Literary ladies
A team of bookworms from The Queen’s School has won this year’s Cheshire Inter-School Book Quiz with the highest score seen by judges in the 30 year history of the competition.
Guided and encouraged by the school’s head librarian, Gilly Mayes, year 8 students Isabelle Ardon, Rhiannon Jones and Mareen Zachariah of Chester and Fiona Stockton of Frodsham had to work their way through six tough rounds, involving twenty seven schools, in order to reach the final. The four schools which made the final, which was held at the St.Mary’s Centre, Chester, were The Queen’s School, Eaton Bank School, of Congleton, Birchwood Community High School, of Warrington, and Hartford High School, of Hartford near Northwich.
Six book titles were given to the schools by the organisers of the competition. In the final the Queen’s team faced a series of demanding questions, which tested their response to a number of designated titles as well as their general literary knowledge.
Gilly Mayes said:
“The girls worked hard to achieve their place in the final, giving up their time to read the books and to answer the questions in each round. We did practice a lot over break and dinner times which obviously paid off! I’m delighted that they did so well, as the competition has increased and encouraged their reading and inspired their peers. Taking part has been a real pleasure and ultimately very rewarding.”
Popular author Cliff McNish presented the delighted winners with their cup.
“It was a very exciting final,” added Isabelle Ardron. “We were really happy to win.”
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Literary ladies: the winners of the Cheshire Inter-School Book Quiz (left to right), Fiona Stockton, of Frodsham, aged 12, Rhiannon Jones, of Chester, aged 12, Isabelle Ardron, of Chester, aged 12, Gilly Mayes, Head Librarian and Mareen Zachariah, aged 13.
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