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2017–18 Season
Week 6

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News and Views: 2017–18 Season – Week 6 – 28 November 2017

Results

There were ten games again this week, as all the B League teams played.

There were some high scores, which is as much to the credit of the question setters as to that of the contestants – take a bow, the Sutton Club. The highest score of all was an eye–catching 194 by the Ox–fford; this was in fact the highest score in the League for almost two years. On 5 January 2016 – in Week 8 of the 2015–16 season – the Waters Green Rams were beaten by 196 points to 138, by ... the Ox–fford.

The most noteworthy result this week was perhaps the Cock Inn's victory over the Sutton Mutton, which was their first of the season.

There were no really close games – the closest being in the B League where the Nags Head beat the Robin Hood by six points.

Tables

In the A League, the only real change was that the Church House Bollington moved into third place with their victory over the British Flag. The Weaver also moved above the Wharfies, who didn't play, on goal difference (from fifth to fourth).

Similarly in the B League, the Waters Green Rams moved into second place with victory over the Harrington 'B', and are now level on points with the Nags Head with a game in hand.

In the C League, the Cock Inn moved off the bottom of the table with their first win of the season. The Sutton Club remain in first place despite not playing this week.

Individual

The highest individual score of the week came in the C League, and it was the 51 achieved by Shauna Barstow of the Park Taverners. Sitting in Seat No. 1 in the Specialist questions, the three that Shauna got wrong were the ones about the city with two cathedrals, the man in ITMA and the litter of pigs. This was a great effort, and may well be Shauna's all–time personal best!

Shauna's score took her to the top of the C League individual table, with Andy Ridgway not playing this week. Jackie Hulme also moved past Andy into second place, with her personal best score of the season so far.

In the A League, Brian Bogie remains on top of the table despite not playing this week – but Ashton Davies is now only one question behind him.

In the B League, Alasdair Reid and Dave Partington each scored 42, so Alasdair remains just one question ahead of Dave in first place.

There were a total of 23 personal bests this week (too many to list really – they're all mentioned below!), and twelve scores of 42 or over.

A League

Results

Ox–fford 'C' 172 158 Weaver
Alice Walker
Haydn Thompson
45
45
39
33
30
30
Alan Gilday
Lesley Davies (pb)
Ian Greive (pb)
Graham Bailey
British Flag 149 162 Church House Bollington
Geoff Shaw (pb)
Neil Drummond (pb)
Ian Tams
30
30
30
45 Ashton Davies
Dolphin 161 194 Ox–fford
Peter McBride (pb)
Alan Hodgson (pb)
51
45
48
45
45
Mark Watson (pb)
Laurence Plant (pb)
Paul Morrissey (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Ox–fford 5 4 0 1 825 8
Ox–fford 'C' 4 4 0 0 701 8
Church House Bollington 5 2 1 2 788 5
Weaver 5 2 0 3 784 4
Wharfies 5 2 0 3 744 4
Dolphin 4 1 1 2 617 3
Dolphin Dragons 4 1 0 3 600 2
British Flag 4 1 0 3 583 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 6
Brian Bogie Wharfies 5 210 51 30
Ashton Davies Church House Bollington 5 207 51 30 45
Haydn Thompson Ox–fford 'C' 4 189 54 42 45
Mark Watson Ox–fford 4 183 48 45 48
Graham Bailey Weaver 5 183 45 30 30
Alice Walker Ox–fford 'C' 4 177 48 36 45
Peter McBride Dolphin 4 171 51 33 51
Alan Hodgson Dolphin 4 162 45 36 45
Alan Gilday Weaver 4 156 42 36 39
Lesley Davies Weaver 5 153 33 27 33

B League

Results

Robin Hood 152 158 Nags Head
Jim Kennelly 36 42
36
30
Alasdair Reid
Andrew Wright (pb)
Dave Pennington (pb)
Harrington 'B' 118 151 Waters Green Rams
John Green 27 45
33
Keith Pointon (pb)
David Reynolds (pb)
Royal Oak 163 125 Plough Horntails
Alan James (pb)
Bill Cawley (pb)
Gill Baker (pb)
39
39
27
33
30
Malcolm Asquith
Dave McGuinness (pb)
Waters Green Lemmings 111 149 Harrington Academicals
Jon Thompson 30 42 Dave Partington

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Nags Head 5 4 0 1 750 8
Waters Green Rams 4 4 0 0 650 8
Royal Oak 5 3 0 2 785 6
Waters Green Lemmings 5 3 0 2 670 6
Harrington Academicals 5 2 1 2 691 5
Plough Horntails 4 1 1 2 501 3
Robin Hood 5 1 0 4 690 2
Harrington 'B' 5 0 0 5 594 0

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 6
Alasdair Reid Nags Head 5 189 54 24 42
Dave Partington Harrington Academicals 5 186 48 309 42
Alan James Royal Oak 5 171 39 30 39
Jim Kennelly Robin Hood 5 162 42 21 36
Andrew Wright Nags Head 5 162 36 27 36
Jon Thompson Waters Green Lemmings 5 159 42 24 30
Rosalie James Royal Oak 5 150 45 21 21
Keith Pointon Waters Green Rams 4 147 45 27 45
John Green Harrington 'B' 5 147 36 24 27
Rob Parkin Harrington Academicals 4 129 42 24 24
Malcolm Asquith Plough Horntails 4 129 39 27 33

C League

Results

Park Timers 120 138 Pack Horse Bowling Club
John Poyser 21 33
33
Reg Bloor (pb)
Mike Vickerstaff (pb)
Cock Inn 142 113 Sutton Mutton
Jackie Hulme (pb)
Peter Bullivent (pb)
33
30
30 Wynne Keith-Davies
Chester Road Tavern 114 156 Park Taverners
Jim Moores (pb) 33 51 Shauna Barstow (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Sutton Club 5 3 1 1 603 7
Park Taverners 5 3 0 2 641 6
Sutton Mutton 4 3 0 1 516 6
Park Timers 4 3 0 1 508 6
Pack Horse Bowling Club 5 2 0 3 592 4
Prince of Wales 5 2 0 3 574 4
Cock Inn 5 1 1 3 588 3
Chester Road Tavern 5 1 0 4 580 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 6
Shauna Barstow Park Taverners 5 147 51 15 51
Jackie Hulme Cock Inn 5 132 33 21 33
Andy Ridgway Prince of Wales 5 129 39 12
Wynne Keith-Davies Sutton Mutton 4 123 39 24 30
Graham Wallace Park Taverners 4 114 30 27 27
Peter Wilcox Cock Inn 4 108 33 21 24
Jim Moores Chester Road Tavern 4 108 33 15 33
John Poyser Park Timers 4 105 36 18 21
Chris Butler Sutton Club 4 99 30 18
Tony Moores Chester Road Tavern 4 99 30 18 24

Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters' Trophy

Wk Team Difficulty Balance Ent'mnt Total Last Year
1 3 Spec British Flag 8.51 8.87 7.11 24.49 24.69
2 6 GK Sutton Club 8.63 9.66 5.79 24.08 19.98
3 1 Spec Ox–fford 10.00 6.84 7.22 24.06 22.17
4 4 GK Waters Green Rams 5.93 7.49 6.22 19.64 18.84
5 2 GK Royal Oak 5.13 8.21 5.72 19.05 8.20
6 5 GK Ox–fford 'C' 5.49 8.19 5.37 19.04 17.41
7 1 Spec Ox–fford 8.11 4.19 6.50 18.81 17.22
8 3 GK British Flag 3.61 7.79 5.67 17.07
9 2 GK Sutton Mutton 5.11 8.32 3.44 16.87 (11.50)
10 4 Spec Pack Horse Bowling Club 3.93 8.21 4.40 16.54 (13.95)
11 6 Spec Sutton Club 5.74 4.63 5.22 15.59
12 5 Spec Ox–fford 'C' 4.99 3.28 5.79 14.07 19.47

It was very much a game of two halves for the Sutton Club's questions. The General Knowledge questions scored well all round, being the easiest of the season so far (in the General Knowledge) and almost perfectly balanced. Unfortunately for the setters, their scores were just not high enough to displace the British Flag (Specialists) from the top of the table; these scored similarly for Difficulty and Balance, but rather better for Entertainment.

The Specialist questions scored less well. They were slightly easier than average, but there was a marked bias towards the teams that went second.

Overall, there was a slight bias towards the teams that went second in the Specialist questions, who scored on average 109% of their average scores as opposed to 104% for the teams that went first first.

Of the ten games, four were won by the teams going "first first" and six went the other way. The teams that won by going "first first" were the Ox–fford 'C', Waters Green Rams, Harrington Academicals and Park Taverners.

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