WOW (Mecca magazine) #35 | Page 10

latest news latest news Rocking ’n’  rolling in Notts T hey were rocking and rolling Mecca-style at the Great Notts Show when Mecca Beeston took centre stage at this big event in Nottingham’s Old Market Square. With some 100,000 visitors over the three days of the show, it was a great opportunity to attract new customers and let everyone know what their local bingo club had to offer. On the Saturday night, senior host Tom Machin and operations manager Winston Baugh took control of the stage for a session of Rock ’n’ Roll bingo, with membership manager Siana Macken giving out tickets and dabbers to all who wanted to play along. “This was a great showcase for us. We gave away many weird and wonderful prizes such as a unicorn’s head and a T-shirt with a guitar on it that you could play. We had a fantastic response and received some very positive feedback,” said Siana, who was there for all three days manning the Mecca stand. Mark picked as gunge ‘victim’ Customers at Mecca Wednesbury knew exactly which of the managers they wanted to see under the bucket of gunge – general manager Mark Adams. Having received more than double the votes of any other team member, Mark was duly gunged with a sticky mix of golden syrup, mushy peas, custard, food colouring and jelly. It took three showers to get rid of all the traces, but it was worth it to raise £200 for Rank Cares. It’s Rock ’n’ Roll bingo with Winston Baugh! Making n memories in Bolto Oompa Loompa session success A Willy Wonka-themed Stay to Play session was a big success at Mecca Oldham. The brainwave of senior team member Sarah Hadfield saw 50 per cent more customers than normal staying to play in the amusements area after bingo was over. Sarah, pictured in Oompa Loompa splendour with a happy customer, put in a great deal of hard work to make the session a success. Judging from the fantastic feedback, it certainly was! 10  WOW! Is