This month a few of us at Guinness World Records received a sporting treat courtesy of the Gillette Four Nations rugby league tournament who supplied us with tickets to the Australia vz New Zealand match at The Stoop last Saturday. For those of you who missed it the repeat of the 2008 Rugby League World Cup final ended in a thrilling 20-20 draw with Australia running in a last gasp try to avoid defeat.

This is the first four nations tournament, replacing the tri-nations tournament which Australia won three times, the most wins of the rugby league tri-nations. Darren Lockyer was also on show but failed to score a try, almost surprising considering he shares the record (with kiwi Joe Vagana) for the most tries scored in rugby league tri-nations matches an impressive nine.

October records

The month kicked off with a brand new record holder entering our Records Database in the Nuevo Estadio Jose Zorrilla, in Valladolid, Spain. 'Supersub' Iker Munian came off the bench for Athletic Club Bilbao to score the equaliser against Real Valladolid and secure his team a 2-2 draw. Aged 16 years and 289 days old he was the youngest goalscorer in the top division of Spanish football.

But after that it has been a case of the usual suspects tightening their grip on some Guinness World Records…

On 25 October 2009 Frenchman Sebastien Loeb raced to victory at the Rally of Great Britain for the second consecutive year to pip Finnish rival Mikko Hirvonen to the 2009 World Rally Championship by just one point! It was his sixth consecutive World Rally Championship the most WRC titles and the most consecutive. It was also his 53rd race win extending his record for the most WRC race wins.

A week before that we had another serial record-breaker add a new record to his list. New England Patriots Tom Brady threw an incredible five touchdown passes in the 2nd quarter of their 59-0 demolition of Tennessee Titans. The most touchdown passes in one quarter his fourth Guinness World Record!

While we are talking NFL and multiple record-holders - if Brett Favre doesn’t have enough records already, he has now become the subject of a Guinness World Records attempt! Check here to see how the guys at Sportsnation got on as they attempted the most mentions of a name on a TV show…

Also in last month’s blog I told you to watch out for Leeds Rhinos in the Super League Grand Final...by beating St.Helens 18 points to 10 at Old Trafford, Manchester, United Kingdom, they won their third title in a row the most consecutive Super League titles! Remember you heard it here first!

October “almost” records

While the following are NOT records yet...we are currently researching to see if this incredible effort from Argentina’s Martin Palermo could be the longest headed goal in national top division football?? 

 And as for the longest volleyed goal – Dejan Stankovic has put himself in contention with this amazing effort!

What’s coming up in November?

The tennis season draws to a close next month and the traditional ATP World Tour Finals (the tournament formerly known as the ATP Tour Championships and Tennis Masters Cup) comes to London, United Kingdom for the first time ever. In the 1980s Ivan Lendl won the tournament five times, in the 1990s Pete Sampras matched him, now in the final year of the noughties, Roger Federer is hoping for his fifth title to equal the record for the most wins of the ATP World Tour Finals.

In women’s tennis the Fed Cup (a tournament formerly known as the Federation Cup) has reached it’s climax with the final taking place on 7-8 November. In this year’s edition Italy face off against USA with the States hoping to win their 18th title extending their record for the most wins of the Fed Cup by a team.

What you did this month!!

As always we finish with some records from you guys - congratulations to everybody who set a new Guinness World Records record last month here are just a few highlights of records approved right here in Guinness World Records offices or in situ by one of our official adjudicators.

Greatest distance run by a relay team
The longest distance run by a relay team is 3,096 Km (1,923 miles) and was achieved by the 'Gillette Phenomenal Tour' over 14 days, from 21 September 2009 to 5 October 2009. Adjudicated by GWR – find out more here!

Longest marathon playing baseball
The longest baseball marathon was 48 hr 9 min 27 sec, achieved by the Jonny G Foundation Cardinals and the Edward Jones Browns (Both USA) at TR Hughes Ballpark in Saint Louis, Missouri, USA, on 9-11 October 2009. Adjudicated by GWR – find out more here!

The furthest distance covered on a jetski in 24 hours is 1,150 km (714.58 miles) and was achieved by Brett Kettle (Australia) on a SeaDoo GTX jetski starting at Manly Marina passing through Rosslyn Bay and finishing at Inskip Point, in Queensland, Australia, from 29-30 June 2009.

Most golf holes played in seven days (cart)
Using a golf cart for transport, Thomas Bucci (USA) completed 1,801 golf holes in seven days at the Albany Country Club, Voorheesville, New York, USA, from 14-20 June 2009.

Fewest golf strokes to complete a marathon distance
The fewest strokes taken to complete marathon distance playing golf is 494 strokes and was achieved by Jake Sand (United States) at Desert Mountain Golf Resort, Arizona, United States, on 28 May 2009.

Furthest distance to push a scrum machine in 8 hours (relay)
The furthest distance to push a scrum machine in an 8 hr relay is 37.92 km, (23.56 miles) achieved by U17 & U19 Rugby Squad (UK), at Shobnall Leisure Complex, Burton On Trent, United Kingdom, on 5 July 2009.

26 October 2009