Shipwrecks Win Something!

Hot news from the world of pub quizzery: Last night witnessed a major upset when the Shipwrecks outfit came out tops of the Ship Inn pub quiz, astounding the bookies and bringing back vague memories of our double winning season on the field in 2004.

Less charitable participants claimed that the team had breached quiz rules by fielding five players instead of four, but those familiar with the Club will of course realise that this was just down to the usual disorganisation and remember all those occasions when we have turned up for games overmanned or short-staffed.

The hastily assembled squad of Colin Taylor, John McMillan, Donald McCuiag, Sid Oates and Jim Worthington all performed creditably on the night, amassing a total of 73 which compares favourably with some of our less auspicious cricket totals. Key moments in the quiz, besides gaining an amazing 22/25 in the music round,  were remembering the name of a hurling stick, Lord Rockingham XI's 1958 hit, the oldest whisky distillery in the world and Ronald Reagan's middle name, all of which were answered successfully.

The first prize of £20 was donated by unanimous consent of team members to club funds to help cover the heavy cost of the forthcoming AGM celebrations.

Whether we can maintain this sort of form when the season starts is another matter.

Pub Quiz

St Michael's CC have organised a pub quiz! For those who are too short-sighted to read the poster illustration (left), it's on Sunday 10th February @ 7.00 p.m. at our home venue The Ship Inn

It is already known that our arch rivals Irving Meadow will be putting in a team, so it's obviously imperative that we put together a coxless four to defend the honour of The Shipwrecks on the night.  Indeed it might be worth turning out some of our old lags who are known quiz maestros (e.g. McMillan, Tate, Pattie, etc) although now confined to sick deck as far as cricket is concerned.

Good news is that the event will be run by our own Geoff Dean and Liz Dickie, so there must be some chance of a few soft, seafaring questions coming our way.

Apparently the terms of engagement are:-

• 3 pieces of silver each to play
• ?? gold dubloons to the winning team
• raffle mid-voyage with hidden treasure

In view of the venue, the worst losing team will presumably have to walk the plank!

Any volunteers? 

Pub Quiz

Our own Geoff Dean, assisted by the charming Liz Dickie, will be running a Pub Quiz at The Ship Inn on Sunday 19^th February, starting at 7.30 p.m. prompt. Entry will be £3.00 per head including sandwiches and randomly selected teams will compete for a top prize of £30 cash.

The event has been organised in support of St Michael's Cricket Club but we thought some of you might like to take part in spite of this.

To book your place in advance, contact Colin Taylor on 01387-263775