Marble League 2021 Friendly Round

The **Marble League 2021 Friendly Round** took place on 25 June 2021. This was a competition between the hosts of Marble League 2021 and the top three teams from Marble League 2020. The Savage Speeders, O'rangers and Minty Maniacs had already pre-qualified for Marble League 2021 as they came first, second and third respectively and the Crazy Cat's Eyes pre-qualified by host announcement. This competition was put on to give these teams some practice before the main games.

## Medals

### Third Place

Minty Maniacs

The first event of the Marble League 2021 Friendly Round was held on the 25th June 2021, featuring the first event, the **Swing Wave**, or **Wave** for short.

### Event

In the Swing Wave, the marble teams roll down a wave-shaped track. The farther each marbles goes, the more points they get. There are 10 waves numbered from 1 to 10, with a red catch tray at the very end. A marble scores points equivalent to the numbering of the Swing wave it stops in; falling into the red catch tray scores 0 points. Unlike the Hubelino Tournament variation, there is no 12-point strip, and there is a single lane in the track. The teams' score in the event is their best result after two heats. The team with the highest score wins.

## Marble League 2021 Friendly Round Event 2: Funnel Endurance

Yellow Eye from Crazy Cat's Eyes winning race

## Medals

### Third Place

Kinnowin - O'rangers

The second event of the Marble League 2021 Friendly Round  was held on the 25th June 2021, featuring the second event, **Funnel Endurance**.

### Event

The race was similar to previous Funnel Races. It featured ten funnels but the top five funnels were the previous style orange funnels while the bottom were larger first two blue funnels and three the biggest green funnels. The rules were the same as previous funnel spinning events (the last marble to finish wins).

## Medals

### Third Place

O'rangers

The third event of the Marble League 2021 Friendly Round was  held on the 25th June 2021, featuring the third event, **5 Meter Relay**.

### Event

The 5 Meter Relay was similar to previous versions of the Relay Run. One marble from each team rolls down part of the track as quickly as they can. They then collide with the next marble on their team, setting them off to complete their part of the race. The fourth marble on the team completes the final part of the race. The team with the fastest time wins.

### Standings After Event

**Red:** Not able to move up in the rankings.

## Marble League 2021 Friendly Round Event 4: Sand Rally

Minty Fresh from Minty Maniacs winning race

## Medals

### Third Place

Rapidly - Savage Speeders

The fourth and final event of the Marble League 2021 Friendly Round was held on the 25th June 2021, featuring the fourth event, **Sand Rally**.

### Event

In this event, 4 individual marbles race down a sand track. The first marble across the finish line is the winner.

## Standings

### Standings After Each Event

 Savage Speeders | 2nd
 O'rangers | 1st
 Minty Maniacs | 3rd

## Trivia

* This is so far the only Friendly Round edition where the host team, Crazy Cat's Eyes, didn't win the first event.
	+ In fact, they ended up finishing last.