The 2024 Jubilee Pairs competition took place on Wednesday 25th September at Prescot Cables FC Social Club, Eaton Street, Prescot, L34 6HB starting at 8pm. The competition was open to all MQL players and this year 30 people from all five Leagues took part.
Format
All entrants were placed into either a higher or lower pool and a draw created pairs made from a player from each pool. The First Round was a 46-question written quiz that found the top 6 pairs. In the Semi-finals these six pairs were asked questions in turn in a '15 to 1' type format. A pair had three lives and lost a life each time they answered incorrectly or failed to answer. The questioning continued until only three teams remained. Those three teams then contested the Final played in the same way until a winning pair was found. A Plate Final was held for the pairs finishing 7th, 8th and 9th in the First Round.
Congratulations to Dag Griffiths (S&F) & Lee Whitehead (Orm) who won a very closely contested Final with Graham Barker (Liv) & Alan Thompson (Orm) and Angela Doyle (Liv) & David Hodgson (Orm).
In the Plate Final Bill Gerrard (Orm) & Tony Gannon (Liv) were worthy winners. It was Bill's second consecutive Plate title!
The full results are as follows
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FIRST ROUND
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Jim Eccleson
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Mike Preston
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28
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Neil Wright
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Fay Howard
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28
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Colin Foster
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Sue Perks
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38
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Mike Unsworth
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Cliff Houghton
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27
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Bill Gerrard
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Tony Gannon
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30
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Danny Grimes
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Andy Lever
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25
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Graham Barker
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Alan Thompson
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34
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Dag Griffiths
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Lee Whitehead
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34
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Eric Lupton
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Ian Morris
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31
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John Hall
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Tony Spark
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37
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Charles Johnson
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Paul McAteer
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33
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Derek Moody
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Tony Robinson
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25
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Rob Cruise
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John Coventry
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30
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Chris Quinn
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Sam Roberts
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30
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Angela Doyle
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David Hodgson
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33
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SEMI FINAL
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Colin Foster
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Sue Perks
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John Hall
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Tony Spark
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Graham Barker
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Alan Thompson
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Dag Griffiths
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Lee Whitehead
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Charles Johnson
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Paul McAteer
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Angela Doyle
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David Hodgson
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PLATE FINAL
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Eric Lupton
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Ian Morris
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Bill Gerrard
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Tony Gannon
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Chris Quinn
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Sam Roberts
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FINAL
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Graham Barker
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Alan Thompson
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Dag Griffiths
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Lee Whitehead
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Angela Doyle
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David Hodgson
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