Team McDolphin

Team McDolphin are an MTC team. They are named after the channel. They debuted in 2020

## History

Team McDolphin was formed in early 2020 to compete in the McDolphin Beach Racing competition that was cancelled/postponed. They were made up of five MMR racers (including one reserve) and a rookie, all nicknamed after the McDolphin Family. Phoebe, the captain, was represented by Cyclone, who is an MMR 2020 rookie and the winner of the 2020 Mystery Land MR. Zac is represented by multiple race winner Super Scooby, Moozh (their mum) is represented by Blue Flame, a 2020 B-Leaguer, Crisp is represented by MMR reserve racer Pink Rallier and Goldfish represents Tinker Bell, who was called TB Fish in the intro video. Also, Elsa is represened by a black and white marble named Poogle, a reference to a name given to the real Elsa the Cat by the real Team McDolphin. It is rumoured that if any other MTC competition or a beach race competition is held, Team McDolphin will acquire permanent kits.

The team began training in early January following the announcement of the beach racing but their hopes of competing as a team were severely hurt when the Earth (where the marbles of McDolphin Planet would travel to for the competition) was locked down due to a major health issue. However, the McDolphin Marble Sport Committee (MMSC) decided to hold a global (on McDolphin Planet) athletics competition to entertain Earth audiences and McDolphin Planet ones. Team McDolphin would compete and were one of the favourites to win.

When asked before event one began, Elsa told CCT (Coral Kingdom Television, the most famous free to watch TV channel in Coral Kingdom), "It am so amazed at how well set out this tournament is. Considering it was only planned in three weeks everything is immaculate; the grandstands and tickets, the track, the system, the events, everything. I may be the reserve but to be in a team, especially Team McDolphin, is just brilliant. I hope to maybe sneak into an event or two this year as well!"

Team McDolphin then lined up as the 12th team in the Team Intro and watched as the first 11 teams rolled down the tiny tightrope. They watched as the Birds of Prey opened the cup in a rather embarrassing fail, travelling just 42cm combined. They watched as the Colgate Club broke the record of the test team by getting 74cm compared to 69. They would be one of just 5 teams to do so. The Green Turtles were the second, getting 72cm, just behind the Colgates.

Team McDolphin were the twelve team to roll. Straight away they were relatively separated, which stopped them knocking each other off. The front three also slanted to the right, causing Moozh to fall off. Then Crisp fell further on but on the left. Meanwhile, Phoebe and Zac were sliding to the left, Zac slip-streaming his teammate to the far corner, where he motivated Phoebe to keep fast. Zac fell off just before the finish while Phoebe did finish. As a team, they had travelled... 90cm! They had set a new record! The Speedy Sloths and Electric Eels would surpass 74cm and take third and second respectively, but it was not enough to dethrone Team McDolphin. They stood proud upon the podium, the first MTC winners.

The next event was Time Trials, and Phoebe was up. They were the third to last runners and knew that she had to beat a 24.44 by Fire Carnival of the Carnival Crew. What happened next was sheer athletic brilliance. Phoebe circled the pan and all anyone watching could hear, other than Zac McDolphin commentating and Phoebe referring to the timer, was the buzz as she rocketed through onto the rest of the track. She had a clear advantage and only needed to keep it clean. She was fast through the first corners and the question of whether or not she would be beaten turned into whether sub-20 second run was possible. She came across the line after a minor stumble... in a 19.30! Another record and another dominant victory, this time by not 10cm but over 6 seconds!

For event 4, the team selected Zac, who likes swimming and fish in real life. He started well, leading lots of his race before Fritzy Mayhem from the Fritzes pipped him to the line by less than a second. Still, being by far the closest to the race winner from the heats meant that Zac would get 9th, best of the rest. Their lead was reduced to 6 points however. In the Speed Sprint, Crisp was narrowly beaten for second (and advancement) in his heat by Lulu from the Green Turtles but the in the initial review it appeared that Crisp had advanced and was put through into the semi-finals, in which he convincingly won to enter the finals. He would take third and end up still six points ahead of the team's closest rival, who were the Speedy Sloths.