Ormskirk Quiz League

A member of the Merseyside Quiz Leagues

Britain's Brightest

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.

Alan Gibbs

Merseyside Challenge Cup

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.

Week 18

Highlights
Div 1.- Top three teams all won. Darren Martin with 21 was the highest score of the week in Unison's comfortable win over Farmers Arms. Greyhound hold on to 4th place despite a close defeat to Old Dog.
In Div 2 top two Gang of Four and Ormskirk Tennis Club both won and pull away at the top. There were good wins for Benchwarmers over Way Out West Park and Whippet over Aughton Institute. Highest score on Tuesday's low-scoring matches was Paul Prior with 19 for Ormskirk Tennis Club.

Quiz Documentary

Film-maker Jeffrey French is in the process of making a documentary on the popularity of pub quizzes in the UK and USA, and will be filming at a specially arranged quiz at Christ The King Parochial Club in Liverpool later this month.   For further details please follow the link below:

http://www.merseysidequizleagues.org.uk/quiz-documentary.aspx

Upcoming events

In the Merseyside Challenge Cup this Wednesday Unison are at home to Wheatsheaf and Old Dog also have a home game. In the MQL Plate Colly Wobblers have an away game, but Greyhound play at home. A reminder that the Ormskirk heat of the MIMIR Trophy takes place on Thursday February 14th at the Greyhound starting at 7 45 pm.
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