The Great International Marble Run Challenge is a highly competitive, fun and fast-moving team building event involving collaboration, negotiations and competition lasting for about 1½ hours. It is suitable for groups of between 9 and 200+ "pioneers!"

Each team is allocated an international territory and are organised into consortia; this means that teams need to work collaboratively with some territories whilst competing with others!

The challenge is to transport marbles by pipeline from the city of Alpha to the city of Bravo crossing international boundaries en-route. Each team may only operate inside their national boundaries an area of the function room (or grass/hard-standing area) clearly marked out by bright hazard tape.

Teams each have access to a set of construction materials. Teams receive incoming marbles from one or more other neighbouring team and then pass them on to the next team in their consortia. This requires collaboration between teams to pool and exchange resources to ensure that the pipeline works as a complete entity.

Individual teams can improve their pipeline by building in special features (drops, bends etc.); by paying attention to structural integrity and by the decoration and adornment of their pipeline with national emblems and symbols. Extra fun can be built-in by requiring pipelines to crossover rival pipelines at various points!

At a specified time, marbles are released over the whole pipeline. An Award Ceremony at the close recognises a variety of achievements such ambition demonstrated, artistry, engineering innovation and of course whether the pipeline works or not!.

Finally, the marble pipelines that your team builds represent a great metaphor for the need for organisations to provide a seamless service or product delivery to their clients - this can only be achieved if all teams are aligned to the same goal.

This high-energy event really taps into teamwork. it is ideal as a conference energiser or to add a team building element to a meeting, seminar or training course. Contact Uno+Uno Team to book your event now!

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