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2017–18 Season
Week 5

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News and Views: 2017–18 Season – Week 5 – 14 November 2017

There were ten games this week, as all the C League teams were playing.

Results

In the match between the Dolphin and the Church House Bollington, the Church House were three points behind when John Hargreaves faced the very last question of the night. Fortunately for the Church House, John was equal to that question ... and as the Minute Waltz faded away, the result was announced as a draw.

In the B League, the Plough Horntails and the Harrington Academicals drew 128 each. This was strangely reminiscent of last week's closest result, when the Horntails beat the Accies' stablemates, the Harrington 'B', by just two points.

There was another very close game in the B League, where the Waters Green Rams scraped past the Royal Oak by just one point.

In the C League, there were victories for both Sutton teams and both Park teams. And talking of coincidences (see paragraph 2 above), the Sutton Mutton and the Park Taverners ended up with exactly the same score, while the Park Timers scored just one more than the Sutton Club.

Tables

In the A League, the Ox-fford took advantage of the Ox-fford 'C' being on question setting and mastering duty to move to the top of the table on goal difference.

There was little change at the top of the B League, where the Nags Head remain in first place despite not playing this week. The Royal Oak's narrow defeat to the Rams allowed the Waters Green Lemmings to move into second place, with the Rams not far behind; the Oak are now fourth.

Similarly in the C League, the Sutton Club consolidated top spot with a win over the Prince of Wales, while the Sutton Mutton moved up from fourth to second with their victory over the Pack Horse Bowling Club.

Individual

Top scorer this week was Mark Watson with 45. Mark now has three 45s from three matches - what consistency!

There is a new leader in the A League, where Brian Bogie is 48 points ahead of Ashton Davies in second place. Brian is the only player in the Top 10 to have played five games however.

In the B League, Dave Partington was the only one in last week's Top 4 to play this week; he moved into second place, despite having three television questions in the General Knowledge section. Alasdair Reid remains in the top spot by three points (one question!).

Andy Ridgway kept his place at the top in the C League, but his team-mate Trisha Ashton, who was in third place last week, dropped out of the Top 10 completely. Jackie Hulme moved into second place above Chris Butler by virtue of having a higher lowest score.

There were ten personal bests this week: Alan Gilday (Weaver) and Jon Thompson (Waters Green Lemmings) with 42; Bill Cawley (Royal Oak), Keith Pointon (Waters Green Rams) and Malcolm Asquith (Plough Horntails), all with 39; Dave Turner (Dolphin Dragons), Tony Moores (Chester Road Tavern) and Graham Wallace (Park Taverners), all with 30; Shauna Barstow (Park Taverners) with 27; and Peter Bullivent (Cock Inn) with 24.

A League

Results

Dolphin 155 155 Church House Bollington
Peter McBride 42 39 Ashton Davies
Weaver 158 146 Dolphin Dragons
Alan Gilday (pb) 42 39
30
Liz Horrocks
Dave Turner (pb)
Ox–fford 178 131 Wharfies
Mark Watson 45 42 Brian Bogie

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Ox–fford 4 3 0 1 631 6
Ox–fford 'C' 3 3 0 0 529 6
Wharfies 5 2 0 3 744 4
Weaver 4 2 0 2 626 4
Church House Bollington 4 1 1 2 626 3
Dolphin 3 1 1 1 456 3
Dolphin Dragons 4 1 0 3 600 2
British Flag 3 1 0 2 434 2

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 5
Brian Bogie Wharfies 5 210 51 30 42
Ashton Davies Church House Bollington 4 162 51 30 39
Graham Bailey Weaver 4 153 45 33 33
Liz Horrocks Dolphin Dragons 4 150 42 27 39
Haydn Thompson Ox–fford 'C' 3 144 54 42  
Mark Watson Ox–fford 3 135 45 45 45
Alice Walker Ox–fford 'C' 3 132 48 36  
Art Higham Wharfies 3 123 48 36  
Peter McBride Dolphin 3 120 45 33 42
Dave Cooper Dolphin Dragons 4 120 39 21 24
Lesley Davies Weaver 4 120 33 27 27

B League

Results

Royal Oak 153 154 Waters Green Rams
Bill Cawley (pb) 39 39
39
Keith Pointon (pb)
Scott Dawson
Waters Green Lemmings 139 112 Harrington 'B'
Jon Thompson (pb) 42 24
24
Geoff Parkin
John Green
Harrington Academicals 128 128 Plough Horntails
Dave Partington 30 39 Malcolm Asquith (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Nags Head 4 3 0 1 592 6
Waters Green Lemmings 4 3 0 1 559 6
Waters Green Rams 3 3 0 0 499 6
Royal Oak 4 2 0 2 622 4
Harrington Academicals 4 1 1 2 542 3
Plough Horntails 3 1 1 1 376 3
Robin Hood 4 1 0 3 538 2
Harrington 'B' 4 0 0 4 476 0

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 5
Alasdair Reid Nags Head 4 147 54 24  
Dave Partington Harrington Academicals 4 144 48 30 30
Alan James Royal Oak 4 132 36 30 30
Rosalie James Royal Oak 4 129 45 27 27
Jon Thompson Waters Green Lemmings 4 129 42 24 42
Bob Langstaff Waters Green Lemmings 4 126 42 24 24
Jim Kennelly Robin Hood 4 126 42 21  
Andrew Wright Nags Head 4 126 36 27  
John Green Harrington 'B' 4 120 36 24 24
Rob Parkin Harrington Academicals 3 105 42 27 27

C League

Results

Sutton Mutton 137 85 Pack Horse Bowling Club
Wynne Keith-Davies
Gill Dyson
24
24
15 Tim Bloor
Prince of Wales 104 111 Sutton Club
Kenny Davenport-Slater 27 21 Simon Rumsey
Park Timers 112 101 Chester Road Tavern
Tim Brewin
John Poyser
18
18
30 Tony Moores (pb)
Cock Inn 126 137 Park Taverners
Peter Wilcox
Peter Bullivent (pb)
Jackie Hulme
30
24
24
30
27
Graham Wallace (pb)
Shauna Barstow (pb)

Table

Played Won Drawn Lost Total Points
Sutton Club 5 3 1 1 603 7
Sutton Mutton 3 3 0 0 403 6
Park Timers 3 3 0 0 388 6
Prince of Wales 5 2 0 3 574 4
Park Taverners 4 2 0 2 485 4
Chester Road Tavern 4 1 0 3 466 2
Pack Horse Bowling Club 4 1 0 3 454 2
Cock Inn 4 0 1 3 446 1

Individual Top Ten

Team Played Total Highest Lowest Wk 5
Andy Ridgway Prince of Wales 5 129 39 12 12
Jackie Hulme Jackie Hulme 4 99 30 21 24
Chris Butler Sutton Club 4 99 30 18 18
Shauna Barstow Park Taverners 4 96 27 15 27
Wynne Keith-Davies Sutton Mutton 3 93 39 24 24
Graham Wallace Park Taverners 3 87 30 27 30
John Poyser Park Timers 3 84 36 18 18
Peter Wilcox Cock Inn 3 84 33 21 30
Tim Bloor Pack Horse Bowling Club 4 84 27 15 15
Paul Heaven Sutton Club 4 81 33 15 15
Tim Hayes Prince of Wales 5 81 24 12 15

Cars & Vans 4U Question Setters' Trophy

Wk Team Difficulty Balance Ent'mnt Total Last Year
1 3 Spec British Flag 8.56 8.64 7.11 24.31 24.69
2 1 Spec Ox–fford 10.00 6.76 7.22 23.98 22.17
3 4 GK Waters Green Rams 6.07 7.19 6.22 19.48 18.84
4 5 GK Ox–fford 'C' 5.62 8.34 5.37 19.33 17.41
5 2 GK Royal Oak 5.31 8.17 5.72 19.20 8.20
6 1 GK Ox–fford 8.21 4.33 6.50 19.04 17.22
7 3 GK British Flag 3.76 8.02 5.67 17.45  
8 2 Spec Sutton Mutton 5.14 8.33 3.44 16.91 (11.50)
9 4 GK Pack Horse Bowling Club 3.93 8.14 4.40 16.48 (13.95)
10 5 Spec Ox–fford 'C' 5.01 3.03 5.79 13.84 19.47

Of the ten games, five were won by teams going "first first" and three went the other way. There were also two draws – one in the A League and one in the B League. The teams that won by going "second first" were the Waters Green Rams, Sutton Club and Park Taverners.

For more comments on the marks for the Ox–fford 'C''s questions, please click here.

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