Hello everyone!!! The midnight Wisps are back so is me and nfmoose your trusty reporter.





Chapter 1 : They're back! Edit

Do you want to build a snowman? Come on, let's go and play!

Oooh - can you smell it? No, it is not the tantalising possibility of fresh, clean snow in the air; nor is it the rich, fruity aroma of homemade Christmas cake. It's a far, far better smell than any of these - it's the smell of the MarbleLympics! They're back, baby!

Chapter 2 : Let's start with curling Edit

"I love the smell of marbles in the morning"

Cast your mind back to the Summer MarbleLympics. The Midnight Wisps, competing as a brand new team, did not anticipate major success. In fact, their target was just to be competitive and get used to the atmosphere of big events. After manoeuvring through the choppy waters of qualifying, the Wisps gradually gained momentum and went on to an outstanding, remarkable fourth-place finish in the overall medal table.

This time, the team will have to adapt to the icy winter conditions and the diverse physical and mental demands of a whole new range of events. This is the MarbleLympics, but not as we know it. As commentator Greg Woods settles himself down with a scarf, a hat and a mug of cocoa to soothe his glorious vocals, what will he be saying about the team?

Curl Your Enthusiasm

Qualification for the winter games, divided into four large qualifying groups, will feature four events, the first being curling. It's a team game that demands tactical awareness, speed, power, and precision. Before they went out on the ice, the team were aware of the other teams in a strong-looking group: Oceanics, Team Momo, the Pinkies, Kobalts, Jungle Jumpers, and unknown prospects the Golden Orbs and Gliding Glaciers.

A 'mint' performance against the Glaciers

The first game almost went badly wrong when Wispy knocked Wespy out of the circle, but Wopsy and Wuspy followed up with a two blue finishes. W 4-0

Are Jumpers good in cold weather?

After watching an engrossing clash between the Pinkies and the Oceanics, the Wisps took on the Jungle Jumpers in the second semi-final. After trading some positional shots, our last player, Wuspy, came up with a big clearing shot on Leap, taking him out of the circle and setting up a 2-0 win. To the final!

Thriller on Ice

The final, against the Oceanics, was a nailbiting affair. The teams traded scores until Wospy failed to remove an Oceanics player. Finally, with the scores level, the Oceanics won due to one of their marbles having a closer proximity to the centre of the target.

Losing the final on a tiebreak might be mentally devastating for our boys, but they should take comfort in an assured performance in slippery conditions, not to mention 7 qualification points .





RESULT - 2nd place - 7 qualification points

Chapter 3 : The snow race Edit

after a good showing in curling the wisps move on to event 2 can they maintain the momentum from curling?

Looks good

The wisps have chosen Wuspy as their for this event, starting in pole everything looks good for the wisps event like these are not their strong suit but maybe starting in pole could change that

A wasted opportunity

After long wait the race finally commenced and immediately the wisps weakness become apparent with Wuspy dropping to 4th and pinky winky, MOMO and hop in the top 3, at first it may seem like Wuspy was able to maintain 4th place but alas the pressure was just to much with Goldby passing Wuspy on the final stretch making Wuspy to settle for 5th.

Results: 5th - 24,16 - 4 point

Current standings (group B): 2nd - 11 points (tied with the jungle jumpers)

And that is it for part 1, the reports for event 3&4 + Qualification summary will come in part 2.