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A man in California has set a new Guinness World Record after bowling the most strikes ever in one hour. Warren Crawford set the record on Veterans Day in Redding, California all while raising a ton of money for veterans.
The previous record was held by Adam Barta who had rolled 191 strikes in one hour back in 2016. That record was demolished on Veterans Day this week.
California Man Sets Bowling World Record For Most Strikes Bowled In One Hour
Warren Crawford made his intentions to smash the record known before attempting. He announced it all on social media, saying “I’m doing a Guinness book of world records for most strikes in an hour to raise money for our heroes dream foundation, which is a veterans & first responders suicide & homelessness if you want to support me in helping these true heroes out! There is a web page at ourheroesdreams.org if you would like to sponsor this cause. I would really appreciate the support for our true heroes!! I will be doing this on nov 11th at 1:00 is when I’m throwing my fist shot for an hour of fun!! This is shareable now, so share away. Please, let’s make this something to remember & raise funds for our REAL HEROES.”
It all went down from 1 to 2 pm on Wednesday and in the end, he not only broke the record but he eclipsed his own personal goal.
Warren Crawford would need to bowl 192 strikes in 60 minutes in order to break the record. In his mind, he wanted to get to 243. After the hour’s time was up, Crawford had rolled 243 10-pin strikes at the bowling alley.
On top of the world record a LOT of money was raised. The charity he was fundraising for was the Our Heroes’ Dreams and they mustered up around $20,000 in donations to help veterans facing homelessness, mental health struggles, and other issues.
They are still accepting donations if anyone is feeling generous.