University Challenge team (L-R): Mark Priest (Captain), Keith Joseph, Stuart Cooper and Noel Leggett, the University of Newcastle, Australia - 1990

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DescriptionThis photo appeared in the Bulletin, Number 18, 1990. The text was: "Newcastle students' quiz victories The UniversityÃ¢Â€Â™s representatives look set for a good year in the University Challenge following two recent victories. The students defeated a team of teaching staff by a big margin in their final practice match at the union before facing the University of New South Wales at Kensington. In a nail-bitting finish, Newcastle and UNSW tied on 220 points each at the end of half an hour. Neither team could answer the first tie-breaking question, and another one was called for. Newcastle got in first, to defeat the strong UNSW side. Without television support this year, University Challenge has become a lunch-time entertainment on several campuses and five Universities Ã¢Â€Â“ New South Wales, Sydney, Macquarie, Wollongong and Newcastle Ã¢Â€Â“ have organised their own competition. Newcastle has an enthusiastic squad, but the pressure of exams forced a number of players to miss the day-long trip to Kensington on October 18. The first-choice team, how was intact. Last yearÃ¢Â€Â™s captain, Mr Mark Priest, a second-year Science student, led the team again. Mr Noel Leggatt, who is studying modern languages, also cam from last yearÃ¢Â€Â™s side, which made the finals of the televised national competition. They were joined by Mr Stuart Cooper (second year Mathematics and Computing Science) and Mr Keith Joseph (second year Medicine), In their only practice together before the competition, the students faced a team led by Professor Frank Bates Ã¢Â€Â“ who was captain of Sheffield UniversityÃ¢Â€Â™s team in 1966. Professor Bates and his colleagues, Associate Professor Colin Keay, Associate Professor Norman Talbot and Professor Ian Plimer, found the students too quick. Mr Priest said later the practice match had been invaluable. Ã¢Â€ÂœThe academics knew the answers all right, but we had all had too much practice on the buzzer system. They just couldnÃ¢Â€Â™t get in fast enough. Ã¢Â€ÂœIt gave us a lot confidence for the match at Kensington because it was the first time Noel and I had played with Stuart and Keith. Ã¢Â€ÂœNew South Wales had three of last yearÃ¢Â€Â™s four players back again, so they were not only very strong but also experienced in the pressures of sitting on stage in front of a noisy audience and using the buzzers. Ã¢Â€ÂœOfficially, in this first round, all that counts is how many points you score. Ã¢Â€ÂœBut a tie was such a let-down after such a tense game that both sides felt we should play a tie-breaker to satisfy the audience. We knew we were strong enough to win, and we did itÃ¢Â€Â. NewcastleÃ¢Â€Â™s second and final match in the first round of the competition was at to Wollongong on Friday, October 26. The Professors were generous enough to line up again to provide the team with more practice. Semi-finals of the competition are being held at Macquarie University, with Sydney the proposed venue for the final." This image was scanned from a photograph in the University's historical photographic collection held by Special Collections. If you have any information about this photograph, or would like a higher resolution copy, please contact us or leave a comment.InformationDatenot specifiedSourcehttps://www.flickr.com/photos/uon/4480952072/

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CollectionUniversity of Newcastle HistorySubjectMark PriestKeith JosephStuart CooperNoel Leggett

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