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Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

and this link showed up today with an email from an international press organization asking for photos and more information. Joel pointed out an error in the reporting (wrong weight) - I forwarded it along and it has been corrected. I think this is going to be an easy process after all

http://www.worldrecordsacademy.org/nature/heaviest_squash_Joel_Jarvis_sets_world_record_112542.html

10/18/2011 10:46:58 PM

Wi

Well....I've got about 3-4 guys here that did everything right last year that would probably tend to disagree with you :)

Of course they tried to cram it all into about 3 days to get the certification BEFORE the NYC deal.

Good luck! It sure is a fun deal.

10/19/2011 8:22:22 AM

Netherlands

That isn't Guinness. It is a "fake" site that "borrows" information from Guinness.

It took me several months from filing to receiving the certificate for the few WRs I grew.

10/19/2011 12:55:38 PM

Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

I'm know that it isn't Guinness but I am assuming that the application has been received and processed through phase I if it has been "borrowed" already. I'm aware it will take a few months to get the actual certificates from Guinness for Joel and the festival but we can wait patiently. Good things come to those that wait - ;) Hopefully we will have them in time for Niagara!

10/19/2011 1:51:09 PM

St. Thomas Ontario

Are they a 'Legit' site though...looking for pics, should I forward them?

10/19/2011 3:02:00 PM

Wi

Sally I was handed my Certificate in NYC. It can happen quickly!

I said earlier that I think it all happened in 3 days, but they might have crammed it into 2 days. I'm sure Dave, Joe, Alex, Don would recall :)

10/19/2011 3:26:42 PM

Port Elgin, Ontario, Canada

Thanks Chris - yes there is a fast-track option but I chose not to go that way. I've been told that that option is a real pain in the neck and when we applied on behalf of Al Eaton in 2004 it took close to 6 months or something like that. The Guinness confirmation I received said 4-6 weeks.

I just made this post because I couldn't believe how fast I was contacted by this other site after filing. They sent me the link and I was like "what is this? - who sent the application in for this?" and then I figured it must have had to do with the application I sent to the authentic Guinness site.

10/19/2011 5:57:49 PM