Orrell & District Quiz League

The fixttures for the upcoming 2026 season have been posted on the Fixtures page, and can also be found on each team's page.

We were extremely sorry to hear of the passing of Neil Ferguson earlier this month.

Neil was a competitor in the League back in the earliest years with The Star Inn at Roby Mill. Several years later he came back to Quizzing in the Orrell league with The Hare and Hounds Pemberton. Last year he rejoined again with Highfield CH
Always a strong Quizzer, Neil had particular expertise in Ornithology and all forms of Pop and Rock music….especially the latter!

The League extends sincere condolences to Jackie and their daughters and to his friends and colleagues at Highfield Community Hall 

Neil’s funeral will be held on Monday 16th February at 12.00 at St Matthews Church, Billinge Road Pemberton WN3 6BL

Any league members wishing to attend are prompted by the family to dress informally and stress that ‘Band T Shirts’ Football or Hawaiian shirts are all within the dress code

It is with sadness that we must inform everybody that Colin Shaw, long time League Secretary and captain of the UCC Blues team, died last Tuesday.  His funeral service will be held at St Helens Crematorium 1t 3.30pm on Monday 15th December.  All are welcome to attend.

Would all Team delegates please be aware that the League AGM will be held at The Delph Tavern on Thursday 11th December at 8:00 PM

The League's annual Presentation Night took place at Highfield Community Hall on Thursday 6th November 2025.

30 players entered the Pairs competition, with the pairings drawn randomly on the night.  After a 40 question qualifying quiz, the 6 top scoring pairs then entered a "15 to 1" style competition.  When the first three pairs had lost their three lives, the remaining three pairs became the finalists.

After a break for refreshments, the competition re-commenced with the pairs shown below:

Jenny Swift and Charles Johnson

Peter Duffy and Paul McAteer

Sue Perks and Dag Griffiths

After a keenly contested final the eventual winners were Jenny and Charles.

Following this, the season's trophies were presented as follows:

Challenge Cup Winners - Bryn Labour Club

Challeng Cup Runners Up - Masons Arms

Handicap League Champions - Bryn Labour Club

League Champions - Sherringtons

Many thanks to all who attended, to the Highfield for providing an excellent venu with matching refreshments, and to Ian Barlow for his excellent comparing and Pairs competition questions.

All, please be aware of this event to be held at Highfield Community Hall on Thursday 6th November from 7:45 for an 8:00 pm start.

Entry to the pairs Competition is free as will be the Hot Pot Supper we are looking to provide for all attendees.

We are not intending to sell raffle tickets at this years event so apart from the cost of drinks there should be no further expense for anyone !

All team players and non playing officials either from teams (Scorers/Question masters) and the Committee are welcome to take part.

We hope to see as many of you as possible.

Congratulations go to Bryn Labour, who beat the Masons Arms in a very close fought final, having beaten both Sherringtons and The Cricketers in the earlier rounds.

Match 1	Semi-Finals	Final
Delph Taverners (8)  59 Mike Unsworth 11, Roy Atherton 17, Sue Perks 12, Paul McAteer 11 Masons Arms (10) 66 Dag Griffiths 23, Mike Critchley 11, Kathie Knowles-Smith 11, Iain Smith11	Masons Arms (10) 67 Dag Griffiths 23, Mike CDritchley 10, Kathie Knowles-Smith19 Highfield CH (26) 61 Jackie Ferguson 12, Gary Humphrey 10	Masons Arms (10) 62 Dag Griffiths 19, Mike Critchley 12, Kathie Knowles-Smith 11, Iain Smith 10 Bryn Labour (17) 64 Debbie Davidson 23, Tony Robinson 10, Babs Hennessy 10
Highfield CH (26) 73 Neil Ferguson 16, Jackie Ferguson 12 , Cameron Gaskell 11 Merrymen (12) 59 Bob Foster 18, Charles Johnson 20
The Cricketers (0) 61 Graham Barker 18 (FH), Chris Quinn 17, John Coventry 10, Clive Leech 13 Star Inn (9) 55 Peter Duffy 19, Arthur Heyes 10,	The Cricketers (0) 50 Graham Barker 15, Chris Quinn 14, Clive Leech 14 Bryn Labour (17) 68 Debbie Davidson 17, Tony Robinson 11, Babs Hennessy 14
Sherringtons (0) 53 Ian Barlow 14, Geoff Penney 11, Pat Gibson 20 Bryn Labour (17) 68 Debbie Davidson 18, Tony Robinson 16, Keith Eyre 10

The annual cup competition will take place on Tuesday 26th August at the Delph Tavern. Could I ask all competitors to arrive by 7.45pm ready to get started promptly at 8pm. The handicaps have been calculated using mean points difference from the final league table and they are as follows:-

Team	Handicap
Sherringtons	0
Cricketers	0
Delph Taverners	8
Star Inn	9
Masons	10
Merrymen	12
Bryn Labour	17
Highfield CH	26

 

Congratulations to Sherringtons who have become the 2025 League Champions, norrowly beating the Cricketers by virtue of a slightly higher points difference.

Congratulations also go out to Bryn Labour Club who pipped new team Highfield CH by 2 points to win the Handicap League title.

As requested at the recent delegates' meeting, I have uploaded a copy of a correctly completed scoresheet.  You can download it from here:  https://odquiz.org.uk/SharedFiles/Download.aspx?pageid=225&mid=447&fileid=3914