World Record Stats 1,754,680

[curtd]

All info kindly forwarded to me by Kevin Clark

Games	Les Green	Richard Powell	Kevin Clark	Mick Lingham	Curt Driver
1	21150	20870	23910	19860	20050
2	24720	16430	24560	22920	21220
3	25710	20490	23030	25720	21860
4	20570	7050	15070	22990	20570
5	24130	17140	25350	21290	23300
6	24380	20990	25800	24490	24050
7	22950	18480	25880	24280	12580
8	24260	21220	25560	23840	22000
9	23330	17870	21070	22450	21940
10	26020	20140	25660	23160	21690
11	25790	21310	23900	25210	23010
12	27200	21550	25350	15630	14060
13	25480	18510	24810	24920	22020
14	22770	16950	24890	21810	22010
15	10170	21130	25580	22450	18180
16	23350	22580	24730	24880	20400
Player Total	371980	302710	385150	365900	328940
Game average	23249	18919	24072	22869	20559
High Score	27200	22580	25880	25720	24050

[The Bullet]

Interesting.
How long was the table running?

[curtd]

May 15, 2015 8:00:06 GMT The Bullet said:

Interesting.
How long was the table running?

Hi Bob

All games were 18 mins

So, to try to make some sense of this, this is the extract from Part 1 of 3 of the Timeline:

Guinness Book of Records entry: 26-27th May 1990: The highest score in a 24 hour marathon by a team of five is 1,754,730, set by Les Green, Richard Powell, Kevin Clark, Mick Lingham and Curt Driver of the Shipwrights Arms, Chatham, Kent

Presumably "16 games" means that there were 16 x 5 = 80 legs........3 legs per hour, allowing for a 5-6 minute break on each hour, it all adds up !


[edit - sorry, this was posted in a rush and my mental arithmetic was only approximate ! Of course, if I had worked it out properly each 'game' or module lasted (18 mins x 5 players =) 90 minutes or 1.5 hours. And 16 of these make up 24 hours exactly]

[NigelS]

Not sure of your maths there Tommo

16 games x 5 players x 18 mins = 1440 mins which is bang on 24 hours - dont think they had any breaks!

The numbers are staggering above. Would love to have a go just to see how close we could get. The Albion Fishersgate has had some big scores this year, maybe get Mario and 4timeschamp involved. Not sure Jum's back would hold up though!!

LOL I said it adds up not that it multiplies up !
From past negotiations with Guinness Book from when Horsham did our own marathon in 1977, the terms and conditions are that a 5-minute break on each hour is mandatory.
If the Kent boys did not keep to that, then the record is invalid !

Our own effort (documented on our website) was over 3 days and nights and included periods of ragged play (breaks lost etc) due to the rigorous demands on our bodies. I for one needed 18 hours sleep afterwards to catch up.

If you're going to have a crack at the record, definitely keep to the 24 hours !

[curtd]

I can confirm that we didn't have any breaks between games at all. The clock was running and at the end of each 18 mins the next player was ready to play and the player finishing their game jumped into the scorers chair and had said 15 before he had sat down. After the first round of games we all got the system and it went like clockwork



Les Green was the one who had been in contact with Guinness and at no point were we told we had to have a break. I guess that after playing and scoring we then had a break of 54 mins each anyway


After seeing some of the scores posted on here from the Albion Fishergate I think it could be worth a go.
I also think that it would be a shame if someone who currently holds the record couldn't be involved

Curt

[NigelS]

I for one would be up for an attempt, looks like you might be too Curt.......we just need to find some mates!

May 15, 2015 10:57:50 GMT curtd said:

I also think that it would be a shame if someone who currently holds the record couldn't be involved
Curt

Don't think Les would come back from Greece especially ! (Only teasing)

What about the latest "Mr 25k" Lloydy ? And the W.C. would probably be up for it as a home venue player.

[markb]

Hi All, I would give it a go

[BigPhilMac]

That's some insane consistency! I'd have to be on steroids for that!

[The Chubbster™]

I would be quite happy to give it a go, I would suggest our Albion Table as it's a complete flying machine at the moment. You can get 20 just by being nice and steady., to say nothing of the 3 25k breaks there have been in the last month or so. There was room for improvement as well. I know I will certainly be eyeing 25k on it next season.

If we were to do something like this, I would strongly recommend we look to maximise the publicity of it for the benifit of our game. A simple video documentary for YouTube prehaps? I'd be happy to do that as well as play.