Ormskirk Quiz League

Sixteen players entered this year's contest at the Greyhound in Ormskirk last Thursday.

The semifinal results were

Match 1                                                                              Match 2

Paul Prior  15                                                                     Alan Gibbs  17

Darren Martin  13                                                              Pat Gibson  14  after playoff

John Wilson  12                                                                 Ray Oakes  14

Charles Johnson  7                                                            Karl Whelan  10

A closely fought final saw Darren Martin win his first Ormskirk MIMIR title.

Darren Martin  15

Pat Gibson  14

Alan Gibbs 12

Paul Prior  9

Special mention must go to Paul Prior from second division Ormskirk Tennis Club for reaching the final and thus qualifying for the Merseyside heat next month.

Darren Martin from Unison is in the first semi final which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Monday February 18th at 3 pm. The repeat is on Saturday at 11 pm. It will be available on iplayer for a week after that. It can also be downloaded as a podcast.

Well done Alan Gibbs from the Wheatsheaf who reached the last three in the final of the BBC1 prime time Saturday night show, Britain's Brightest.  Alan was narrowly beaten in a tightly-fought contest, the eventual winner being 43 year old Andy Thomas from Portsmouth.

In the quarter finals of the Merseyside Challenge Cup Old Dog beat Oxton Cons by 53 points to 26 and now travel to Wings from Southport  & Formby in the semi finals. In the St Helens derby Wheatsheaf narrowly overcame Unison by 37 points to 35 and now entertain Metros, also from Southport & Formby.

In the Merseyside Plate Greyhound comfortably beat Baltic Fleet by 38 points to 25 and are at home to a Liverpool team in the semi finals. Unfortunately Colly Wobblers went down by 1 point to Exiles.