Wirral Quiz League

Wirral Vice-Chairman, Jon Stitcher, is running the following charity quiz on Friday 10th November. These quizzes are always really good fun and well attended and raise money for good causes so if you're free then come along.

The QR code on the poster doesn't work so please visit http://www.westkirbyrotary.org/ to obtain tickets

LEAGUE

The season starts on Monday 18th September and all teams should have received details of the early season fixtures. Teams are reminded that the new start time is 8.30 p.m. with a fifteen minute leeway. Good luck to all participants.

PRESENTATION NIGHT

This will take place at Oxton Conservative Club at 8 p.m. on Sunday 24th September 2023. As usual, in addition to the presentations of trophies to last season’s winners, there will be a Pairs Competition and the new season’s handbooks will be ready for collection. It’s a big room, so let’s fill it!

Congratulations to Neil Wright of Soapsuds who, partnered with Ben Vincent of Warrington, won the Jubilee Pairs Competition held on 13th September. Neil was victorious last year too, so obviously enjoys the format.
Wirral were guaranteed a winner since all three pairs in the final contained a Wirral player, with Jim Eccleson and Sam Roberts among the other contenders. Full details can be found on the Merseyside Quiz League page, and you can watch the video of the final below:

Jim Eccleson of Oxton Cons was a finalist in this season's MQL MIMIR competition.  You can see how he did in the video below:

Aardvarks took on Aigburth People in the finalof the MQL Plate competition. You can watch the match below:

The annual MQL Presentation and Finals Night was held at Aigburth People's Hall in Liverpool.  Wirral teams had a successful night, as can be seen below:

Aardvarks - MQL Plate Runners-up	Aardvarks - Rendon Cup Winners	Jim Eccleson - Oxton Cons - Feeny Cup Runners-up
Wirral 2 - President's Shield Winners	MIMIR Finalists - inc Jim Eccleson

The winners of the 2023 Riley Cup Final were The Cricketers of the Liverpool Quiz league, beating Exiles (also Liverpool) by 53 points to 49.  Pictured below is the winning team showing Andy Firth, Nick Mills, Chris Quinn and captain Mark Kerr.

You can watch thhe final by clicking on the video below

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

Oxton Conservatives reached the final of the Feeny Cup and lost narrowly to Wings in the Feeny Cup final. Commiserations to them – they overcame tough opposition to reach the final.

The Rendon Cup was won by Aardvarks who defeated St. Patrick’s comprehensively in their final, giving the team their first trophy in their long history. Congratulations to the team of John Garbutt, Martin Heale, Steve Lomas (captain) and Kris Jones and to Steve Jones, who was away for the final but played in earlier rounds. Martin wins a trophy in his first season with the team and, poignantly, the trophy win comes in the season in which long serving team member Bernie McGuigan passed away.

Aardvarks have a chance to add to their silverware as they are in the final of the MCC Plate competition, to be played on 17 May.

Full results of all these matches can be found on the MQL website.