Wirral Quiz League

Liverpool Quiz League is organising the 2017 Riley Cup Competition.

There are 39 teams competing for the Ted Riley Cup this year, all correspondence will be by email (except for the questions!)

The draw has been made for the first three rounds, they will be played on 10th and 24th April 2017 and 8th May, all games in these rounds will commence at 9pm.  The fixtures can be found in the Fixtures Calendar.

The quarter finals, semi-finals and final will commence at 8.00pm on 15th May 2017, at Aigburth People’s Hall, L17 0DJ. The draw taking place on the night.

Scoring and timing
As in previous years we will adopt the following rule for scoring and timing;
Each individual player shall be allowed to attempt to answer their own question for two points.
If they answer incorrectly, it can be attempted for one point by another member of their own team.
If this attempt is wrong, it then passes over to the opposition for one point.
Timing; 10 seconds for your own question, 5 seconds for the other team members to answer and five seconds for the opposition to answer.

Results
The winning team should send them to me, immediately after the game (so that I have them by 10pm on the night of the game), by text to 07758 464 110 (leaving the names and scores for each team) or email pauldavitt@virginmedia.com. As there is a short time between games I would appreciate that you comply with this request, as there is very little time to send out the next set of questions.

Protests
In the event of a protest, team captains should advise me on the Monday night, then confer on the Tuesday and advise me by 8pm of the result of their consultation, by phone or email. If the team captains fail to agree; Paul Davitt, Jim Eccleson, Keith Clare and Angela Doyle will adjudicate by noon on the Wednesday.

Spare Questions;
If a Question Set fails to arrive, you may obtain a spare set from one of the following;

Angela Doyle 0151 722 1054 Jim Eccleson 0151 653 8649 Paul Davitt 0151 427 7617

You may follow the progress of the competition on the Liverpool Quiz League Website www.quizliverpool.org.uk. 

All teams will have the results emailed to them each week.

Should you have any queries or questions regarding the competition please do not hesitate to contact me.

Good luck to you all and I hope you enjoy the competition.

Paul Davitt
General Secretary Liverpool Quiz League

The Plasterers Arms and Taxes both secured promotion to Division 1 this week, though the Division 2 Championship is still up for grabs, with both teams being on 34 points with one game to play.  Plasterers have a slight advantage, being ahead on points difference.

The Plasterers would like to dedicate their season to former secretary John Davies, who passed away last summer.

The draw for the heats of the MQL MIMIR competition have been made and are shown below. The matches will be played on Wednesday 22 March, beginning at 8pm at New Brighton Cricket Club.

The final will be held at the MQL Presentation Night on Wed 10th May 2017 at a Warrington venue.

A football themed quiz is to be held at the Ship and Mitre, Dale Street, Liverpool on Thursday 9th March 2017.

The quiz starts at 7.30pm, with refreshments at about 9pm.  All quizzers are welcome, and if you would like more details, please email Steve Lomas at steve.lomas1@btinternet.com

The Wirral heat of the Mimir Trophy will take place again this year at New Brighton Cricket Club at 8pm on Thursday 2nd February 2017. This is the individual competition and is open to all players in both divisions of the Wirral QL.

The later MQL heats of the Mimir are also taking place at New Brighton Cricket Club this year, at 8pm on Wednesday 22nd March 2017, so Wirral qualifiers from the local heat will not have far to travel.

Congratulations must go out to Karl Whelan, who has scored a full house in four consecutive matches for Hoylake LTC in Division 1 so far this season.

From John Wahlers:

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I don't know if any of your current quizzers will know or remember Norman Dugdale, who most recently quizzed for the New Brighton Cricket Club Extras, but I want to let the League know that he passed away peacefully after a short illness on Monday 2nd of January this New Year.  Norman has been actively and enthusiastically quizzing since the 1970's, when he was part of the MANWEB team as far as I can tell from his extensive notes, but his involvement may go back even further. I am sure some of your more senior members would be able to correct me if I am wrong.  Any history or anecdotes that people may wish to share will be very happily received.  His partner Evelyn Peachey who passed away in 2003 was also an active Quizzer.

Norman finally gave up serious quizzing in the Leagues about two years ago after heart problems but I know from recent conversations that he missed the social interaction and the excitement and challenge of the events right up to the end.

His funeral and cremation will be at Landican Cemetery on Wednesday the 25th of January 2017 at 11:30 in the morning and anyone who wishes to attend will be very welcome.

Thank you.

John Wahlers (Norman's Cousin)

Alex McCarron of Liscard is looking to join a team.  He describes his strengths and weaknesses as follows:

Mathematical Physics graduate. Trainee Teacher. 21 Years Old. Taste in Older Music (70s, 80s, 90s, Punk, Metal, Rock and Roll, etc.), Extensive Football Knowledge, as well as American Football Knowledge. Moderate to Good Knowledge of History. Good Knowledge of Science. Weak to Moderate Knowledge of Pop Culture

If you think you could offer him a place in your squad, please contact him by email at alexmccarron@hotmail.co.uk or by phone on 07460341800

The BBC showed a fascinating programme about quizzing on 30th November, and it is available on iPlayer for the next month if you did not see it.  Click on the image below to go to the BBC iPlayer site.

12 Yard productions are looking for teams of 5 (plus a reserve) to take part in Series 19 of Eggheads on BBC2.  If you would like an application form, you can get it from the 12 Yards website here: