A WORLD RECORD breaking attempt – to make as many ham sandwiches as possible in an hour – has been organised by Offaly GAA officials to take place before their Leinster hurling championship clash against Kilkenny on June 9th.
Former Offaly legends Michael Duignan, Brian Whelehan and Joe Dooley along with the Kilkenny duo of DJ Carey and Eddie Brennan will be on hand to help out with the attempt as well as partaking in a Q and A session ahead of the match in Tullamore.
The current world record for the most number of sandwiches in one hour, stands at 1,686 sandwiches – which was achieved by an engineering fraternity in the USA that produced peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
The event will take place in Tullamore GAA club from midday on Sunday June 9th with Offaly sponsors Carroll Cuisine providing the ingredients for the sandwich making attempt.
It is being organised as a charity event to raise money for Irish Autism Action with volunteers from the charity set to distribute the record-breaking sandwiches to supporters at O’Connor Park.
Pic: Offaly GAA
Bit Harsh on Rovers that. There fans are always really well behaved and never cause hassle for anyone .. ever
@Gary O’Rourke: the goalkeeper through the first bottle into the crowd Gary
@Shane Lad: threw
@Gary O’Rourke: love the sarcasm
@Shane Lad: I know he did Shane , I was at it. Rovers fans are very good in comparison to others …. like Say UCD for Example
@Gary O’Rourke: lol……. Sure they are.
@Gary O’Rourke: biggest crowds in the league brings more trouble. Tends to get highlighted more with rovers though. Not excusing idiots that throw bottles in anyway, but these things happen in a lot of grounds around the country.
@Kevin: Nonsense. It’s not the new fans and families Rovers have attracted since moving to Tallaght causing the problems. Rovers have always had a minority element of trouble makers that give ye a bad name no matter how much crowds have wavered over the years.
@Brian Murphy: so which bit is nonsense?
@Kevin: The bit where you draw a correlation with bigger crowds and trouble. The troublesome element has always been there.
@Brian Murphy: 100%