If you were at the Tri Nations game last week Saturday you probably flew a flag. If you did fly a flag you were part of a successful world record attempt.
South Africans smashed the previous record of flags flown at one time which stood at 6 600. The auditors are apparently still working like crazy to get the final numbers in but they are projecting close to 90 000 flags were flown at the South Africa vs New Zealand game at the FNB Stadium.
Here’s the story from ewn.co.za
Free flags were handed out at the FNB Stadium and auditors believe the final number was in the region of 90,000. The previous record was 6,600.
Deputy MD of Draft FCB, Heidi Nelson, said they were just waiting for the final official confirmation.
“We just need the auditing process to happen with Guinness and for them to actually issue out with the certificate that says we have claimed the record but for all intents and purposes, South Africans did us proud on Saturday and we have broken the record,” she said.
*UPDATE: Tinus chimed in and kindly sent through the official image being used to verify the record. Here’s a snippet:
For the full, impressive image click here.
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August 25th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Here’s the image they’re using to count the flags.
Zooming in and seeing the GEES is quite cool and makes one feel really proud to be a South African
http://player23.co.za/fancam2.php?track=fancam
August 26th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
Nationalism seems to be running high there; a good thing if it channels itself in the right direction : )
September 1st, 2010 at 3:30 pm
Just awesome… seeing things like this makes me feel proud!
September 2nd, 2010 at 10:44 am
Wohoo, smashed the old record, good stuff. Must have made it slightly hard to view the game with all those flags flying round.
That link is awesome also, being able to pick yourself out of the crowd like that, cool concept.
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