Badminton Marathon over 27 Hours

All but one team ( Michael Pepper, Ian Wingfield, David Philips and David Lindop on the right) eventually had to drop out through injury or shear exhaustion but one intrepid team managed to continue until 12.30 on Sunday 3rd June 2007 despite aching legs and drooping eyelids–a grand total of 27 hours 30 min! This was indeed long enough to challenge the Guinness Book of Records entry for a similar event standing at 24 hours, 21 minutes and 19 seconds, held by Sylvia Campion, Aubrey Cox, Maureen Dunne and William Stevenson, of Ireland , set in December 2005. It remains to be seen whether or not their record attempt will be ratified by the appropriate authorities. Watch this space!!
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