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Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Quiz League

Final of the 31st Annual Champion of Champions Contest

29 April 2000

 

The final of this year’s Wise Old Owls Yorkshire Quiz League annual Champion of Champions knock-out contest was won by the Branch Road Inn of Greetland (Halifax).  They defeated the New Inn of Walton (S. Wakefield).  Full details, as well as a full set of the questions, can be found on the Wise Old Owls web-site at  ‘https://members.tripod.com/wiseoldowls/’.

 

The final was played at the Lee Brigg Working Men’s Club, Altofts on Wednesday 26th April in front of about a hundred spectators.  The winners add their names to an illustrious list of past champions that stretches back to 1969 when the Beeley Wood of Sheffield won the inaugural competition (for the full list see ‘https://members.tripod.com/wiseoldowls/Champion_of_Champions)/’.

 

The same night the Lord Nelson of Crigglestone defeated Cleckheaton’s Old Pack Horse ‘B’ in the ‘Plate Final’.  The occasion also saw the Wise Old Owls presenting trophies and certificates to the winners of its six Yorkshire leagues.  These were, Cellar Bar of Batley, British Queen of Bradford, Wentworth Arms of Middlestown, New Inn of Walton, Sportsman of Sheffield and the Clife Tree of Wakefield.

 


For More Information Contact:

 

Chris Jones

Wise Old Owls

PO Box 110, Wakefield, West Yorkshire, WF2 8YU, England

Tel: 07931 309021 (mobile) or 01924 890582 (ansaphone)

 

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