Merseyside Quiz Leagues

It is with great sadness that we learned of the recent death of Sarah Trevarthen.  Sarah was a very talented quizzer and a familiar face around the UK quiz circuit.  She began playing in the MQL in 2021 where she played for Ringers in the Warrington Quiz League.  Sarah had success individually, reaching the Mastermind Final in 2022 the same year in which she won BBC Radio 4's Brain of Britain.  In March she became the Counterpoint champion.  With her husband Noel, Sarah appeared and won an episode of TV show Pointless.  In June of this year they both attended the Quiz League of London's Open Festival, where Sarah was part of the MQL team who won the Don Bissett Plate.
All at MQL offer our condolences to Noel and the family at this very sad time.

Two teams representing MQL took part in the Don Bissett Cup held at the annual Quiz League of London Open Festival on Saturday 21 June.  The Don Bissett Cup was originally a challenge match between the MQL and the QLL but today is an eight team competition.  On this occasion both MQL teams were defeated in their opening matches but the team of Dag Griffiths, Jim Eccleson, Sarah Trevarthen and Pat Gibson went on to win the Plate competition.  The other MQL team consisted of Dan Lawson, Neil Macaskill and Brian Thompson together with honorary Merseysiders Isabelle Hewerd and Oliver Church.

Many thanks to James Devine-Stoneman and the QLL for organising the event.

The Merseyside Quiz Leagues Finals and Presentation Evening was held at Formby Cricket Club on 14th May 2025.  The Finals of the Feeny Cup, MQL MIMIR Competition and the Merseyside Challenge Cup were contested and trophies awarded for these and several other competitions.

Photos of the presentations can be found in the image gallery at Gallery - Merseyside Quiz Leagues

Feeny Cup Finalists
Kluggers - Liverpool	Wings - Southport and Formby
MQL MIMIR Individual Final
John Hall (Warrington) and Pat Gibson (Ormskirk)	Ray Oakes (Southport and Formby) and Jim Eccleson (Wirral)
You can watch the match by clicking on the image below:
Merseyside Challenge Cup 2025
Ringers (Warrington)	Cricketers (Liverpool)
Merseyside Challenge Cup 2025
Aigburth People	Turks Head Saints - Rendon Cup Winners
Wings - Feeny Cup Runners Up	Kluggers - Feeny Cup Winners
Ormskirk 2 - President's Shield Winners	Ormskirk - President's Trophy Winners
MIMIR Finalists - Ray Oakes, Jim Eccleson, John Hall	MIMIR Winner - Pat Gibson
Challenge Cup Runners-up - Ringers	Challenge Cup Winners - The Cricketers
Buzzer Quiz Plate Winners - Warrington	Presentation to Dag Griffiths to honour his 30 year tenure as MQL Treasurer

BBC are looking for people to take part in their 2025 series of Mastermind.  They say that although applications close on 9th May, they would encourage you to apply as soon as possible as casting is currently underway.  

To apply, please click: CAST IT REACH 

Or email mastermind.hth@hattrick.com (the application takes just 10 minutes to complete).  

Entry is open to UK residents (including Channel Islands & the Isle of Man) who are aged 18 or over.  

Hat Trick/Hindsight are committed to making programmes as inclusive as possible.  

Good luck if you decide to apply.

After an enjoyable evening of quizzing and some very close matches, congratulations to Jim Eccleson (Wirral), Pat Gibson (Ormskirk), John Hall (Warrington) and Ray Oakes (Southport & Formby) who will play in the Final this season's Mimir Individual Championship at the Presentation Evening at Formby Sports Club on Wed 14 May.  Many thanks once again to all who took part and to our hosts at New Brighton Cricket Club.

Full Results here.