Merseyside Quiz Leagues

Many congratulations to Yorkshire (Lewis Jones, Evan Lynch, Danny Lardner and Gary Moreland) who beat Misfits to win the 5th MQL Jubilee Buzzer Tournament that was held in Hoylake on Saturday 10 February.  Twenty five teams from all over the UK took part this year and were asked nearly one thousand questions. Further congratulations to M and M and M and M who beat Strongest Lincs to win the Plate and to Wirral who won the Bowl.
Thanks to our hosts at The Parade Community Centre and to the teams of writers, readers and scorers who voluntarily gave so willingly of their time and skills.  Special thanks to Tournament Organiser, Jon Stitcher and Question Coordinator and Editor, Dan Lawson for their enormous hard work in bringing the event together.  We hope that all teams enjoyed their day.  Full results are available to download here.

The final is now available to watch.

The 2023 Jubilee Pairs Competition was held at Prescot Cables FC on Wednesday 13th September 2023.  Full Results here.  The three pairs in the final were Jim Eccleson (Wi) & Jack Gardner (S&F), Neil Wright (Wi) and Ben Vincent (Wa) and Sam Roberts (Wi) & Danny Grimes (LI).  The winners were Neil and Ben, pictured receiving their prizes from MQL President Jim Eccleson.  Neil retained the title, having won last year!

The Plate final was contested by Cliff Houghton (Wa) & David Hodgson(Or), Sue Perks (Or) & Chris Quinn (Li) and Mark Kerr (Li) and Bill Gerard (Or), with Mark and Bill winning the contest.  You can watch the final below:

The 2022-23 season ended with the first Finals and Presentation Evening since 2019.  The event, held at Aigburth Peoples Hall in Liverpool, saw three finals.  Congratulations to Aigburth People who defeated Aardvarks to win the Merseyside Challenge Plate.  In a very close Mimir final, Southport & Formby's Dag Griffiths won the individual title.  This was Dag's third win and at eighty years we think that he is the oldest person to take the Trophy!  The Merseyside Challenge Cup was won by The Cricketers who beat Colly Wobblers in another well contested match in which Colly Wobbler's Pat Gibson scored a full house.  Recordings can be viewed by clicking on the appropriate final: Plate, Mimir and Cup.  The finals were followed the presentation of awards to the winners and runners up in the MCC competitions.  Images can be seen on the Gallery page. 

Plate     Mimir      Cup

In a short address, Chairman Danny Grimes thanked everyone who continues to support and help organise the activities of the Leagues.

Full details of scores and results can be found on the Competitions tab.  The answers to the "fun" quiz, issued on the night, can be downloaded here.

You can watch the final between Wings (S&F) and Oxton Cons (Wi) below:
 

The Merseyside Heats of the 2023 Mimir individual tournament were held on Wednesday 22 March at New Brighton Cricket Club, Wirral.  Congratulations to Dag Griffiths (S&F), Colin Foster (Warr), John Hall (Warr) and reigning Mimir champion, Jim Eccleson (Wirr) on reaching the Final of this year's competition.  That Final will be held at the MQL Presentation Evening at Aigburth Peoples Hall, Liverpool on Wed 17 May.  Results can be seen here.

Semifinal 1 - John Hall (Warr), David Smith (Warr), Jim Eccleson (Wirr), Brian Thompson (Liv)

Semifinal 2 - Alan Gibbs (Orms), Dag Griffiths (S&F), Colin Foster (Warr), Mark Kerr (Liv)