Leeds Rhinos Foundation will be aiming to make history by setting a new world record for the largest ever Rugby League Lesson delivered to community clubs taking part in the Rhinos Challenge event at Blackpool’s Haven Cala Gran Holiday Park this weekend where 35 clubs and over 400 players will be in attendance.
Rhinos Challenge which is run by ESF Events and supported by Leeds Rhinos Foundation last month saw over 6,000 community club players and their family attend the UK's biggest Junior Rugby League Festival at Butlins Resort in Skegness.
Due to high demand for the festival which sold out in record numbers, ESF and Leeds Rhinos Foundation will for the first time in 2016, run a second Rhinos Challenge event for community clubs to enjoy the rugby tour festival experience in Fleetwood, Lancashire over the weekend at Blackpool's Haven Cala Gran Holiday Park, starting Friday 17th June and finishing Sunday 19th June.
As part of the event, Leeds Rhinos Foundation will attempt to set a new Guinness World Record for the biggest Rugby League lesson with the help of young rugby league players taking part in the festival, with the record currently standing at 250 children.
To break the record, staff from the Leeds Rhinos Foundation will coach up to 60 children each for a period of 30 minutes focussing on a theme of passing and catching for the official World Record attempt, which is due to take place at 12pm.
Leeds Rhinos Foundation, established in 2005 with the purpose of using the power of sport, particularly rugby league to change the lives of children, young people and their families has grown to become one of the most pioneering sports charities in the UK, winning multiple awards for ground-breaking sports, health, community and education programmes.
Whilst linked to Leeds Rhinos, Leeds Rhinos Foundation are structurally and financially independent of the rugby league club and responsible for fundraising almost one million pounds every year to run life-changing programmes and providing opportunities to everyone to improve their lives.