Thursday, March 4, 2010
Largest
Twister Board - world record set by the UCD Suas Society
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Between 350 and 400 students
from the University College Dublin
took part in a Twister
organised by the UCD
Suas Society
, which was played on a mat covering a
ground area of 1438 square metres -setting the new world record
for the Largest
Twister Board
. 
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photo
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The event itself, which was chiefly
organised by the Suas society, was supported by UCD Students’
Union and by UCD Societies’ Council, and was held in order
to raise funds for the Rag Week beneficiary charities.
The previous Guinness world record
for the Largest
Twister Board
was held by students from the University
of Tulsa, Oklahoma, who played a game on a mat measuring 1411.8
square metres – approximately ten mats fewer.
A
uditor of UCD Suas, Dave Hegarty, has
expressed his satisfaction with the event, telling The University
Observer that “it went well on the day, and everyone really
seemed to enjoy themselves.”
A reported €890 was collected at the
event, which will be distributed among five UCD societies
including Suas, St Vincent de Paul, Rotaract, the IPA Society
and the Gaisce society.
The central Suas Educational Development organisation
assisted its UCD branch by providing buckets, t-shirts and
photography for the day, while also offering advice for safety
and guidance plans.
MB, the manufacturers of the Twister game, assisted
the society in breaking the world record for the Largest
Twister Board
by offering to sell game mats at a significant
discount.
Suas is a charitable organisation that
raises money to enable educational development in underprivileged
countries such as India and Kenya.
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Thursday, March 4, 2010
