Bury & District Quiz League Week 18

The quiz league had to battle the icy conditions this week but our valiant and brave teams managed to complete all of the fixtures, and two of the results were are close as you can get without ending up a tie!
First match to report in was the match at Heap Bridge Social Club who had the Royal Horsemen visiting and despite the PackHorse re-opening under new management the team will complete the season at The Royal Hotel. With the phoenix knights not having the best of seasons overall and the Royal Horsemen flying top to middling the result could have, on paper, looked to be a forgone conclusion but the Phoenix Knights have had some very close games this season whilst not having the luck, this match however went down to the wire and the host’s managed to grasp the victory by a single point to earn team of the week with a 43-42 score.
Shoulder of Mutton Holcombe Village had the close rival’s Rose and Crown visiting in the Ramsbottom Derby this week, Stephen Greenhalgh reports:-
A game played in good spirit thanks to the firm and fair control of modern day Robert Robinson Richard and his matchless German pronunciation, ended with the Shoulder of Mutton Wolves somewhat running the Rose and Crown Tiger’s out of it.
The Shoulder took a half time lead of Seven points after some hard fought early rounds notably the individual round where the Tigers snapped up both of the Apple answer’s, with the harbour and Sporting sponsors split equally the Wolves grabbed both of the eastern Grasses.
The final score was largely thanks to a storming two part round from the Wolves which they took with a score of 14 points to 2, due mainly to an ardent Manchester City fan on the team who had an excellent knowledge of football grounds home ends. This led to a final result of Shoulder of Mutton 55 Rose and Crown 28.
The Shoulder also took a tight beer leg.
The third match to report on this week was predicted to be the top match and it turned out that way with both the sides participating looking at possible top honours at the end of the season the side who won, would it appears, have the upper hand. The match occurred at St. Mary’s Social Club Radcliffe where the B’s entertained Ramsbottom Cricket Club and in a tight match that no quarter was given by either side, who both played at the top of there form, the result wasn’t decided until the final questions, with the B’s just managing to win by a single point 52-51 will it be significant at the season’s end! Match of the week.
Stopes Tavern travelled to the Hare and Hounds Holcombe Brook Yosemite Sam reports:-
New month, old rivals as the Hare and Hounds played hosts to Stopes Tavern, starring Roger the Bolt, quiz league sponsor. Taverner’s opted to go second, a move they questioned when Hairy Hounds took a 9-4 lead, this time helped by the edifices that Yosemite had ascended. Round two saw the reverse as the Elves took the round with a score of 4-9, giving the triskaidekaphobia nightmare score of 13 all.
Round three saw the Hairy Hounds get the two unanswered questions, but they picked up two Stopes Elves bonuses to take the round 6-4.
Stink round saw the Hairy Hounds stick on two but the Elves spun off and crashed in the night time Grand Prix, to give a half time score of Hare and Hounds 21 Stopes Tavern 17.
Rounds five and the two part round six were tightly fought and both ended up as ties at 4 and 8 points each respectively.
Round seven saw Andy Ainsworth manage to rhyme Aga with Saga to give an answer no-one had heard of, but Robert Palmer , the forgotten vocalist, gave the Stopes Tavern Elves a 5-7 win, cutting the Hairy Hounds lead in two.
In round eight Peter Maguire managed to conjure Coffee Cantata to give the Hairy Hounds a 6-5 victory in the round and making the final score Hare and Hounds 44 Stopes Tavern 41.
The Beer Leg also went to the Hounds. However a special mention in dispatches should go to the Stopes Tavern Skipper Paul Gardner for his expert knowledge of Boy Bands.
Final match this week saw the visit of Helen’s Harem and the SunDial, Walmersley Rd to the Rose and Crown Starling. Surprising the Hosts, the Harem elected to go second, a move immediately regretted when they went 6-0 down after the first two questions missing out on the “Atomium” and virtuously “thou shall commit adultery” from the wicked bible. However the Harem picked up a bonus point on the next question as the Rose chose red, instead of scarlet for the convicted adulteress but then the Harem donated a point back with the whale leaping out of the sea in “breaching”. The Seattle tower needled both teams as “Space needle” sewed by. A score in the first round was therefore posted as 7-3.
Second round, first individual, had categories of Apple recording label, Sporting Sponsors, New York Harbour and Edible Eastern Grasses. First category saw the Harems Tony grab a bonus and max Hey Jude, as Bob missed out for the Rose. However the Roses Lee and Kieran scored maximums with bonuses of Brains and Liberty Island on the next two. Round score ran out as 8-5 for totals of 15-8.
Round three saw the Rose miss out on the middle two questions when the answers of Sliders and King Faisal slipped by, with the later scoring a bonus for the Harem but then they dropped there own final two answers and both scored bonus points for the Rose with Roswell and Montenegro, giving a round score of 6-5.
Round four stink round had a theme of “Asian Capitals”. The Rose could not get the Cricket venue for the world cup semi in 2011, so stuck on Two, the Harem hit the same crash barrier as other teams when the first night time Grand Prix venue of Singapore didn’t sling to them and they nulled the points at the four point question. Halftime totals of Rose and Crown 23 SunDial 13.
Round five saw the hosts pick up a bonus Lady Killers on the first question but miss out on there own first two questions when “Hoggard” bowled by with his pet Chinese” Rat” and the Harem team of Helen Wylie, Anne Lee-Nicolson, Eunice Pooler and Tony Webb picked up a bonus point, however their third question went unanswered as the Norse daily food of Boar couldn’t be caught and the fourth scored a bonus for the Rose when Glen Chapple flattened the stumps, for a round score of 6-3.
Round six, two parters scored an immediate maximum for the Harem who then scored a bonus point when the Indian skyscraper construction caused a tribal argument in the hosts ranks and Navajo was picked up. A maximum on the second for the hosts and second parts for the remainder of the round for both sides saw final totals of 8-11 and a deserved first round win for the Harem. Round seven individuals had categories of UB40 Hits, Domestic Fiction, Shared Christian Names and North American Trains, the list of categories didn’t fit with the running order so question master Helen Goldsbrough had to sort out the route through the questions but it didn’t help the Rose as the first three questions went by with Harems Helen scoring a max on the music and Anne scoring a max on the fiction both Eunice and Roses Bob missed out with the Christian Names but someone else scored a max with the Trains for the hosts, for their only points of the round, score 3-6 and totals of 40-33.
Final round saw two unanswered questions both fall to the Harem when the band The Coral and the Aria from Pagliacci at the end of Act 1 went begging, however the boy band Wanted was picked up for a bonus by boy band aficionado Helen recognised them for the only question missed by the hosts. Round score 6-5 for final totals of Rose and Crown 46 SunDial 38.
The beer leg also went to the hosts by a single point and the Tie Break cash also.

Stop Press: SunDials Helen appeared on the T.V. programme The Chase on Thursday, she was up against the Sinhaman but scored well in the money bank phase and would have easily banked her top offer of £64000 if she had not promised her young family that if she wins over £5000 in the money bank phase she would only go for that, she got £6000, and in the final chase it was Helen who built up the bulk of the points for the final chase with some impressive buzzer speed, easily the best player on the programme, the three players in the final beat the Sinhaman on the final chase knocking him back numerous times to grab an equal share of the final cash total. Congratulations Helen.

We the league have also been contacted by Sue Craft representing The Samaritans they are holding a much needed fund raising Supper and Quiz at Bury F.C. Social Club on Saturday 25th February , tickets are £8.00 per person and are available from Sue on 0161 7960235 after 6pm. The Bury Samaritans are mainly self funded and this function has helped them continue to operate this worthy charity.

Week 19 13-2-12
Week Nineteen may be subject to the weather conditions again if the freeze continues.
Match one see the Ramsbottom Rose and Crown entertain St. Mary’s B’s and if the crampons work and the hill can be climbed the B’s are in form and may be too strong for the Tigers, however the Tiger’s can roar at any time so the visitors will have to beware and it may be closer than the table suggests, away win.
Second match is a Ramsbottom Derby and possible top match of the week with the Cricket Club hosting the Hare and Hounds Holcombe Brook, the Cricketer’s cannot afford another slip up for top honours and neither can the visitors good possibility of runners-up slot also, so this one is on paper going to be tight again a draw will help neither cause but that could be the result and is the fence sitting prediction, although the fence is sharp and uncomfortable.
Third match has Rose and Crown Starling calling on the Elves at Stopes Tavern with the Taverners being Bridesmaids for the past two weeks the visitors are hoping for no boy band questions with Paul Gardner seemingly the league’s expert, close game but on form alone away win ….just.
Fourth match has the SunDial hosting the Heap Bridge Social Club and if the Knights have recovered from last weeks wins celebrations this one will be a closely fought affair and the hosts may well just have the edge with Helen Chasing the points to win.
The final game has the Royal Horsemen hosting league leaders Radcliffe Cricket Club with there lead a little more secure after last weeks results when they were resting the visitors will want to win to keep up the gap but the hosts want to start winning at the new venue and this game will be very close if they regain some form. Close game possible tie but an away win.
Shoulder of Mutton are having a rest this week.

New Players are wanted to strengthen team squads, contact the league secretary.
A new challenge is always welcome from any pub, club, or society wanting to test their metal against a regular league side. Contact details along with the league tables are on the website at www.buryquizleague.co.uk

ST MARYS (B)	52	v	RAMSBOTTOM CC	51
HARE & HOUNDS	44	v	STOPES TAVERN	41
SHOULDER OF MUTTON	55	v	ROSE & CROWN (RAM)	28
RADCLIFFE CC	null	v	BYE	null
HEAP BRIDGE SC	43	v	PACK HORSE	42
ROSE & CROWN (STAR)	46	v	SUN DIAL	38

TEAM	P	W	D	L	PTS	FOR	AGAINST
RADCLIFFE CC	16	12	2	2	26	876	667
ST MARYS (B)	17	11	1	5	23	828	772
HARE & HOUNDS	16	10	2	4	22	731	699
RAMSBOTTOM CC	16	9	3	4	21	722	679
ROSE & CROWN (STAR)	16	8	3	5	19	740	703
SHOULDER OF MUTTON	17	7	1	9	15	771	765
STOPES TAVERN	16	7	1	8	15	699	719
PACK HORSE	17	6	1	10	13	726	736
ROSE & CROWN (RAM)	17	4	3	10	11	675	793
SUN DIAL	16	5	0	11	10	624	738
HEAP BRIDGE SC	16	2	1	13	5	643	764


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