09/02/2019
Committee Meeting Monday 11th Feb, Lager
Club, 7.30pm
02/02/2019
1 Average Scores
for week 1
2
Division 1 - 49
Division 2 - 44
PLEASE CHECK WITH OPPOSING TEAMS REGARDING
FRIENDLIES.
AWAY TEAM TO CONFIRM WITH HOME TEAM.
26/01/2019
1 Average Scores for week 11
Division 1 - 47
Division 2 - 41
2 Draw for Cup
Round 1 5th Feb - See fixtures page
Yale Trophy
(Winners)
Hole in the Wall
vs Caergwrle Social
Catholic Club vs White Lion
Elwyn Jones
Cup (losers)
Buck vs Griffin
Friendly Games
Arranged
Peal of Bells vs Telford
Red Lion vs Johnstown
Legion
White
Horse vs Horse and Jockey
Y Tai vs Bowling
Green
Colliers vs Bangor Academicals
Lager vs Magers
Railway - NO GAME
Can away teams
please contact home teams to confirm they are playing these
fixtures.
3. Future Venues
9 March - Elwyn Jones Cup semi-final and final -
Lager Club
9 April - Divisional Handicaps
Division 1 - Buck, Bangor on Dee
Division 2 - Lager
Club
16 April - League Handicap and Final Yale Trophy
- Catholic Club
4. Please send
Results to Dave Wilkinson's Email NOT
the old 'wqlresults' address
which may be on the score sheet
Committee
Meeting Monday 21st Jan, Lager Club, 7.30pm
Average scores for Cup 15th Jan - 39
1 Average
scores week 10
Div 1 50
Div 2 44
Some close
results in some high scoring games.
2 Christmas Quiz
Tuesday 18th Dec 8:30 Catholic Club.
Everyone
welcome, all friends and relations.
Please arrive
for prompt 8:30 start.
Usual raffle.
Contributions welcome.
3 Pairs Quiz
Tuesday 8th January 8:30 Lager Club.
Back by popular
demand
Special Round of
30 questions on Brexit to look forward to!!
06/12/2018
1
Average Scores for Week 9:
Division 1 - 44
Division 2 - 34
Some difficult questions
this week, reflected by the scores being about 5 down on average
compared to other weeks.
Average
scores for the first half of the season:
Division
1 - 47
Division
2 - 39
2 Halfway through the
season
Hole in the wall and
the Peal of Bells are neck and neck at the top of Division 1!
Well done to the Lager Club
and Bowling Green, 2 promoted teams achieving mid table
mediocracy!!
Thanks to Y Tai and the Bangor Academicals - Every
week must seem like playing the Eggheads!!!!
Only one point separating
the top 4 teams in Division 2 - all scrambling to get into
Division 1.
Keep going Johnstown Legion
- Every week must seem like playing Humpty Dumpty!!
3 Some scores have been
adjusted to compensate for missing questions.
If this occurs in future,
just let us know and we will even things up.
4 Christmas Quiz - Dec
18th, 8:30pm at the Catholic Club
Everyone is welcome,
particularly friends and relations, who might not play every
week.
As usual we will be
supporting Nightingale House and Hope House with a raffle.
Contributions welcome.
30/11/2018
Average Scores for Week 8:
Division 1 - 49
Division 2 - 44
Thank you to all the teams who pointed out the
repeated questions this week.
We have informed the question setter of this.
If it occurs again before Christmas, do sensible
things like using spare questions, or making sure the questions
cancel out.
This makes sure the quiz is fair to both teams.
23/11/2018
Average Scores for Week 7:
Division 1 - 46
Division 2 - 41
13/11/2018
Average Scores for Week 6:
Division 1 - 46
Division 2 - 37
08/11/2018
1. Despite all the problems with questions being
used before in previous quizzes, the Committee met on 7th Nov, and
decided that all the results from Week 4 would stand.
2. Average scores for Week 4:
Division 1 - 49
Division 2 - 40
3. Average Scores for Week 5:
Division 1 - 47
Division 2 - 41
26/10/2018
1. Average Scores for Week 3:
Division 1 - 47
Division 2 - 41
17/10/2018
1. Average scores for Week 2:
Division 1 - 50
Division 2 - 45
2. All scores in early. Thanks.
10/10/2018
1. Email results to Dave Wilkinson NOT
Brian Carr (wqlresults@....) as per the current results sheet. We
will amend the results sheet as soon as possible. Dave's email
address is on your fixture cards.
2. The season has started well with combined
Colin Hughes and Les Moore trophies at the Lager Club. The Grapes
and The Magers were the winners.
3. Average scores this week Division 1 - 44,
Division 2 - 33.
4. Bear with us while we set up the new results
recording. We will try to do email as Brian did but for now all
updates will be on the website ASAP.
5. Remember it is the HOME TEAM's responsibility
to check that Questions have arrived. Dave Wilkinson has the spare
set.
29/09/2018
NEW SEASON
Reminder that the 2018 - 19 season
starts This Tuesday, 2nd October at the Lager Club
Table Quiz for all teams - Winners and
non-Winners from last season alike
Fixtures are 'in progress' for the website, but
this requires a little more work updating the page due to the new
structure of the quiz league, with just the two divisions.
04/09/2018
1 - The Season
starts on Tuesday 2nd October 8:30 at the Lager Club. Table
Quiz for ALL TEAMS.
Two Competitions
will be held. Colin Hughes Trophy for last years winners. Les
Moore Trophy for all the other teams that did not win anything
2 - The League
Season will start on Tuesday 9th October.
Restructured into
2 Leagues.
Div 1 10 Teams.
Last year's 7 Div 1 teams + Lager Club, Bowling Green and Bangor
Accs, the top 3 teams from Div 2.
Div 2 9 teams .
Last years 6 Div3 teams + Griffin, Telford and Magers, the bottom
3 teams from Div 2.
David Kenrick will
be the question setter for the first half of the season. John
Noble will set the second half of the season after Christmas.
3 - Pairs Quiz and
Divisional handicap competitions will be reinstated as league
fixtures reduced from last year.
4 - Fixture Cards
will be distributed on October 2nd.
5 - Can all teams
bring £80 cash or cheques subs for this season on Oct 2nd
6 - No results
Secretary as nobody has yet volunteered to replace Brian. Chairman
Dave and Web manager Mark will receive, sort out and publish
results and tables but these may be in a different format.
7 - All points
from the AGM have been passed on to question setters.
8 - If any teams
are short of players or if former players want to join any teams
let us know and we will match you up.
9 - Have a Good
Season everyone!
01/09/2018
There will be a committee meeting on MONDAY 3 SEPTEMBER
at the Lager Club in Wrexham.
Usual Start time of 7.30pm
We will use this to discuss any matters arising for the
start of the new season
16/06/2016
Decisions from the AGM on June 5th
* Fees are
being kept at £80 this year (Unanimous vote)
* We will move to a 2
Divisions format (Unanimous vote)
* Paired
questions will be kept as the overall format of the quiz
league (Unanimous vote)
* Paired
questions will be kept for all League quizzes (8 for, 5 against)
* Random
questions – 60 straight questions – will be trialled in Cup matches
(Unanimous vote)
* Question
setters will be asked to include more modern questions, balanced
pairs of questions, clear formatting in bold / only wanting the
surname - these notes have since been forwarded to question setters
with no apparent issues arising.
* Please can
teams clarify which team chose to answer questions first when they
submit scores
* Charity
collection for the raffle was made up to £160 which will be split
£80 to Hope House and £80 to Nightingale House
25/05/2018
AGM - Tuesday 5th June 8pm Lager Club
Can everyone try to attend please as we have several important
decisions to make.
It would also help if teams could register for next season and pay
outstanding fees and next season's fees, if possible.
Decisions need to be made regarding:
1 - League Structure
2 - Next season's fees
3 - Questions. Question Pairing / 60 random questions /
Different quiz format for Cup fixtures as a trial etc
4 - Results Secretary
Any other points, let David Jackson know.
13/05/2018
Corrected date of Committee Meeting, apologies for the mistake.
08/05/2018
Next Committee Meeting
Tuesday 22nd May, Lager Club Wrexham, 7:30pm
Annual General Meeting
Tuesday 5th June, Lager Club Wrexham, 8pm
Current items for the Agenda are a fees increase and a review of the
League Structure
Please can all teams who have won trophies bring them back to the
AGM
Anyone wising to raise issues for the AGM please contact David
Jackson ASAP
Brian Carr has moved away from the Wrexham area, to southern
England. We would like to think him for all his hard work over the
years as Results Secretary
Therefore, we now have a vacancy for Results Secretary - can anyone
interested in doing this please put themselves forward as soon as
possible
15/03/2018
*** REARRANGED FIXTURES ***
24
April 8pm Handicap Cup and Yale Final Brymbo Sports and Social
1
May L21 final round of Div 1 League games.
09/03/2018
Next Committee Meeting is on Monday 12th March at the Lager Club -
7.30 pm start
23/02/2018
CUP DRAW
Yale Trophy
Griffin v Grapes
Overton v Catholic Club
Greyhound v Buck
Telford v Hole in Wall
Elwyn Jones
Red Lion v Magers
Johnstown Legion v Bowling Green
New Inn v Lager
Bangor Accs v Horse and Jockey
Apologies for recent problems with the fixtures page not loading, a
typo had crept in along the way!
Pete is setting a charity quiz for Wrexham Food Bank.
Friday 23rd February 8:30pm at the Lager Club
Everyone Welcome
Teams up to 6
17/01/2018
Congratulations to the Horse & Jockey who won the Christmas Quiz
Thanks to John for setting questions for the first half of the
season
Fixture Cards - if any team have not received these yet please email
Dave Wilkinson
If any teams have not yet paid their fees for the seaon, please
email Dave Wilkinson for Diane's contact details
Draws for the next round of Cup competitions have been held and the
fixture list will be updated on the website
In the case of friendly matches questions will be sent to
all teams - can the Away team please contact the Home team to make
sure they are still running the quiz
Next Committee Meeting is on Monday 17th February at the Lager Club
- 7.30 pm start
11/01/2018
Committee Meeting on Monday 19th February at the Lager Club. 7.30pm
start.
01/12/2017
1. Diane has broken her ankle and is somewhat immobile. We all wish
you a speedy recovery Diane.
2 . Martin Kilcoyne has asked Keith Morris to set the Cup Questions.
Thank you Keith we look forward to your brainteasers.
3. I have booked the Catholic Club for the Christmas Quiz on 19th
December. Pete is the question setter.
4. Caergwrle Social Club did not receive their questions on the 28th
November. I don't know why as I have been receiving questions on
time.
It is the Home Team's responsibility to ensure questions have
been delivered to the venue.
Phone Brian Carr or Dave Wilkinson in case of problems
with questions - their phone numbers can be found on fixture
cards.
5. Christmas Quiz Tuesday 19th December at 8:30pm, please arrive
early for a prompt start.
Raffle in aid of Nightingale House. Prize donations are most
welcome.
Thanks
Dave Wilkinson.
09/10/2017
Have a Good Season Everybody!
Congratulations to The Grapes, who won the Colin Hughes Trophy.
07/10/2017
*** FIXTURES FOR THE 2017 - 2018 SEASON ARE NOW AVAILABLE ***
05/09/2017
1. No matters arising from the AGM. As discussed fees for the
2017/18 season are staying at £60 per team.
2. All question setters have been contacted and will be continuing
for this season.
3. Most teams have now registered for this year - Committee members
will be in touch with anyone we haven't heard from yet.
4. Fixtures and divisions are being drawn up and will be updated
ASAP with cards sent out to teams at the start of the season.
5. Preliminary dates for the start of the season are 3rd October for
the Colin Hughes Trophy (at the Lager Club), 10th October for the
first League match for all teams.
6. Teams qualified for the Colin Highes Trophy are the Greyhound,
Hole in the Wall, Catholic Club, Bowling Green, Telford, Red Lion,
Grapes, Magers, Railway, New Inn, and the Johnstown Legion. All
others are welcome to attend if they like.
7. Please keep sending news to David Wilkinson - this will be passed
on to Mark Sumner who has now taken on responsibility for all of the
website including Latest News.
Next Committee Meeting 3rd Oct 7:30pm at the Lager Club, befote the
Colin Hughes Trophy.