The Green Ducks are a green and brown team that first participated in Marble League 2019. Their name honors Hank Green[1], who helped Jelle's Marble Runs regain monetization, and JoshOG[2], a streamer who regularly promotes the Marble League.
#QuackAttack
#DucksFlyTogether
Team Members
The Green Ducks team members
| 2019 Team |
|---|
Mallard 
|
| Billy |
| Quacky |
| Ducky |
| Goose |
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| Team Member | |
| Reserve Member | |
| Injured |
Coaches
| Coach | From | To | Events | G | S | B | Tot. | Honors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bombay | 15 March 2019[3] | present | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
Note: Events include any kind of events (friendly, other tournaments etc).
History
The Green Ducks are a British team that have been fans of marble sports for a long time. Mallard, the captain of the team, won tickets to the Tour de Vellis in 2014 where she saw the Savage Speeders win the tournament for the first time. Being at the competition made Mallard very excited. She returned to her home town of Bermenghank to find her mother ill and in the infirmarblery where unfortunately she passed away two days later. Mallard's father, Bombay, wasn't working at the time and used most of the family's money to pay for the funeral. Her dad continued to struggle finding work and Mallard found herself working on the family farm looking after ducks with her dad and her brother, Billy. Billy had become good friends with farmhands Quacky, Ducky and Goose who were working there while finishing off the education. The group became good friends over the years working on the farm and especially bonded over their love for the Marble League.
Before Marble League 2017, Mallard secretly entered a bid to get tickets and won. She surprised her friends with a trip to see the games in Nijellen and watched the games from the Jungle Jumpers fan area, a team they supported as their uniforms reminded them of the grass from the farm. After they returned home, the group decided to start training to become marble sports athletes. They spoke to Bombay who quit his job in tourism to become their coach. They decided to name their team the Green Ducks. The team started competing in minor leagues across the British Isles, a place not well-known for marble sports at the time. They became the most prominent team, gaining sponsorships, leading the team to become financially stable. They moved to Diondon in 2018 and became the host team of Joshdon Stadium.
During 2018, rumors started to spread that Team Plasma were retiring from the Marble League due to not training enough, leading to an opening in qualifiers for Marble League 2019. The team, who had applied for the games already, were hoping to take their place. On 1st January 2019, the Green Ducks were accepted into the Marble League 2019 Qualifiers and managed to finish in third, successfully qualifying for Marble League 2019 after the third event.[4]
Marble League 2019
Original logo for the Green Ducks, designed by Hersh and conceptualized by Stynth.
The old Green Ducks logo, used for the 2019 MarbleLympics, before the Marble League rebranding in 2019.
Qualifiers
The Green Ducks finished 4th in the qualifiers.
| Event | Participant | Final Result | Placing | Points | Overall Standing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Funnel Race | Mallard (C) | 1:19.68 | 5th | 14 | 5th |
| Block Pushing | All | 117.0 cm | 1st | 25 | 1st |
| Relay Race | All | 10.05 sec. | 5th | 14 | 1st |
| Underwater Race | Ducky | 30.83 sec. | 20th | 1 | 4th |
Main Tournament
They went on to medal 5 times in Marble League 2019 and come in 2nd overall, the best performance yet by a debuting team (not counting 2016 for obvious reasons).
| Event | Participant | Final Result | Place | Points | Overall Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Underwater Race | Quacky | 15.39 sec. | 2nd | 20 | 2nd |
| Funnel Race | Mallard (C) | 1:41.40 | 7th | 9 | 3rd |
| Balancing | All | 304 cm | 4th | 12 | 3rd |
| Gravitrax Slalom | All | 9.25 sec. | 4th | 12 | 4th |
| 5 Meter Sprint | Billy | 6.274 sec. | 4th | 12 | 3rd |
| Relay Run | All | 9.779 sec. | 1st | 25 | 1st |
| Block Pushing | All | 60.9 cm | 8th | 8 | 1st |
| Summer Biathlon | Quacky | 33.53 sec. | 14th | 2 | 2nd |
| Hurdles Race | Mallard (C) | 9.006 sec. | 5th | 11 | 2nd |
| Hubelino Maze | All | 24 | 8th | 8 | 3rd |
| Dirt Race | Ducky | 1:19.37 | 2nd | 20 | 2nd |
| Rafting | All | 33.74 sec. (MR) | 1st | 25 | 1st |
| Elimination Race | Quacky | 20.00 sec. | 2nd | 20 | 1st |
| Surfing | Mallard (C) | 42.90 | 12th | 4 | 2nd |
| Collision | All | Quarterfinal loss | 6th | 10 | 2nd |
| Sand Rally | Mallard (C) | 2:03.20 | 10th | 6 | 2nd |
The Green Ducks are pre-qualified for the Marble League 2020.
Marbula One 2019/20
The Green Ducks will be taking part in Marbula One 2019/20. Their team will consist of:
MarbleLympics Results
| Year | Events | Medals | Result | Points | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | S | B | Tot. | ||||
| 2019 | 16 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 2nd | 204 |
| 2020 | TBA | Qualified | N/A | N/A | |||
Team Members' Individual Scores
| Marble | Competed in | Individual events participated in |
Medals Won | Total Individual Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Billy | Marble League 2019 | 5 Meter Sprint (2019) | 0 gold medals 0 silver medal |
12 pts |
| Ducky | Marble League 2019 | Dirt Race (2019) | 0 gold medals 1 silver medal |
20 pts |
| Goose | Marble League 2019 | 0 gold medals 0 silver medal |
0 pts | |
| Mallard | Marble League 2019 | Funnel Race (2019) Hurdles Race (2019) |
0 gold medals 0 silver medal |
30 pts |
| Quacky | Marble League 2019 | Underwater Race (2019) Summer Biathlon (2019) |
0 gold medals 2 silver medal |
42 pts |
Italics - As reserve member
References
- ↑ @hankgreen. Twitter (1st January 2019). “I've got a team in the Marblelympics!”
- ↑ @JoshOG. Twitter (1st January 2019). “This is one of the coolest things EVER!!! OUR COMMUNITY IS IN THE MARBLELYMPICS 2019!!!!!!”
- ↑ Skystrykr (15th March 2019). 2019 MarbleLympics - Team Members. Reddit.
- ↑ Stynth (20th August 2019). RollBack: Green Ducks. The Rollout Issue Number 1 pp. 10-11.