Orrell & District Quiz League

Congratulations go to Bryn Labour, who beat the Masons Arms in a very close fought final, having beaten both Sherringtons and The Cricketers in the earlier rounds.

Match 1	Semi-Finals	Final
Delph Taverners (8)  59 Mike Unsworth 11, Roy Atherton 17, Sue Perks 12, Paul McAteer 11 Masons Arms (10) 66 Dag Griffiths 23, Mike Critchley 11, Kathie Knowles-Smith 11, Iain Smith11	Masons Arms (10) 67 Dag Griffiths 23, Mike CDritchley 10, Kathie Knowles-Smith19 Highfield CH (26) 61 Jackie Ferguson 12, Gary Humphrey 10	Masons Arms (10) 62 Dag Griffiths 19, Mike Critchley 12, Kathie Knowles-Smith 11, Iain Smith 10 Bryn Labour (17) 64 Debbie Davidson 23, Tony Robinson 10, Babs Hennessy 10
Highfield CH (26) 73 Neil Ferguson 16, Jackie Ferguson 12 , Cameron Gaskell 11 Merrymen (12) 59 Bob Foster 18, Charles Johnson 20
The Cricketers (0) 61 Graham Barker 18 (FH), Chris Quinn 17, John Coventry 10, Clive Leech 13 Star Inn (9) 55 Peter Duffy 19, Arthur Heyes 10,	The Cricketers (0) 50 Graham Barker 15, Chris Quinn 14, Clive Leech 14 Bryn Labour (17) 68 Debbie Davidson 17, Tony Robinson 11, Babs Hennessy 14
Sherringtons (0) 53 Ian Barlow 14, Geoff Penney 11, Pat Gibson 20 Bryn Labour (17) 68 Debbie Davidson 18, Tony Robinson 16, Keith Eyre 10

The annual cup competition will take place on Tuesday 26th August at the Delph Tavern. Could I ask all competitors to arrive by 7.45pm ready to get started promptly at 8pm. The handicaps have been calculated using mean points difference from the final league table and they are as follows:-

Team	Handicap
Sherringtons	0
Cricketers	0
Delph Taverners	8
Star Inn	9
Masons	10
Merrymen	12
Bryn Labour	17
Highfield CH	26

 

Congratulations to Sherringtons who have become the 2025 League Champions, norrowly beating the Cricketers by virtue of a slightly higher points difference.

Congratulations also go out to Bryn Labour Club who pipped new team Highfield CH by 2 points to win the Handicap League title.

As requested at the recent delegates' meeting, I have uploaded a copy of a correctly completed scoresheet.  You can download it from here:  https://odquiz.org.uk/SharedFiles/Download.aspx?pageid=225&mid=447&fileid=3914

Based on performances so far this season, the handicaps for the final seven matches are as follows:

Posn	Team	Pl	Diff	Av. PD	H/Cap
1	Cricketers	14	128	9.1	0
2	Sherringtons	14	129	9.2	0
3	Delph Taverners	14	28	2.0	7
4	Masons Arms	14	7	0.5	9
5	Merrymen	14	22	1.6	8
6	Star Inn	14	41	2.9	6
7	Bryn Labour Club	14	-136	-9.7	19
8	Highfield CH	14	-219	-15.6	25

The draw for the Knockoout cup was made at the delegate's meeting tyonight.  The competition will be played to a finish on Tuesday 26th August at a venue to be confirmed.  It will be a handicap competition, with the handicaps calculated using the final league table.

Match 1	Semi-Finals	Final
Delph Taverners (8) v Masons Arms (10)
Highfield CH (26) v Merrymen (12)
The Cricketers (0) v Star Inn (9)
Sherringtons (0)v Bryn Labour (17)

 

It was brought to my attention this evening at the delegates' meeting that the handicap scores and table for the second portion of the season were calculated incorrectly using the handicaps from the first portion of the season.  I have corrected these and posted the correct scores and table on the results page.

Please be reminded that the Masons Arms closes early and the team would appreciate it if you could arrive in time to start your match at 8.30pm

Please see below handicaps for the second half of the season. They are based on mean points difference from the current table.

Team	Handicap
Cricketers	0
Sherringtons	1
Merrymen	6
Star Inn	5
Delph Taverners	9
Masons	15
Bryn Labour Club	22
Highfield CH	24

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