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Summer Friendly League

The Summer Friendly League was introduced by The Quiz League of London in 2009.

There are six teams, which are created for each season using a draft system. Three teams play a round robin at either The Artillery Arms or The Crown on a match night. The aim is for new players to become part of The Quiz League of London by making this an easy competition in which to participate.

The six teams for the 2012 league were drawn in a draft on 15 May at The One Tun. Each player was given a starting handicap, based on performances over the last season with a higher handicap given to new players, adding an extra layer of team strategy!

(team secretaries in bold, individual handicaps in brackets)

Clean and Jerk	Goodwin team	Kingston Team
Simon Belcher (4) Fraser Cameron (5) Ian Clark (1) Chris Clough (8) Mark Cooper (1) Will Howells (5) Jon Jacob (0) Nick Patterson (4) Barry Scott (4) Andy Ward (4)	Erik Arthur (7) Simon Black (8) Peter Ebden (8) Ken Emond (2) Ross Goodwin (1) Sam Goodyear (3) Stuart McLachlan (1) Ian Orriss (1) John Porcella (6) Paul Sinha (0)	Sean Carey (1) Fred Filby (0) Andrew Frazer (1) Mark Grant (0) Colin Heinink (8) Colin Kidd (2) Gareth Kingston (1) Vivek Mahajan (4) Ed Vout (4) Uche Wodu (8)
Stainer Team	Synchronised Drowners	Wincott team
Roger Bennett (0) Edmund Dickinson (8) Barry Humphrey (7) Michael Levy (2) Jeremy Meers (6) Mark Rae (4) Roger Robinson (2) Stuart Solomons (2) Tom Speller (4) David Stainer (0)	Ed Dovey (3) Gavin Fuller (0) Thomas Grinyer (7) Barry Grossman (1) Ned Pendleton (5) David Smith (5) Phil Smith (3) Iain Thoms (8) Mark Walton (1) Gill Woon (1)	Tom Barnes (4) Jonathan Carter (3) Andy Crane (2) John Grant (1) Quentin Holt (0) David Lea (0) Amy Macpherson (8) Ray Ward (1) Jack Welsby (1) Traci Whitehead (5) Matthew Wincott (6)

The league will run from 19 June to 4 September, with two weeks off for the Olympics. Dates for the fixtures are available here.

Differences

The normal QLL rules within matches will apply, but there will be some differences.

Three teams at each venue will play a round-robin where the 'non-playing' team officiates.
Two matches, both counting towards league position per team per match night.

That means...

No need to provide scorers or time-keepers as this is done by another team.
Never more than four people per team will be required for a match night.
Matches will start at 8 p.m. to accommodate three fixtures per match night.
No need to provide friendly quizzes as all matches will be competitive.

Also:

Players will not be required to seek committee approval to switch teams.
Teams will not be required to provide food.
The Summer Friendly League will be free to enter!

Summer Friendly League matches are expected to take place in the more relaxed way that goes with the season. In warm and dry weather, we hope that some matches can be played outdoors.

Quizzes

The Summer Friendly League is free to enter, but participating teams are required to provide one new set of questions for use in a match in which they are not involved. As with Winter league friendlies, these will be submitted to an approved checker for editing.

QLL's on-line Quizmaker is available to all QLL teams, and can be accessed here.

Quiz setting guidance is available here, and the idea is that the quizzes should be welcoming to new teams and enjoyable for existing teams.

Quizzes for the other matches will be set by a team of approved setters.

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2011-2012 League Division 1
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	B	Pts
C	Allsorts	17	12	1	4	954	793	161	16	66
2	Nomads	17	11	2	4	880	790	90	15	63
3	Pericardium	17	11	1	5	876	810	66	13	59
4	Atletico	17	9	2	6	864	800	64	11	51

5	Broken Hearts	17	9	0	8	844	806	38	15	51
6	Banana Splits	17	5	3	9	757	837	-80	13	39
R	Sons o' Dessert	17	3	2	12	716	854	-138	5	21
R	Barb	17	2	1	14	669	870	-201	4	14

2011-2012 League Division 2
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	B	Pts
C	Gray Monks	17	14	0	3	862	673	189	14	70
P	Mealy Bugs	17	13	0	4	822	671	151	11	63
3	Eclectics	17	9	0	8	714	729	-15	8	44
4	Royal Oak	17	8	0	9	678	743	-65	5	37

5	Pineapple	17	7	1	9	752	740	12	10	40
6	Telstars	17	9	0	8	715	749	-34	2	38
R	Flutterers	17	4	1	12	680	771	-91	5	23
R	Sir C. Campbell	17	3	0	14	624	771	-147	3	15

2011-2012 League Division 3
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	B	Pts
C	Amoebas	16	13	0	3	728	604	124	3	55
P	Fit For Purpose?	16	11	2	3	701	620	81	4	52
3	Accies	16	8	5	3	667	628	39	1	43
4	Sons Arising	16	9	1	6	671	641	30	4	42
5	Outcasts	16	8	1	7	661	607	54	6	40
6	Rosslyn Park	16	6	2	8	660	694	-34	8	36
7	Hoop Dreamers	16	6	1	9	632	637	-5	6	32
8	Ceefax the Cat	16	3	1	12	566	699	-133	4	18
9	London Scottish	16	1	1	14	545	701	-156	3	9

2011-2012 President's Cup
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	B	Pts
C	Sussex	10	8	0	2	483	399	84	7	39
2	Westminster	10	6	0	4	427	418	9	4	28
3	London	10	6	0	4	433	423	10	1	25
4	Beds & Herts	10	5	0	5	394	430	-36	0	20
5	Cambridge	10	3	0	7	407	440	-33	3	15
6	Masterminders	10	2	0	8	410	444	-34	3	11

2011 Summer Friendly League
	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	+/-	B	Pts
C	Owls	20	16	0	4	926	818	108	4	68
2	Rats	20	13	0	7	869	792	77	6	58
3	Cranes	20	10	1	9	862	833	29	11	53
4	Wolves	20	9	1	10	864	860	4	7	45
5	Chimeras	20	6	0	14	772	865	-93	6	30
6	Beast	20	5	0	15	737	862	-125	5	25

Competitions

League Championship
All London Cup
Brain of London
President's Cup
National Team Quiz Festival
Summer Friendly League