2017: A year of finalists  

Yorkshire Meds was runner-up in three competitions but no trophies this year.

 This year was a year of “finalists” (or runner-up if you prefer) for Yorkshire Meds. The team and its members were finalists in three out of the four competitions of the Annual World Championship; (1) Main team event, (2) Best Lady and (3) Golden Oldies.

In the Golden Oldies, The semi-finalists were Bob, Karim, myself and Colin Gardner (Black Dogs). I lost to Karim and Bob to Colin. The final was Karim against Colin, which Colin won. It was good though to have three Yorkshire Med players out of four in the semi-finals.

Leila played the “Best Lady” tournament. Towards the end, only Alison (49ers) and Leila remained on the ring (all the others were out) and it was a narrow victory for Alison this year (reverse from last year). For the last few years, the Best lady has been coming to a final between Alison and Leila. Halim participated in the Individual event. Most players did not stand a chance really as Chris (1st MC Erzgebirge) got in and delivered a break of about 20+ winning the trophy.

Our fan base includes both my mother and mother-in-law; and like the past few years, they got to participate to the Golden Oldies competition, making it very interesting from their perspective too, by taking part and having fun. The competition took place on the 14th of April. It was dry and fine weather. On the team front, as with previous years, we practised in our Leeds training ground (full squad present).