Armchair Treasure Hunt 2007
| Title: | The Fool on the Hill |
| Setter: | Paul Coombs |
| Themes: | Italo Calvino and Tarot |
Results, Prizes and Special Awards
As usual, the points awarded for each question are equal to the number of incorrect or omitted answers to that question. This ensures that questions are valued according to their perceived level of difficulty. It also makes for big differences between teams at either end of the scale, so if you didn't get too many points then this is not necessarily a reflection on your ability.
You can peruse the detailed marking scoresheet should you so wish.
There was only one Logica team of ATH Virgins who submitted an entry by the deadline: Fool and the Gang. The team comprised just two members, Noel Aitchison and Andrew Meldrum, although it wasn't made clear which was the Fool, and which was the Gang. They claim the Best ATH Virgin prize, and also submitted a very entertaining entry. Hopefully it will act as some small consolation for their fruitless search on Leith Hill, and they will be back for more next year.
After much deliberation by the judging panel, it was finally decided to award the Setter's Special Prize for "endeavours in the face of adversity" to Arrrr, There Be Treasure, a team from South Wales captained by Chris Baker. They went to some lengths to organise their own Anneka Rice to visit Coombe Hill, and were rewarded with their first ever treasure find in their sixth ATH.
| Team Name | Captain | LH | CH | Pts | Prize | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peter D G Smith et al | Peter D G Smith | 4 | 938 | Best Overall solution | £100 | |||
| 2 | The Yarboroughs (US) | JoAnna Stansby | N | 6 | 8 | 856 | |||
| 3 | Q4T Team 1 | Peter Keen | N | 8 | 10 | 820 | |||
| 4 | I Quattro Sciocchi | Rosalind Barden | 2 | 5 | 814 | 2nd Overall | £50 | ||
| 5 | T at Brillig | Simon Groom | 9 | 12 | 784 | 3rd Overall | £25 | ||
| 6 | Team Sociometry | Jon Earl | 1 | 781 | First Leith Hill Ticket | £50 | |||
| 7 | The PATHfinders | Kailas Modha | 2 | 761 | 2nd to treasure | £75 | |||
| 8 | The Famous Five | Brian Mills | 13 | 3 | 721 | 3rd to Treasure | £50 | ||
| 9 | Alcoholus Lubricatum | Chris Andrews | 4 | 1 | 694 | First to Treasure | £125 | ||
| 10 | Team Norway | Tim North | 5 | 666 | |||||
| 11 | Mick Rogers | Mick Rogers | 522 | ||||||
| 12 | The Slow Learners | Ian Canning | 10 | 13 | 478 | ||||
| 13 | Second Hand Lot (Q4T) | Jason Westley | 11 | 11 | 477 | ||||
| 14 | Dave Kee Team | Gillian Hardy | 460 | ||||||
| 15 | Andover to Wendover | Gareth Hartwell | 9 | 442 | |||||
| 16 | Treemendously Confused (VEGA) | James Bunch | N | 3 | 438 | ||||
| 17 | Arrrr, There Be Treasure | Chris Baker | 7 | 435 | Setter's Special Prize | £25 | |||
| 18 | Invisible Settees | Clare Marsters | 12 | 434 | |||||
| 19 | Burghfield Burghers | Mike Wood | 7 | 379 | |||||
| 20 | Chiltern Fellowship | Jon Wallis | 355 | ||||||
| 21 | Twelevers (US) | Todd Becker | N | V | 334 | ||||
| 22 | Tharg and Friends | Irene Reid | N | 259 | |||||
| 23 | No Management Potential | Steve Hames | 203 | ||||||
| 24 | Milnes Team | Martin Milnes | 6 | 185 | |||||
| 25 | Leithally Perplexed | Tony Colclough | 183 | ||||||
| 26 | Fool and the Gang | Noel Aitchison | V | 118 | Best ATH Virgin | £50 |
Key
N = Non-Logica team
V = ATH Virgin
LH = Leith Hill ticket number
CH = Coombe Hill ticket number