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4. Guinness World Record
Northwich RUFC are World Record Holders!
It’s now official.
What have Northwich Rugby club, Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon have in common? Well of course they are all world record holders. After the second attempt Northwich last summer claimed the world record for their annual Year 5/6 Tag Rugby tournament, and after waiting for the record to be ratified can now declare themselves ‘Guinness World Record holders for the World’s Largest Tag Rugby Tournament’. Probably the only rugby club in the country to hold a world record, Northwich have been holding their regular schools tag tournament for over 15 years. “We’ve been regularly running large tournaments for over 400 children each Spring and a special Rugby World Cup tournament in 2003, but I felt our peers in other clubs were getting more publicity, so we decided to ‘raise the bar’ in 2005 and increase the size of our tournament and apply for the Guinness World Record.” said Kevin Jones, club committee member and organiser of the annual tag events. Unfortunately the wettest ever day in July spoiled the chances to claim the record in 2005 and this gave us a chance to tidy up our paperwork ready for the 2006 event. “Although we set up the event, we couldn’t have got the record without the help of the schools of Northwich & Winsford. Special thanks go to Sandiway and Winnington schools for finding teams at the last minute to ensure we had 25 teams on the day” says Simon Bridle, Junior club Chairman.
Of course Northwich are not finished yet, the club will be looking to beat their record with their annual event this July with plans to hold a 36 team event with 360 players and will be running a special world cup event in September. Players wanting a taste of tag or contact rugby before the tournaments can of course come down every Saturday to watch the unbeaten 1st XV, or on Sundays to play in one of our junior teams.”
It’s now official.
What have Northwich Rugby club, Mount Everest and the Grand Canyon have in common? Well of course they are all world record holders. After the second attempt Northwich last summer claimed the world record for their annual Year 5/6 Tag Rugby tournament, and after waiting for the record to be ratified can now declare themselves ‘Guinness World Record holders for the World’s Largest Tag Rugby Tournament’. Probably the only rugby club in the country to hold a world record, Northwich have been holding their regular schools tag tournament for over 15 years. “We’ve been regularly running large tournaments for over 400 children each Spring and a special Rugby World Cup tournament in 2003, but I felt our peers in other clubs were getting more publicity, so we decided to ‘raise the bar’ in 2005 and increase the size of our tournament and apply for the Guinness World Record.” said Kevin Jones, club committee member and organiser of the annual tag events. Unfortunately the wettest ever day in July spoiled the chances to claim the record in 2005 and this gave us a chance to tidy up our paperwork ready for the 2006 event. “Although we set up the event, we couldn’t have got the record without the help of the schools of Northwich & Winsford. Special thanks go to Sandiway and Winnington schools for finding teams at the last minute to ensure we had 25 teams on the day” says Simon Bridle, Junior club Chairman.
Of course Northwich are not finished yet, the club will be looking to beat their record with their annual event this July with plans to hold a 36 team event with 360 players and will be running a special world cup event in September. Players wanting a taste of tag or contact rugby before the tournaments can of course come down every Saturday to watch the unbeaten 1st XV, or on Sundays to play in one of our junior teams.”