Orrell & District Quiz League

The knockout Cup was held at the Delph Tavern on 29th August 2023 with four teams competing.  The results were as follows:

Semi Final 1 - Star Inn (4) v Bryn Labour Club (18)	Semi Final 2 - Delphic Horses (0) v Millstone (8)
Home F A Away Star Inn Bill Gerard 20 Peter Duffy 17 53 55 Bryn Labour Club Debbie Davidson 17	Home F A Away Delphic Horses Mike Unsworth 15 Gary Grant 20 Paul McAteer 14 58 48 Millstone Mike Simpson 15 Geoff Penney 11
Plate Final - Millstone (8) v Star Inn (4)	Cup Final - Delphic Horses (0) v Bryn Labour Club (18)
Home F A Away Millstone Ian Barlow 18 Mike Leech 16 Mike Simpson 10 58 36 Star Inn Tony Spark 12	Home F A Away Delphic Horses Gary Grant 17 36 63 Bryn Labour Club Debbie Davidson 17 Tony Robinson 11 Keith Eyre 10

Many congratulations to Bryn Labour Club and Millstone on their convincing wins. Also many thanks to Ian, Chris and Bill for setting the quizzes and all those who helped officiate the games.

The Orrell QL cup competition will take place on Tuesday 29th August, at the Delph Tavern  starting at 8pm sharp. The matches will be played under timing conditions in order to get the matches played in sufficient time. The matches will be handicapped, the handicaps calculated by Graham Wilcock (Treasurer) and based on the final league standings, are as follows :-

Delphic Horses   0

Star Inn.            4

Millstone            8

Merrymen          10

Bryn Labour       18

The order of play is:-

Preliminary Round:-  A.  Star Inn v Merrymen

Semi finals:-   B.    Bryn Labour v Winner A

                        C      Millstone v Delphic Horses

If time permits we will run a Plate final as well. 

Plate final :-        Loser A v Highest scoring loser from B or C

Final :-                  Winner B v Winner C

After a title-deciding match that the Delphic Horses needed to win to take the title, The Cricketers won to take their first title since 2017 (when they were still UCC Blues).  They also won the Handicap League, again beating Delphic Horses into second place.