Marine Team

Marine Team are a Turquoise/Blue and white team of marbles who compete in the McDolphin Team Cup. They were one of the original 16 teams and made their debut in the 2020 tournament. They so far have taken 3 medals in 6 events and are a major title contender.

## Marine Team

### Kit Colour

Frosted Turquoise or Clear Dark Blue with White Stripes

## Team Members

Dolphin, Shark, Ray and Whale were the original main team members and Fish and Wrasse were the original reserves. Dolphin was elected as the MTC team captain in April 2020.

## Origins

The Marine Team come from different towns and cities from across Coral Kingdom. Dolphin is from Delphino on Delfín Island, Shark is from Fina on Tibúron Island, Ray is from the small island of Stingra from the town of Manta, Whale is from Hailey Whaley on the small Whaley Island, Fish is from Moorish Idol on the island which shares the town's name while Wrasse is from the town of Wrasse on Tortuga Island. The 6 met doing sports competitions in 2008 and 9 with their schools. They quickly became friends and decided to form an independent sports team of 6 (the same size as a Tropicanian Athletics Team, Tropicania being their continent) called the Coral Kingdom Speedsters. They competed in amateur leagues in the summer of 2009 at the age of 16 and often met at weekends during the school term (as they were already in college at their respective schools) to train. Then, in Spring 2010, the Tropicania Sports Association revealed that they were looking for new teams to join the Tropicania Athletic Games. The Speedsters immediately applied and were told that they would be allowed to join but under the conditions that they had to rename themselves do to legal reasons. They didn't hugely want to do this but their desire to compete was more than their desire to keep their name. So they renamed themselves Marine Team as Marine Team suggested the ocean, which made sense with their names, all of which are ocean creatures. They resent their application and were admitted into the TAC for 2010.

### Tropicania Athletic Games

Marine Team were 1 of 7 new teams entering the 6th Biannual TAC along with teams such as the Green Turtles, Octopi and the Seahorses. They were quite successful in 2010, with Dolphin winning gold in the sprint and Ray taking 1 silver in the Velodrome Individual event. The team also medalled in the Relay Race, Bowls and the Tightrope although struggled a bit in the aquatic events.

In 2012 the team were again consistent in the Carnival Crew's Carnival Colosseum, but were more consistent in a low placing fashion. They took 4 medals in 24 events compared to 5 in 20 in the previous season and were 11th in the Medal Table. They also took last place in Bowls and choked the Triathlon despite leading for the first 2 sections of the final, being undone by the water at the end to finish in 3rd. The team won the relay and Ray won in the long distance but they were the season highlights.

In 2014, at the Green Turtle's Shelldome, however, the team excelled. They medalled in 10 out of the 24 events, a record at the time, and were top of the medal tables. They won 4 golds, in the sprint, with Dolphin breaking the record,