Most Boules Lyonnaise hits in 12 hours
On 5 April 2008, not one, but three Guinness World Records were broken in the Sport of Boules Lyonnaise. Boules Lyonnaise is a sports discipline born in France, which requires a high level of physical condition, as well as an important amount of precision.
Under the watchful eye of the President of the Federation Française Du Sport-Boules, Mr. Jean-Claude Poyot and the Guinness World Records Adjudicator who came from London especially for this event, Christophe Jumel, the
Guinness World Record holder for the most Boules Lyonnaise hits in 12 hours in the modality of Tir a Cadence, returned to the Villers St Paul Boulodrome to try to set the new
Guinness World Records in three modalities of the game:
- Tir Progressif
- Tir en Navette
- Tir Cadencé
After playing for 11 hours, Mr. Jumel set the new
Guinness World Records for the most hits in 1 hour in each of these 3 modalities.
For the first great achievement, the most Boules Lyonnaise hit in 1 hour - Tir progressif, Christophe placed the white ball to be hit at a distance of 12.5 m. In a 5 m tapestry, he hit the astonishing amount of 298 boules of 315 throws.
For the second Guinness World Record, in the modality of Tir en Navette, the boules to be touched were located at a distance of
13 m from Christophe Jumel and 172 boules of 197 throws were touched in a one hour period, setting a new record.
The last modality to be attempted was the Tir Cadencé, the modality in which Christophe was already the record holder in the 12 hour category. From a 14 m distance in a continuous run, he hit 257 boules of 271 throws to set an impressive new record.
During the whole day of the attempts, Christophe threw 1,895 balls and hit 1,746 (an amazing 92.21%) and ran more than 42 Km!
23 April 2008