Orrell & District Quiz League

On Sunday the draw was made for the Cup and Plate competitions to be played from 15th August until the final on 12th September. The games will be played as a handicap competition. New handicaps will be used based on the 18 matches of the current season. The draw is as follows:-

15th August. Preliminary round

Match 1   Bryn Labour (12) 34 v 42 (1) Robin Hood

Match 2   RH Colts (16)     37  v 46 (0) Millstone

22nd August  Round 1

Match 3   Bryn PLC (20)  49   v 47 (1)  Robin Hood

Match 4   UCC Blues (1)  48   v  35  (0) Millstone

Match 5   Delph (12)      45   v  46  (11) Britannia

Match 6   Masons (3)      44  v   38 (7)  Merrymen

29th August Plate Round 1

Match 10  Bryn Labour (12) 52   v  Delph (12)  45

Match 11  RH Colts  (16)   57  v Merrymen (7) 53

5th September  Cup and Plate semi- finals

                     Cup                                                            Plate

Match 7  Bryn PLC  (20) 63 v  Britannia (11) 44    Match 12  Bryn Labour (12) 42 v Millstone (0) 51

Match 8  UCC Blues (1) 58 v  Masons (3)  34        Match 13  RH Colts (16)   48   v Robin Hood (1) 51

12th September Cup and Plate Finals

              Cup final                                                Plate final

Bryn PLC (20)  v UCC Blues (1)               Robin Hood (1) v Millstone (0)

The Ormskirk Quiz League has a vacancy for a team for next season. All matches will be played using the two attempts rule throughout, as used in rounds 2 and 6 in the Orrell League.

The Robin Hood team is also looking for players.

If you are interested in joining Robin Hood please contact Mike Preston via birchleyeducation@hotmail.com or if interested in forming a new team via the Contacts page on the Ormskirk website. (www.ormskirkquizleague.org.uk)

On 6th May 2017, the Quizzing Grand Prix circuit event will be held at The Hoylake Social Club.

If you have not taken part in one of these events before, they consist on a 90 minute written quiz, split into six different genera, such as Sport, entertainment etc.  Overall results are calculated on your best 5 scores out of the six, and there are also awards for the top scorers in each of the genera.

Your results contribute to a set of national quiz rankings, enabling you o compaer your performance against hundreds of quizzers around the country and indeed the world.

After the written quiz, there will be a team quiz, and the Hot 100, an international quiz taken by players around the world.

The event opens at 11.00am, for an 11.30amd start, and costs £12.50 per player (first timers and registered students get a 50% discount for their first event).

To allow for printing etc, you should register on the Quizzing Website (www.quizzing,co.uk) or via the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/events/1637010162987174/?ti=cl

Mark Davies, who plays for Woodlands in The Warrington Quiz League, is looking to join a team in the Orrell League.  If you could offer him a place, please email him at mark.brian.davies@gmail.com or give him a call at 07702 808266

Due to fixture clashes at the beginning and end of the season, there may be a couple of matches that he is unable to play in

The BBC showed a fascinating programme about quizzing on 30th November, and it is available on iPlayer for the next month if you did not see it.  Click on the image below to go to the BBC iPlayer site.

Congratulations to Millstone who won the Cup Final beating RH Colts by 53 points to 30.

The Plate Final was won by Britannia who overcame Bryn Labour Club in a closely contested game, until the final round, when Britannia ran out winners by 40 points to 34 so congratulations to them.

Individual scores can be found on the results page

The semi finals were played on 6th September and the finalists are as follows:

Cup Final

Plate Final

The venue for these games is as usual the Delph Tavern

The Plate Final will start at 8.30 sharp with the Cup Final later.

16th August. Preliminary round

Match 1   Robin Hood (2) 45 v  Bryn Labour Club (8) 42

Match 2   RH Colts (6)  48 v  Merrymen (9)  41

23rd August  Round 1

Match 3   UCC Blues (1) 48  v   Robin Hood (2) 51

Match 4   Delph (10)  42    v   RH Colts (6)  53

Match 5   Millstone (0) 52   v  Bryn PLC (12) 46

Match 6   Britannia (10) 45 v  Masons Arms (7) 54

30th August Plate Round 1

Match 10  Bryn Labour Club (8) 54  v  Bryn PLC (12) 45

Match 11  Merrymen (9)  51      v  Britannia  (10)  54

6th September  Cup and Plate semi- finals

                     Cup                                                             Plate

Match 7  Robin Hood (2) 47 v  Millstone (0)  50       Match 12  Bryn Labour Club (8) 46 v  UCC Blues (1) 45

Match 8  RH Colts (6) 46    v  Masons (7)  39          Match 13  Britannia (10) 55    v  Delph (10) 41

13 September Cup and Plate Finals

              Cup final                                                      Plate final

Millstone (0)  v  RH Colts (6)                          Bryn Labour Club (8)  v  Britannia (10)

Congratulations to Millstone who have successfully retained their title.

Congratulations also to Bryn Labour Club, who have won the Handicap League by a country mile.

It has been decided to run a handicap league in parallel with the the normal league competition. Two separate league tables will be produced after each week’s fixtures. The cup competition that starts after the league season finishes will be played on a handicap system as last year. The handicaps have been calculated based on last season’s results and are as follows:-