South Africans 'Take Home' Whiskey Prize



A marketing consultant and an orthotist a from South Africa have won a global competition hosted by Bushmills Irish Whiskey that will see the distillery 'go on tour' to a city in the Rainbow Nation.

Jonathan 'Oros' Oliff, 28, from Durban and Sean Tickner, 30, from Cape Town were chosen as the winners of Make it 2 Bushmills, winning two weeks working at the world-famous Old Bushmills Distillery, while staying in luxury penthouse accommodation with £5,000 spending money.



After their experience, Jonathan and Sean will 'take home the distillery', with a Bushmills party being held in a South African city this year.

According to Bushmills spokesperson, the pair are married to identical twin sisters and met while body boarding at North Beach in Durban fifteen years ago.



Jonathan said: "It's amazing to be named the winners of Make it 2 Bushmills. We came to the global final here in Bushmills to do our country proud – we can't wait to take the distillery home to South Africa."

Bushmills Distillery is Ireland's oldest working distillery in County Antrim, Northern Ireland with the Bushmills Master Distiller, Colum Egan, offering the Make it 2 Bushmills competition in March to give two friends an experience of a lifetime at the distillery before taking it 'on tour'.



Jonathan and Sean defeated thousands of others to be crowned winners by entering on the Bushmills Facebook page and then campaigning for public votes to allow them to represent their country at the global final, Bushcamp, held in Bushmills village this week.


Colum Egan said: "Jonathan and Sean have shown throughout Make it 2 Bushmills that they are great friends, with a genuine love for life and a fantastic sense of humour.


"We can't wait to welcome them into the distillery family and then work to take the distillery 'on tour' to South Africa…it's going to be some party," he said.

Bushcamp was judged by Colum and some famous fans of Bushmills, including Kevin Baird of Two Door Cinema Club, Jonathan Galkin of DFA Records and Rob Allanson of Whisky Magazine.



Fans of Bushmills can follow Jonathan and Sean's experience as they Make it 2 Bushmills and 'take home the distillery' on the Bushmills Facebook page, facebook.com/bushmills1608 or by following @BushmillsGlobal on Twitter.

(DW/BMcC)