2002 NAQT British Championship

For the first time in five competitions, a team other than Oxford won the title, as Manchester A avenged a loss earlier in the tournament by defeating Oxford A 435-260 in the Grand Final to win the NAQT British Universities' Quiz Championship.

The competition, held at the Center for Mathematical Sciences at the University of Cambridge featured a field of 10 teams competing in a round-robin, followed by final between the top two teams.

Team Statistics

Team

W

L

PF

PA

Diff

Bonus %

Oxford A

9

0

3840

1580

2260

67.5%

Manchester A

8

1

2975

1720

1255

62.0%

Oxford B

7

2

2955

1640

1315

61.1%

Manchester B

5

4

2325

2045

280

51.7%

Imperial

4

5

2135

2260

-125

51.0%

Birkbeck

4

5

1900

2440

-540

49.8%

Cambridge A

3

6

1885

2310

-425

44.6%

UCL

2

7

1630

2660

-1030

48.0%

Cambridge B

2

7

1540

2510

-970

44.3%

UMIST

1

8

1095

3115

-2020

40.8%

Individual Statistics

Player

Team

Games

+15

+10

-5

Points

PPG

Stephen Pearson Manchester A 10 24 35 12 650 65.00
Laura Campbell Oxford A 10 16 35 11 535 53.50
David Stainer Oxford B 9 15 26 10 435 48.33
Ed Wallace Cambridge A 9 11 26 17 340 37.78
Paul Telford Manchester A 10 7 29 8 355 35.50
Simon Rogerson Manchester B 9 8 22 5 315 35.00
David Conway UCL 9 8 21 4 310 34.44
Luke Pitcher Oxford A 10 12 16 1 335 33.50
Andrew Ruddle UMIST 9 4 23 3 275 30.56
Tim Austen Oxford A 10 5 26 7 300 30.00
Thomas Burnside Manchester B 9 7 18 3 270 30.00
Edward Laird Oxford B 9 9 17 9 260 28.89
Tony Gillham Birkbeck 8 11 11 9 230 28.75
Patrick Hayes Imperial 9 6 18 5 245 27.22
Colum Gallivan Birkbeck 8 7 13 5 210 26.25
Lloyd Kilford Imperial 9 7 16 6 235 26.11
Dorjana Sirola Oxford A 10 4 20 0 260 26.00
Robert Lawrence UMIST 9 5 17 5 220 24.44
Neil Fairweather Manchester B 9 5 15 1 220 24.44
Maziyar Hariri Cambridge B 9 2 19 1 215 23.89
James Medhurst Birkbeck 8 5 13 6 175 21.88
Darius Fidgett Imperial 9 4 14 1 195 21.67
Peter Baker Oxford B 9 8 9 4 190 21.11
Lawrence Drever Cambridge B 9 6 12 7 175 19.44
Sunil Rao Imperial 9 4 15 7 175 19.44
Lucy Brant UCL 9 6 9 3 165 18.33
Freya McClements Oxford B 9 3 17 10 165 18.33
Chris Turtle Cambridge B 9 5 12 7 160 17.78
Chris Martin Cambridge A 9 3 18 13 160 17.78
Thor Halland Birkbeck 8 3 12 6 135 16.88
Tim Howles Cambridge A 9 4 11 4 150 16.67
Gillian Beattie Manchester B 9 1 13 1 140 15.56
David Marsh UCL 9 3 9 1 130 14.44
Chris Quince Manchester A 10 5 11 12 125 12.50
Gary Doherty Cambridge A 9 3 8 3 110 12.22
Matthew Mayer Cambridge B 9 2 9 4 100 11.11
Katie Bramall UCL 9 1 10 11 60 6.67
Neil Kaye Manchester A 10 1 7 5 60 6.00
Thomas Bamforth Birkbeck 4 1 0 0 15 3.75