Southport and Formby Quiz League : Quiz Notes
By Dan Evans

Week ending 5th April 2025

Handicap Cup - Quarter Finals
All the matches this week were played on Monday
Fisherman's Rest were at home to Quads who had a 7 point start. At the halfway stage the teams were level on 24 points each. Both teams won 2 rounds each in the second half and it ended up 45 each at the end of 8 rounds. Fisherman’s Rest took the ninth round by 5 points to 3 to gain a narrow victory 50-48. All of the home team were in double figures with John Clarke leading with a good 14, Alan Ascott 13, Neil Macaskill 12 and Harry Owen 11. For the opposition Richard Farbon led the scoring on 13 and his team mates Adrian Cannell and Steve Redfern both scored 12. Over the 9 rounds there were 7 unanswered questions and 25 2 pointers. Mixed Blues had a 5 point start in their match at home to E Street Band. It was 22-20 at halftime and Mixed Blues led 30 to 39 going into round 7. In the remaining 2 rounds E Street Band scored 14 points whereas Mixed Blues scored 1. The final score was 31 to the home side and 43 to the away side. Ed Davies led the scoring for Mixed Blues with a fine 15. Dave Nickeas scored a very good 17 for E Street Band and Dave Twigge scored 11. There were 15 unanswered questions and 21 2 pointers. M.P.s had to give Exams a 5 point start in their match. By half time the home team had established a lead of 2 points - 22 to 20. They won all the rounds in the second half, and led 41 to 28 going in to the final round which they won 9-1 to give them a comfortable victory of 50 to 30.Dan Evans scored an impressive 19 for M.P.s. He was supported by team mates Rick Catton who scored a good 13 and Chris Hodgen on 10. There were 8 unanswered questions and 19 2 pointers in this game.Ex Pats had a 22 point start away to Wings, which wasn't quite enough to give them victory as the first division team by one point 51-50. It was 27-34 at half time and Ex Pats had a 4 point lead going into the final round, which the home team won. For Wings Dag Griffiths scored an excellent 22 supported by Keith Mulhearn and Maurice Wright on 12 and 10 respectively. For Ex Pats Peter Lyth scored 12. There were 9 unanswered questions and 24 2 pointers scored.
The semi finals and finals along with the pairs competition will be played on Wednesday 9th April at Formby Cricket Club.