Woking & District Sports Quiz League

 

2025/26 Season Review & AGM

 

The 2025/26 season was the 35th edition of the league which first began in 1991. The league format was the same as the previous season with all six teams in a single division played alongside the Handicap League, which was won by Northwood Town. The league title was won by London Calling helped by the return of Matt Behan to their regular line up and former Sports Mastermind winner Chris Bell, who made six appearances. Conversely, Northwood winners in 2024 & 2025 made a slow start due to a couple of early season absences of John Hayes leaving them with too much ground to make up. 

 

In other competitions the Buzzer Cup under its new single night round robin format was played without the use of a buzzer as the equipment could not be found. However, we muddled through and Boxgrove Scorpions deservedly claimed their second Buzzer Cup, the first since 2012. The 2025/26 Football Buzzer has been rescheduled on one night during the first half of the 2026/27 season. 

 

In the individual events Matt Behan of London Calling won the Division 1 singles pipping Howard Mandy on the last match. The Dave Smith Cup was won for the first time by Albert Sanders of St. Johns Wood Strollers, who have now won the past three editions with three different players. 

 

In other events the season ending Woodbridge Shield was a 3-way tie with Northwood, London Calling & Boxgrove all finishing on 127 points. The Football Quiz was won by Kingsmeadow for the second season running, and The Geoff Richards Trophy for the best quiz of the season was awarded to London Calling’s first quiz with an average score of 7.8.  

 

2025/26 Winners

 

Division One: London Calling 

Handicap League: Northwood Town 

Buzzer Cup: Boxgrove Scorpions 

Football Buzzer Cup: Not yet played 

Football Quiz: Kingsmeadow

Woodbridge Shield: NorthwoodTown, London Calling & Boxgrove Scorpions 

Singles: Matt Behan 

Dave Smith Cup: Albert Sanders 

Geoff Richards Trophy: London Calling #1

 

AGM

 

Next season, our 36th year, will  feature only five teams due to the withdrawal of London Calling in a single league format. Two proposals were agreed as follows:

 

1 A trial of a team quiz based on the singles evening format to evaluate its potential to be a variant league fixture in future seasons.

 

2 Both the Buzzer Cup and Football Buzzer Cup to be held on one single evening.