Marble League 2017 Event 12: Sand Rally and Closing Ceremony

Marble League 2017 Event 12: Sand Rally and Closing Ceremony
The final of the sand race event, won by Team Galactic
Date	19 August 2017
Location	Bakker Bowl
Event	Marble Rally (sand)
Event Type	Outdoors, Individual
Link	Marble Race: Marble Race: Marblelympics 2017 E12 - Sand Rally (FINAL)
Medals
Winners	Starry - Team Galactic
Runners-up	Clementin - O'rangers
Third Place	Bolta - Thunderbolts
Chronology
Previous	Event 11: Underwater Race
Next	Marble League 2018 Qualifiers

The twelfth and final event of Marble League 2017 was held on the 19th of August 2017. The event was the Sand Rally. It was followed by the closing ceremony.

This event is remembered for Clementin completing the comeback of the O'rangers to clinch the 2017 Marble League title, and also for Starry's heroics to lift Team Galactic into 5th place overall.

Event

Sand Rally returns to the Marble League after appearing in Marble League 2016. Eight marbles per heat race down a long and twisty track on a sand hill. The four fastest marbles from each heat move on to the final. The winner is the first marble across the finish line.

Heats

	The team advanced to the final.
	The team was eliminated.

Heat 1

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Starry	Team Galactic	1:25.84
2nd	Shiny	Shining Swarm	1:26.61
3rd	Ocean	Oceanics	1:27.44
4th	Silvery	Quicksilvers	1:27.67
5th	Pinky Rosa	Pinkies	1:27.91
6th	Swifty	Savage Speeders	1:28.31
7th	Lemonlime	Limers	1:28.52
8th	Yelley	Mellow Yellow	1:28.69

Heat 2

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Bolta	Thunderbolts	1:24.74
2nd	Bonbon	Chocolatiers	1:26.84
3rd	Clementin	O'rangers	1:26.91
4th	Wispy	Midnight Wisps	1:26.97
5th	Imar	Team Primary	1:28.11
6th	Sweet	Jawbreakers	1:28.25
7th	Momo	Team Momo	1:28.67
8th	N/A	Jungle Jumpers	DNS*

*The Jungle Jumpers were not present in the event as they overslept after celebrating their recent victories.

Final

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Starry	Team Galactic	1:25.58
2nd	Clementin	O'rangers	1:25.97
3rd	Bolta	Thunderbolts	1:26.36
4th	Bonbon	Chocolatiers	1:27.40
5th	Shiny	Shining Swarm	1:28.12
6th	Silvery	Quicksilvers	1:28.14
7th	Wispy	Midnight Wisps	1:28.34
8th	Ocean	Oceanics	1:29.00

Medals

• Gold: Starry - Team Galactic
• Silver: Clementin - O'rangers
• Bronze: Bolta - Thunderbolts

Results

Rank	Marble	Team	Time	Points
1st	Starry	Team Galactic	1:25.58	25	Final
2nd	Clementin	O'rangers	1:25.97	20
3rd	Bolta	Thunderbolts	1:26.36	15
4th	Bonbon	Chocolatiers	1:27.40	12
5th	Shiny	Shining Swarm	1:28.12	11
6th	Silvery	Quicksilvers	1:28.14	10
7th	Wispy	Midnight Wisps	1:28.34	9
8th	Ocean	Oceanics	1:29.00	8
9th	Pinky Rosa	Pinkies	1:27.91	7	Heats
10th	Imar	Team Primary	1:28.11	6
11th	Sweet	Jawbreakers	1:28.25	5
12th	Swifty	Savage Speeders	1:28.31	4
13th	Lemonlime	Limers	1:28.52	3
14th	Momo	Team Momo	1:28.67	2
15th	Yelley	Mellow Yellow	1:28.69	1
16th	N/A	Jungle Jumpers	DNS	0

Standings After Event

	Rank	Team	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Points
1	1st	O'rangers	1	3	1	5	156
1	2nd	Savage Speeders	2	2	0	4	150
0	3rd	Mellow Yellow	2	1	0	3	119
0	4th	Midnight Wisps	1	1	1	3	118
6	5th	Team Galactic	2	0	0	2	115
1	6th	Pinkies	0	0	2	2	114
0	7th	Shining Swarm	1	0	0	1	112
0	8th	Chocolatiers	1	1	0	2	110
3	9th	Team Momo	0	2	1	3	106
1	10th	Limers	0	1	1	2	101
1	11th	Oceanics	0	1	1	2	99
1	12th	Thunderbolts	0	0	3	3	83
1	13th	Jawbreakers	0	0	0	0	83
1	14th	Team Primary	1	0	1	2	71
1	15th	Jungle Jumpers	1	0	1	2	66
0	16th	Quicksilvers	0	0	0	0	58

Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony started with a procession of all the participating teams in order from the 16th placed Quicksilvers through to the 4th placed Midnight Wisps. A red carpet was then laid out in front of the podium and the top three teams made their way onto the podium, starting with 3rd place Mellow Yellow, then 2nd placed Savage Speeders and finally the winners of Marble League 2017 the O'rangers. Then the teams that failed to qualify for the tournament processed out in front of the podium. The O'rangers were then led up some stairs and one member of the team went into a Hubelino track. They then went through a funnel before setting off a chain reaction of dominoes and other marbles which led to the extinguishing of the Marble League flame.