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2023–4 Season
Week 6

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A League – Full Results
B League – Full Results
A League – Summary
B League – Summary
Cars & Vans 4U Trophy

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News and Views: 2023–4 Season, Week 6 – 9 January 2024

Results

Four of the games this week were won by the teams that went "second first". The two teams that won going the other way were the Dolphin Hammers and the Waters Green Nags. But the spreadsheet detected negligible bias in either the Specialists or the General Knowledge (see the Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters' Trophy section for more details).

Tables

With neither the Queens of the Castle nor the Dolphin playing, the Nags Head 'B' stretched their lead at the top of the A League table to four points. But the four teams immediately below them all have a game in hand, and they have yet to play two of them.

In the B League, the Waters Green Nags and Bate Hallers pulled away from the Park Taverners and the Sutton Club (neither of whom played). The Nags are still ahead of the Hallers on goal difference, but the latter have a game in hand. These two teams play each other next week, and then the Nags are setting the questions; so the Hallers have a couple of opportunities to make a move.

Individual

None of last week's A League top three played this week, and Ian Grieve made the most of the opportunity to go top. But his score of 45 was bettered by both Mark Watson and Greg Spiller, each of whom scored 51. Ashton Davies and Dave Partington each scored 42.

Top scorer in the B League was Wynne Keith–Davies with 48; Ian Musgrave and Paul Prior each scored 45, and Julian Amey scored 42. Wynne makes his first appearance in the Top Ten this week, but Paul and Ian remain in a strong position in the top two places.

There were fourteen personal bests this week – nine of them in the A League – but ten people recorded their lowest scores of the season also.

Questions

Most teams seem to have found the Specialists quite easy, and they are third (out of twelve) in the Entertainment table. The General Knowledge, according to the spreadsheet, were of exactly average difficulty (arguably the ideal standard), and both sets seem to have been very well balanced.

A few niggles have been mentioned on the Forum (how easy is it to recite the second line of the "she sells sea shells" tongue–twister, in 15 seconds, under pressure and without warning?!), but the consensus seems to be that the Park Taverners did a good job as question setters.

A League – Full Results

Note: in this section, the teams that went "first first" (first in the Specialist questions) are on the left in the tables. In the subheadings, the home teams are given first.

Poachers vs. Waters Green Weavers

Waters Green Weavers Spec GK Total Poachers Spec GK Total
Alan Gilday 18 21 39 Ed Baron 18 21 39
Maddy Griffiths 9 6 15 Bob Gratton 12 15 27
Adum Carr 12 9 21 Greg Spiller 24 27 51
Ian Grieve 18 27 45 Ashton Davies 18 24 42
Conferred 10 19 29 Conferred 2 10 12
Passed over 4 5 9 Passed over 3 5 8
Totals 71 87 158 Totals 77 102 179

Nags Head 'B' vs. Harrington Academicals

Harrington Academicals Spec GK Total Nags Head 'B' Spec GK Total
Dave Partington 21 21 42 Steve Carter 12 18 30
Rob Parkin 12 15 27 Mark Watson 21 30 51
Alan James 15 12 27 Dave Robinson 24 15 39
Steve Dale 15 12 27 Paul Morrissey 15 15 30
Conferred 5 16 21 Conferred 4 8 12
Passed over 2 10 12 Passed over 5 11 16
Totals 70 86 156 Totals 81 97 178

Dolphin Hammers vs. Nags Head

Dolphin Hammers Spec GK Total Nags Head Spec GK Total
Liz Horrocks 18 18 36 Phil Davies 15 21 36
Pete Sayers 9 15 24 Neil Drummond 15 18 33
David Barber 18 21 39 Ian Tams 18 15 33
Dave Cooper 18 15 33 Tony Browne 12 15 27
Conferred 7 13 20 Conferred 1 9 10
Passed over 8 13 21 Passed over 4 6 10
Totals 78 95 173 Totals 65 84 149

B League – Full Results

Note: in this section, the teams that went "first first" (first in the Specialist questions) are on the left in the tables. In the subheadings, the home teams are given first.

Waters Green Nags vs. Chester Road Tavern

Waters Green Nags Spec GK Total Chester Road Tavern Spec GK Total
Ian Musgrave 21 24 45 Tom Radley (pb) 12 21 33
Sunil Peck 3 9 12 Mitch Moores 15 12 27
Vic Usk 9 9 18 Chris Moores 6 9 15
Paul Prior 24 21 45 Ian Kenny 3 3 6
Conferred 7 14 21 Conferred 11 13 24
Passed over 7 14 21 Passed over 4 5 9
Totals 71 91 162 Totals 51 63 114

Bate Hallers vs. Sutton Mutton

Sutton Mutton Spec GK Total Bate Hallers Spec GK Total
Wynne Keith–Davies 24 24 48 Julian Amey 15 27 42
John Stein 0 3 3 Grenville Leah 18 18 36
Mick Graves 9 9 18 Anne Jeater 18 18 36
Mike Proctor 12 12 24 Dave McGuinness 12 3 15
Conferred 10 16 26 Conferred 2 12 14
Passed over 6 6 12 Passed over 6 13 19
Totals 61 70 131 Totals 71 91 162

Park Timers vs. Pack Horse Bowling Club

Pack Horse Bowling Club Spec GK Total Park Timers Spec GK Total
Reg Bloor 12 9 21 Andrew Fenton 15 12 27
Mike Wagstaff 0 3 3 John Poyser 18 12 30
Andrew Wagstaff 9 12 21 Karyn Johnston 12 6 18
Tim Bloor 18 15 33 Tim Brewin 9 18 27
Conferred 8 16 24 Conferred 5 10 15
Passed over 6 8 14 Passed over 8 7 15
Totals 53 63 116 Totals 67 65 132

A League – Summary

Results

Note: in this section, the home teams are on the left and the away teams are on the right.

Poachers 179 158 Waters Green Weavers
Greg Spiller (pb)
Ashton Davies
Ed Baron (pb)
51
42
39
45 Ian Grieve
Nags Head 'B' 178 156 Harrington Academicals
Mark Watson
Dave Robinson (pb)
51
39
42
27
27
27
Dave Partington
Steve Dale (pb)
Rob Parkin
Alan James
Dolphin Hammers 173 149 Nags Head
Dave Barber
Liz Horrocks (pb)
Dave Cooper (pb)
Pete Sayers (pb)
39
36
33
24
36
33
33
27
Phil Davies
Ian Tams (pb)
Neil Drummond
Tony Browne (pb)

Table

  Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Nags Head 'B' 5 5 0 0 855 10
Queens of the Castle 4 3 0 1 739 6
Poachers 4 3 0 1 699 6
Dolphin 4 3 0 1 667 6
Dolphin Hammers 4 2 0 2 624 4
Nags Head 5 1 0 4 712 2
Harrington Academicals 5 0 1 4 799 1
Waters Green Weavers 5 0 1 4 792 1

Individual Top Ten

  Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 6
Ian Grieve Waters Green Weavers 5 210 48 33 45
Haydn Thompson Queens of the Castle 4 198 57 42  
Alan Hodgson Dolphin 4 198 54 42  
Alice Walker Queens of the Castle 4 192 60 39  
Dave Partington Hamilton Academicals 5 192 45 27 42
Mark Watson Nags Heasd 'B' 4 189 54 39 51
Rob Parkin Hamilton Academicals 5 183 48 27 27
Alan Gilday Waters Green Weavers 5 180 45 24 39
Neil Drummond Nags Head 5 165 48 27 33
Peter McBride Dolphin 4 162 51 33  
Alan James Hamilton Academicals 5 162 36 27 27

B League – Summary

Results

Note: in this section, the home teams are on the left and the away teams are on the right.

Waters Green Nags 162 114 Chester Road Tavern
Iam Musgrave
Paul Prior
45
45
33 Tom Radley (pb)
Bate Hallers 162 131 Sutton Mutton
Julian Amey
Grenville Leah (pb)
Anne Jeater
42
36
36
48 Wynne Keith-Davies (pb)
Park Timers 132 116 Pack Horse Bowling Club
John Poyser 30 33
21
21
Tim Bloor (pb)
Andrew Vickerstaff
Reg Bloor

Table

  Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Waters Green Nags 5 4 0 1 797 8
Bate Hallers 4 4 0 0 505 8
Park Taverners 4 3 0 1 596 6
Sutton Club 4 3 0 1 569 6
Chester Road Tavern 5 2 0 3 670 4
Park Timers 5 2 0 3 642 4
Pack Horse Bowling Club 5 0 0 5 531 0
Sutton Mutton 4 0 0 4 501 0

Individual Top Ten

  Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 6
Paul Prior Waters Green Nags 5 213 57 30 45
Ian Musgrave Waters Green Nags 5 198 48 24 45
John Poyser Park Timers 5 150 36 24 30
Andrew Fenton Park Timers 5 144 39 21 27
Graham Wallace Park Taverners 4 135 39 27  
Shauna Barstow Park Taverners 4 132 42 21  
Wynne Keith-Davies Sutton Mutton 4 129 48 15 48
Anne Jeater Bate Hallers 4 129 39 24 36
Tim Bloor Pack Horse Bowling Club 5 123 33 21 33
Tim Brewin Park Timers 5 120 33 15 27

Cars & Van 4U Question Setters' Trophy

  Week   Setters Difficulty Balance Ent'ment Total Last Yr
1 1 GK Nags Head 'B' 10.00 9.38 7.16 26.54 21.64
2 6 Spec Park Taverners 9.72 9.08 6.83 25.64 26.00
5 GK Harrington Academicals 8.21 8.68 5.83 22.72 12.37
4 2 Spec Sutton Club 5.28 8.43 6.66 20.37 21.98
5 6 GK Park Taverners 4.14 9.63 5.67 19.44 19.10
6 4 Spec Dolphin Hammers 4.37 8.26 6.17 18.80 11.27
7 3 Spec Queens of the Castle 3.35 9.00 5.50 17.85 16.72
8 2 GK Sutton Club 3.71 7.45 6.58 17.75 20.28
9 1 Spec Nags Head 'B' 9.12 0.00 7.25 16.37 19.80
10 5 Spec Harrington Academicals 5.78 4.71 5.67 16.16 23.24
11 3 GK Queens of the Castle 3.06 5.18 5.75 13.99 13.47
12 4 GK Dolphin Hammers 2.81 4.64 5.16 12.61 20.60

Most teams seem to have found the Park Taverners' Specialist questions quite easy and the General Knowledge of pretty much average difficulty. This is not just according to the spreadsheet; a couple of subjective comments tend to suggest the same.

Both sets seem to have been very well balanced. Overall, the teams that went "first first" scored 106% of their average marks, and those that went "second first" scored 108%. For the Specialist questions the figures were 115% and 119%; for the General Knowledge they were 99% and 100%, and no team scored less than 93% or more than 112% of their average.

On Entertainment, the Specialist questions are currently third (out of twelve) but the General Knowledge are only tenth. The Specialist questions just failed to dislodge the Nags Head 'B''s General Knowledge set from top spot in the overall table (above), while the General Knowledge are fifth – still in the top half of the table.

For the full spreadsheet, please click here.

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