Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Guinness world record attempt at today’s rugby game

On Saturday there will be a world record attempt made at the Tri Nations Match when the Springboks will clash with the All Blacks. The attempt is for 90 000 South Africans to fly their flags high at the same venue all at the same time, they will try to break the Guinnes World Record.

The event will take place at Soccer City. Soccer city was also the host of the first and last games of the World Cup.

"When we launched Keep Flying as a way of encouraging all South Africans to retain the sense of unity and achievement we'd felt during the Soccer World Cup, we knew we wanted the campaign to culminate with a memorable event," Draftfcb South Africa group CEO John Dixon said.

"Initially, we thought we'd organise a minute of noise for Africa - a crazy 60 seconds filled with vuvuzelas blaring, car hooters hooting, drums drumming, voices shouting - but that seemed so transient.

"Instead, we looked for something that could be documented, verified and carved in stone - a lasting memorial to our nation's flag and what it symbolised for us all during the World Cup," Dixon said, adding that setting a world record just seemed the appropriate thing to do.

"We looked to Vodacom, SuperSport, the International Marketing Council of South Africa and Lead SA - Primedia's awesome campaign that truly embraces the spirit behind Keep Flying - to help us plan and prepare for the attempt.

"And now we're calling on all South Africans going to support the Springboks on Saturday at FNB Stadium to show as much 'gees' as they did during the World Cup. Two hands means two flags; what could be simpler!"

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Springbok fans attending the Tri-Nations clash at FNB stadium (Soccer city) on Saturday have been urged to bring South African flags to the game as part of a Guinness Book of Records world record attempt.

The Boks will face the All Blacks in the first ever match in the tournament to be played in Soweto.

The record attempt for the most flags being waved in a stadium at the same time is a Vodacom and Lead SA initiative, which is part of a campaign to continue the massive wave of patriotism that emerged during the soccer World Cup.

David Pocock scores the first try against Wales
Around 90,000 spectators are expected to pack the venue.

Springbok vice-captain Victor Matfield told Eyewitness News the team expected a memorable atmosphere at the stadium, and that they hoped it would spur the Boks on to their first victory in this year’s tournament.

The world record attempt is set to happen at half time when supporters will be asked to wave their flags in unison.

Around 1,000 tickets were released through Computicket on Thursday afternoon.


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