Daniel And Peter Ives Break The World's Longest Table Tennis Rally!

On March 23rd 2014, TableTennisDaily's Daniel Ives and father Peter Ives broke the World Record for the Longest Table Tennis Rally! The duo achieved 8 hours, 40 minutes and 10 second breaking the Guinness World Record at the Plumstead Radical Club in London.

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The attempt was streamed live on the TableTennisDaily website and reached out to over 7,000 viewers and raised £1,400 for prostate cancer UK. According to Daniel's friends they were on the edge of their seats watching the final moments on the live stream.

Video of the record made into 4 minutes:


Thanks to everyone who supported! We want to give a huge thanks to the team below in making this event possible and to STIGA for sponsoring the event! Be sure to check out STIGA's Facebook page here.

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Left to right (Sam Hamilton, Dave Cochrane, Daniel Ives, Peter Ives, Vincent McAneney, Peter Davies)

Here are some users Facebook posts watching the event live:

Martin Gunn, "Perfect Sunday afternoon, Top Gear on the TV....and two mates breaking the worlds longest table tennis rally record on the iPad.... 8 hours so far!!!"

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Lloyd Gregory, "This stuff is hypnotic!! C'mon lads keep it going!"

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Tom Maynard, "Watching the World Record Attempt with my Sunday Roast!"

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Daniel Ives, commented: "I have never put so much concentration into something, it feels incredible to break the record for the Worlds Longest Table Tennis Rally, a sport in which everyone has played. The last five minutes felt like a lifetime. It was all worth it!"

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