After three exciting rounds we reached the Grand Final of the Senior Div Quiz on Thursday evening. As the two highest scoring teams, our finalists were Port Jackson Division and Macquarie Division, who came into the Grand Final having scored 230 and 310 points respectively during their First Round completions. Tensions were high from the start, and the partisan crowd were energetic and engaged. Port Jackson, led by team captain James, surged into an early 60 points to nil lead, before Rory's Macquarie had a run of their own and started to haul the opposition back in. From there on in it was neck and neck all the way, with neither side pulling out a significant lead. Going into the final seconds a single starter question either way could have made the difference, but Port Jackson were just slightly the faster on the buzzer and managed to hang on, finishing on 265 points to Macquarie's 250. This means that the reigning two time champions, Macquarie, have now been dethroned.

Both sides competed superbly, and handled some difficult and eclectic questions from the Quizmaster, Dr Hart. Thanks are due also to Mr Quinlan for his invaluable tech support throughout, and to Mr Sumner for providing the memorable voiceovers.