Members of the GMIT Castlebar Archery Club are to attempt to get into the Guinness Book of World Records for the longest continuous archery shoot, at a special event in the Castlebar campus on this Thursday (18 April).

As with all Guinness Book of Records attempts, the event has strict guidelines which the club must adhere to if they are to beat the current record of 27 hours.  The entire event will take place in St Mary’s Hall on the Castlebar campus from 9am on Thursday.
The four archers are students Adria Quinn from Dundalk and formerly the US, Paddy Woods from Letterkenny, Co Donegal, Michael Quinn from Newport, Co Mayo, and Thomas Breen from Cooraclare, Co Clare.

Members of the public are invited to join students and staff at the event which will run all day and night. On Friday morning the GMIT archers will be in the final push for the record. 
All proceeds raised in association with the record attempt will go to Barretstown Camp for
children with serious illnesses.