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2017–18 Season
Week 4

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News and Views: 2017–18 Season – Week 4 – 7 November 2017

A League

Results

Ox–fford 'C' 178 132 Dolphin
Haydn Thompson (pb) 54 45 Peter McBride
Dolphin Dragons 131 168 Wharfies
Liz Horrocks (pb) 42 51 Brian Bogie (pb)
British Flag 144 133 Ox–fford
Phil Davies 33 30
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Mark Shaw
Laurence Plant

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Ox–fford 'C' 3 3 0 0 529 6
Wharfies 4 2 0 2 613 4
Ox–fford 3 2 0 1 453 4
Church House Bollington 3 1 0 2 471 2
Weaver 3 1 0 2 468 2
Dolphin Dragons 3 1 0 2 454 2
British Flag 3 1 0 2 434 2
Dolphin 2 1 0 1 301 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 4
Brian Bogie Wharfies 4 168 51 30 51
Haydn Thompson Ox–fford 'C' 3 144 54 42 54
Alice Walker Ox–fford 'C' 3 132 48 36 36
Ashton Davies Church House Bollington 3 123 51 30  
Art Higham Wharfies 3 123 48 36 36
Graham Bailey Weaver 3 120 45 33  
Liz Horrocks Dolphin Dragons 3 111 42 27 42
Ed Baron Church House Bollington 3 102 42 27  
Dave Cooper Dolphin Dragons 3 96 39 21 21
Bob Gratton Church House Bollington 3 93 33 30  
Lesley Davies Weaver 3 93 33 30  

B League

Results

Robin Hood 116 159 Royal Oak
Tim Grimes 27 36 Alan James (pb)
Harrington 'B' 120 122 Plough Horntails
John Green 30 27 Malcolm Asquith
Waters Green Lemmings 141 146 Nags Head
Bob Langstaff (pb) 42 33
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Andy Johnson (pb)
Alasdair Reid

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Nags Head 4 3 0 1 592 6
Royal Oak 3 2 0 1 469 4
Waters Green Lemmings 3 2 0 1 420 4
Waters Green Rams 2 2 0 0 345 4
Robin Hood 4 1 0 3 538 2
Harrington Academicals 3 1 0 2 414 2
Plough Horntails 2 1 0 1 248 2
Harrington 'B' 3 0 0 3 364 0

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 4
Alasdair Reid Nags Head 4 147 54 24 33
Jim Kennelly Robin Hood 4 126 42 21 21
Andrew Wright Nags Head 4 126 36 27 30
Dave Partington Harrington Academicals 3 114 48 30  
Rosalie James Royal Oak 3 102 45 27 27
Bob Langstaff Waters Green Lemmings 3 102 42 24 42
Alan James Royal Oak 3 102 36 30 36
John Green Harrington 'B' 3 96 36 30 30
Andy Johnson Nags Head 4 96 33 18 33
Jon Thompson Waters Green Lemmings 3 87 33 24 24

C League

Results

Sutton Club 108 132 Park Taverners
Simon Rumsey
Marshall Barnard
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30 Graham Wallace
Park Timers 130 99 Cock Inn
John Poyser 30 21 Jackie Hulme
Chester Road Tavern 124 103 Prince of Wales
Jim Moores
Mitch Moores
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24
Andy Ridgway
Trisha Ashton (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Sutton Club 4 2 1 1 492 5
Prince of Wales 4 2 0 2 470 4
Park Timers 2 2 0 0 276 4
Sutton Mutton 2 2 0 0 266 4
Pack Horse Bowling Club 3 1 0 2 369 2
Chester Road Tavern 3 1 0 2 365 2
Park Taverners 3 1 0 2 348 2
Cock Inn 3 0 1 2 320 1

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 4
Andy Ridgway Prince of Wales 4 117 39 21 27
Chris Butler Sutton Club 3 81 30 21  
Trisha Ashton Prince of Wales 4 78 24 15 24
Jackie Hulme Cock Inn 3 75 30 21 21
Mitch Moores Chester Road Tavern 3 75 27 21 27
Wynne Keith-Davies Sutton Mutton 2 69 39 30  
Tim Bloor Pack Horse Bowling Club 3 69 27 21  
Shauna Barstow Park Taverners 3 69 27 15 27
John Poyser Park Timers 2 66 36 30 30
Paul Heaven Sutton Club 3 66 33 15 18
Marshall Barnard Sutton Club 3 66 24 21 21
Tim Hayes Prince of Wales 4 66 24 12 12

Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters' Trophy

Wk Team Difficulty Balance Ent'mnt Total Last Year
1 1 Spec Ox–fford 10.00 6.69 7.22 23.91 24.69
2 3 Spec British Flag 8.48 8.07 7.11 23.66 22.17
3 4 GK Waters Green Rams 6.07 7.23 6.22 19.52 18.84
4 2 GK Royal Oak 5.35 8.23 5.72 19.30 8.20
5 1 GK Ox–fford 8.30 4.38 6.50 19.18 17.22
6 3 GK British Flag 3.66 8.66 5.67 18.00
7 2 Spec Sutton Mutton 5.20 8.81 3.44 17.45 (11.50)
8 4 Spec Pack Horse Bowling Club 3.95 8.22 4.40 16.57 (13.95)

The Waters Green Rams' General Knowledge questions scored well in the Cars & Vans competition, but not well enough to threaten the top of the table. Their marks for both Difficulty and Balance were well above average, and the Entertainment score was also respectable. The Specialist questions, set by the Pack Horse Bowling Club, scored very well for Balance but comparatively poorly for Difficulty and Entertainment. They were the hardest questions we've had in the League so far this season, but the decent Balance mark suggests that they were equally tricky for both teams.

Overall this week there was a very slight bias in favour of the teams that went "first first". Of the nine games, five were won by teams going "first first", and four went the other way.

The teams winning by going "first first" were the Ox–fford 'C', Wharfies, British Flag, Nags Head and Park Taverners.

Week 4

Top score of the week was 54, including a "full house" in the GK, by Haydn Thompson of the Ox–fford 'C'. Brian Bogie of the Wharfies was close behind with 51. Only five other players managed personal bests this week.

The closest game of the week was at the Harrington, where the Plough Horntails beat the Harrington 'B' by 122 points to 120.

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