News & Views - Week 2 (09/10/2012)

Week 1...

We are off and running for 2012-13, and what an excellent set of questions to start with from the Ox-fford 'C'.

Not just I say that, the marks given by all teams averaged out at over 7 out of 10, which history suggests is a remarkably good score!

Week 2 is almost upon us and I will endeavour to keep all records updated more promptly than in recent years. I am slightly running out of excuses too!

Finally, can I just thank all in the Quiz League who so kindly donated to my recent Shine Marathon Walk for Cancer Research in Manchester - thank you everyone. The latest (and nearly final) total raised can be found here...

http://www.justgiving.com/MarkWatson2012

News & Views - Week 1 (02/10/2012)

Cup - Round 1 Draw...

New Season 2012 - 2013

As the traditional wind and rain of Autumn cement their grip around the throat of a desperate, dead summer, what better to cheer us up than Season 32 of the Macclesfield Quiz League!

 

For those who weren’t at the Finals Night or the AGM, the Cup Final was an all Dolphin affair, with the Dolphin beating the Dolphin Dragons 106 – 81.

The Plate Final was contested…err, no it wasn’t! 

The Harrington Academicals were due to play the Park Tavern ‘B’, a side who only entered the Cup last year you may remember and did very well. The Park Tavern team ultimately couldn’t get a team together for the final, arrangements for their attendance seemingly having collapsed at the last minute despite all being well just the night before for them to attend. The Harrington Academicals thus win by a walkover – and the Plate for the third year running! 

An entertaining game was then played between the Harrington and a “Scratch” team of quizzers which ended in a 109 – 89 win for the “Scratch” team – a pretty nifty team too consisting of Alan Hodgson, Rick Davis, Keith Pointon and Glyn Bradley.

The game was expertly “question mastered” by Bob Langstaff and I would like to thank him along with Nick Peck from the Waters Green Phoenix who scored etc, plus the Plough Taverners (and Grenville Leah) who sorted questions. Thanks also to Pete Dykstra for his gallant efforts in trying to assemble the Park Tavern ‘B’.

Photos from Finals Night!!

Apologies for quality of these - not sure my Blackberry is the best vehicle for capturing the excitement of the night!!

Allan Sherratt presenting Mark Shaw with the Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters Trophy

(won by The Ox-fford)

"C" League Winners - The Knot Know Alls

"B" League Winners - The British Flag

Alice Walker with Haydn's Trophy!

Mark Shaw collecting Mark Watson's Individual Champion Trophy!

Alikce & Tim with the Ox-fford C's "A" League Trophy

The victorious Dolphin team after winning the Cup Final

(l to r Alan, Derek, Peter and Stuart - with Graham Bailey loitering in the background)

Last Round Up...

Many thanks to all who attended the Finals Night on Tuesday last week.

There was an excellent turn-out - not including myself, I'm sorry to say, who was committed elsewhere - but the evening went splendidly by all accounts.  Paul Morrissey will upload some photos in due course.

The result of a very well contested Cup Final saw the Dolphin beat the Dolphin Dragons by 106 – 81. Congratulations to all concerned.

Thanks must go to Rick Davis and Allan Sherratt for asking the questions and scoring respectively – much appreciated, your fine efforts always add to the night’s entertainment, and thanks also to Alice Walker of the Ox-fford ‘C’ for question preparation.

  

The final trophy of this year will be settled at the start of next season as usual. The Plate Final will be:-

Park Tavern ‘B’ v Harrington Academicals

This game will be played at the AGM before the start of next season, date and place to be confirmed, although the place will undoubtedly be the Weaver! The Waters Green Phoenix and the Plough Taverners will assemble questions for this game from those not used for the Cup Final.

An excellent season saw the Robin Hood get promoted in their very first season and Jim Kennelly win the C League Individual title. 

In the B League, the British Flag and Church House Bollington triumphed again, with Keith Pointon adding the B League Individual title to his C League equivalent from last year. 

The Ox-fford 'C' were deserving A League Champions, achieving that most unusual feat of never losing a League game all season - no mean effort!

The Ox-fford won the Cars and Vans 4U Ltd Question Setters Trophy for their multi-picture round Specialist set of questions from way back in Week 1!

If I don’t see you before we start again, have a great summer and see you in the autumn when we will do it all again...

Regards,

MW