Ormskirk Quiz League

Fortyfour players and guests representing fourteen teams enjoyed a full evening at Unison Club.

In the Plate Final Ormskirk Theatre Company made up the five point difference in handicap against Aughton Institute in the first round, eventually winning 67-57, Alan Thompson leading the scoring with 16.

In the Don Liptrot Trophy Final Squigglers had a seven point lead on handicap against Colly Wobblers and with all players scoring in double figures maintained their lead, winning 57-51 despite 16 from both Pat Gibson and Andy McGowan for the runners-up.

Thanks to the many people who donated raffle prizes a sum of £80 was raised for Douglas Valley Lions Club.

The presentations which were made by Marjorie and Martin Fitton and Caroline Grieco are shown here.

In a change of venue the Feeny Cup will be concluded at the Greyhound in Ormskirk on Wednesday April 26th between Unison, Colly Wobblers and Oxton Cons.

Cup :- Despite 19 points from Debbie Davidson, Rugby Hounds lost to Colly Wobblers for whom Pat Gibson scored 16 and Mike Unsworth 19. Squigglers overcame a handicap of 5 to beat Abbey Saints; Janet Crompton scored 23 for the winners and Kevin Walton 16 for the Saints.

So the final will be:- 

Squigglers (11) v Colly Wobblers (4)

Plate :- Ormskirk Theatre Company, with a start of 10, had a comfortable win over Abbey Sinners, for whom Bill Gerrard scored 24 points. Despite 17 points from Alf Westwell, Helenians narrowly failed to overcome a handicap of 16 to Aughton Institute.

 Therefore the Plate final will be :- 

Ormskirk Theatre Company (23) v Aughton Institute (28)

The AGM will be on Monday May 22nd at the Greyhound.

Unison and Greyhound were both drawn in Group 1 of the Feeny Cup. Unison beat Hoylake LTC (Wirral) 55-35 in the first semi-final thanks to 16 from Darren Martin and 15 from Charles Johnson. Greyhound lost the second semi-final 37-45 to Wings (Southport& Formby). In the final Unison beat Wings 47-41.

Group 3 was a round-robin between Colly Wobblers, Rainhill Victoria (Liverpool) and Bull's Head (Warrington). Colly Wobblers won both matches: 47-41 against Rainhill with Pat Gibson scoring 24 and 49-47 against Bull's Head with Pat again on 24, this time with a full house, answering all eight of his own questions.

Unison and Colly Wobblers are joined by Oxton Cons (Wirral) in the round-robin MQL final in Liverpool on April 26.

Ormskirk Tennis Club played in group 2 of the Rendon Cup. They won their semi-final 39-29 against Eleanor's (Liverpool), Paul Prior contributing 17 points, but lost the final 34-41 to Nematodes (Warrington)despite 18 from Paul.