Bury & District Quiz League Week 6

Week 6, its almost the half-way stage, so lets start off at the top of the table clash, up at the Shoulder. Only goal difference seperated the leagues high-flyers & whoever maintained their 100% record tonight would phsyocologically place one hand on the trophy, so let battle commence....

The Shoulder held a slender 3 point lead of 10 to 7 after 2 rounds, the 1st individual round was a stinker & only reaped a total of 6 points for the top 2. Round 3 saw the Shoulder increase the lead to 5, but the real killer blow was dealt in the stick or twist, when St Marys drew a blank. Although the visitors were down, they were not out yet & they prayed for divine intervention & a reversal of fortunes after the break, would their prayers be answered??

Well, to a degree yes & despite only registering a paltry 2 points in the stick or twist round, to the Shoulders 12, St Mary\\\\\\\'s actually out-scored them 27 to 23, but the damage was done early on & they shook hands after a valiant fight back at 47 - 38. 1st blood to Jason & the right on form Shoulder.

Phil Dodd & the Cricketers took on RBL, with Phil keen to close the gap above them, knowing only a draw in the top game would prevent any real damage being done. The cosy glow of the newly installed open fire in the Snug at the Stopes is proving a real motivation & they ground out a hard fought win 46-36

Dungeon B mosyed?? on up to the Hairy Hounds & I think its fair to say they struggled (as we did) & in an almost mirror image of our game they failed to make sense of the most one-sided imbalanced quiz of the season. After the 5 previous weeks of perfectly pitched questions, this one was a stinker!! Half way, its game over, Ians Hounds were leading 23 - 7 ouch!! As in the top game, fortunes were far more favourable in the second half as the Dungeon found the going much nore to their liking & almost matched the Hounds, but sadly it was all in vain, another emphatic win for the Hare & Hounds 52 - 28

I\\\\\\\'m still uncontrollably rocking back & forth after the mauling we suffered up at the Dungeon, with the A-team earning their eponymous title in buckets!!
All to often we were left scratching our heads, we set off badly, convinced our opening answer of London Poplar was correct & when it went against us, it set the tone for the rest of the 1st half. Trailing in the wake of the impressive form of Adrian, Tony, Marcus & Bruce we were royally battered 25-10 in the 1st half & that included a blank in Rd4 for the Dungeon....

Visibly shaken we set about regaining some respectability & despite a late rally of 14 points in the last 2 rounds, we were already well on the road to a heavy defeat. I have to applaud the homesters, who realistically could have almost made 60 if they hadn\\\\\\\'t jumped in on Q1 in the stick or twist, one very impressive performance winning 53 - 35 very well done to the Dungeon.

Glad that ones over, hopefully ne xst weeks light hearted Xmas Quiz will be the perfect tonic for our wounded morale??

I know Im like a broken record, but please come along in your massses & support next weeks quiz, the more the merrier, bonus points will be awarded to everyone who turns up in a festive jumper............dream on!!!

Get there early for a prompt 8:30 start

TEAM	P	W	D	L	PTS	FOR	AGAINST
SHOULDER OF MUTTON	6	6	0	0	12	321	254
ST MARYS	6	5	0	1	10	309	239
STOPES CRICKETERS	6	3	1	2	7	317	258
DUNGEON A	6	3	1	2	7	268	281
HARE & HOUNDS	6	3	0	3	6	290	259
STOPES ROSES	6	2	0	4	4	249	283
BRITISH LEGION (RAM)	6	1	0	5	2	226	297
DUNGEON B	6	0	0	6	0	209	318


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