Family Tree: Rising Sun ('A')
Key: (N) = New player; (TI) = Transfer In; (TO) =
Transferred Out after this season; (L) = last season in MQL (to date); (B) =
player took a Break after this season; (R) = player Returned this season after a
break
Please note: except in seasons 1988–9, 1994–5 and 1995–6, the Average
column gives the average score for the games that counted towards the season's total – i.e. 12 games in a league of nine teams, 11
games in a league of eight, and so on. The number of games that counted is given in the Counting column. In the three seasons
cited as exceptions, the Average is the average score for all games. (In the case of the 1988–9 season, this is because the figures are
for the half–way stage of the season.)
1987–8: Rising Sun, C League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1987–8 |
Rising Sun |
C |
16 |
6 |
0 |
10 |
1316 |
12 |
6 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
13 |
Tony Wilkinson |
14 |
219 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
18.25 |
24 |
Alex Crawford |
14 |
171 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
14.25 |
28 |
Isobel Shackleton (TO) |
12 |
153 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
12.75 |
37 |
Bob Haslam (TO) |
11 |
99 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
38 |
Jenny Staveley |
8 |
93 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
11.63 |
52 |
Adrian Brown |
1 |
24 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
24.00 |
53 |
Judy Wilkinson |
3 |
21 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
7.00 |
61 |
Jane Brown (TO) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
0.00 |
This team split after this season, to form two teams. Isobel (Isy) Shackleton, Bob Haslam and
Jane Brown subsequently played for the Rising Sun 'B'; the other five played for the
Rising Sun 'A'.
Five years later, in 1993, the Rising Sun 'B' moved to the George & Dragon (Rainow Road). Of the three that played in the original
Rising Sun team, only Bob Haslam continued playing; he played his last games in the 2003–4 season. But the team continues
to this day – having moved to the Plough Tavern on Prestbury Road in 2009, since when (apart from a brief interlude at the
Bate Hall) they've been known as the Plough Horntails.
(Apart from being another name for the wood wasp, a horntail is apparently
a particularly fierce variety of dragon in Harry Potter – the name being chosen as a reference to the team's former home.)
This page details the subsequent history of the Rising Sun 'A' team. When their stablemates moved to the George & Dragon;
they were replaced by a third team; this had been formed in the 1980s at Rainow's other hostelry, the Robin Hood, but had moved to
the George in Macclesfield in 1990 (playing as George I). In deference to the former Rising Sun 'B' team, they chose to name
themselves the Rising Sun 'X'.
All this changed in 2002, when both teams were forced to move. The 'A' team moved up the road to the Robin Hood, but folded
after just one season there. Meanwhile the 'X' moved to the Waters Green Tavern, where they remain to this day – known
as the Waters Green Lemmings.
Rainow was left without a quiz team for eight years, and the Rising Sun
closed for good in 2011. It was converted for residential use.
In 2011 a new team was formed at the Robin Hood, and it still plays there today. Tony Wilkinson (see above) has been one of its regulars,
as has Tim Grimes – who had started with the original Robin Hood team in the 1980s, but joined the Rising Sun 'A' in 1997
(see below).
1988–9: Rising Sun 'A', C League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1988–9 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
C |
14 |
4 |
0 |
10 |
1217 |
8 |
7 |
For this season, the only full individual tables that we have are those for the half–way stage (after Week 9).
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Average |
20 |
Alex Crawford |
8 |
123 |
27 |
9 |
15.38 |
24 |
Tony Wilkinson |
5 |
114 |
33 |
12 |
22.80 |
33 |
Jenny Staveley |
5 |
81 |
21 |
12 |
16.20 |
35 |
Adrian Brown |
4 |
57 |
21 |
9 |
14.25 |
37 |
Phil Hornbuckle (N) |
5 |
54 |
18 |
6 |
10.80 |
45 |
Judy Wilkinson |
3 |
33 |
12 |
9 |
11.00 |
1989–90: Rising Sun 'A', C League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1989–90 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
C |
16 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
1371 |
10 |
8 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
4 |
Tony Wilkinson |
16 |
309 |
45 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
25.75 |
20 |
Alex Crawford |
14 |
207 |
27 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
17.25 |
29 |
Phil Hornbuckle |
12 |
141 |
15 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
11.75 |
36 |
Rob Higham (N, L) |
8 |
93 |
18 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
11.63 |
39 |
Judy Wilkinson |
6 |
75 |
21 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
12.50 |
41 |
Adrian Brown |
5 |
66 |
21 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
13.20 |
1990–1: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1990–1 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
1542 |
10 |
6 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
7 |
Tony Wilkinson |
14 |
267 |
30 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
22.25 |
11 |
Alex Crawford |
16 |
237 |
27 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
19.75 |
24 |
Phil Hornbuckle |
13 |
147 |
18 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
12.25 |
30 |
Judy Wilkinson |
12 |
126 |
24 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
10.50 |
42 |
Adrian Brown |
5 |
48 |
21 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
9.60 |
51 |
Ross Sheppard (N, L) |
1 |
18 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
18.00 |
58 |
Kate Hornbuckle (N, L) |
2 |
6 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
3.00 |
66 |
Simon Warburton (N, L) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
3.00 |
1992–3: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1992–3 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
14 |
6 |
0 |
8 |
1330 |
12 |
5 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
12 |
Tony Wilkinson |
12 |
198 |
30 |
16 |
12 |
16.50 |
13 |
Alex Crawford |
14 |
189 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
15.75 |
14 |
Pip Chandler (TI) |
8 |
174 |
30 |
16 |
12 |
21.75 |
25 |
Phil Hornbuckle |
11 |
108 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
9.82 |
32 |
Jim Kennelly (N, B) |
3 |
87 |
30 |
16 |
12 |
29.00 |
42 |
Judy Wilkinson |
5 |
42 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
8.40 |
47 |
Dave Meecham (N) |
5 |
21 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
4.20 |
58 |
Jenny Crawford (N, B) |
1 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
6.00 |
60 |
Adrian Brown |
1 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
3.00 |
Pip Chandler had previously played one game for George I in the 1990–1 season.
Jim Kennelly later became a leading member of the
reformed Robin Hood
team
(from 2011).
Jenny Crawford returned to play a total of ten games for
this team between 1995 and 2000.
1993–4: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1993–4 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
7 |
0 |
9 |
1485 |
14 |
5 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
10 |
Pip Chandler |
15 |
264 |
27 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
22.00 |
13 |
Tony Wilkinson |
13 |
228 |
30 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
19.00 |
17 |
Alex Crawford |
15 |
213 |
33 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
17.75 |
40 |
Phil Hornbuckle |
11 |
66 |
12 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
6.00 |
42 |
Judy Wilkinson (B) |
4 |
30 |
12 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
7.50 |
44 |
John Chandler (N) |
2 |
24 |
15 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
52 |
John Maw (N, L) |
1 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
60 |
Dave Meecham |
3 |
6 |
3 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
2.00 |
Judy Wilkinson later played two games for the Robin Hood in the 2011–12 season.
1994–5: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1994–5 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
1417 |
10 |
8 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
18 |
Pip Chandler |
15 |
210 |
24 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
15.60 |
23 |
Tony Wilkinson |
11 |
192 |
30 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
17.45 |
26 |
Alex Crawford |
15 |
177 |
24 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
13.40 |
38 |
Phil Hornbuckle |
13 |
108 |
15 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
8.30 |
45 |
Leslie Wilson (N, L) |
3 |
54 |
18 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
18.00 |
52 |
Nick Lawson (N, L) |
2 |
15 |
9 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
7.50 |
53 |
Simon Garrard (N, L) |
1 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
54 |
John Chandler (B) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
54 |
Marion Broster (N) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
60 |
Dave Meecham (L) |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
0.00 |
John Chandler returned to play one game for this team in the 1998–9 season.
1995–6: Rising Sun 'A', E League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1995–6 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
E |
12 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
1202 |
12 |
4 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
1 |
Pip Chandler |
12 |
273 |
39 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
23.75 |
13 |
Tony Wilkinson |
9 |
168 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
18.67 |
23 |
Christine Hurst (N) |
12 |
114 |
21 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
9.75 |
25 |
Alex Crawford |
7 |
111 |
27 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
15.86 |
32 |
Phil Hornbuckle (B, TO) |
7 |
66 |
18 |
3 |
12 |
10 |
9.43 |
38 |
Marion Broster (L) |
2 |
36 |
24 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
18.00 |
39 |
Jenny Crawford (R) |
2 |
21 |
15 |
6 |
12 |
10 |
10.50 |
43 |
Peter Hurst (N) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
12 |
10 |
9.00 |
Jenny Crawford had previously played one game for this team in the 1992–3 season.
Phil Hornbuckle played two games for the Church
House in the 2001-2 season.
1996–7: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1996–7 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
14 |
3 |
0 |
11 |
1337 |
6 |
8 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
11 |
Pip Chandler |
12 |
234 |
27 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
21.27 |
20 |
Tony Wilkinson |
10 |
186 |
36 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
18.60 |
22 |
Peter Hurst |
8 |
183 |
33 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
22.88 |
33 |
Alex Crawford |
9 |
105 |
15 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
11.67 |
35 |
Christine Hurst |
13 |
99 |
18 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
9.00 |
45 |
Jenny Crawford |
1 |
15 |
15 |
15 |
14 |
11 |
15.00 |
48 |
Carol Harvey (N, L) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
14 |
11 |
9.00 |
49 |
John Harvey (N, L) |
1 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
14 |
11 |
6.00 |
1997–8: Rising Sun 'A', E League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1997–8 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
E |
13 |
9 |
0 |
4 |
1452 |
18 |
3 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
2 |
Peter Hurst |
13 |
282 |
36 |
18 |
14 |
11 |
25.64 |
8 |
Tim Grimes (TI) |
10 |
213 |
36 |
9 |
14 |
11 |
21.30 |
9 |
Pip Chandler |
12 |
207 |
27 |
12 |
14 |
11 |
18.82 |
25 |
Christine Hurst |
13 |
144 |
27 |
9 |
14 |
11 |
13.09 |
39 |
Tony Wilkinson |
3 |
33 |
24 |
3 |
14 |
11 |
11.00 |
45 |
Alex Crawford |
1 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
14 |
11 |
21.00 |
Tim Grimes had previously played for the Robin Hood / George I / Rising Sun 'X' (known today as the
Waters Green Lemmings) between 1987 and 1996.
1998–9: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1998–9 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
11 |
0 |
5 |
1649 |
22 |
2 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
5 |
Peter Hurst |
15 |
294 |
39 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
24.50 |
6 |
Pip Chandler |
15 |
288 |
33 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
24.00 |
26 |
Tim Grimes |
9 |
186 |
36 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
20.67 |
29 |
Christine Hurst |
14 |
174 |
21 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
14.50 |
47 |
Marion Kelleher (N) |
2 |
33 |
24 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
16.50 |
51 |
John Chandler (R, L) |
1 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
21.00 |
51 |
Tony Wilkinson |
1 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
21.00 |
55 |
Jenny Crawford |
1 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
John Chandler had previously played a total of three games for this team between 1993 and 1995.
1999–2000: Rising Sun 'A', C League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
1999–2000 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
C |
16 |
5 |
0 |
11 |
1667 |
10 |
9 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
4 |
Peter Hurst |
15 |
330 |
33 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
27.50 |
19 |
Pip Chandler |
16 |
255 |
30 |
15 |
16 |
12 |
21.25 |
23 |
Tim Grimes |
10 |
219 |
36 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
21.90 |
36 |
Christine Hurst |
12 |
108 |
24 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
45 |
Jenny Crawford |
6 |
66 |
18 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
11.00 |
52 |
Marian Kelleher |
1 |
24 |
24 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
24.00 |
55 |
Tony Wilkinson (B) |
1 |
21 |
21 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
21.00 |
62 |
Alex Crawford (L) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
67 |
Bob Hughes (N, L) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
3.00 |
Tony Wilkinson was (and is) a member of the reformed Robin Hood team, from 2011 to date.
2000–1: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
2000–1 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
1612 |
16 |
5 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
6 |
Peter Hurst |
16 |
288 |
33 |
18 |
16 |
12 |
24.00 |
9 |
Tim Grimes |
14 |
276 |
33 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
23.00 |
27 |
Christine Hurst |
15 |
174 |
21 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
14.50 |
27 |
Pip Chandler |
10 |
174 |
30 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
17.40 |
44 |
Marian Kelleher |
3 |
48 |
18 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
16.00 |
52 |
Helena Coulon (N, L) |
3 |
15 |
9 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
5.00 |
56 |
Tom Grimes (N, L) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
2001–2: Rising Sun 'A', D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
2001–2 |
Rising Sun 'A' |
D |
16 |
9 |
0 |
7 |
1825 |
18 |
4 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
2 |
Peter Hurst |
16 |
351 |
36 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
29.25 |
6 |
Tim Grimes |
16 |
309 |
33 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
25.75 |
15 |
Pip Chandler |
12 |
237 |
27 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
19.75 |
24 |
Christine Hurst |
11 |
165 |
24 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
15.00 |
46 |
Pat Mellish (N) |
2 |
24 |
15 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
47 |
Graham Mellish (N) |
4 |
15 |
6 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
3.75 |
51 |
Cath Wise (N, L) |
1 |
9 |
9 |
9 |
16 |
12 |
9.00 |
2002–3: Robin Hood, D League
|
|
League |
Played |
Won |
Drawn |
Lost |
Total |
Points |
Position |
2002–3 |
Robin Hood |
D |
16 |
10 |
0 |
6 |
1689 |
20 |
2 |
Pos |
Name |
Played |
Total |
Highest |
Lowest |
Maximum |
Counting |
Average |
1 |
Peter Hurst |
16 |
351 |
42 |
24 |
16 |
12 |
29.25 |
3 |
Tim Grimes (B) |
15 |
309 |
30 |
21 |
16 |
12 |
25.75 |
27 |
Graham Mellish (L) |
13 |
123 |
21 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
10.25 |
42 |
Christine Hurst (L) |
7 |
72 |
21 |
0 |
16 |
12 |
10.29 |
44 |
Pip Chandler (L) |
3 |
54 |
24 |
12 |
16 |
12 |
18.00 |
46 |
Pat Mellish (L) |
3 |
36 |
24 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
12.00 |
47 |
Gareth White (N, B) |
3 |
33 |
15 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
11.00 |
60 |
Marian Kelleher (L) |
1 |
6 |
6 |
6 |
16 |
12 |
6.00 |
63 |
Cameron Chandler (N, L) |
1 |
3 |
3 |
3 |
16 |
12 |
3.00 |
This team folded in 2003.
A new team was formed at the Robin Hood in 2011. Tim Grimes has played for this team since 2012 (to date).
Gareth White later played two games for the Lamb Inn in the 2014–15 season.
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