Pool Guinness World Record attempt begins in Consett

Marc Murray, 37, from Blyth, Northumberland, and Colin Pilcher, 40, from Consett, began their attempt at 7am on Tuesday, July 25, and plan to play for 111 hours.

The pair hope to play 1,000 games of pool in their time at Hooch’s Snooker and Pool Lounge in Consett and will finish on July 29 if all goes to plan.

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Having previously held the record in 2011 and 2013, their third attempt sees them aiming to raise £10,000 for The National Deaf Children’s Society and the If You Care Share Foundation.

For the pair, their third attempt could be their last as they said earlier this month it was really difficult to secure the record ten years ago.

Colin said: “We always said we would never do it again because we struggled the last time. We are ten years older, and life doesn’t get easier when you do stuff like this.

“I think we do enjoy the buzz of the whole thing even though it is stressful getting everything arranged and then actually doing it.”

Marc agreed, adding: “I think it has just been a running joke since 2013. One of us ends up mentioning doing a third attempt and we knew the answer would be no as we also promised our partners we would never do it again.

“It has been this running joke year on year, until finally, one of us said yes.”

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However, they did say they are optimistic they will beat the record once again.

Colin said: “I have no doubt we will do it, but it will be hard. It will be the hardest thing we have ever done in our lives, but we have good people around us.”

Marc added: “That’s the thing, as much as it is us doing the challenge, we have people around us looking after us and we could not do it without other people and their support.”