Fruit Circuit

The **Fruit Circuit** was a fruit-themed marble sports league that started in 2004. It was run by Greg Woods.

## History

The Fruit Circuit, a fruit-themed marble sports tournament, was started in 2004 by Greg Woods. The circuit was never televised, but highlights were shown on the news. Teams in the Fruit Circuit took part in some minimal basic training before they started competing. Races were held once per week and had a cumulative score across multiple seasons.

Due to the tournament not being well financed and its small staffing budget, every full-time racer also took part in organizing the races. Sublime of the Limers was doing marketing and sponsorships, while Conda, Boa and Python of the Zesty Lemons handled fan stand setup.

The Fruit Circuit was in financial trouble multiple times throughout its history. When Mellow Yellow were recruited, the Circuit needed more teams to get more funding. If the team had declined Woods' invitation, the Circuit would probably have shut down.

By 2014, the Fruit Circuit was again running out of funds due to travel costs and had been losing viewership. Later that year, Greg Woods met with Jelle and Dion Bakker, who ran the Knikkegen Marble League. They noticed Woods' strong commentating abilities and ability to reach out to teams around the world, and they started plans to expand the KML into the Marble League. Woods went on to recruit other teams for Marble League 2016.

Each of the main marble racing circuits was awarded a limited number of spots for Marble League 2016, with the Fruit Circuit gaining three spots. The Limers, Mellow Yellow, and the O'rangers won the spots, while the Raspberry Racers just missed out on qualifying.

In December 2020, the Limers had not been invited to take part in the Marble League Winter Special and were waiting for the second half of Marbula One Season 2 to begin. Lemonlime suggested they do something to fill the time with the Garden Peas. They called the team and settled on planning a Fruit Circuit Reunion. They invited many team that had previously competed and a lot agreed to return, with notable exceptions of those competing in the Winter Special. 16 teams competed across five races, each hosted by a different team.

The Cloudberry Colliders hosted the first race which was won by Limelime of the Limers ahead of the Strawberry Strudels and the Cloudberry Colliders. The second race was hosted by the Aniseed Balls and was won by the Grape Nuts ahead of the Jalapeños and the Yarble Yellers. The third race was hosted by the Garden Peas, the fourth race was hosted by the Jalapeños and was won by Mellow Yellow, and the final race was hosted by the Silver Lychees which was won by Mellow Yellow. In the end Mellow Yellow were the overall winners, followed by the Grape Nuts and the Watermelon Wanderers. Sugar of the Jawbreakers was guest commentator at the final race.

## Members

Teams that participated in the Circuit include:

* Aniseed Balls
* Apple Turnovers
* Avocado Apes
* Banana Splits
* Blueberry Bonanza
* Boysenberry Ballers
* Cayenne Calvary
* Cherry Pits
* Cloudberry Colliders
* Garden Peas
* Grape Nuts
* Jalapeños
* Limers
* Mellow Yellow
* O'rangers
* Passionfruits
* Pomelo Power
* Pumpkin Patch
* Raspberry Racers
* Silver Lychees
* Strawberry Strudels
* Watermelon Wanderers
* Yarble Yellers
* Zesty Lemons
* Zoomchinis

## Winners

* 2004 - Limers
* 2005 - Pumpkin Patch
* 2006 - Yarble Yellers
* 2008 - Grape Nuts
* 2009 - Grape Nuts
* 2010 - Limers
* 2011 - Silver Lychees
* 2012 - Watermelon Wanderers
* 2015 - Limers
* Reunion - Mellow Yellow

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 1.12 1.13 1.14 Stynth, Orbitball and Vector (17th August 2021). RetRollSpective – Limers. Project Marblearth.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Stynth, ElrQ, Vector (14th December 2021). RetRollSpective – Mellow Yellow. Project Marblearth.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 foucaulf (25th August 2022). RetRollSpective – Constrictors. Project Marblearth.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Stynth, The Emperor, Vector (21st September 2021). RetRollSpective – Team Primary. Project Marblearth.
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Stynth, Fouc (28th September 2021). RetRollSpective – Savage Speeders. Project Marblearth.
6. ↑ Stynth, Piney (14th September 2021). RetRollSpective – Raspberry Racers. Project Marblearth.
7. ↑ Stynth (1st August 2020). So who ARE the Yarble Yellers?. Reddit.