Wirral Quiz League

The Wittal Quiz League Presentation Night took place on Sunday 29^th September 2024 at Oxton Conservative Club. The event was well attended and we were happy to welcome friends from Liverpool as well as Danny Grimes and Brian Thompson, Chairman and Secretary of the MQL.

Following the presentations, a Pairs competition was held which was won by Neil Wright of Soapsuds and Joe Davis of Zelma the Giant Hoe.

WINNERS

Martin Prendergast Cup awarded to the player answering most of their own questions over the season in Division One – Jim Eccleson

Andrea Jones Shield awarded to the player answering most of their own questions over the season in Division Two – Steve Lomas

Wirral Mimir Trophy – Jim Eccleson

Absent Friends runners up – Nelson’s Fifth Column

Absent Friends Trophy winners – Plasterer’s Arms

Oxton Trophy for Division Two winners – Aardvarks

Gordon Ledger Shield for runners up in Division One – Oxton Conservatives

Ted Walton Cup for Division One winners – Tia the Hazel Gnome

You can watch the final of this year's MQL Pairs competition at the link below

The fourth Diamond Jubilee Pairs competition will be held on Wednesday 25th September starting at 8 pm at Prescot Cables FC club, courtesy of the Ormskirk QL.  The address is Eaton Street, Prescot, L34 6HB.

Format

All entrants will be placed into either a higher or lower pool and on the night a draw will be made to create pairs made from a player from each pool.  The First Round is a 40/50-question written quiz that will find the top 6 pairs.  In the Semi-finals these six pairs will be asked questions in turn in a 15 to 1 type format.  A pair has three lives and loses a life each time they answer incorrectly or fail to answer.  There are 10 seconds to answer and there are no bonuses.  The questioning continues until only three teams remain.  Those three teams then contest the Final played in the same way until a winning pair is found.  If there are sufficient numbers then the Pairs finishing seventh, eighth and ninth in the First Round will contest a Plate Final on the same lines as the Final.

Entry

If you would like to take part, then please send an email entitled Merseyside Pairs to either me (briathom59@gmail.com) and perhaps copy it to your League Secretary.  Entries will be confirmed on the Sunday before the competition.  The competition is open to MQL players and there is no charge for entering.

Reports on previous competitions can be seen on the webpage and a recording of the 2023 Final can be viewed here.

I hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Brian Thompson

MQL General Secretary

Merseyside Quiz League (MQL) are delighted to announce that the MQL Buzzer quiz for 2025 will take place on Saturday 15th February at Hoylake Parade (the same venue the previous two events have been held).

Full details will be announced closer to the time but it is anticipated that teams will need to arrive for 10am and will be finishing around 7pm with a 90 minute break for lunch.

Entry will once again open to MQL teams first, this will happen on Monday 26th August at 7pm. For all other teams who’ve previously participated, registration will open on Monday 2nd September at 2pm. Should we still have spaces remaining after 9th September we will offer them out to anyone else.

Due to increased costs at our end, the entry fee will now be £100 per team with a 25% discount for any team whose squad includes 3 or more players who regularly play in MQL. All teams will play a guaranteed 8 matches and most will play 9.

To register please go to https://merseysidequizleagues.org.uk/buzzer-quiz.aspx and fill in your team details and we’ll be in touch with all teams as soon as registration has closed. Please do not register prior to the above dates or your entry will not be received.

If you have any questions at all, please don’t hesitate to ask.

As a result of him winning Brain of Britain in 2021, Karl Whelan will be competing in three yearly Brain of Brains competition which will be broadcast on Radio 4 on Sunday 25th August at 4.30pm.  You can find more details of the programme at BBC Radio 4 - Brain of Britain, Brain of Brains 2024

The Challenge Cup Final this year was contested between Oxton of the Wirral League and Ringers of the Warrington League.  You can watch the match by clicking on the link below.

As is usual at this time of year, all Wirral Quiz League players ar cordially invited to take part in the Liverpool Quiz League's Pairs Competition.  This will take place on 3rd June 2024 at Aigburt People's Hall at 8pm on Monday 3rd June.

Details of the location can be found here:  Aigburth People - Quiz Liverpool

For those of you missing quizzing, St Joseph’s Parish Centre, home to our Division One team Holy Joes, is holding a charity quiz on Friday 3 May. A poster about the event is below. Contact the venue direct for more information or to register a team.

Congratulations to the Plasterers Arms who last night won the Absent Friends Trophy after narrowly missing out in the final last year. It was great to see the event supported by so many spectators.

In the semi-finals, Plasterers defeated Wallaseyans and Nelson's Fifth Column beat Soapsuds.
The Final was a close affair with Plasterers just pulling ahead at the end.

Well done to Jon, who scored well in both matches, and his team and from Nelson's a good score by Frances in the semi and Mike in the Final kept Nelson's in it right till the end.

Many thanks to all teams who participated, it was a very enjoyable competition and the Group phase worked well, so every team had at least 3 matches.

Great thanks are due to Caroline from Soapsuds for providing the wonderful refreshments,
And last but not least, thanks to Kris for providing all the questions for the 6 quizzes - well done!

Hope you all enjoy a good summer and look out for the WQL AGM which will be held some time in June.

Round 1 - 8th April

Round 2 - 22nd April