Look: 48-hour dodgeball game takes aim at Guinness World Record in England

Dec. 1 (UPI) -- A group of 24 athletes played dodgeball for 48 hours in England to break a Guinness World Record and raise money for charity.

The record attempt, organized by Dodge Central and hosted by the Hartlepool Mavericks Dodgeball Club at The Dodgeball Center in Hartlepool, started at 9 a.m. Saturday and ended at 9 a.m. Monday.

The 48-hour game aimed to take the Guinness World Records title for the longest marathon playing dodgeball, which was previously set at 41 hours, 3 minutes and 17 seconds at Castleton State College in Vermont in 2012.

The event raised more than $8,000 for breast cancer charity CoppaFeel! and men's health charity Movember.