Ormskirk Quiz League

Final  Turks Head Sinners v Helenians at Golden Lion Rainford

Plate Final  Turks Head Saints v Benchwarmers at Turks Head St Helens

Monday April 25

Turks Head Sinners overcame their 12 point handicap against Hayfield in Round 5 with Bill Gerrard contributing 25 points. In the final they will meet Helenians who beat Bispham Farmers Arms, Dave Boyd scoring 19 for the winners.

In the Plate, despite a massive contribution of 28 points from Paul Prior, Ormskirk Tennis Club were beaten by Benchwarmers. Barbara Flaherty scored 19 for Turks Head Saints as they beat Rugby Hounds despite 17 from Eric Lupton.

The finals will be played on Monday April 25. 

The draw for the Ormskirk heat of the MIMIR competition was made tonight at the Hayfield by the members of Ormskirk Tennis Club and Benchwarmers. Following the withdrawal of Steve Feller,  the revised draw is as follows :-

GROUP A.                   GROUP B.                    GROUP C.                     GROUP D.

Alan Thompson           John Wilson                  Andy McGowan                 Charles Johnson 

Darren Martin              Paul Prior                      Paul McAteer                    Mike Unsworth

Eric Lupton                  Ritchie Venner              Debbie Davidson               Alan Gibbs

Bill Gerrard                  

As you can see there are still two places left. Please contact me if you wish to enter.

To the competitors a reminder the matches start at 8pm sharp

Unison have won the Merseyside Challenge Cup with a 47-39 victory over Hatton Yarboury (Warrington). Darren Martin scored 19 and Alan Gibbs 17.

The two scratch teams met in the opening round and Turks Head Sinners emerged victorious over Rugby Hounds; Bill Gerrard scored 18 for the winners and Eric Lupton 17 for Rugby Hounds.  Ormskirk Tennis Club were unable to claw back the17 point advantage that Bispham Farmers Arms  had over them, in the end losing by 14; Clive Gregory scored 13 for the winners and Paul Prior 12 for the Tennis Club.   Hayfield began with an 8 point start over Turks Head Saints and increased that to win comfortably by 22 points mainly thanks to an impressive 23 points from Matt Cochrane ; Kevin Walton scored 13 for the Saints. Benchwarmers had a 13 point start over Helenians but lost by 9; Rob Green scored 13 for Benchwarmers and Dave Boyd, Mike Flaherty and Alf Westwell each scored 12 for Helenians.