill


Team Transitory admire their success

Winning style!