Southport & Formby Quiz League A member of the Merseyside Quiz Leagues NEWSLETTER September 2014 Roll of Honour 2013-2014 Division 1 Champions Wings Runners-up Zetland Division 2 Winners Vikings Runners-up Fisherman’s Rest Handicap League Winners Formby Sports Runners-up Zetland Don Standing Cup Winners Zetland Runners-up Casablanca General Secretary Dag Griffiths Strathdene High Lane Ormskirk L40 7SL 01695 576744 WELCOME TO THE 2014-2015 SEASON Unfortunately our new team, Southport Old Links have not reentered. At the May committee meeting it was decided to run two divisions of nine teams playing each other twice (home and away i.e. sixteen matches) respectively for the first and second division titles. On the completion of this stage, there again will be a handicap league in which each first division side will play each second division side (i.e. nine matches giving a total of twenty-five for the season) Zetland have reverted to playing home fixtures on Monday nights, FINALS NIGHT/PRESENTATION EVENING At the Annual Presentation and Finals Night, held at Ainsdale Sands on 29th April, Zetland and Wings beat Casablanca and Quads respectively in the finals of the Don Standing Cup and the Maurice Jefferies Plate. Thanks are due to Keith Mulhearn and Warrington Quiz League for setting the questions. PAIRS COMPETITION 2014 Maurice Jefferies Plate Winners Wings Runners-up Quads Handicap Cup Winners Wings Runners-up E Street Band Eddie Conway Cup Winner John Clarke Finalists Dag Griffiths, Harry Owen and David Sinclair Linden Adams Cup Winner Sheila Tickle Bill Hawkins Cup Winner Dag Griffiths Pairs Competition Winners Keith Mulhearn & Dan Evans In the 2014 Pairs competition Keith Mulhearn (right) became the fourth Wings player to win the trophy. He was partnered by Dan Evans (MPs – left) who became the third family member to win. Mother Ann Evans (twice) and uncle Bill Thomas were previous winners. S&F Vice Chair, David Williams (centre) presented the trophies. IN BRIEF Spare Questions Team secretaries are reminded that it is their responsibility to check in advance that questions have arrived. If you discover that your team is without a set of questions on quiz nights, you can contact Brian Cunningham. He will have a spare set each week for both Monday and Tuesday fixtures. Question Sets Team Secretaries are reminded that Question Sets for the 2015/2016 season must be submitted to Dag Griffiths by November 30th 2014 at the very latest. Charity Nomination At the Handicap Cup/Pairs Competition on Tuesday 20th May at The Sands, Ainsdale Treasurer Geoff Willde presented a cheque for £447 to Yvonne Williams of Southport Kidney Fund in memory of Bernie Blaney (Zetland). Yvonne is the wife of S&F Vice Chair David Williams (Fisherman’s Rest). The HANDICAP CUP was won for the first time by Wings who beat E Street Band in the final 48-43. In the semi-finals Wings and E Street Band had comfortable victories over Zetland and Formby Pavilion respectively. This completed the most successful season ever for Wings who also won the S&F Division One title as well as the Maurice Jefferies Plate. Another first was the Merseyside Challenge Cup in which they beat Oxton Conservatives (Wirral) in the final. At the AGM in April, in memory of Paul Ford (St Jeromes), Nuclear Medicine Research (Royal Liverpool Hospital) was chosen as the designated charity for the 2014/2015 season. Committee Meetings Dates for the first three committee meetings are as follows: 25th September 2014 27th November 2014 12th February 2015 If there is any matter that you wish to raise or place on the agenda, please contact Dag Griffiths. Pictured right are Wings with the 2014 Handicap Cup (left to right - Dag Griffiths, Bob Parry, David Williams (S&F Vice Chair), Keith Mulhearn, Maurice Wright and Tom Farley. Keith Mulhearn also won the Pairs Compettition (see overleaf) In addition Dag Griffiths reached the final of the MIMIR (individual) competition for the seventh time and finished runner-up to World Champion and Egghead Pat Gibson (Ormskirk). He also reached the final of Radio Four’s Brain of Britain but was unable to reproduce the form he had displayed in both his heat and semi-final. However, in a closely contested final only four points separated the four contestants.
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