Jelle

**Jelle** is the coach of the Yarble Yellers. They are not related to Jelle Bakker.

## History

Jelle became the coach of the Yarble Yellers during their time in the Fruit Circuit. The team became one of the most unpredictable in the Fruit Circuit, being fast but unruly, sometimes going so fast they would fly off the course, mostly landing out of bounds but occasionally landing further up the track. This risky move was later dubbed the "Yambush" by Greg Woods. Throughout the ten years in the Fruit Circuit, the Yarble Yellers regularly finished between fifth and tenth, winning races on straightforward tracks but struggling with more complex courses.

After the 2014 season, the team decided they had had enough of the Fruit Circuit and applied to appear in the 2015 Knikkegen Marble League. They felt bad leaving, especially as this was the time the funding for the Circuit started to run out, but they decided to do what was best for the team. Despite being from a different continent, they were accepted into the league due to their association with the Fruit Circuit.

During the 2015 season it was announced that the competition would be ending and being replaced by the Marble League, with places being offered to the top two of the twelve competing teams. At the time of the announcement, the Yarble Yellers were in seventh overall. The team decided to strive for the top and podiumed in each of the track events. The team's weakness was again in events needing control like Funnel Spinning and the Halfpipe. Despite the team's efforts, the team would finish in third overall after the team collectively overshot the pool in the final event, Diving, behind Team Primary and the Thunderbolts.

After the end of the Knikkegen Marble League, the team went on a hiatus from marble sports and returned to Yarbas, purchasing their own tuber farm. Despite spending a lot of time growing and exporting yams, the team still goes to Yarble Hill, the location of the team's Fruit Circuit, at weekends to race.

The Yarble Yellers returned to competition in 2020 after being invited to compete in the Herbotamia Reunion alongside the teams from the Hubelino Tournament as well as the Grape Nuts and Team Plasma. The competition happened behind closed doors so the results are unknown.

In 2021, the team returned in the Fruit Circuit Reunion which was organised by the Limers. The Yellers placed third in Race 2 at the Seedway, the track of the Aniseed Balls. Unfortunately, the team would not podium again and they finished the competition in eighth overall.

The Yellers were invited to compete in the Herbotamia Invitational later in 2021, being among the favorites to win. Finishes of first in Collision and sixth in the Minty Mania Grand Prix among others was enough for the Yellers to finish in third overall.

## References

1. ↑ Stynth (1st August 2020). So who ARE the Yarble Yellers?. Reddit.
2. ↑ Stynth (30th October 2020). Offseason Moments – ML2020 Part 1. Jelle's Marble Runs.
3. ↑ Stynth, Orbitball, Vector (August 17th 2021). RetRollSpective – Limers. Project Marblearth.
4. ↑ NordiqueWhaler (30th June 2021). Marbula One Season 2 / Pre-Marble League 2021 Offseason Moments – Part 2. Project Marblearth.
5. ↑ Stynth, NordiqueWhaler (26th October 2021). RetRollSpective – Minty Maniacs. Project Marblearth.