Dutch club beats badminton playing time world record

By
Raphaël Sachetat
– June 4, 2013Posted in: news
For the 40th anniversary of their club, the Badminton Association Doesburg had decided to break a world record and bring attention to the charity foundation Solibad. On May 25th, the […]
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For the 40th anniversary of their club, the Badminton Association Doesburg had decided to break a world and bring attention to the charity foundation Solibad. On May 25th, the was broken with a “badminton marathon”  which lasted 37 hours, 6 minutes and 51 seconds on the court with four crazy shuttlers.

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The idea came up a year ago when Indra Strijbos, a young Dutch player, heard that such a record existed. She found that this would be a good way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of her club, Doesburg.  The preparation was part of the jubilee committee which had taken this “marathon” as part of their activities for the celebration.

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“The goal was to play 37 hours. We played games constantly. Per full hour played, we were entitled to one 5-minute break. This could also be accumulated. So we started 6 hours badminton (including 30 minute break) and then we used 15 minutes break, so we still had about 15 minutes later. We needed it later because at night one of the players had such a cramp on his knees that we even questioned whether we could still keep playing. After treatment by the physiotherapist, the player was fortunately able to continue,” said Indra.

Solibad in the limelight

Two stewards were present at all time to provide the team with sufficient food and drink and ensure that all the witnesses who were present had filled the necessary forms so that the record could be sent to the Guinness World Records. Another requirement was that there should be timekeepers present during the marathon. Chrono printers were used (a sort of stopwatch that prints a record of all intermediate times – in their case, pause times) by an expert in that field from swimming.

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“We hope that our record is valid. The information needs to be sent to London and then be evaluated so it can still take some time before anything is official,” added the young shuttler.

The event had another side to it: the club wanted to raise attention and money for the charity Solibad – Badminton without Borders. “The anniversary committee found Solibad a great goal, because the relationship with badminton is very clear. During the marathon we provided boxes where people could donate money. Several people walked around with these donation boxes. In addition, information was available about what kind of organization Solibad is and what they do. We also organized a small lottery. Youth members have distributed lottery tickets sold and the result of it was also intended for Solibad,” added Indra. A total of €365.92 was raised for Solibad.

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Local media had showed up to witness the attempt

The first video (the start) called “record BV Doesburg” and can be found via the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u9nJQO61HU&list=UUvzAREvCBVCkmOg83d1qhhA

The second movie is called “refrain at record badminton” and can be found via the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSzVC30mLsY&list=UUvzAREvCBVCkmOg83d1qhhA

The last movie (end) called “record set” and can be found via the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_profilepage&v=H-WyQZXh-o4 # action = share

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About Raphaël Sachetat

Raphael is the Chief Editor of Badzine International. He is the founder of the website together with Jean François Chauveau. After many years writing for the BWF and many publications around the world about badminton, he now leads a team of young and dynamic writers for Badzine.