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Updated Friday 18 October 2024

 

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IMPORTANT Name and venue changes

NEW  (18 October 2024)

There have been a couple of last-minute changes of name and venue for the new season:

  • The team formerly called The Wandering Star will henceforth be known as The Armoury.

 

Latest results

NEW  (18 October 2024)

Last night saw the first matches of the new season: the first round of knockout qualifying games.  The results are here.

Question setters are reminded that in KO qualifying games a draw is an acceptable result, so an additional written round and nearest-the-bull

tie-breakers are not required - but they should be included for the semi-finals and finals.

 

 

New season starts Thursday 17 October

 

(4 October 2024)

 

The 2024-25 season will start on Thursday 17 October, with the first round of matches in the new qualifying stage of the knockout competitions.

 

Questions will be set jointly by Smart Alex and the Griffin.

 

The following week sees the first league matches of the season, with questions by the Alexandra.  All league fixtures are here.

 

There have been a number of venue (and team name) changes for this season; will all teams please familiarise themselves with these via the

 

previous communication and the relevant team details pages below.

 

The season’s question-setting rota is here.  We’re still looking for volunteer setters for several dates throughout the season - please get in

 

touch if you'd like to help.  Question setters are reminded that, following the closure of the Railway, each week’s ‘spare’ question paper should

 

be left at the Alexandra (which will host a match almost every week, so you will most likely be going there anyway when delivering questions).

 

 

 

2024-2025 season

 

(27 September 2024)

 

This is a preliminary update following last night’s AGM/Registration Meeting; more information and reminders will be published here next week.

 

At the meeting Andrea Clarkson (Smart Alex) and Charlotte Bulmer (Wandering Star) were appointed to the vacant positions of League Chair

 

and League Treasurer respectively.

 

Sadly the Fingerpost are unable to take part this season, leaving us with nine teams and resulting in some changes to the calendar and format

 

of matches.  The knockout will use a group qualifying stage (three groups of three), followed by ‘normal’ semi-finals and finals for Cup and

 

Plate.  Full details and fixtures will be published next week.  The current Cup trophy is to be re-named in memory of our much missed friend

 

and League Chairman, Dave Badley.  The opening fixtures will now be played on Thursday 17 October - a week later than originally planned -

 

and will be the first of the knockout qualifying group matches, with questions set jointly by the Griffin and Smart Alex.  The first league games

 

of the season will be on Thursday 24 October.  A provisional season calendar with the fixture schedule and question-setting duties is here.

 

There are a number of team name and venue changes for the new season:

 

The team formerly known as ‘Sun & Castle’ is now called the ‘Swan With Two Necks’, following their move to the pub of that name on

 

Princess Street in Stockport.  They will be ground-sharing at the new venue with the team formerly known as ‘The Railway’, who will now

 

be called the ‘Swan and Railway’.

 

 

 

The Tiviot will now play home games at the Sun & Castle, as will the Flying Horse who will change their name to ‘S & C Fliers’.

 

 

 

The team formerly known as ‘Horse & Farrier’ are now known as ‘The Griffin’ following their move to the pub of the same name in Heald

 

Green.

 

 

 

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Teams

 

Alexandra

 

Armoury  (formerly Wandering Star)  NEW NAME for 2024-25

 

Griffin  (formerly Horse & Farrier)  NEW VENUE for 2024-25

 

HMRUFC

 

S&C Fliers  (formerly Flying Horse)  NEW VENUE for 2024-25

 

Smart Alex

 

Swan & Railway  (formerly Railway)  NEW VENUE for 2024-25

 

Swan With Two Necks  (formerly Sun & Castle)  NEW VENUE for 2024-25

 

Tiviot  NEW VENUE for 2024-25

 

 

 

 

 

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