The challenge has been set to break the record for the longest control of a table tennis ball with a table tennis bat. Currently standing at 4 hours, 39 minutes, 52 seconds this was achieved by Deepak Sharma Bajagain (Nepal) at the National Sports Council's Covered Hall in Tripureshwor, Kathmandu, Nepal, on 1 December 2009.

I made the decision earlier this year that I was going to break a World Record, this had always been an ambition and I thought I could make it a kind of New Year resolution for 2011. I studied the Guiness World Record book and found one that stuck in my mind, not only because I thought it was do-able but because thought it would appeal to my closest friend Chris. The longest control of a table tennis ball with a Table Tennis bat, appealed to me as I am never going to be the most tattooed man or grow the longest fingernails in the world, plus I knew Chris had played table tennis at County level and might fancy doing it with me. From there it has snowballed and is now a large charity event for which we have each chosen a charity. For mine I have chosen Cancer Research, as it has touched my life in various forms, as I know it has many others. Hopefully we can raise the profile of this event and will raise plenty of money along the way. It promises to be a tough journey, and alot of fun, just hope we don’t end up dropping our balls.

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