Ormskirk Quiz League

Three Ormskirk teams competed in the Feeny Cup. Holders Colly Wobblers won two of their three games, but lost to Rainhill Victoria (Liverpool). Unison and Greyhound were drawn in the same group with Wings (Southport & Formby). None of the matches had a larger victory margin than five points. Unison beat both opponents and qualified for the finals with Rainhill Victoria and Oxton Cons (Wirral).

Two Ormskirk teams competed in the Rendon Cup. Abbey Sinners won one and lost one match in which they answered more questions than the winners. Abbey Saints won their first two matches and then lost by one point to Bootle YMCA (Liverpool). They qualified for the final which will be against Bookworms (Liverpool).

The finals will be on Wednesday April 25th hosted by the Wirral League.

Semi-final Monday April 16

13 Squigglers (11) v Aughton Institute (30)  62-51

14 Abbey Sinners (12) v Unison (2)   59-51

                    Plate Semi-final Monday April 16

19 Colly Wobblers (0) v Ormskirk Tennis Club (12)  59-48

20 Abbey Saints (12) v Bye

Cup:- Squigglers managed to hang on to their one point advantage on handicap over Rugby Hounds; leading scorers were Janet Crompton (16) and Barry Marshall (15) for Squigglers and David Hodgson (17) for Rugby Hounds.  Abbey Sinners held on and increased their 3 point lead over Helenians, thanks to 15 points from Steve Pilkington.

Plate:- Colly Wobblers just managed to pull back a handicap of 25 over Parbold Exiles thanks to 21 points from Pat Gibson and 15 from Andy McGowan, Peter Corris replied with 15 for Parbold.  Abbey Saints, thanks to 14 points from Barbara Flaherty and 13 from Kevin Walton made light of a 6 point deficit to Ormskirk Theatre Company and ran out comfortable winners.

Following on from Paul Prior's dramatic win in heat 5 when he scored 'five in a row and a bonus mark' as the fourth player in the last round, Darren Martin (Unison) appears in heat 6. It is on iplayer for a month.

In the closest match Helenians beat Abbey Saints by two points thanks to 17 from Mike Flaherty with all the Saints players scoring 11 or 12. Ormskirk Tennis Club just failed to overcome a handicap of 18 against Aughton Institute, failing by three, despite 20 from Paul Prior. Four points separated Rugby Hounds and Colly Wobblers, David Hodgson scored 15 for the winners and Mike Unsworth 18 for the losers. Abbey Sinners overcame a six point handicap to beat Ormskirk Theatre Company by six, largely due to 23 from Bill Gerrard. In the final game Squigglers were too good for Parbold Exiles, Janet Crompton achieving the round's highest score of 27 points.