Ormskirk Quiz League

Turks Head Saints, thanks to an impressive 22 points from Charles Johnson and 14 from Kevin Walton, had a convincing win over Ormskirk Theatre Company, for whom Gordon Richards scored 13. As a result the Saints assume top spot on points difference. 18 points from Andy McGowan and 17 from Roy Atherton earned Colly Wobblers a win over Hayfield Gang, for whom Rob Jones scored 14.   Despite 17 from Darren Martin, Newburgh Lions lost narrowly to Greyhound, for whom Ritchie Venner, Brian Farrimond and Lynne Ashcroft all scored 13. Turks Head Sinners, thanks to a major contribution of 21 points from Peter Duffy, beat Helenians, for whom Alf Westwell scored 14.The results of all these matches remained the same when handicaps were applied.   An excellent 21 points from Eric Lupton earned Rugby Hounds a win over Benchwarmers, for whom Rob Green scored an equally impressive 20 points. The result of this match was reversed on handicap. 

We have donated £300 to Age UK Lancashire as agreed at our AGM. Link here.

Congratulations to Pat Gibson (Colly Wobblers) who won the MQL MIMIR Trophy for a record eighth time.

Ormskirk's winning President's Trophy and President's Shield teams were presented with their trophies.

Turks Head Saints were presented with the Rendon Cup which they won for the second successive season.

Photos are available here.

Congratulations to Turks Head Saints who have retained the MQL Rendon Cup by winning three matches in one night.

In the quarter final Wallaseyans (Wirral) were beaten 49-39, Charles Johnson scoring 18 points. In the semi final Legionnaires (Wirral) were beaten 52-37, Kevin Walton and Charles Johnson each scoring 17. In a closely contested final CTK Wanderers (Liverpool) were beaten 43-39, Charles Johnson scoring 16.

The trophy will be presented at the MQL Finals Night at Formby Cricket Club on May 14. 

The new Function Room at the Stanley Arms in Aughton was the venue for this season's Presentation Night which began with three handouts of picture quizzes. Thirty players who chose to play in the Pairs Competition were divided into two pools based on average scores over the season. One name was drawn from each pool to form fifteen pairs. The first round of 40 questions were read out and the pairs wrote down their answers.

The top six pairs who all scored 30 or more qualified for the semi final. They were Pat Gibson (Colly Wobblers) and Kevin Walton (Turks Head Saints), Bill Gerrard (Turks Head Sinners) and Roy Atherton (Colly Wobblers), Charles Johnson (Turks Head Saints) and Gordon Richards (Ormskirk Theatre Company), Andy McGowan (Colly Wobblers) and Alf Westwell (Helenians), Paul McAteer (Delph Tavern) and Peter Jones(Scarecrows), Darren Martin (Newburgh Lions) and Tony Robinson (Rugby Hounds).

Questions were asked in turn to the pairs who each had three 'lives'. After 60 questions the three finalists were Pat and Kevin, Andy and Alf and Darren and Tony.

Each pair had their 'lives' reset to three. After 27 questions Pat and Kevin emerged as winners.

Trophies were presented to successful teams. Photos are here.

A raffle raised £82.65 for Age UK Lancashire.

Thanks to everyone for an enjoyable evening and to the Stanley Arms for hosting.