Marble League 2017 Event 1: Opening Ceremony and Funnel Race

Marble League 2017 Event 1: Funnel Race
The final of the funnel race
Date	1 July 2017
Location	Bakker Bowl
Event	Funnel Spinning
Event Type	Indoors, Individual
Link	Marble Race: Marblelympics 2017 E1: Funnel Race
Medals
Winners	Mary - Team Primary
Runners-up	Aqua - Oceanics
Third Place	Pinky Toe - Pinkies
Chronology
Previous	Marble League 2017 Qualifiers
Next	Event 2: Long Jump

The first event of Marble League 2017 was held on 1st July 2017, not only featuring the first event, the Funnel Race, but also the Opening Ceremony.

Opening Ceremony

This opening ceremony featured a procession of the Marble League torch followed by each of the 16 competing teams down a straightaway in front of all of the spectating marbles. The torch was then carried up the steps and was used to light the Marble League cauldron.

Event

The Funnel Race was similar to the one used in the qualifiers. This event has 9 funnels connected in a downwards slope, challenging teams to stay in the funnels for as long as they can, done in a tournament-like fashion. The 4 marbles that stayed in the funnels for the longest in each heat moved onto the next round.

Heats

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

Heat 1

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Mary	Team Primary	1:36.04
2nd	Momomo	Team Momo	1:32.16
3rd	Kinnowin	O'rangers	1:26.96
4th	Aqua	Oceanics	1:16.53
5th	Yellah	Mellow Yellow	1:08.09
6th	Slimelime	Limers	1:07.81
7th	Wospy	Midnight Wisps	1:03.21
8th	Leap	Jungle Jumpers	1:00.67

Heat 2

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Mocha	Chocolatiers	1:33.80
2nd	Whizzy	Savage Speeders	1:30.98
3rd	Pinky Toe	Pinkies	1:26.48
4th	Bolto	Thunderbolts	1:14.89
5th	Candy	Jawbreakers	1:12.08
6th	Shimmer	Shining Swarm	1:06.10
7th	Argent	Quicksilvers	1:01.85
8th	Pulsar	Team Galactic	0:56.39

Final

#	Marble	Team	Time
1st	Mary	Team Primary	1:44.51
2nd	Aqua	Oceanics	1:37.41
3rd	Pinky Toe	Pinkies	1:27.04
4th	Whizzy	Savage Speeders	1:24.82
5th	Momomo	Team Momo	1:24.55
6th	Mocha	Chocolatiers	1:22.72
7th	Kinnowin	O'rangers	1:19.08
8th	Bolto	Thunderbolts	1:05.94

Medals

• Gold: Mary - Team Primary

• Silver: Aqua - Oceanics

• Bronze: Pinky Toe - Pinkies

Results

Rank	Marble	Team	Time	Points
1st	Mary	Team Primary	1:44.51	25	Final
2nd	Aqua	Oceanics	1:37.41	20
3rd	Pinky Toe	Pinkies	1:27.04	15
4th	Whizzy	Savage Speeders	1:24.82	12
5th	Momomo	Team Momo	1:24.55	11
6th	Mocha	Chocolatiers	1:22.72	10
7th	Kinnowin	O'rangers	1:19.08	9
8th	Bolto	Thunderbolts	1:05.94	8
9th	Candy	Jawbreakers	1:12.08	7	Heats
10th	Yellah	Mellow Yellow	1:08.09	6
11th	Slimelime	Limers	1:07.81	5
12th	Shimmer	Shining Swarm	1:06.10	4
13th	Wospy	Midnight Wisps	1:03.21	3
14th	Argent	Quicksilvers	1:01.85	2
15th	Leap	Jungle Jumpers	1:00.67	1
16th	Pulsar	Team Galactic	0:56.39	0

Trivia

• There was a false start in Heat 2 when the Quicksilvers, Thunderbolts, and the Pinkies didn't get out of their starting blocks until 3 seconds after release. The start had to be done over again due to an unfair advantage.