Wow! What can we say about Evan Lynch’s masterful win at the UK Quizzing Circuit individual event yesterday? Evan was ahead of second-placed Paul Sinha by 6.9 points, on a tough, but beautifully-written set by Dave McBryan. Evan scored 128.8, with Paul on 121.9, and Northern Ireland’s Brian Craythorne took the bronze with 119.5.
Here are the top 10 scores overall …
TOP 10
| 1 – Evan Lynch [128.8] |
| 2 – Paul Sinha [121.9] |
| 3 – Brian Craythorne [119.5] |
| 4 – Pat Gibson [119.4] |
| 5 – Hugh Bennett [119] |
| 6 – Oliver Levy [117] |
| 7 – Tim Hall [116.8] |
| 8 – Seoan Webb [113.6] |
| 9 – Scott Dawson [113.2] |
| 10 – George Scratcherd [111.7] |
Thank you to everyone who battled out to venues in the midst of a the train strikes, and thank you to Dave McBryan for setting the quiz.
You can see how you would have done by buying the questions here.
Next month’s set has been written by Steve Lilley, so we’re already looking forward to that!
British Pairs Championship
We also ran the British Pairs Championship yesterday! This quiz consisted of 100 questions, across seven papers, and saw Pat Gibson and Scott Dawson win with 78 points. Second place went to Anne Hegerty and Paul Sinha with 75 points, and third place was taken by Tom Mead and Nick Archer with 71.
You can buy the questions here.
Here are the final results:
| Position | Player One | Player Two | Venue | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Round 7 | TOTAL |
| 1 | Pat Gibson | Scott Dawson | Stretford | 10 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 78 |
| 2 | Anne Hegerty | Paul Sinha | Northampton | 8 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 14 | 75 |
| 3 | Tom Mead | Nick Archer | Northampton | 9 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 71 |
| 4 | Ailsa Watson | Ben Russell Jones | Edinburgh | 6 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 69 |
| 5 | John Hall | Jamie Hall | Stretford | 9 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 68 |
| 6 | Rob Sutherland | Alan Morgan | Northampton | 9 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 67 |
| 6 | Alan Gibbs | Kathryn Johnson | Northampton | 6 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 67 |
| 6 | Ben Vincent | Andrew Whittingham | Stretford | 9 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 67 |
| 6 | Steve Cooke | Barry Simmons | Grimsby | 7 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 67 |
| 10 | Mark Eves | Amit De | Northampton | 6 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 65 |
| 11 | Oliver Levy | Ebb Saxton | Northampton | 7 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 62 |
| 12 | Mick Conroy | James Skinner | Northampton | 6 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 61 |
| 12 | John Robinson | Chris Grandison | Northampton | 5 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 61 |
| 14 | Lawrence Cook | Isabelle Heward | Grimsby | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 12 | 59 |
| 15 | Dennis Dennis | Steve Lilley | Canterbury | 8 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 58 |
| 16 | Martin Wightman | Ian Grieve | Stretford | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 57 |
| 17 | Andrew Burford | Harry Heath | Northampton | 7 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 55 |
| 18 | Andrew Hunter | Diane Hallagan | Grimsby | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 52 |
| 19 | Callum McClements | Richard Appleyard | Aberdeen | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | 51 |
| 19 | Ian Fennell | Pam Douglas | Northampton | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 51 |
| 19 | John Larkin | Blake Robinson | Northampton | 7 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 51 |
| 22 | James Davidson | Donald Anderson | Aberdeen | 6 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 49 |
| 22 | Colin Daffern | Simon Chiltern | Northampton | 8 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 49 |
| 24 | Stephen Charles | Paul Rowe | Northampton | 5 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 48 |
| 25 | Robert Dalrymple | Keli Hamer | Northampton | 7 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 47 |
| 26 | Sam Holden | Jason Butler | Canterbury | 6 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 46 |
| 27 | Scott Douthwaite | Sophie Good | Northampton | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 44 |
| 27 | Gary Morewood | Stuart Field | Grimsby | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 44 |
| 27 | Will Gausden | Derek Moody | Stretford | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 44 |
| 30 | Joe Day | Jessica Smriti | Northampton | 7 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 42 |
| 30 | Paul Emerson | John Good | Canterbury | 6 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 42 |
| 32 | Ian Riddoch | Martyn Smith | Northampton | 6 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 35 |
| 33 | Geoff Jordan | Ian Easton | Canterbury | 6 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 33 |
| 33 | Graham Ashley | Alan Farnsworth | Grimsby | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 33 |
