The biggest charity wine and wisdom event staged in the county town this year raised £8k for good causes.

Twenty nine teams, each of eight people, competed for the KM Big Charity Quiz trophy with Supernova defeating Medway Mail and Females by just two points.

The top four teams will all go through to the county final taking on highest placed teams from the Medway, Canterbury and Ashford heats of the charity event.

As well as educational initiatives supporting primary schools in Maidstone with literacy, road safety and walk to school schemes, a slice of the proceeds will go toward Dandelion Time, the Kent Messenger’s charity of the year.

Question master for the event, Simon Dolby, praised a clutch of businesses for their backing and support of the event including Barclays bank, Shepherd Neame, Day, Smith Hunter accountants, Qube Recruitment, McDonalds, Maidstone Leisure Centre, Independent Music Productions, Eurostar and MHA MacIntyre Hudson.

Mr Dolby said: “All of our event partners were absolutely brilliant, but I particularly want to thank Shepherd Neame and Barclays. Volunteers from Barclays branches in Maidstone and Medway manned the Spitfire Charity Bar at the event which had all its beverages donated by Sheps. Barclays then matched the cash raised on the night to enable us to generate a fantastic amount for good causes.”

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Score Table:

1st Supernova 61 points, 2 Medway Mail and Females 59, 3 Farleigh Kop 56, 4 Only Two Wattsits in our team 55, 5 Gone West 54, 6 Team Chartway 53, 7 Dawdler's Revolt, Wild Bunch 50, 9 Fuzzy Ducks 49, 10 Beanstalk 48, 11 Universally Challenged, Dandelion Time 47, 13 Walnuteers, The Smiths 46, 15 Downswood Bells 45, 16 Chain Gang, The Days 44, 18 MacIntyre Mavericks 41, 19 Reluctant Eight, Grounds for Divorce, Sams R Us, The Hunters, Hope Over Experience 40, 24 Team Barclays 37, 25 Qube Recruitment, The Muggles, Cobra, Magnificent Seven plus Alan 34, 29 Farley's Angels and Bosley 31.