TORBAY QUIZ LEAGUE

REPORT AND RESULTS

28:10:2009

Grenville Division: Castle Inn 35 (10), Crown & Sceptre 29 (28); Paignton Sea Anglers A 31 (19), Royal A 40 (31); Royal C 36 (32), Paignton Sea Anglers D 43 (28).

Hawkins Division: Churston Golf Club Wytookays 28 (14), Bickley Mill 36 (18); Devonport A 26 (38), Preston Con Club 43 (9); Torquay Rugby Club 35 (18), Devonport B 42 (18).

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A three-point gap opened up at the top of Grenville behind Royal A after the week three matches. The Royal took the lead in the second round of their match at Paignton Sea Anglers A, eventually taking the game 40-31. Royal C lost ground in losing to Paignton Sea Anglers D. Having lost opening conferring 10-9, C team drew level, then briefly held the lead at the halfway stage. However D Anglers reclaimed the advantage when the Royal failed to score on chemistry matters and kept their noses in front to the final question. The win elevated them to second in the table above their defeated opponents. The early rounds at the Castle saw the lead swing back and forth and, after five rounds, the hosts held a single-point lead on Crown & Sceptre. In the final section they extended the lead and wound up 35-29 winners.

Bickley Mill made it three wins in three games with a 36-28 victory at Churston Golf Club Wytookays. Wytookays spent the first half of the match in the lead but here, too, the chemistry round had a material effect on the outcome. Bickley Mill took the round 10-0 and never surrendered the lead. Devonport B stayed in second place with a 42-35 win at Torquay Rugby Club. Dev B took the lead from the first question and built up a double-figure lead with two rounds remaining. The Rugby Club pulled four points back in second conferring but could make no further inroads into the Dev B lead, although despite the loss they remain third in the table. Devonport A and Preston Con Club shared the first round 8-all but thereafter the Conservatives moved ahead, their lead increasing with each passing round. By the end of conferring they had all but won the game, and put the result beyond doubt with a correctly-answered first question in round six.

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It's as you were at the top of the divisions, with Royals C and A occupying the top two Grenville places. Royal C trailed Paignton Sea Anglers D for the first half of the quiz but maintained the lead they took in conferring, going on to win by four points. Royal A had a much easier time of it at Paignton Sea Anglers A, where they led from start to finish, wrapping the game up as a contest before the end of conferring. Crown & Sceptre moved up to third, having beaten Castle Inn by a comfortable margin. The Castle's failure to start scoring until round two helped the Crown on their way and they, too, had the points in the bag before the start of the final section.

The top of Hawkins sees Devonport A leading, with Devonport B following close behind. The A team had amassed a 17-3 lead by the halfway point in the match against Preston Con Club and easily held on to their 100% record. Devonport B trailed Torquay Rugby Club from the off and were three points adrift after conferring, but three B team bonuses in the final round clinched a share of the points, as the Rugby Club failed to score any further points. Bickley Mill remained tucked in at third place, having defeated Churston Golf Club Wytookays 18-14.

Fixtures for 04 November 2009:

Grenville: Paignton Sea Anglers D v Paignton Sea Anglers A

Royal A v Castle Inn

Crown & Sceptre v Royal C

Hawkins: Devonport B v Devonport A

Preston Con Club v Churston Golf Club Wytookays

Bickley Mill v Torquay Rugby Club