Last Round Up...

Many thanks to all who attended the Finals Night on Tuesday. The Weaver did us proud before it undergoes whatever changes it is seemingly due to undergo!

There was an excellent turn-out and photos are posted below all things being equal.

The result of the Cup Final saw the Ox-fford beat the Harrington Academicals by 113 – 68. Congratulations to all concerned.

Thanks must go to Rick Davis and Paul Griffiths for asking the questions and scoring respectively. Thanks also to Keith Pointon of the Waters Green Rams and Peter McBride from the Dolphin for question preparation. An excellent effort by all concerned.   

  

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

Plough Taverners v Park Taverners

This game will be played at the AGM before the start of next season, date and place to be confirmed. The Nags Head and the Lamb Inn will assemble questions for this game from those not used for the Cup Final.

An excellent season saw the Lamb Inn win the C League with the Wharf also promoted in finishing second.  John Hargreaves won the C League Individual title for the second time, adding to his win in 2008/09.

In the B League – the most tightly contested League of all this season – the Waters Green Phoenix emerged triumphant at the top of the tree with the Knot Know-Alls finishing second. Both will play in the A League next time around.

Keith Pointon bagged the B League Individual title for the second year running (having won the C League equivalent the year before that).

The Ox-fford 'C' were deserving A League Champions losing only two games all season and they remain the team to beat after a great season of strong all-round performances.

The Ox-fford won the Cars and Vans 4U Ltd Question Setters Trophy for their General Knowledge questions from way back in Week 5.

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

Finals Night Photos...

Prizes on offer...

Harrington Academicals...

Three Quarters of the Ox-fford (only half-awake...)

Dolphins various and a Waters Green Ram!

Mostly Knot Originals!

Mostly Knot Know-Alls!

Watching the Cup Final...

Watching the Cup Final too...

WG Phoenix-ers!

More Phoenix-ers and a Park Timer...

Three Quarters of the Ox-fford 'C'

Cup Runners Up - The Harrington Academicals

Cup Winners and A League Runners Up - The Ox-fford

C League Runners Up - The Wharf

C League Champions - The Lamb Inn (or one of them, anyway...)

B League Runners Up - The Knot Know-Alls

B League Champions - The Waters Green Phoenix - plus crucial mascot!

B League Individual Runner Up - Rosalie James

B League Individual Champion - Keith Pointon

Top of the Shop - A League Champions - The Ox-fford 'C'

Final Cars and Vans 4U Ltd Question Setters Trophy...

Final League Standings - A, B and C...

Results - Final Week 18 (19/03/2013)

Last week of the season - it may all end up going to “Fergie Time”!

Tonight sees the last League games of this season with many issues still to be decided. 

The Ox-fford ‘C’ are in pole position to win the A League and will do so without question if they beat the Dolphin Dragons tonight. At the other end of the table, the British Flag’s win over the Dolphin last week has lifted them out of the bottom two. Two teams from the Flag, Harrington Academicals and Church House Bollington will finish below the dreaded line after tonight’s games, in which the Flag and the Harrington play each other whilst the Church House host the Dolphin.

In the B League, congratulations to the Knot Know-Alls for ensuring their promotion to the A League next season – their second promotion on the run. They have played all their games now and can’t finish worse than in second place – indeed they could still top the table depending on other results. 

Two other teams are contesting the remaining promotion spot: the Waters Green Phoenix will be promoted – and will be B League Champions – if they beat the Nags Head tonight, whilst the Robin Hood (also going for two consecutive promotions) could be promoted if they beat the Plough Taverners and the Phoenix lose – “total points scored” could be crucial. The Nags Head need to beat the Phoenix to give themselves a chance of staying up. Calculators will be out in the B League by the end of the night!

The C League is more of a certainty in that the Lamb Inn and the Wharf are guaranteed promotion; tonight’s games will just settle who wins the title and who is runner-up. The Lamb are 2 points ahead and a win tonight against the Park Timers would guarantee them the title. Should the Lamb lose, the Wharf need to beat the Harrington ‘B’ and it is possible they could then win the title on “total points scored”.

This has been the most closely contested season for a while – and all the more entertaining for it. All that remains after all this will be the Finals Night…

The Weaver, Thornton Square, Macclesfield

Tuesday 16 April 2013

7.30pm onwards for prompt 8pm start

The evening will consist of the Cup Final between the Ox-fford and the Harrington Academicals and then the presentation of all this season's prizes.

If you haven’t done so already, please submit your 20 questions for the Cup and Plate Finals in a sealed envelope to Waters Green Tavern by close of play tomorrow. Also available on the Finals Night will be the season's last News & Views, which will give all the tables and statistics for the entire season. Please support the last “Do” of the season and come and collect your final News & Views - you may even find you have won something!

News & Views - Week 17 (12/03/2013)