Armchair Treasure Hunt 2021
| Title: | The Twelve Days of Cold Christmas |
| Setters: | The Urban Marsupial Orchestra |
| Themes: | The Twelve Days of Christmas, Prime Meridians, Cold |
Results, Prizes and Special Awards
The marking scheme is provided in the Answers document. A total of 34 teams submitted answers, including two virgin teams. There were six successful treasure finds and many more excursions to the Cold Christmas area and its muddy bridleways.
The Urban Marsupial Orchestra awarded several additional prizes this year, most notably the James Medhurst Memorial Mug for Most Bonkers Theory to Team Poirot for making a beeline to many bee references we did not even know were in the hunt!
The Roboogle AftermATH team possibly came across someone else’s treasure hunt at HMP Welwyn Pear Tree Farm, and the appropriately named Masterchef at nearby number 16, hence were awarded the What the …? Award for the sheer strangeness of coincidence. Team FocalPt were the only team to fully identify all the Humphreys and milk thieves connections and earned themselves the Milk Bottle Award.
Finally, a special mention to the Dave Kee Team and Arthur and his Three Agathas, who clubbed together in an Olympic spirited show of International Cooperation, and earned themselves the Best Story award.
| Team Name | Captain | Box | Pts | Prize | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Magpie | Neil Talbott | 3 | 5792 | Best Overall Solution (Dave Harding Trophy) & 3rd to Treasure | |||
| 2 | Alcoholus Lubricatum | Simon Long | 1 | 5324 | 1st to Treasure (Pablo Memorial Trophy) & 2nd Best Solution | |||
| 3 | Psychologicals | 5137 | 3rd Best Solution | |||||
| 4 | Beef Leamington | Angus Walker | 2 | 4918 | 2nd to Treasure | |||
| 5 | Drummond Street Irregulars | Richard Grafen | 4703 | |||||
| 6 | Buridan’s ATH | V | 4463 | Best Virgin Team | ||||
| 7 | The PATHfinders | Matthew Hulbert | 4331 | |||||
| 8 | Apopheniacs Anonymous | Mark Abbott | 4 | 4121 | ||||
| 9 | Team FocalPt | Phil Hind | 6 | 3876 | Milk Bottle Award | |||
| 10 | Nevermore, provisionally | Colin Bell | 3687 | |||||
| 11 | Team Poirot | Peter Carr | 3644 | James Medhurst Memorial Mug for Most Bonkers Theory | ||||
| 12 | No Management Potential | Steve Hames | 3366 | |||||
| 13 | Tweleve Pack | Dave Bercik | 2977 | |||||
| 14 | Arthur & his three Agathas with the Dave Kee Team | Dave Kee & Andie Mayr | 5 | 2866 | Best Hunt Story & Special Commendation for International Cooperation | |||
| 15 | Roboogle AftermATH | Graham Longbottom | 2772 | What the ...? Award | ||||
| 16 | The OWLs | Jo Cooper | 2531 | |||||
| 17 | The Mullitovers | Jason McKay | 2484 | |||||
| 18 | Unstable Geniuses | Catherine Britt | 2325 | |||||
| 19 | Cachew Nuts | Brian Parks | 2278 | |||||
| 20 | Puzzle Club | Kathy Hylott | 2096 | |||||
| 21 | Chiltern Fellowship | Steve Minter | 1803 | |||||
| 22 | Five Minutes Faster | Jody Kelly | 1710 | |||||
| 23 | Team Norway | Tim North | 1590 | |||||
| 24 | Johnny from Donny | John Felton | 1396 | |||||
| 25 | f.ds | Michael Goble | 1368 | |||||
| 26 | Famous Five + | Brian Mills | 1177 | |||||
| 27 | Raiders up the Wrong Bark | Margaret Cooper | 1134 | |||||
| 28 | The Stragglers | John Garrison | 865 | |||||
| 29 | Team Sociometry | Adrian Rose | 839 | |||||
| 30 | Red Dot Hunters | Chris Sparks | 832 | |||||
| 31 | Almost Last Again | Gareth Hartwell | 728 | |||||
| 32 | Northern Lights | Gill Rodger | 722 | |||||
| 33 | Pit Stop | Kim Graham | V | 544 | ||||
| 34 | Optimus Very Sub-Prime | Mike Wood | 424 |
Key:
V = ATH Virgin