Merseyside Quiz Leagues

We are very sad to announce that former MQL player, Janet Barker died suddenly on 26th February.  Janet played in the Liverpool and Merseyside Leagues for many years and was the leading player in the Poste House / Excelsior team that dominated the Liverpool League in the 80s and 90s also winning the Merseyside Challenge Cup 9 times and the Feeny Cup 17 times.  In that period Janet was also part of the Liverpool team that won the President’s Trophy on 8 occasions.  She was Merseyside Mimir Champion in both 1990 and in 1993.
Before becoming a professional setter Janet enjoyed success on TV in Ask the Family, Winner Takes All and Jeopardy.  She was a Mastermind semi-finalist and also appeared on Brain of Britain and Counterpoint.  Her friend, colleague and long-time team-mate Neville Cohen has written a fine tribute which you can read here.
Older members of the Leagues will remember Janet as an exceptional player and a formidable opponent. We offer her family and friends our sincere condolences. 

It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Andy Francis of Greyhound and the Ormskirk Quiz League.  A long time member of the MQL who played regularly in Mimir and President's Trophy competitions, Andy died suddenly last weekend after a short illness.  We ask his family and friends to accept our deepest condolences.  An obituary can be read here.

It was with great sadness that we heard of the sudden death of Malcolm Charles of the Wirral QL.  Malcolm had played in the WQL for over 30 years and was known by players throughout the MQL.  His team mates have written some fine words here.  We offer our sincere condolences to his family and friends.

Many congratulations to Ringers who are the winners of the first MQLOnline League.  The competition came down to the final set of matches in which the two teams in contention for the title, Ringers of the Warrington QL and Gladly Stoned of the Wirral QL, played each other.  In a tense and closely fought game (action photo below!), Ringers won 49-48!  Commiserations and well done to Gladly Stoned who finished as runners-up.

Full results and final table here.

Thanks to all the teams who took part, we look forward to renewed competition when Season 2 begins on 18th January.

After a delay of only 39 weeks the Merseyside Heats of the 2019-20 Mimir Competition were played online on Wed 16 December!  Almost all 32 players who qualified in February were able to take part.  In spite of being online the heats were no less competitive than usual and after three rounds of closely fought matches Pat Gibson (Ormskirk), Mark Kerr (Liverpool), Karl Whelan (Wirral) and John Wilson (Ormskirk) reached the final.  Thanks to everyone who took part and especially to the Question Persons and Scorers.

The final will hopefully be played at the postponed 2019-20 Presentation Evening scheduled for  Wed 26 May 2021. 

All results are here.