The Phoenix were playing the Nag’s Head, a Robinson’s pub with a delightful interior and with a better selection of beer than the usual Robbies; as well as the usual, there was Dizzy Blonde a tasty light beer, and Frederics a ruby red ale named after the founder and celebrating 175 years of brewing in Stockport.
The team are old friends from over the years who have had more success than the Phoenix in short-term promotion to the A League and were sure to be a tough team to beat.
The questions were something of a mixed bag, the Specialist in particular being difficult if not obscure and perhaps one or two will make it into the new blog being a hall of shame for obscure questions. At the end of the Specialist the score was 40 to the Nags to just 37 to the Phoenix’
A special mention must be made of the question master from the Knot Know Alls who was clearly inexperienced but controlled a game that had a lot resting on it and in which the tension broke through from time to time. Nevertheless the game was played in good humour with friendly banter. The General Knowledge rounds ended with 63 to the Nags and 76 to the Phoenix.
The tactic of the Phoenix is plain to see from the scores below – at the cost of individual glory they made sure that they answered almost all of their questions:
Bob 3/15, Wendy 3/12, Nick 6/6 and Tomo 9/15; conferred points were 11/18 with 5/10 pass-overs. The Nags picked up 9/9 pas-overs. Final score 103 to the Nags, 113 to the Phoenix.
The evening ended with a magnificent supper of a choice of sweet and sour chicken or piri piri chicken with chips and bread and butter. Many thanks to the Nags for their hospitality, to the team for their good humour and to the Knot Know Alls for their control of the game.
The end of a great season that sees the Phoenix top of the League and heading for the A League.
8 comments:
Well done to the Phoenix - no team finishes top of the League by mistake. Great effort by all concerned. See you next season!
Well done on your success - and equal, if not greater congrats for the 9 banded armadillo trophy! Steve Higginbottom once threatened a round on Dead pubs of Macclesfield, I could offer one on obscure verse forms ...
Liz H
A round on knitting,a round on Hong Kong horeseracing and a round on The Green Lantern was enough for me.The mindset of 'the swines won't get this' needs to be abolished otherwise people will pack it in!
Well done to win the title in such circumstancies!
Steve
By the way, there doesn't seem to be the facility on the 9 banded armadillo site to comment via the anonymous tag, as on this site. It might explain why all the comments are here! Can you instruct as to how to leave a comment/candidate for the award there?
Liz H
I think you just need to click on "No Comments" - it is information not an instruction ;->"
Many thanks for your earlier comment
Well done Phoenix. Looking forward to playing you next season.
Alice
"Well Done" to Nick & the rest of the WG Phoenix. Keep up the good work with the blog Nick and get your pal Duncan involved more. His common sense and abrasive style makes him the Boris Johnson of the Macc QL.
Nick - looking forward to your visits to Rushton Spencer next season - congratulations
Glad to see our Mute Swan is up for an award! Can I just point out that 'Swan' alone would not be an acceptable answer, not that I'm trying to influence the 9BA judging panel.
Cheers
Brian
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