Fixtures and Results: 2018–19 Season - Cup

Round 1: 30 October 2018

Question setters: Nags Head, British Flag.

Ox–fford	115	68	Harrington 'B'
Chester Road Tavern	47	119	Ox–fford 'C'
Brewers Arms	69	92	Waters Green Rams
Harrington Academicals	73	92	Church House Bollington
Park Taverners	61	105	Royal Oak
Waters Green Lemmings	69	72	Sutton Club
Rushton Diamonds	81	69	Park Timers
Dolphin	112	69	Robin Hood

The following teams received byes:

British Flag	Cock Inn	Dolphin Dragons	Nags Head
Pack Horse Bowling Club	Plough Horntails	Sutton Mutton	Weaver

Round 2: 27 November 2018

The second round will be contested by the eight winning teams from Round 1 plus the eight teams that received byes in Round 1. The eight losing teams from Round 1 will be entered into the Plate competition.

Question Setters: Waters Green Lemmings, Brewers Arms. These two teams were asked to provide two question masters each; the Harrington Academicals, Park Timers and Chester Road Tavern were asked to provide one question master each.

Ox–fford	93	114	Ox–fford 'C'
Pack Horse Bowling Club	83	77	Cock Inn
Sutton Mutton	90	95	Rushton Diamonds
Dolphin	109	99	Nags Head
Church House Bollington	101	99	Royal Oak
British Flag	93	96	Dolphin Dragons
Plough Horntails	90	86	Sutton Club
Waters Green Rams	94	107	Weaver

Quarter–Finals: 22 January 2019

Question Setters: Ox–fford, Waters Green Rams. These two teams were asked to provide three question masters each to cover the Cup and the Plate; the Cock Inn and the Sutton Mutton were asked to provide one question master each.

Ox–fford 'C'	115	102	Rushton Diamonds
Dolphin Dragons	113	107	Church House Bollington
Plough Horntails	98	121	Dolphin
Weaver	122	81	Pack Horse Bowling Club

Semi–Finals: 19 February 2019

Question Setters: Park Timers, Rushton Diamonds. These two teams were asked to provide two question masters each, to cover the Cup and the Plate.

Dolphin	108	109	Weaver
Ox–fford 'C'	107	99	Dolphin Dragons

Final: 9 April 2019

The questions were compiled by the Dolphin and the Dolphin Dragons, from those supplied by all non–participating teams.

Weaver

109

Ox–fford 'C'

The Cup Final was a very entertaining contest, with the Ox–fford 'C' managing to keep the Weaver at bay (despite the latter's home advantage – albeit that's not a major thing in quizzing terms!) to win the final 109 – 82.

The Ox–fford 'C' got off to a flying start, winning the first round of twenty questions by 21 points to 11, which was the widest gap of any round on the night. They won the second round 16–14 in what turned out to be the most difficult round of questions on offer, then took the third round 19–12 to establish a strong 56–37 lead at half–time. The Weaver made a comeback and won round four 18–15, but the Ox–fford 'C' won the last two rounds to take the second half by 54 points to 45.

Having won 5 out of the 6 rounds, the Ox–fford 'C' were deserving winners on the night and took the Cup for the fourth time overall. Many thanks also to our Question Masters / scorers for the night, Alan Hodgson and Peter McBride – both from the Dolphin of course.