So the reason I took this record on, because at the time I broke
a world record for pushing a lawnmower around an oval for 24 hours
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And at that time, this record was being broken in Melbourne. And I thought
that kind of seems like a lot easier record than pushing a lawnmower
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We took a helicopter up and had a couple of practice sessions. I did catch
the ball successfully, unofficially. From there, we attempted the world record
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at the Sunshine Coast Stadium. The record
Steve has to be is 221.81.89 meters
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So the previous five attempts before this I got close.
The most difficult part was the velocity of the ball
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by the time it got to me. And it was going over 100 kilometres
an hour. Got my hands around it, fell to the ground
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and hoped like hell that that was
the world record. There was 80s
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plus miscatches, probably six or eight close
calls. The successful catch was 227.41 metres
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It feels good. We did it for a good charity. I
raised 20,000 Australian dollars for inclusive kids
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which is a charity on the Sunshine Coast.
I was thankful that I didn't let them down
