2008-09 Finals Night

Another successful season's quizzing came to a thrilling climax at The Counting House on 21 April, with the finals of the Plate, the Brain of London and the All London Cup. Thanks to all those who helped to run the evening, and in particular to Andrew Frazer for acting as MC, and to Charly Fitzpatrick for taking the photos.

All London Plate

The Plate saw a meeting of two of the League's oldest teams, with Accrington Cylindricals starting with a 12 point lead over Atletico. The margin remained the same for the first two rounds, but then Atletico started to catch up, and a 10-1 score on round 4 saw Atletico reach half way with a point advantage. Accies rallied briefly, but a 9-2 margin in round 7 put the game out of their reach, and Atletico ran out comfortable winners. Details:

Atletico (4)	57 - 46 Venue: Counting House Reader:  Andrew Frazer Set by: Andrew Frazer	Accrington Cylindricals (16)
Robert Willer 20 Phil Smith 5 William De Ath 15 Brian Wright 13		John O'Connor 5 Roger Jacobson 5 John McDonnell 14 James Collenette 6

Brain of London

Fresh from success in the Plate, defending Champion Robert Willer faced a challenge from three Broken Hearts in Ian Bayley, Mark Grant & Jesse Honey. The questions, from our friends at the MQL, did not play to Mark's strengths, and he quickly fell off the pace, but Ian, Jesse and Robert remained locked together throughout. Three of the finalists were all still in with a chance going into the last round, with Olav in the lead, a point ahead of Kevin. However when the smoke cleared at the end of the game, Robert had just done enough to hold on to the title, with Jesse finishing as runner up.

Details: Robert Willer 13, Jesse Honey 12, Ian Bayley 11, Mark Grant 3.

All London Cup

Two of the disappointed Broken Hearts regrouped for the Cup Final, where they faced the newly crowned Division II Champions Pericardium. In an impressive display of team quizzing, Broken Hearts steadily eroded Pericardium's starting score advantage, and took the lead in round 6, going on to win the Cup for the first time. All four Broken Hearts were in double figures, and they achieved a full house in rounds 3, 6 & 8. Details:

Broken Hearts (2)	59 - 50 Venue: Counting House Reader:  Gavin Fuller Set by: Quizzica	Pericardium (8)
Jesse Honey 18 Ian Bayley 13 Sean Carey 15 Olav Bjortomt 11		Nic Paul 12 Kathryn Johnson 10 Gareth Kingston 6 David Stainer 14

Further details and pictures from the evening are available here.

And finally. Don't forget that the Charity Quiz, which had to be postponed in February because of the weather, will take place next Tuesday, 28 April, back at The Counting House.