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Aberdeen darts players break world record for longest doubles match

Four pals broke a Guinness World Record for the longest doubles darts match. 
Pictured from left, Mark Taylor, Neil Munro , Dave Matthew and Lewis Grant.
Four pals broke a Guinness World Record for the longest doubles darts match. Pictured from left, Mark Taylor, Neil Munro , Dave Matthew and Lewis Grant.

Four darts-daft friends have secured a place in the Guinness World Record hall of fame for longest ever doubles match – all the while raising money for charity.

Neil Munro, 40, Dave Matthew, 36, Lewis Grant, 27, and Mark Taylor, 50, played for 60-hour straight last February.

In doing so, the group managed to break the world record after 51-long hours, as well as raise money for the Friends of the Neonatal Unit.

Doctors and nurses there had helped care for Mr Munro’s two-year-old twin boys Jayden and Jackson who were born prematurely.

It has, however, taken months for the record to be recognised.

Mr Taylor said: “There were so many issues trying to send this 51-hour long video so the people at Guinness World Record could acknowledge our attempt.

“Finally, three-weeks ago, we got a message saying they had sorted the issues and on Thursday I checked our Guinness World Record account and it said ‘current world record holder’.

“I sent a picture to the guys and they were going mental. We were just over the moon.

“We just remember being in the casino and after eight hours looking at each other and asking: ‘What are we doing?’

“But it was for charity and it felt good to give back.”

The team are already toying with the idea of another mammoth challenge.

Mr Taylor said: “After we walked out of that casino, we said to each other we were never doing that again, but then we got this news and we all started asking each other if we should do something else for the charity.

“We’re all just clearly riding on the high of it right now.”

The team were able to raise about £3,000 for Friends of the Neonatal Unit and hope their story will inspire others to raise funds for the charity.