Pembury Village Quiz Night 2008

Twenty-two teams of 6 people filled the Village Hall for this year’s Parish Council Quiz night on 9 May. The quiz, run by and in aid of the Scouts and Guides, is a firm fixture in Pembury’s calendar. The teams represented many of the organisations in the village; all were hoping to win the cup and the cheque for £250 to give to a charity of their choice. Keith Merrin was a very able quiz master and his great strength of character kept us all going to the end with the help of Adam on computer and the Trefoil Guild acting as scrutinisers.

Quick-fire rounds interspersed the themed rounds (Geography, TV Addicts, Cars, Science, Pembury Hospital(!), Drink, China, Dingbats, Animals and the traditional Pot Luck) with a ‘long round’ on anagrams. The top places varied throughout the evening, but the final result was first place to ‘Pembury Plonkers’ (formerly ‘The Dipsticks’) with ‘Universally Challenged’ second and ‘The BOFS’ in third place. The winning team received the cup from Parish Council Chairman David Coleman and the cheque which they donated to the Hospice in the Weald.

It was a very enjoyable evening, the wine and beer flowed and the raffle tickets all sold. Many thanks go to all those who came and took part, those who kindly donated raffle prizes and especially everyone who helped to organise and run the evening.

After all the expenses have been paid there will be a total profit of approximately £400 which will go the Scouts and Guides to help maintain the headquarters building. Specifically, they will spend the money raised on ‘Project Daylight’ to try and get windows in the building. 

If you didn’t win this year then better luck next year. See you then!

Janet Ditchett

Secretary of the Scout and Guide Management Committee