Orrell & District Quiz League

ITV are currently on the lookout for outgoing, lively contestants with a good sense of general knowledge to take part in a new ITV Quiz Show, hosted by Bradley Walsh.

If you are interested in applying to be on the show contact Rosie on 0207 157 4563 or email possessedcasting@itv.com.

12 Yard productions are looking to recruit two new Eggheads to join the team, taking the total up to nine (CJ has left again). They are looking for one male and one female quizzer, to be chosen from a knockout competition to be filmed in July.

If you fancy applying, you can contact the production company at the details shown below, or you can download an application form from here:

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:-

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 following is the draw for the cup and plate semi-finals to be played on Tuesday 1st September.

Cup semi-finals

Plate semi final

Bryn Labour Club have a bye to the final.

The finals will be played on 8th September at the Delph.

 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.