Orrell & District Quiz League

The fixtures have been released for the new season - a table is shown below with the home team down the side and the away team along the top.  Each team's fixtures are also on the team pages, and all fixtures will be added to the calendar in due course.

A successful Presentation Evening and Pairs Competition was held on Friday 20th November at St. James’s Catholic Club, which saw four teams collect trophies for the League and knock out competitions and the Delph Tavern awarded the Ted Owen trophy for the most sporting team in the league.

The pairs competition was won by Chris Quinn of UCC Blues and John Fitzgerald of Britannia 2014. 

This annual end of season event will take place at St.James Catholic Club, St James Road, Orrell, WN5 7AA, on Friday 20th November starting at 8.30pm.

Anyone who participated in the games this season, is eligible to enter. Please come along to what should be an enjoyable evening.

At the final of the Knockout Cup held at the Delph Tavern, Running Horses Colts, playing off a handicap of 17 beat Robin Hood, who were playing off 5, 56-49.

In the Plate final, Bryn Labour Club beat Delph Tavern 61-56, with both teams playing off a handicap of 17.

Congratulations to all four teams for a couple of great matches.

 The competition will be a handicapped competition

Round 1 of the Plate will take place on August 25th  featuring the following teams:

The following week (Sept 1st) the next round will take place 

Barbara Flaherty of Merrymen appeared on this week's edition of Mastermind,  answering questions on the Harry Potter novels,  scoring a full house of 15 points. 

A copy of the rules of the Orrell & District Quiz League can be found on the downloads page.

After a very close end to the season, Millstone have effectively secured the League title by beating Britannia in their last match.  In order for UCC Blues to take the title, they would have to win their remaining postponed match by a margin of 70 points!  The absence of Pat Gibson for their line-up for the match shows that they are not just a one man team and are worthy winners.

The fixtures for the coming season can now be see on the team pages and on the fixture calendar.  Matches start on 7th April 2015 and the league season lasts for 18 weeks, after which the knockout competition will take place.