George Higginson of Team “Clearwater SC1” has scored a new World Record for SpeedShuffleboard during his latest game for the World Shuffleboard League on 12 January 2011.
Accompanied by his teammates he overtook the former record holder Gerald Sharp by 8 points and, by scoring a new World Record, is the new US record holder.
While admiring George for his fabulous score we must not forget others who did very well and scored new Country Records for their respective home countries:
Bernar Borges from Brazil (“The Elite Squad”) scored 179, Erika Berg from Canada (“The Internationals”) improved the Canadian Record to be at 208 points and the first player from Japan, Yoshiko Suzuki (“The Internationals”) started her WSL career with a Japanese Record of 133 points.
Australian and German Records remain unchanged; Ian Wiltshire (“Hey Hey its Saturday/173) and Lore Wuellner (“Generation X”/207).
Latest update: Torben Hussmann scored a new German Record: 211
Following is a table with all the details:
World Record | ||||
Points | Name | Country | Team | Date |
223 | George Higginson | USA | Clearwater SC1 | 12. Jan 2011 |
Country Records | ||||
Points | Name | Country | Team | Date |
173 | Ian Wiltshire | AUS | Hey Hey its Saturday | 27. Nov 2010 |
179 | Bernar Borges | BRA | The Elite Squad | 07. Dez 2010 |
208 | Erika Berg | CAN | The Internationals | 24. Jan 2011 |
211 | Torben Hussmann | GER | President’s Choice | 30. Jan 2011 |
133 | Yoshiko Suzuki | JPN | The Internationals | 09. Jan 2011 |
223 | George Higginson | USA | Clearwater SC1 | 12. Jan 2011 |
Dieter Hussmann
WSL League Commissioner
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