Orrell & District Quiz League

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.

The 2023 Presentation Night will be held at Bryn Labour Club on Friday 10th November commencing at 8pm.

A Pairs competition will be held on the night, with entrants drawn together randomly.  There will be a 40 question qualifying quiz, with the highest scoring six pairs progressing to the knockout final.  This will be a 15-to-1 style quiz, with each pair having three lives, one of which will be lost each time they get an answer wrong, until just one pair remains.

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.