Published: Saturday November 21, 2009 MYT 4:10:00 PM
Bid to set record for world’s largest pillow fight fails
By ANN TAN
GEORGE TOWN: There was much fun with children and pretty women whacking each other with pillows but no record was in sight at the World’s Largest Pillow Fight.
The attempt to enter the Guinness World Record for the largest Pillow Fight failed when there was poor public response coupled with the morning drizzle.
Although the organisers had expected the participation of 4,500 people, only some 500 people turned up at the Penang Times Square at noon Saturday.
Themed Fight For a Good Cause – World’s Largest Pillow Fight Guinness World Record Attempt, the event was aimed at collecting funds for the Children’s Protection Society, SPCA Penang and St Nicholas Home.
It was jointly organised by the New Century Lions Club of Penang Island, Penang Leo Clubs, Penang Chinese Girl’s High School Rangers, Interact Club and Catcheye.com.my.
Organising chairman Tommy Ooi said the current record holder is a Children in Need event in Mineshead, Somerset in United Kingdom, where more than 3,700 people took part a pillow fight last year.
“We will organise the fun event again next year and hopefully we will succeed in breaking the record by then,” he said.
Participants from a five-year-old child to adults, were seen taking part in mock physical conflict by wielding pillows as weapons during the one-hour fight.
Some brought along their own pillows while others decided to pay an additional RM10, apart from the RM5 participation fees, to get a pillow.
Ooi said they collected only about RM2,000 for charity although their target was RM10,000.
Pulau Tikus assemblyman Koay Teng Hai, who opened the event, said he felt 20 years younger when taking part in the event.
“Joining the fight makes me feel like going back to the good old days,” he quipped.
Dr Thor Teong Ghee, who is a Penang Gerakan Youth committee member, said he was initially invited to be a witness should the organisers managed to break the record.
“Although they failed in their attempt, it is still a fight with love and compassion for the unfortunate,” he said.
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