Orrell & District Quiz League

A Quiz Event will be held at Rochdale Town Hall on Saturday 9th August starting at 11:30.

There will be a short individual written quiz in the morning, and in the afternoon there will be a variety of team quizzes and buzzer quizzes.

Because we have made a very good deal with the Town Hall, there will only be a nominal fee of £5, with any surplus going to charity. The Town Hall canteen should be open for hot and cold drinks and hot and cold food.

If you have any questions or suggestions for the afternoon's quizzing, please do not hesitate to get in touch. However, there are some details on Facebook here:   Quiz in the North

John Wilson

07969 858632

As they no longer play at the venue, this season the team formerly known as St Teresa's will be known as Britannia 2014.

Please note that the website address for the Orrell Quiz League is changing to WWW.ODQUIZ.ORG.UK with immediate effect.  The old website address will continue to work for a short period, and may be resurrected in the future as an alias for the site.

Email addresses will also change.  General enquiries should be addressed to admin@odquiz.org.uk and results should be sent to results@odquiz.org.uk

The fixtures for the new season have now been added to the calendar, and copies will be emailed to all team contacts.

12 Yard Productions are looking for vibrant and diverse teams to take part in the 15^th series of the popular BBC2 quiz show Eggheads.

Eggheads is a game in which 5 members of the public face general knowledge goliaths and try to beat them for a cash prize.  When the Eggheads win, the money rolls over to the next show. Often a huge amount of money can be at stake. 

Each team will consist of 5 team members and 1 standby, so they need teams of at least 6 people. They are holding nationwide auditions over the coming weeks and months. We are keen to find teams from all over the UK.

You can download a copy of the application form from here:

If you need any more information, please contact them by email on: bryce.hart@12yard.com or by phone on 0141 427 2746

It doesn’t matter if people are not part of an existing team, they could consider creating one with work colleagues, friends or even family to compete for the cash prize!

It has been brought to our attention that Robin McIntosh, well known to many Orrell players, died shortly before Christmas.

Robin's funeral will be held on Friday January 3rd. The service is at 2pm at Charnock Richard  crematorium, followed by a celebration of Robin's life at 3.00pm at Christ Church Newburgh, then refreshments at the Red LIon.  Family flowers only, but donations welcome to Douglas Valley Lions, a cause for whom Robin worked tirelessly.

Further details may be found or the Ormskirk Quiz League's website.

12 Yard Productions, makers of "Eggheads", are looking for contestants for a new BBC2 show

The programme is a general knowledge quiz where contestants attempt to win thousands of pounds. Standing in their way is the fearsomely competitive Egghead, CJ de Mooi. Can you outsmart a know-it-all quizzer and scoop the jackpot?

If you would like to apply, you can download an application form from here, and also see a flyer here.

Congratulations go out to Millstone who are the new Division 1 champions, and to St Teresa's who are champions of Division 2.

ITV are looking for teams of 3 to compete against a team of 3 celebrities based on their knowledge of television, with the chance to win a prize of £3,000.

If you are interested, please contact Bethan Williams at showmethetelly@itv.com or by phone at 0161 952 0760