Results & Match Reports

Star result of the week was at St Caths Club where Albert Park notched a surprise away victory against high-flying St Caths.  With Fifth Finger getting a walkover against X-Pats, this leaves Kieran's mob clear at the top for the first time this season.  Elsewhere:

• Opsimaths beat the Brains in a close fought game at the Albert Club

• Snoopy's beat the Historymen and thus leapfrog past them into third place behind St Caths

•  Electric Pigs beat Ethel Rodin at the Red but as yet I haven't got the actual scores - so Gary if you still have them......

Quiz Paper Verdict

This week we were entertained by another quirky quiz from Stumped.  The crossword round seems, again, to have been pretty popular but some of the other rounds were a bit of a mixed bag.  The 'bete noir' question at the Albert Club was (Round 3 Q1) about the 3 Welsh Snooker champs.  We were convinced that Ray Reardon was Welsh and that Doug Mountjoy never won the Crucible event.  I understand Historyman Ivor had similar misgivings.  I was also a bit surprised when I went to the UGC cinema the following evening at Parr's Wood (to see 'Touching the Void' - fantastic tale) and saw a trailer for 'Dogville' which was advertised as one of the great new films of the new year (Round 1 Q7).  Oh, and Round 8 was missing Question 6.

Across the matches the average aggregate score was 65.3 with actual aggregates varying from 68 (St Caths/Albert Park) to 61 (Snoopy's/Historymen) - so a bit on the low side. 

The Question of the Week

Albert Park have nominated the whole of the Crossword round (Round 4) for the prestigious 'Question of the Week' award.  To see this round and all the other questions click here.

Chatterbox

Some of you may have seen the question below which I came across over the Christmas break:

Only 5 players have scored at least one goal for each of 5 different Premiership clubs since the Premiership began in the 1990's.  Name them.

One for Damian or Kieran maybe?

If you think you know, send me the answers via the 'Contact Us' option off the menu above and I'll give a mention to the first all correct answer received.

Answers next week (if I can remember them).

Fr Megson

Fr M and the Black Dog

Just a brief word from Fr M this week, ending with a dire warning for all who find thinking of numbers as well as answers too taxing for a Wednesday night:

Fr. Megson kept his team behind for an extra 5 hours training at the bar following their latest lie down and die performance in the league.  He has now been given the dreaded vote of confidence by the Landlord and his wife so expect him to follow Fr. Hoddle down the road to oblivion in the not too distant future.  No wonder he is feeling a little under the frog at the moment and hasn't the energy to face writing a sermon this week.  If he can shrug off the Black Dog of depression he might do one next week.  He will review the situation when he gets out of bed next Monday afternoon.

Enjoy your bingo quiz next week.