Orrell & District Quiz League

After a lot of confusion and running around caused by the failure of Royal Mail to deliver the question sets on time, the semi-finals of the Cup and Plate competitions were held on 5th September.

In the Plate, Robin Hood overturned a 15 point handicap to beat RH Colts and Millstone clawed back a 12 point handicap to beat Bryn Labour Club.

In the Cup, Bryn PLC beat Britannia with a score that meant that they would have won if both teams had been playing off scratch, and UCC Blues beat The Masons.

The finals will take place at The Delph Tavern on 12th Septermber, with the Plate final commencing at 8.30pm sharp.  The Cup final will follow later.

An new version of the scoresheet for the league has been designed to keep everything on one side of a sheet of paper.  This can be found here on the download page:

To allow quizzes to be assessed you should send a scan or photograph of the sheet to the results compiler - results@odquiz.org.uk or by mobile to 07904 923091.

After an exciting run in in which four teams were in with a chance of winning the title until just before the end of the season, UCC Blues just pipped Robin Hood to the top spot on the final night of the league season.  Prior to the matches, UCC were two points ahead of Robin Hood, but with an inferior points difference.  This meant that if UCC Blues lost to the Masons, Robin Hood could take the title on points difference by beating Millstone.

UCC Blues did their best to make this happen, throwing away an 11 point lead to lose to Masons by 2 points, but Robin Hood did not manage to pull off a win, despite being ahead of Millstone for much of the match.  This meant that Millstone finished second, with Masons in third and Robin Hood in fourth, with only two points seperating the top four teams.

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)

This annual end of season event will take place at Orrell Red Triangle Cricket Club,Winstanley Road, Orrell, WN5 7XF, on Friday 3rd 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.

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

The producers of Mastermind are looking for contestants to appear in the 2017/18 series which will be filming later this year.  If you would like to have a go, please fill in the online application form at https://ssl.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b006mk1s/contact

The fixtures for this season are now available on the website. Your own team's fixtures can be found using the teams tab and all the fixtures are available under the fixtures tab.

The new season begins on Tuesday April 4th.

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