Orrell & District Quiz League

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 v Masons Arms
Highfield CH v Merrymen
The Cricketers v Star Inn
Sherringtons v Bryn Labour

 

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

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The Mastermind Casting team

Here are the handicaps for the new season. They have been calculated on average points difference based on last year's final league table and will be adjusted after the first round of games.

Team	Handicap
Masons Arms	0
Merrymen	4
Cricketers	5
Delph Taverners	8
Sherringtons	14
Star Inn	16
Bryn Labour Club	23
Highfield CH	25

For the new 2025 season we are joined by a new team, Highfield CH, based at Highfield Community Hall - details can be seen here:

Millstone have moved venue and changed their name - they will be playing out of the Sherringtons Bar and have changed their name accordingly.

Delphic Horses are now to be known as The Delph Taverners.

Fixture details can be found on your own team's page, or in the main fixtures calendar.  The first match of the season will take place on Tuesday 1st of April.

Congratulations to the Star Inn on winning this years Knockout cup competition.  Starting with a handicap of 16, they beat The Cricketers 66-49 in the quarter final and The Millstone 67-61 in the semi-final.

Their opponents in the final were last year's winners, Bryn Labour Club, who played off a handicap of 23.  They beat the Delphic Horses 69-61 in the quarter final and Merrymen by 62-55 in the semi-final.

In the final, Bryn led for the first 7 rounds, with The Star Inn pipping them in the final round to win by 63 points to 61.

Congratulations to their squad of Peter Duffy, Arthur Heyes, Tony Spark, Lee Whitehead and Steve Pilkington on winning an excellent competition.

Huge thanks also go out to Bill Gerard who wrote all of the excellent quizzes used on the night.  The quizzes used can be found on the Quizzes page in the 2024 folder.

Congratulations to the Mason's Arms who have won the league by beating Merrymen in their final league match.

Further to the 2024 KO Draw listed by Chris it was agreed at the Delegates meeting on Aug 1st that a Plate competition was impractical this year given the amount of matches we need to compress into a single evening.

At the delegate meeting held at the Delph on 1st August the draw for this season's Knockout competition was made. Assuming that all teams compete, the draw is as follows.

Due to time constraints the matches will start at 8pm sharp, and timings for answering will be set at 20s for your own question, 10s after a pass to a teammante, then 10s when passed over to the opposition.

Handicaps will be calculated based on the final league table.

A	Millstone v Masons	Winner of Heat A v Winner of Heat B	Winner SF1 v Winner Sf2
B	Cricketers v Star Inn
C	Delphic Horses v Bryn Labour Club	Winner of Heat C v Merrymen
D	Merrymen - bye