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• Tampa to Host Longest Cigar Re

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    For more information, contact 
    Chantal Hevia  or
    Ybor City Museum Society
    (813) 247-1434
    chevia@ybormuseum.com
    www.cigarheritagefestival.com

    Guinness World Records® Attempt  for "Longest Cigar" To Take Place in Ybor City
     
    Tampa, FL (November 10, 2009) – On Saturday, November 21, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., the Ybor City Museum Society will host the Verizon Cigar Heritage Festival during which Wallace and Margarita Reyes will attempt to break the current Guinness World Records record by building a cigar that spans nearly a city block. The Reyes and their team of 48 volunteers will construct a 180+ foot, 64 ring gauge cigar within a 10-hour period.

    The Verizon Cigar Heritage Festival is a family-friendly event that features traditional foods, cultural entertainment, kid zone, game zone with NCAA football, a beer and wine garden, some of the world's finest cigars, and live broadcasts by Cigar Dave, Jack Harris, Ted Webb and Jeff Fisher. Attendees will may also take Ybor City Museum State Park tours, shop at the Ybor City Saturday Market and Centennial Park 19th Street Shops or enjoy many other aspects of the festival.

    The Reyes have been constructing the world's longest cigar in eighteen 10-foot sections at the Museum Store Cigar Gallery, 1820 N. 9th Avenue, Tampa, FL 33605. Final assembly of the sections to break the current Guinness World Records record will take place at the Verizon Cigar Heritage Festival. This is the first longest cigar record attempt worldwide during which a Guinness World Records Adjudicator will be present to immediately certify the record, expected to be attained at sometime between 3:00 and 3:45 p.m.  An announcement to the local, national and international press will be made shortly thereafter by Guinness World Records.

    Wallace and Margarita Reyes, co-owners of Gonzalez Habano Cigar Co., broke their first world record for the longest cigar on November 18, 2006 during that year's Cigar Heritage Festival. The 101-foot, 64 ring gauge cigar was finished in front of hundreds of people.

    The record has since been broken. The current holder of the record is Jose Castelar in Havana, Cuba who constructed a cigar of 148 feet and 11 inches on May 7, 2008. There is friendly competition between the Tampa and Cuba cigar makers, and this most recent world record attempt will be a lively and unique event.

    The Ybor City Museum Society is a Citizen Support Organization (CSO) whose mission is preserving, promoting and celebrating the unique cultural heritage of Ybor City and supporting the Ybor City Museum State Park. All proceeds from Cigar Heritage Festival benefit the Society.                                   

    
    18 November 2009

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• Collect-a-Can up the ante with

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    Immediate Release                18 November 2009

    Collect-a-Can has broken its previous Guinness World Records™ figure for collecting the most steel cans in one month!
     
    Collect-a-Can are proud to announce that they have beaten the record they set in the 2007 Guinness World Records for collecting the most steel cans in one month! The total cans for all collections in the month of October 2009 amounted to 2,122,238 that were collected by school children. This impressive result overreaches the previous schools record of 1,971,026 cans by 7.6%.

    The record was first set in October 2007 when Collect-a-Can managed to collect a staggering 1,971,026 cans from schools in a single month, accounting for almost 10% of the total can production in Southern Africa, for 2006.  The company attempted to beat the record again in 2008 but fell short by just a few cans. This year however, despite the economic downturn which has resulted in fewer canned drinks being consumed and thus fewer cans being available for collection, there has been a terrific response from collectors who have really put in a lot of effort in submitting their cans to help break the record.

    “None of this would have been possible were it not for the collectors who recover the cans for us,” said Annie Tsima, Managing Director of Collect-a-Can. “We are particularly proud of the school children whose efforts have helped boost our collection numbers significantly. There is an old saying that goes, ‘you need to bend a stick while it is still young’ meaning that you can best reach people in their youth, and instil healthy waste management habits. It is for this reason that one of Collect-a-Can’s main focuses has always been to get the youth involved and excited about our collection efforts and initiatives, and the Guinness World Records attempt is a wonderful concept for them to be part of,” Tsima continued.

    Publishing group Pan MacMillan have generously sponsored book prizes for the three schools that collected the most cans for Collect-a-Can per region during the Guinness World Records attempt in Gauteng, KwaZulu Natal and the Western Cape. Pan Macmillan is known for its high-quality academic, scholarly, educational, fiction, non-fiction and reference publishing and will be sponsoring 45 to 50 books per school to the libraries of these top collecting schools.

    MySchool, South Africa's biggest community support and fundraising programme has been the initiative’s media partner, ensuring that schools and supporters across the country stay informed and motivated to make a change for the good of our environment.

    Up until now Collect-a-Can have only been able to offer prizes to schools participating in their Guinness World Records attempt; it is hoped however, that additional sponsors will come forward in subsequent years to offer prizes to members of the public and other institutions who participate as well.

    With the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors into the country next year, Collect-a-Can look forward to a bumper year of can collections and the opportunity to set an even bigger and better record for 2010!

    For more information visit Collect-a-Can’s website www.collectacan.co.za or contact Collect-a-Can’s head office on (011) 466 2939.

    Issued by Reputation Matters:
    Lindi Berrino
    Tel: (011) 317 3861
    Fax: (011) 317 3601
    lindi@reputationmatters.co.za

     

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• GWR Day: Most people twirling

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    On a warm November evening in Fort Worth, Texas a crowd of cowboys and cowgirls gathered at the Stockyards Championship Rodeo for a showdown in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2009.

    The guidelines for the “Most people twirling lassos simultaneously” require the event take place in a public place large enough to accommodate all individual’s twirling lassos without physical restriction. Where better to conduct a record attempt with a skill most commonly associated with rodeos than the location of the world’s first indoor rodeo commonly known as the Cowtown Coliseum in Fort Worth, Texas.

    

    Upon the signal of stadium announcer Terry Starnes, 23 ropers standing ten feet apart began twirling lassos over their heads in a continuous loop for a forearm torturing two minutes. Terry offered encouragement throughout the attempt with his distinctive Texan accent suggesting to participants that “the technique was all in the wrist, keep on swinging…. I’ll tell you when to quit!”

    At the conclusion of the two minutes and confident that all guidelines were adhered to, Guinness World Records adjudicator, Philip Robertson declared the attempt successful.

    

    Upon conclusion of the successful attempt, Guinness World Records spoke with Terry, veteran announcer of the twice weekly rodeo, who commented “everyone knows what the Guinness book of World Records is. To be in it…. Well that’s an honor.”

    

    DeeDee Wix, sales director of the Stockywards Championship Rodeo helped to organize the event and received the Guinness World Records certificate for ‘Most people twirling lassos simultaneously” on behalf of the rodeo. Deedee was more philosophical about the coming together of Guinness World Records and the Rodeo, two world renowned institutions, suggesting “It’s incredible to be involved with something that’s been here a lot longer than I have been and will be here a lot longer still.”

    13 November 2009

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• Where in the World is Sultan?

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    As they head even further north, Sultan, Hassan and Kelly visit Norway where more global mania breaks out amongst the masses when our 8 ft 1 in tall friend makes an appearance!  Read on...

    

    We arrived in Oslo, Norway on Tuesday evening and settled into yet another hotel room fit for a King.  In fact, the former Tallest Man in the World also stayed in the same room during his visit to Norway!  

    We had an early start the next morning for an appearance on NRK TV, Norway’s morning news show followed by a couple of newspaper interviews.  After that, we headed for Vigelandsparken or Vigeland Sculpture Park, a landmark beautiful park that covers 80 acres and features 212 bronze and granite sculptures created by Gustav Vigeland. NRK Dagsrevyen News selected the backdrop of an area called The Children’s Playground to interview Sultan. The area is a collaboration of eight bronze statues, all in the likenesses of children at play. The most famous figure is Sinnataggen, the little Angry Boy, a bigger than life brat which Sultan finds quite amusing. The facial scowl and generally frustrated stance seems to make this among the most popular of the sculptures and has been stolen several times! 

    

    Sultan stopped at the local crèche for a quick visit before heading to VG Nett, an internet based news channel where he answered questions live from people writing in. His day ended with a book signing at the Norli Bookstore Ski Storsenter where hundreds lined up to meet him.

    

    On Thursday, Sultan started the day with an interview at Radio P4 which kindly presented him with a typical Norwegian sweater made especially for him.  This came in handy as temperatures in Norway continued to drop - BRRRR! The highlight of the day was a visit to Oslo’s IKEA store which was celebrating Guinness World Records Day by breaking the record for the Largest Gingerbread Man weighing a staggering 651 kilos!  After unveiling the Gingerbread Man, Sultan posed for photos with another GWR Record Breaker, Narve Laeret who currently holds the world record for the most concrete blocks smashed in 30 seconds which he achieved in Turkey on GWR day last year. 

    

    We also made a stop at the Skoda showroom where sultan got to try out one of Skoda’s latest models and posed for a few photos with the car.

    
    Once again, Sultan wrapped up his day signing books at another bookstore only this time the crowds were much larger and definitely rowdier - yikes!  Sultan heads home to Turkey tomorrow, but stay tuned for his next stop……Italia!

    PS: On the flight home to London, Kelly was surprised to learn that the gentleman sitting on the adjacent row just happened to be His Royal Highness, the King of Norway himself!  That Kelly just can't stop hobnobbing with the rich and famous!
    

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• GWR Day: Most Weight Squat Lif

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    On the 12 November 2009 also known as Guinness World Records™ day, Shaun Jones was attempting to break his second world record in 8 days, during the build up to his attempt to break the record for Most Weight Squat Lifted in One Hour Shaun broke the record for the Fasted Hot Water Bottle Burst on the set of Blue Peter, smashing the previous record of 51.98 seconds set in the USA 2006, Shaun achieved an incredible time of 18.81 seconds.

    The day had come after 5 long years of hard training and preparation for this amazing record attempt, Shaun who lives in Wroxham but runs a business based in Norwich, beat weightlifters from all over the world when he won his squat lifting class in the World Drug Free Powerlifting Federation this year, and also won at the British Powerlifting Championships. Shaun said this was the event he’d been training for as it was a life goal to become a Guinness World Records™ record holder.

    

    Shaun and his team had done a lot of advertising for the huge event to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.

    As the crowds came in to support their local hero he was warming up out the back with some light squats and a easy bike ride to raise his heart rate to get the vital leg muscles ready for this gruelling record attempt.

    The stage was set, the crowds were in, Shaun was ready to start, on my signal Dominic (Shaun’s motivational coach and event MC) started the count down which got both the crowd and Shaun pumped up, Shaun started with a very impressive 240.4kg squat lift before moving onto 100.4kg for the majority of the record attempt.

    

    As the record was underway the crowds of people were cheering along to help keep Shaun motivated and focused on his target of becoming a Guinness World Records™ success.

    I could see the drive and determination in Shaun’s eyes as he continuously squatted the heavy 100.4kg bar. As time went on it was clear this record attempt was taking its toll as Shaun was starting to look drained and tired as the clock was counting down, as the end of the hour approached Shaun was putting every ounce of effort he had into the last and final few reps, these could be the ones to either make or brake his life dream.

    

    The clock had finished and Shaun was unable to stand, proving he could of done no more, now it was a case of was his best good enough to beat the current record, this was set at 41,600kg, achieved last year in Russia by Sergey Rachinskey.

    After confirming with the weight lifting judges how many reps were successful to the national powerlifting standards, I totalled up the lifts an it was my pleasure to announce Shaun’s final total weight, in the one hour period he had managed to lift a massive 46,798.8kg setting a new Guinness World Records™ achievement.

    

    Shaun Jones demonstrated both physical and mental strength throughout the whole record attempt, allowing him to set this incredible bench mark for powerlifters from all over the world to now try and beat.

    Adjudicated by Carl Saville

    12 November 2009

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• Heart FM record attempt

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    Ali Bahcepete achieved a staggering 1,077 blocks broken in 1 minute in celebration of Guinness World Records Day 2009. Congratulations Ali!

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