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2023–4 Season
Week 15

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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 15 – 19 March 2024

Results and Tables

Congratulations to the Waters Green Nags, who are now (finally) assured of the B League title after winning their game against the Chester Road Tavern. They are now seven points clear of their nearest rivals, and with no teams having more than three games left to play that is an unassailable lead.

The Bate Hallers moved into second place this week, overtaking the Park Taverners by winning their game in hand. They still have to play each of the other three Top Four teams, so they have their work cut out to secure the second 'promotion' place; but the Taverners also have to play the Sutton Club (currently 4th), so second place is still very much up for grabs.

In the A League, the top two both won to open up a six–point gap (with three games to play). The Dolphin, currently in third place, can only catch them if the Nags Head 'B' and the Poachers lose all of their remaining games; but they still have to play both, so there must still be hope!

The Dolphin Hammers are now assured of finishing outside the A League's bottom two, leaving the Nags Head, Waters Green Weavers and Harrington Academicals as the only teams still looking over their shoulders.

And finally ... congratulations also to the Pack Horse Bowling Club, who recorded their first win of the season in a very close game against the Park Timers.

Individual

Top scorer this week was Ian Grieve with 54. According to our records this is Ian's highest ever score; his previous best was 48, which he achieved twice last season – in Weeks 12 and 14.

Forty–eight was the next highest score this week, for Ashton Davies and Dave Partington. There were just two other scores over 40: 45 for Greg Spiller, and 42 for Mark Watson. The highest score in the B League was 33, for Ian Musgrave and Malcolm Asquith.

Dave's 48 was also a personal best, but the only other one this week was 33 for Maddy Griffiths. Regular readers will know that Ian and Maddy play for the same team; and Dave was on the 'opposite' team (if you see what I mean), so neither side had a monopoly.

Eleven of the 48 participants failed to improve on their lowest scores of the season.

Mark Watson went equal second with Alice Walker in the A League table; they both trail Alan Hodgson by 15 points. Greg Spiller has a game in hand but probably has too much to do to catch Alan, while his fellow Poacher Ashton Davies needs to score at least 138 in his last three games (assuming he plays them all) to have any chance. In the B League, Ian Musgrave did just enough this week, in his 11th game, to join Paul Prior at the top of the table, but Paul has the advantage of a higher top score. The only other player who can't be entirely ruled out just yet is Graham Wallace ... but it would take three outstanding scores!

Questions

Specialist rounds: Down on the Farm (farms and farmers, both real and fictional); Three of a Kind (things that come in threes); Family Connections (questions or answers included the name of a family relationship). In the Arts & Entertainment round, each answer was the name of a city.

Both contributors to the Forum this week seem to have enjoyed the Dolphin's questions, although judging by the Entertainment marks there must have been some who didn't.

The questions do seem to have been a little on the difficult side, but the good news is that the overall balance was very good (according to the spreadsheet). Unfortunately for the setters, both sets seemed to be significantly biased towards the teams that went first; so although they cancelled each other out over the evening as a whole, in each half the questions scored poorly for Balance.

A League – Summary

Results

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

Waters Green Weavers 148 165 Poachers
Ian Grieve (pb)
Maddy Griffiths (pb)
54
33
48 Ashton Davies
Harrington Academicals 143 159 Nags Head 'B'
Dave Partington (pb) 48 42 Mark Watson
Nags Head 146 151 Dolphin Hammers
Neil Drummond 36 39 Dave Barber

Table

  Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Nags Head 'B' 12 10 0 2 2019 20
Poachers 11 10 0 1 1907 20
Dolphin 11 7 0 4 1746 14
Queens of the Castle 11 6 0 5 1884 12
Dolphin Hammers 11 6 0 5 1681 12
Nags Head 12 3 0 9 1716 6
Waters Green Weavers 12 2 1 9 1801 5
Harrington Academicals 12 1 1 10 1798 3

Individual Top Ten

  Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 12
Alan Hodgson Dolphin 11 513 54 36  
Alice Walker Queens of the Castle 11 498 60 33  
Mark Watson Nags Head 'B' 11 498 54 36 42
Haydn Thompson Queens of the Castle 11 477 57 27  
Ian Grieve Waters Green Weavers 12 474 54 30 54
Greg Spiller Poachers 10 444 51 33 45
Peter McBride Dolphin 11 432 51 33  
Dave Barber Dolphin Hammers 11 432 48 30 39
Dave Partington Harrington Academicals 12 423 48 27 48
Ashton Davies Poachers 8 375 60 39 48

B League – Summary

Results

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

Chester Road Tavern 100 136 Waters Green Nags
Tom Radley 27 33 Ian Musgrave
Sutotn Mutton 108 139 Bate Hallers
Wynne Keith–Davies 30 33 Malcolm Asquith
Pack Horse Bowling Club 106 103 Park Timers
Reg Bloor 24 21
21
Andrew Fenton
John Poyser

Table

  Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Waters Green Nags 12 11 0 1 1832 22
Bate Hallers 11 7 1 3 1456 15
Park Taverners 11 7 0 4 1543 14
Sutton Club 11 7 0 4 1534 14
Chester Road Tavern 12 5 0 7 1513 10
Sutton Mutton 11 4 0 7 1363 8
Park Timers 12 3 0 9 1510 6
Pack Horse Bowling Club 12 1 1 10 1334 3

Individual Top Ten

  Team Played Total Highest Lowest Week 12
Paul Prior Waters Green Nags 12 426 57 24 24
Ian Musgrave Waters Green Nags 11 426 48 24 33
John Poyser Park Timers 12 354 39 24 21
Graham Wallace Park Taverners 10 333 39 24  
Anne Jeater Bate Hallers 11 333 39 21 30
Wynne Keith–Davies Sutton Mutton 11 327 48 12 30
Shauna Barstow Park Taverners 10 303 42 12  
Andrew Fenton Park Timers 12 294 39 15 21
Heather Wallace Park Taverners 10 288 51 9  
Wendy Brown Sutton Club 9 285 42 18  

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 headings, the home teams are given first.

Waters Green Weavers vs. Poachers

Waters Green Weavers Spec GK Total Poachers Spec GK Total
Maddy Griffiths (pb) 12 21 33 Ed Baron 12 9 21
Lesley Davies 6 3 9 Bob Gratton 3 12 15
Adum Carr 9 9 18 Ashton Davies 21 27 48
Ian Grieve (pb) 21 33 54 Greg Spiller 21 24 45
Conferred 14 14 28 Conferred 9 17 26
Passed over 3 3 6 Passed over 1 9 10
Totals 65 83 148 Totals 67 98 165

Harrington Academicals vs. Nags Head 'B'

Nags Head 'B' Spec GK Total Harrington Academicals Spec GK Total
Mark Shaw 12 9 21 Dave Partington (pb) 18 30 48
Mark Watson 21 21 42 Steve Dale 3 6 9
Laurence Plant 9 18 27 Alan James 15 18 33
Paul Morrissey 12 12 24 Rob Parkin 12 15 27
Conferred 13 16 29 Conferred 8 12 20
Passed over 7 9 16 Passed over 0 6 6
Totals 74 85 159 Totals 56 87 143

Nags Head vs. Dolphin Hammers

Dolphin Hammers Spec GK Total Nags Head Spec GK Total
Liz Horrocks 15 15 30 Phil Davies 15 15 30
Pete Sayer 15 3 18 Ian Tams 6 21 27
Dave Cooper 15 9 24 Tony Browne 6 12 18
David Barber 18 21 39 Neil Drummond 18 18 36
Conferred 7 22 29 Conferred 6 16 22
Passed over 4 7 11 Passed over 6 7 13
Totals 74 77 151 Totals 57 89 146

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 headings, the home teams are given first.

Chester Road Tavern vs. Waters Green Nags

Waters Green Nags Spec GK Total Chester Road Tavern Spec GK Total
Ian Musgrave 15 18 33 Tom Radley 15 12 27
Sunil Peck 6 6 12 Karl Burgess 3 15 18
Vic Uske 6 9 15 Ian Kenny 0 6 6
Paul Prior 18 6 24 Mitch Moores 18 6 24
Conferred 8 17 25 Conferred 7 10 17
Passed over 8 19 27 Passed over 3 5 8
Totals 61 75 136 Totals 46 54 100

Sutton Mutton vs. Bate Hallers

Sutton Mutton Spec GK Total Bate Hallers Spec GK Total
Mike Proctor 9 9 18 Pat Jeater 3 21 24
Wynne Keith–Davies 12 18 30 Malcolm Asquith 15 18 33
John Stein 3 3 6 Anne Jeater 9 21 30
Mick Graves 6 9 15 Dave McGuinness 0 9 9
Conferred 14 17 31 Conferred 12 16 28
Passed over 7 1 8 Passed over 5 10 15
Totals 51 57 108 Totals 44 95 139

Pack Horse Bowling Club vs. Park Timers

Pack Horse Bowling Club Spec GK Total Park Timers Spec GK Total
Reg Bloor 9 15 24 Andrew Fenton 9 12 21
Martin Williams 6 0 6 Tim Brewin 3 15 18
Tim Bloor 6 9 15 Karyn Johnston 0 9 9
Andrew Vickerstaff 9 9 18 John Poyser 9 12 21
Conferred 11 13 24 Conferred 6 12 18
Passed over 8 11 19 Passed over 7 9 16
Totals 49 57 106 Totals 34 69 103

Cars & Van 4U Question Setters' Trophy

  Wk   Setters Difficulty Balance Ent'ment Total Last Yr
1 6 Spec Park Taverners 10.00 9.91 6.83 26.74 26.00
2 1 GK Nags Head 'B' 10.00 8.04 7.16 25.20 21.64
3 5 GK Harrington Academicals 8.18 9.73 5.83 23.74 12.37
4 12 GK Chester Road Tavern 7.33 9.06 6.83 23.22 12.39
5 9 Spec Waters Green Weavers 6.62 9.46 6.93 23.01 24.51
6 12 Spec Chester Road Tavern 7.40 8.03 6.75 22.18 19.64
7 13 Spec Park Timers 7.03 8.35 6.33 21.72 25.21
8 7 GK Nags Head 6.01 8.10 6.25 20.37 15.55
9 7 Spec Nags Head 5.52 7.95 6.75 20.21 10.58
10 8 Spec Waters Green Nags 4.66 8.95 6.16 19.76 15.55
11 2 Spec Sutton Club 4.74 8.26 6.66 19.66 21.98
12 4 Spec Dolphin Hammers 3.94 9.15 6.17 19.26 11.27
13 6 GK Park Taverners 4.58 8.74 5.67 18.99 19.10
14 11 GK Poachers 5.29 6.18 6.41 17.88 18.62
15 14 GK Sutton Mutton 4.34 9.12 3.75 17.21 13.50
16 9 GK Waters Green Weavers 5.96 4.77 6.46 17.19 18.08
17 1 Spec Nags Head 'B' 9.44 0.00 7.25 16.69 19.80
18 2 GK Sutton Club 4.24 5.60 6.58 16.42 20.28
19 11 Spec Poachers 5.62 3.59 6.41 15.62 21.07
20 3 Spec Queens of the Castle 2.52 7.51 5.50 15.53 16.72
21 5 Spec Harrington Academicals 4.97 3.80 5.67 14.44 23.24
22 3 GK Queens of the Castle 3.54 4.20 5.75 13.50 13.47
23 15 Spec Dolphin 4.48 3.52 5.42 13.42 19.51
24 10 GK Bate Hallers 1.62 7.92 3.50 13.03 8.82
25 13 GK Park Timers 6.26 0.00 6.16 12.42 25.93
26 14 Spec Sutton Mutton 7.11 0.39 3.67 11.16 21.09
27 15 GK Dolphin 3.18 2.56 5.33 11.08 18.76
28 4 GK Dolphin Hammers 3.27 1.64 5.16 10.07 20.60
29 8 GK Waters Green Nags 0.00 6.86 2.93 9.79 8.08
30 10 Spec Bate Hallers 0.00 5.16 3.75 8.91 8.11

According to the spreadsheet's assessment of Difficulty and Balance, both of the Dolphin's question sets are in lower mid–table. The Entertainment marks are also on the low side (placing them 23rd and 24th out of 30), with the results that can be seen in the table above.

This might be seen as somewhat hard on the setters. The good news is that both teams seem to have had the easier questions in one half of the quiz, so (according to the spreadsheet) the overall balance was very good: the teams that started first scored on average 93% of their average marks, while those that started second did marginally better with 94%. And with the overall average rounding up to 94%, these were far from the most difficult questions we've had this season.

In terms of Balance, the figures for the two halves separately are less impressive. In the Specialists, the teams that went first scored 105% while those that went second managed only 87%, and in the General Knowledge the teams that went first (second in the Specialists) scored 97% while their opponents scored 86%.

For the full spreadsheet, please click here.

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