Tuesday, March 9, 2010

  Most consecutive volleyball passes - Triangle Volleyball Club sets world record

 RALEIGH, NC, USA -- The Raleigh Convention Center [RCC] played host to Triangle Volleyball Club and its guests who played 110 successful volleyball passes - setting the new world record for the Most consecutive volleyball passes .

The record attempt for the Most consecutive volleyball passes was in conjunction with the Mid-Atlantic Power League tournament [MAPL Raleigh] hosted by Triangle Volleyball Club at the RCC.

   Participants included student-athletes, coaches and parents.

   The new world record of 110 successful passes beat the previous Guinness world record of 92 set in Germany in 2006.

   The world record is for consecutive forearm passes over the net with a different individual making each pass. Student-athletes, coaches and parents all participated in the record.

   The new world record of 110 was achieved on the second attempt [the first attempt being halted at 17 with an errant pass].

Triangle Volleyball Club donated $1 for every registered participant in the attempt to the CLINTON BUSH HAITI FUND to aid the victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. When combined with other donations the fund will receive in more than $500.

MAPL Raleigh is the only convention center-based tournament in North Carolina involving North Carolina teams and is the largest indoor sporting event held in the area.
  With 20 high-performance courts under one roof, MAPL Raleigh features some of the best club volleyball teams from all along the eastern seaboard.

The previous Guinness world record for the Most consecutive volleyball passes the was 92 consecutive passes over the net with a different individual making each pass - was set Nov. 25, 2006, by SV Bayer Wuppertal in the Bayerhall, Wuppertal, Germany.

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