Ormskirk Quiz League

Whippet regain top spot after their draw with Robin Hood, who had a 7 point start; Peter Duffy scored 17 for Whippet.  Rugby Hounds failed by a single point to catch Gang of Four’s 5 point lead and relinquish their top of the table spot to Whippet.   Colly Wobblers, for whom Gary Grant scored 19, had clawed back Ormskirk Tennis Club’s 17 point start at the end of the seventh round, but a full house by the Tennis Club saw them home; Paul Prior scored 17 for the winners. Unison overcame Ormskirk Theatre Company’s 22 point start running out winners by 4 points; top scorers for Unison were Alan Gibbs with 20 and a full house and Charles Johnson with 19.

The delayed 2019-2020 Merseyside heat was played last night. Six of the thirty two players were from Ormskirk. John Wilson (Greyhound) and Pat Gibson (Colly Wobblers), the holder, have qualified for the final with Karl Whelan from Wirral and Mark Kerr from Liverpool. All the results are here.

In the top of the table clash, Rugby Hounds hung on to their seven point start to win by five over Whippet and replace them at the top of the table; Eric Lupton scored 18 for the winners and Peter Duffy did similarly for Whippet for whom Gordon Richards scored 15.  19 points from Pat Gibson and 18 from Mike Unsworth helped Colly Wobblers overcome the 22 point start on Ormskirk Theatre Company, in the end winning by 21. Despite 16 points from Janet Crompton, Squigglers only clawed back two on Robin Hood’s seven point start. Gang of Four had a 22 point start on Unison and held on to win by six; Rob Jones scored 15 for the winners.

The fourth episode in the new series of Who Wants to be a Millionaire features the story of Pat Gibson's win from 2004. It is on ITV on Sunday the 13th at 7 pm.

Ormskirk continued their unbeaten run with two victories in the third set of matches. Warrington were beaten 51-45 with Pat Gibson scoring 20 points. Liverpool were then beaten 55-48 with 16 points each from Pat and John Wilson.