KNOCKOUT COMPETITIONS 2024–2025


Updated Friday 4 October 2024

 

This season’s knockout competitions will use a new format: a group qualifying stage followed by

‘normal’ semi-finals and finals.  Knockout games will continue to use randomly chosen, unpaired

questions; matches will still be handicapped using average league scores from the 2023-24 season.

 

The new format has a number of benefits:

All teams (except one) will now play a minimum of five and a maximum of six knockout matches during the season, with the exception playing four times.  Under the previous format some teams played just one game and even the winners may have played as few as three.

The season, which has shrunk as we have lost teams over recent years, will be extended to accommodate the additional knockout fixtures.

Setting of questions will be more equitable: every team will set half-a -quiz on a group stage bye week, and three teams will have to set on both bye weeks.

 

Each team has been allocated randomly to a three-team qualifying group.  Each team will play the

other two teams in its group twice, home and away.

The Cup semi-finals will be contested by the group winners and the best of the runners-up– to be

determined by group points and then by average score (including handicap) if level on points.

The Plate semi-finals will be between the other two runners-up and the two best-placed teams that

finish third in each group.  The third-placed team with the worst record will be eliminated and will set

the questions for the semi-finals.  Questions for the Cup and Plate finals will, as now, be set by the

finalists in the ‘other’ competition.

 

Qualifying Group A

 

Table

 

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Avge

Pts

Swan & Railway (+4)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Swan w. Two Necks (+28)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Griffin (+22)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Fixtures

 

Week 1 Thursday 17 October 2024

Swan & Railway

v

Swan With Two Necks

Bye: Griffin

Questions by: Griffin and Smart Alex

 

Week 2 Thursday 14 November 2024

Swan With Two Necks

v

Griffin

Bye: Swan & Railway

Questions by: Swan & Railway and Wandering Star

Week 3 Thursday 12 December 2025

Griffin

v

Swan & Railway

Bye: Swan With Two Necks

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and HMRUFC

 

Week 4 Thursday 23 January 2025

Swan With Two Necks

v

Swan & Railway

Bye: Griffin

Questions by: Alexandra and Smart Alex

 

Week 5 Thursday 27 February 2025

Griffin

v

Swan With Two Necks

Bye: Swan & Railway

Questions by: Tiviot and Wandering Star

 

Week 6 Thursday 27 March 2025

Swan & Railway

v

Griffin

Bye: Swan With Two Necks

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and S&C Fliers

 

 

Qualifying Group B

 

Table

 

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Avge

Pts

Tiviot (+11)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

S&C Fliers (+16)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Smart Alex (+0)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Fixtures

 

Week 1 Thursday 17 October 2024

Tiviot

v

S&C Fliers

Bye: Smart Alex

Questions by: Smart Alex and Griffin

 

Week 2 Thursday 14 November 2024

Smart Alex

v

S&C Fliers

Bye: Tiviot

Questions by: Swan & Railway and Wandering Star

Week 3 Thursday 12 December 2025

Smart Alex

v

Tiviot

Bye: S&C Fliers

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and HMRUFC

 

Week 4 Thursday 23 January 2025

S&C Fliers

v

Tiviot

Bye: Smart Alex

Questions by: Alexandra and Smart Alex

 

Week 5 Thursday 27 February 2025

S&C Fliers

v

Smart Alex

Bye: Tiviot

Questions by: Tiviot and Wandering Star

 

Week 6 Thursday 27 March 2025

Tiviot

v

Smart Alex

Bye: S&C Fliers

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and S&C Fliers

 

 

Qualifying Group C

 

Table

 

Pld

W

D

L

F

A

Avge

Pts

Wandering Star (+17)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

HMRUFC (+19)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Alexandra (+5)

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

 

Fixtures

 

Week 1 Thursday 17 October 2024

Wandering Star

v

HMRUFC

Bye: Alexandra

Questions by: Smart Alex and Griffin

 

Week 2 Thursday 14 November 2024

HMRUFC

v

Alexandra

Bye: Wandering Star

Questions by: Swan & Railway and Wandering Star

Week 3 Thursday 12 December 2025

Wandering Star

v

Alexandra

Bye: HMRUFC

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and HMRUFC

 

Week 4 Thursday 23 January 2025

HMRUFC

v

Wandering Star

Bye: Alexandra

Questions by: Alexandra and Smart Alex

 

Week 5 Thursday 27 February 2025

Alexandra

v

HMRUFC

Bye: Wandering Star

Questions by: Tiviot and Wandering Star

 

Week 6 Thursday 27 March 2025

Alexandra

v

Wandering Star

Bye: HMRUFC

Questions by: Swan With Two Necks and S&C Fliers

 

Semi-finals

Thursday 17 April 2025

Questions by team eliminated at group stage

 

Cup

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

 

Plate

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

 

Finals

Thursday 8 May 2025

Questions by finalists

 

Cup

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

 

 

Plate

To be confirmed

v

To be confirmed

 

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