After the recent Puzzle  annual marathon, the judges were comparing notes to determine who finished where. From their notes, can you help them to reconstruct the final result?

• Matthew Merryman beat Tom Trent and Jimmy James.
• Peter Piper beat Jimmy James, Tom Trent and Alan Ardman.
• Zach Zebra lost to Peter Piper.
• Graham Goodfellow beat Tom Trent
• Zach Zebra beat Frank Flintbone.
• Graham Goodfellow lost to Frank Flintbone and Peter Piper.
• Tom Trent beat Brian Brick.
• Alan Ardman beat Zach Zebra, Kevin Kingfisher and Graham Goodfellow.
• Kevin Kingfisher lost to Graham Goodfellow and Matthew Merryman.
• Brian Brick beat Kevin Kingfisher.
• Matthew Merryman lost to Alan Ardman and Zach Zebra.
• Frank Flintbone beat Tom Trent, Matthew Merryman and Brian Brick.
• Tom Trent lost to Jimmy James and Alan Ardman.
• Jimmy James beat Graham Goodfellow and Brian Brick.

On the day before the spacecraft was to return to
Earth, the Martians held a dinner party for the crew. In
all there were eight at the table: Aken, Bal, Mun, Mark,
Wora, Jones, Rider and Smith.
a. One was a history buff.
b. One was a whiz at math.
c. One was very tall.
d. One was Aken’s friend.
e. One had yellow feathers.
f. One was a pilot.
g. One was a rock collector.
h. One spoke a number of languages.
1. The person who was Aken’s friend sat directly
opposite Mark.
2. Wora sat between the math whiz and Aken’s
friend.
3. The tall one sat opposite Wora, with Aken to her
left.
4. Smith, who had no real friends among the group,
sat to the right of Mun who towered over the rest
of the group.
5. The one who had yellow feathers sat opposite Bal,
between Mun and the one who spoke a number of
languages.
6. Jones was to the right of the rock collector and
opposite the pilot who was next to Rider.
Who was Aken’s friend?