News and Views: 2019–20 Season–14 December 2021

With only 20 teams in the League this year, there were only eight teams involved in Round 1. The Committee decided that all six C League teams should take part, as this would give each of them at least two knockout games (one in the Cup, followed by at least one in either the Cup or the Plate). This would help to compensate for the fact that C League teams have only ten League games this season, as compared to twelve in the A and B Leagues.

In order to bring the number of teams up to eight, two teams were chosen at random from the B League. The fickle finger of fate pointed to the Park Taverners and the Chester Road Tavern.

Cup Round 1: Results

Question Setters: Nags Head 'B', Dolphin.

Round 2: 25 January 2022

Question setters: Shamrock Bar.

Question Masters: The Pack Horse Bowling Club, King's Gambit and Chester Road Tavern have been asked to nominate three question masters each. Only eight of the nine will be required.

Cup and Plate: What Next?

The four winning teams from Round 1 will be joined in Round 2 by the twelve teams (seven from the A League and five from the B) that didn't play in Round 1. Andy Ridgway of the Shamrock Bar has kindly volunteered to set the questions.

The four losing teams in Round 1 would have gone into the Plate competition ... except that one of them, the Cock Inn, have resigned from the League since the first round was played. The format for Plate Round 1 (which will be the semi-finals) will be announced in due course. 

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