Newbridge come back to win quiz on tiebreak
Held in Tullamore last night, the first two teams produced an absolute cliffhanger. Newbridge were behind by 22 marks after round four and clawed their way back to level the contest after round 10 with both teams on 106.
On the breakdown of correctly answered individual questions, both teams were again equal so it went to a tiebreaker which Newbridge won. The Newbridge team consisted of Ciaran O’Carroll, Ralph Hurley-O’Dwyer, Neil Diver and Daniel Diver.
The second quiz, number 192, resulted in a win for High School Rathgar, Dublin, on 102 marks with Avondale Community College, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow on 82. The Rathgar team consisted of Mark Horgan, Tom Rostengrave, Beth Kelly and Evan O’Callaghan.
Meanwhile, two cracking quarter finals of the TCH School Quiz took place on Wednesday evening at Jury’s Hotel Cork involving teams from Kerry, Limerick and Cork.
On this occasion Cork schools were victorious in both sessions which were hotly contested.
In the first session Ardscoil Phobal Bantry beat Tarbert Comprehensive Kerry by 106 to 98. Tarbert fought back from a poor start to come within six points at the end.
Colaiste an Spioraid Naomh from Cork had a very tense battle with Ardscoil Ris from Limerick winning 108 to 104 with never more than four points separating the teams at any point.
Results.
Quiz 195: Ardscoil Phobal Bantry 106 (A Daly, B McGrath, B Casey, D O’Mahony).
Tarbert Comprehensive 98 (K Dalton, C Trant, J O’Keeffe, M Fitzgerald).
Quiz 196. Colaiste an Spioraid Naomh Cork 108 (B Buttimer, D Brazil, J Lynch, E McSwiney).
Ardscoil Ris Limerick 104 (D O’Connor, S Healy, P Fahy-Browne, K McCarthy).
Both winners now progress to the semi-finals on May 9.
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