The Liverpool 2b team of Catherine Rouse (Duncan's Doughnuts), Jan Forshaw (Monstrous Regiment), Matt McCrum (CTK Wanderers), Frances Mason (Aigburth People) and Clive Leech (Exiles) also had a good season winning over half their matches.  

Rob Cruise of 2a and Clive Leech of 2b also had Full Houses.  Rob in November and Clive in December and March.

Many thanks to Joan Peacock for running both sides.  Full results available here.

Both Klugworms (Joan Peacock, Gill Willett, Rob Cruise and Clive Leech) and Liverpool (Angela Doyle, Chris Quinn, James Macgregor, Nathan Pace and Morgan Bush) acquitted themselves well, with Liverpool reaching the Cup semi-finals only to lose to the eventual champions, Yorkshire.

Danny Grimes and John Coventry 'walked their socks off' throughout the day collecting results, distributing questions and keeping the tournament on schedule.  Further details and results here.

NB 4 points for a win, two for a draw, * 1 bonus point for a defeat by 4 or less points

Danny played for Leyfield Crown for many years and was Liverpool Quiz League Results Secretary from 2002 to 2008.

He will be sadly missed. The team has agreed to play their fixture tonight in his memory.

I will pass on details of his funeral when they are known.

May he Rest in Peace and Rise in Glory.

This competition is open to all members of the Liverpool Quiz League, the Winner will receive the Arthur Evans Trophy and will hold the title for a year. The winner of the Arthur Evans Trophy last year was won by Rod Moore of Kluggers.

The Competition and what happens;        

Four players play in each heat.       
Each heat consists of five rounds of three questions to each player.           
Usually, the winning two go on the next round, ending in a final of four players.

The precise make-up of the of the evening depends on how many players take part. 
The top seven go through to the Merseyside heats in March.

It helps to know numbers, so please register or offer help officiating my emailed pauldavitt@virginmedia.com by 11th February 2026.

C.I.Edwardians sadly wish to announce the death of their long-standing question-master Malcolm Bowstead (“Mal”).

He passed away peacefully on Wednesday at the age of 89.

He was never a quizzer himself but presided over the C.I. for many years as QM (with his mate Dud) and will be best remembered for using his gavel to bring proceedings to order.

He will be greatly missed.

Many congratulations to Rob Cruise (Bookworms) on scoring a full house in the win over Ormskirk

The new season will start on Monday 8th September 2025 with the final league match taking place on 2nd March 2026, with 12 teams in each division.

A massive thank you to all of our teams and supporters who turned out for the Liverpool Quiz League Charity Quiz at CTK last night.

Many thanks to Brian Thompson, Keith Clare and Jim Martin who ran a great event and thanks to everyone who attended and gave so generously towards the raffle.

The event raised approximately £900-00 for our chosen charity, The North West Air Ambulance-well done everyone!

Danny Grimes

You may have heard from Danny Grimes or Paul Davitt that we are trying to get the Annual Charity Table Quiz going again. It is on Friday 28 March at Christ the King Social Club, Score Lane, Childwall, Liverpool L16 6AW starting at 7.45pm.

Many of you will recall that these Charity Quiz nights were organised by Dave Cotson from 2004 until 2020. Dave sadly passed away a few months ago, and in his memory, we have chosen to support the North West Air Ambulance, one of the causes with which he was associated for many years.

Entry is £10 per person and includes a table quiz, a scouse supper or a vegetarian alternative and a raffle.
Teams of up to six players.
Teams with two or more regular Quiz League players are classed as “professional” and will contest the Andy Walsh Trophy. Andy was a Liverpool Quiz League player who died around the time that we started running these quiz nights. Over the years Andy’s family were staunch supporters of the events.
Teams with one or no quiz league players will contest the new Dave Cotson Trophy!

I hope that you might be able to join us to support this very worthwhile charity, enjoy the company and moan at the questions! If so, please contact Danny at andannygrimes@aol.com.

Details about online payment and selecting your supper option will follow soon.

We look forward to seeing you.
 

You can watch the final by clicking on the linke below:

It is my sad duty to write and advise you of the passing of Dave Cotson, he was a founder member of CTK Wanderers, they started playing in the early 1980’s and he was their first team Secretary.

He also played for many years in the President’s Shield and was part of the Liverpool 2 team that won the Shield 8 times in 11 years. Dave and Brian Thompson organised the annual CTK charity quizzes from 2004 to 2020.

In later years increasing ill health forced him to stop playing, but he carried on as question master until he was unable to play.

He will be greatly missed by his family, his friends from CTK Wanderers and throughout the League.

Paul Davitt

Format

All entrants will be placed into either a higher or lower pool and on the night a draw will be made to create pairs made from a player from each pool.  The First Round is a 40/50-question written quiz that will find the top 6 pairs.  In the Semi-finals these six pairs will be asked questions in turn in a 15 to 1 type format.  A pair has three lives and loses a life each time they answer incorrectly or fail to answer.  There are 10 seconds to answer and there are no bonuses.  The questioning continues until only three teams remain.  Those three teams then contest the Final played in the same way until a winning pair is found.  If there are sufficient numbers then the Pairs finishing seventh, eighth and ninth in the First Round will contest a Plate Final on the same lines as the Final.

Entry

If you would like to take part, then please send an email entitled Merseyside Pairs to either me (briathom59@gmail.com) and perhaps copy it to your League Secretary.  Entries will be confirmed on the Sunday before the competition.  The competition is open to MQL players and there is no charge for entering.

Reports on previous competitions can be seen on the webpage and a recording of the 2023 Final can be viewed here.

I hope that you will be able to join us and look forward to hearing from you.

Kind regards

Brian Thompson

MQL General Secretary