Orrell & District Quiz League

Please be advised that the 2024 AGM is scheduled for Thursday evening 12th December at 8:00 pm at The Delph.

The standard Agenda items are 

Receive and accept minutes of previous meeting

Matters arising from minutes

Receive Chairman’s Report

Receive and accept as a true record Treasurer’s Report

Election of new teams

Nominations for office; The following posts are up for election this year at the expiry of their two year term

Chairman (Ian Barlow)
Treasurer. (Graham Wilcock)
Fixtures Secretary (Mike Unsworth)
Secretary*

For information, all current post holders intend to stand for re election, however others are free to nominate themselves or a colleague.

*IB holds the post of Secretary as well as Chairman but only took this additional role on last year as an interim measure following the resignation of the previous Secretary.
Ideally IB would stand aside from this role if another candidate came forward.

Motions and rule changes.

Following last year’s updating of the rules/articles there are no new changes being proposed by the Committee.

To the extent any delegate or team mate wishes to propose a motion or rule change then please do so in writing, to the Secretary, copying one other committee member at least 7 days before the meeting

AOB 

(This section will contain summary comments from CQ with regard to the ratings that teams attributed to the Question Sets during the 2024 season) 

Regards

Ian Barlow (Chairman)

Thanks to those who turned up to last night’s event at Bryn LC, where Bill Gerrard & Kathie Knowles Smith played superbly to claim a victory in the Pairs Competition, winning the final with ‘two lives’ intact. Strong performances also from the other pairs of finalists John Purslow & Arthur Heyes and Mike Simpson & Debbie Davidson
League Champions; The Masons Arms  Runners Up ; The Cricketers
KO Cup winners ; The Star Inn Runners up ; Bryn LC
Handicap League Winners ; The Merrymen

Pairs Competition and Presentation Night at Bryn Labour Club

 

Please Arrive 7:30 to 7:45 to allow a prompt 8:00 start

At our forthcoming event at Bryn Labour Club, on Friday November 8th the Committee would greatly appreciate it if participating teams could bring along one or two raffle prizes, much as we all did last year.
Nothing elaborate, the odd bottle, box of chocolates or biscuits etc. 

Raffle tickets will be the only time we’ll be asking anyone to put their hand in their pocket. Entrance to the Pairs Competition will be free of charge.

Anyone who has played this past season is eligible to enter the pairs competition and this extends to regular ‘squad members’ who may not have played much (or at all) but have fulfilled roles such as question masters and scorers.

We really hope to see everyone there on the night.

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.

Based on the final league table, here are the handicaps for the cup competition to be held at The Delph next Tuesday (27th August) starting at 8pm sharp.

Team	Handicap
Masons Arms	0
Cricketers	5
Merrymen	4
Delphic Horses	8
Millstone	14
Star Inn	16
Bryn Labour Club	23

 

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

 

The handicaps have been revised based on points difference in this week's table and will be applicable for the rest of the season. The new handicaps can be viewed on the results page.

Many of you will remember Frances Hanley, who played for St James' quiz team for many years. She passed away at the end of May aged 89. She was a fine quizzer and lovely person as well as being a much loved and respected teacher at St. James' for many years. Her funeral will take place at St. James' church at 10am on Tuesday 25th June.