Back in 2010, Guragei of Nepal achieved the world basketball bounce record 444 in a minute. The record stood for 7 years until Leon Walraven, a Dutch soccer freestylist smashed it in 2017 with 609. Both Guragei and Leon used two hands in their pursuit of record glory.
Incredibly, our very own amazingly skillful Sean Daly beat Guragei's record with 450 bounces at midday yesterday. What is more noteworthy is that Sean achieved his record using one hand only as this was the condition I had laid out. We will revisit this challenge using two hands at a later date.
Sean's stunning record breaking performance was captured on video and we are in the process of checking if indeed his record can be printed in an official document for all to see.
Katie Kingston's reputation as an awesome athlete continues to grow as she is producing stunning performances in almost every challenge. However, I feel her 408 in this challenge is her finest achievement yet. I had the pleasure of watching Katie in action and her skill, timing and sheer determination is evident in every second of the video she sent me.
No list could be complete without the talented Caoimhe Flannery whose 347 gives her third place. Ms Keating must be very proud of the conveyor belt of talent coming through her 1A P.E. class.
Daniel Nzunu once again makes it into the top four with a fine 317 in this competition.
Fifth to tenth places are as follows Tara O'Regan 163, Cathal Kingston 134, Abaigh Buckley 121, Jack Kent 119, Kayla Harrington 99 and Cathal McCarthy 67.
To be fair, those who had a good quality basketball were at a huge advantage in this event but the challenges should even out over the weeks and hopefully we could continue when we return to school. Next week, I am going to include a stacking challenge so get your imaginations going to decide what you will use from bean cans to stacking cups. You will need 15.
The Seventh Challenge
How long can you juggle three tennis balls or whatever you want to juggle?
All new members welcome.
Please send your results to Ms. O'Mahony on Teams.