de Putron Challenge winners

Victoria College victorious at second Jersey De Putron Challenge

In the inter-island final held at The Grand Hotel in Jersey on Monday 28 November 2011 the Victoria College team beat Ladies College Guernsey 46-37.

The first round of the quiz was conducted in Jersey in two heats with five schools taking part. Victoria College and Hautlieu School took a convincing lead over Beaulieu Convent, last year's winners De La Salle and Jersey College for Girls to go on to compete in the second heat.

With a competitive, yet supportive atmosphere, the evening kicked off with a general knowledge round, followed by music, film, a picture board, Jersey history and culture and then each school's specialist subject.  Victoria College chose British Politics since 2000 and Hautlieu School, European History 1930-1945.  Other specialist subjects were Rivers of the World, The Films of Spielberg and The Solar System.

The two schools with the highest scores (Victoria College and Hautlieu School) then went through to the four-round grand final starting with Advanced General Knowledge followed by The World and Environment, then Technology and  Communication, and culminating in a tougher round on their chosen specialist subjects.

Captaining the Victoria College team was Ralph Spencer-Tucker who led his comrades Peter Hucker, Hugo Barette and Jack Chown.

Not only did the team pick up the coveted de Putron Challenge Trophy and the chance to compete against Guernsey but also a cheque for £1,000. The team have decided to donate some of the money towards the Sundeep Watts Memorial Fund Foundation.

Hayley de Putron, global head of investor relations at de Putron Fund Management said: "What a great evening this has been - all the teams did really well and they had certainly been doing their homework. I thoroughly enjoyed the evening and look forward to it continuing as an annual event in the schools calendar."