Longest indoor hockey match-world record set by Havering Hockey Club

  HORNCHURCH, England -- 24 players from the Havering Hockey Club played hockey for 26 hours and 38 minutes- raising more than £3,000 for the Recorder's Lifeline Appeal and setting the world record for the Longest indoor hockey match .
Photo:The club had been split into two teams, Havering Hockey Club versus The Harrow Pub , which had been sponsored by the pub on Hornchurch Road. Each team had six players and six substitutes.( enlarge photo )
   And the final score? An amazing Havering 275, Harrow 382.

Club President Pat Johnson said: "They've project managed something that was really quite huge. "There were quite a few players with cramps and strains, but they didn't give up - they just kept going and going."

"We were all quite drained but we kept each other going with morale," youngest player Alex Defroand, 17, said.

"People think you go into a world record attempt having had a full night's sleep and day's rest - but we didn't!" one of the organisers and player Paul Nerurkar said.

   As Paul said: "You don't realise how many people are involved in a 20-hour event - not just the players but the 43 officials, ranging from medics, to umpires, stewards and independent observers."

  THE Recorder's Lifeline Appeal is looking to raise £300,000 to buy an essential piece of medical equipment for Queen's Hospital in Romford.
   The money will buy Stereotactic cancer-treating equipment for the hospital in Rom Valley Way. The machine will help in the fight against cancer by pinpointing abnormal cells in the brain and beaming x-rays in to destroy them.

Link: to make an online donation towards the LifeLine Appeal


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Friday, December 12, 2008

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