Gotcha 4 Life – Supporting mental fitness
Knott bowls 30 hours straight for charity Manning Memorial lawn bowler and WA State Representative Shane Knott has set a yet to be verified record for the longest game of singles when he completed a 30 hour marathon of bowls at his home club on November 15 and 16, 2021.
• Shane Knott
• Kelli – the banana!
• Shane with Brad Hogg.
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The entire match was video recorded and has been sent to the Guinness World Records headquarters for verification – the previous record was 27hr 59minutes set in February 2018 in New Zealand. After starting at 10am on Sunday morning the record was completed at 4pm Monday afternoon with Shane still playing terrific bowls, he looked great and only really complaining about some sore feet. His played the last hour against his son Hayden and wife Natalie and at the finish he was extremely proud and overwhelmed with the support by everyone involved. The record attempt was done in honor of charity, Shane raising $11,712 for his charity Gotcha 4 Life supporting mental fitness. A large contingent of Manning club mates plus plenty of supporters from the wider bowling community got behind Shane on his attempt. His workplace Plumbing Bros also donated $2 for every toucher and with 502 touchers that was $1,004 added to the total. Another generous donor was well known bowler Dave Rankin who shaved off his long moustache at the event after raising over $2,500 to support Shane. Shane played against 28 separate opponents across the 30 hours with just a 5 minute break allocated for each hour, this was allowed to be banked so he had a few 10-30 minute meal, shower and toilet breaks but not once did he sleep throughout the entire period. He mostly ate banana’s during the matches to keep him going along with plenty of water and energy drinks. He may have wondered if he had too many • Shane with his wife Natalie and kids Georgia and Hayden. bananas when one of his opponents in Kelli Wray turned up dressed as a banana. Kelli completed the midnight to 1am shift. Another popular opponent was Bowls Ambassador Brad Hogg whose appearance coincided with the T20 World Cup Cricket final saw Channel 10 News come along to catch up with the former International spinner and promote the charity event. Hogg lapping up the attention showing his unique tongue out approach on delivery had transition from cricket to bowls. Overall Shane defeated his challengers with a very impressive score line 580-352, we have put together some numbers for his effort. Pairs of shoes worn – 2; Opponents – 28; Hours – 30; Score – 580-352; Ends played – 500*; Bowls played – 2000*; Touchers (all players) – 502; Distance covered – 18kms* (* = estimated). BowlsWA • Jack Hi • Summer 2022
