Warrington Quiz League

It is with great sadness that we have to report the death, last Thursday morning, of Joan Mercer - a long-standing member of the Alford Academicals team.  Joan had been ill for some time and had been unable to play in quizzes.  I am sure that we all mourn her death and send our condolences to her family.

The funeral will be at Walton Lea Crematorium on Wednesday February 1st at 11am.

Brian & Elaine Bates will be attending to represent the Quiz League, but other attendees will be welcome.

Victoria Coren presents the 6th series of the popular BBC Four quiz show Only Connect where, as in life itself, knowledge will only take you so far: patience and lateral thinking are also vital. It’s all about making connections between things which may appear, at first glance, not to be connected at all.

We’re looking for teams of three players who share a common passion, ability or profession, to pool their combined wits to solve fiendish conundrums and vexing puzzles.  Applications must be received by 31st January 2012.

Only Connect is produced for the BBC by Presentable Ltd.

APPLICANT LIMITATIONS:

All applicants must be 18 years of age and over on the 31^st January 2012.

All applicants must be resident in the UK or Channel Islands.

Past contestants and employees of Presentable, Zodiak Group of companies, the BBC or close relations are ineligible to apply.  

INSTRUCTIONS:

To request an application form please email onlyconnect@presentable.co.uk including a contact telephone number.

Congratulations to Wayne Kelly, a regular player for Alford Academicals, on his success in clinching the National Scrabble Championship title and picking up a £2,000 prize.  Wayne was crowned after a tense best-of-five showdown recently in London.  The victory was all the sweeter for Wayne who has had a string of near-misses including finishing as runner-up on TV’s Countdown series 28, being one game away from qualifying for the 2011 World Scrabble Championships, and coming third in the 2011 Association of British Scrabble Players Masters title. Details of his win can be found on the BBC News website

 

Would you like a P please Bob?

Have you ever wanted to complete a Gold Run?

Do you think you could stand the pressure on the Hot Spot?

Talkback Thames is reviving the classic quiz show for Sky Challenge and is looking for contestants - either solo or pairs. They are looking for outgoing people with good general knowledge and lots of enthusiasm. If you are interested, send them an email requesting further information, or download an application form from here:

 

 

The next WQL Council Meeting of the season will be at St Stephen's at 8:00pm on Sunday 5th February 2012, all welcome. If you have anything to be discussed at Council then please let Cliff Houghton or Derek Moody know.

The draws for the next rounds of the Knock-out and Supporters Plate have been made.  Details of the matches can be found on the Fixtures page

Alford Academicals are currently undergoing serious difficulties in raising a team owing to the long-term sickness of one of their long-standing and key players, Joan Mercer.  Dave Goosey, the team secretary, has asked for any team having spare players or anyone wishing to play in order to help them through their current difficulties to contact him on 0151 420 6949

Due to lack of interest, the Charity Quiz scheduled for Friday 4th November 2011 at Warrington Sports Club has been rearranged and will now take place on Friday 20th January 2012. Tickets for the rescheduled event will be on sale shortly. For further information please contact Cliff or Angela Houghton.

The new season has begun this week and details of matches, including the draw for the Knock-out Round 1, can be found on the Fixtures page.  Apologies for the fact that some teams have to put up with multiple home or away matches in a row but this comes about as a result of Grappenhall Gadlings having chosen to play at Grappenhall Ex-Servicemen’s Club, thus meaning that there are venue clashes between the divisions and that, coupled with the inequality of numbers in each division, has caused quite a lot of difficulty. 

As it stands anyway there is still one week where there are two home games at the Ex-Servicemen’s Club on the same night, but there is no easy way around this; so it is hoped that the club can cope with this.  If not, then one of the teams, and I would say it should be the Gadlings since they are the newer team using the venue, will have to play their game at some other venue on that night – and it can’t be the other team’s venue, that would be too easy!!

ITV are looking for new contestants for its afternoon quiz show, The Chase, where four people compete against one of four chasers to win big money prizes.

To apply for an audition, go to the online application form or email them at thechase@itv.com.