The Dereham Society is pleased to announce the revival of the Dereham
Town Quiz. The quiz, first held in 1977 and last held in 2008, will be
held early in 2016 and it is hoped that there will be sufficient
interest for the competition to be held on a knock-out basis over the
first months of the year, with a public final in early spring.
Please download the Entry form and further information HERE.
The Town Quiz is open to teams from Dereham and surrounding villages.
However, venues for Home ties must be within 5 miles of the town. Teams
can be from local groups, clubs, societies, businesses etc., but also
as ‘scratch’ or ad hoc groups under a given team name. Teams will comprise four individuals at each round
from up to six people nominated at the outset.
According to Jim
Stebbings who is coordinating the competition, “This was once a very
popular event in the town which attracted a large number of entrants and
was very much looked-forward to in the months after Christmas. We hope
that we get a good response so that we can organise it on a knock-out
basis rather than as the one-off quiz evening that occurred at the end
of its last life.”
Dereham Society Chairman Philip Morton said,
“This event really gets people together and creates a lot of fun and
interest. We hope too that people will get to know more about Dereham
Society and will help in our efforts to keep the Society alive”.
It is
hoped that the number of entries will enable the competition to be on a
knock-out basis. If there are insufficient entries to have a knock-out
competition over several rounds, the competition will be held with all
teams present on one evening in the first half of 2016. Date and venue
to be announced later.
Assuming the quiz is held on a ‘knock-out’ basis, there will be a Plate competition for those knocked out in the first round.
There
will be three awards: winners of the main competition; winners of the
plate competition; winner of the highest individual score in any round.
The finals of the two competitions will be held in public in the spring
of 2016, followed by the awards.
The organisers will make the draw for each round with a
Home Team and an Away Team. The Home team must provide a venue on the
given date. A venue can be a private home, a club, pub, village hall,
etc. etc. The Home Team must advise the away team of the venue.
Each
round will take place on the same night, and at the same time of 7.30
pm. Provisionally the first round will take place on Thursday, February
11th, with further rounds on Thursday March 10th and Thursday April
14th. The public final will be in May, at a date to be fixed. As
mentioned above, the number of rounds will ultimately be determined by
reference to the number of team entering.
Results and draw
details for each round will be published on the Dereham Society website and on the
Society notice boards adjacent to Dereham Post Office and in Wright’s
Walk.
The cost of entry will be £5 per team. Funds will be used
by the organisers to meet administration costs and prizes etc. Any
surplus will be for the benefit of Dereham Society.
Please download more information and Entry forms HERE. Entries need
to be submitted by 15 December with the first round planned to take place
during February, 2016 and a public final in the spring of 2016.
