Introducing Yorkshire Meds
Yorkshire Meds is a team made up of players young and old, family, friends and neighbours!.
Yorkshire Meds is short for Yorkshire Mediterraneans since the team is made up of people from Yorkshire, and people originally from the Mediterranean bay (mainly Algeria) living in Yorkshire.
This is about becoming a big kid again. We enjoy playing marbles as an indoor & outdoor activity. Yes, I hear you say, playing marbles - children & adults unusual, vintage?
Our main logo pictures a marble as background, and at the centre the White Rose from Yorkshire and the Hibiscus flower from the Mediterranean bay (mainly Algeria).
Annually, we take part in the British & World marbles championships. We practice and train a few weeks prior to the tournament. In addition; over the warm seasons in Yorkshire, we play marbles with family & friends and sometimes combine these with BBQs or afternoon teas.
I put together this simple Website for friends and families to keep up with our fun & quests in marbleous games as well as for marble enthusiasts who might be interested in the game. There are a number of main tracks, articles, blogs and images/photos & videos:
- The teams: News & updates on the Yorkshire Meds team and its players
- World championships: Information on the main international tournament we take part in
- Performance: Various facets of our performance & achievements (ranking, league tables etc.)
- Annual reports: A summary of our appearance and overall experience of events year on year
- Other goodies: Other interesting & fun marbles related activities we engage in.
Playing marbles has been (for me) the perfect antidote to modern life. It takes me back to my childhood and an age before we were all sat in front of computer screens for hours on end. It's especially rewarding to encourage children to play. Perhaps it is also a way to go towards vintage passtime renaissance. There is nothing like being a big kid at heart.
There are hundreds of teams across Europe such as the UK, Germany, Czech republic and the USA playing marbles and many of them are centred on leagues and tournaments.