Hula Hoops Hoopathon is the world record attempt being organised by United Biscuits (UK) LTD for the most number of people hula hooping at same time. The Hoopathon will take place at the sixteen flagship Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile cities. All Hula Hoops Hoopathons will start at midday sharp, and all participants will need to hula with their hoops around their waists for 2 minutes without dropping the hoop.

Entry fees for the Hula Hoops Hoopathon are the same as for the Mile and go towards staging the events across the country. Participants are encouraged to gain sponsorship just like with the Mile.

Yes. There won’t be anywhere to sign up and pay the entry fee on the day so please sign up in advance.

Yes, you’ll need to sign up quickly though before we fill up! However if you are under 18, you will need a parent or guardian to consent that you can sign up, and they will need to be with you on the day, to sign the World Record Log Book.

The entry fee payable secures you a place in the Hula Hoops Hoopathon, and the Event Mile in the same city. The entry fee automatically signs you up for both the Hula Hoops Hoopathon and the Sainsbury’s Event Mile, but if you just want to join us for the hooping, that’s fine by us, we’ll see you at 11am! This fee goes towards the cost of running the events and also includes your own Hoopathon T-shirt and hula hoop.

Hoopathons will take place at the sixteen flagship Mile cities at 12:00 on Sunday 21st March. If taking part you will need to arrive by 11am to sign the official World Record Log Book, collect your free hoop and T-shirt and take part in a warm up.

Yes, yes, yes! As long as you can hula hoop (and are big enough to use our hoops) you can take part. However anyone under the age of 18 will need to have their parent or guardian with them on the day in order to sign the official World Record Attempt Log Book.

We’ve made it much easier for you, rather than individually registering each member of your family, you can sign up the whole family (2 adults and 2 children) all at once – and make a saving as well!

You’ll find more information regarding hula hooping, the Hoopathon, and how to register, at hulahoops.com (how to register page). You’ll also find details on how Hula Hoops are helping Sport Relief at sportrelief.com/partners.

You might get wet! Be prepared for our classically unpredictable British Weather. The record attempt will go ahead rain or shine and we need you!

In most of the cities we’ll be in the main Sport Relief registration area – however it will be clearly signposted at the main congregation point or just ask any of the Sport Relief Team and they’ll be able to point you in the right direction if we’re a little further away.

Your entry fees gets you a place in the Hula Hoops Hoopathon, AND the Sainsbury’s Event Mile in the same city. However if you don’t want to run, you can just join us for the hooping but please keep your mile number safe as you’ll need this to register for the Hula Hoops Hoopathon.

You don’t need to tell anyone if you don’t want to run. The entry fee automatically signs you up for both the Hula Hoops Hoopathon and the Sainsbury’s Event Mile, but if you just want to join us for the hooping, that’s fine by us, we’ll see you at 11am!

As with all sports you should thoroughly warm up before taking part. We will be taking you through a warm up on the day before the record attempt, but make sure you stretch properly before and after hooping.

We need a minimum of 1,000 people hula hooping simultaneously for 2 minutes across the UK, this means at least 100 of you at 10 locations. All Hula Hoops Hoopathons will start at midday sharp, and all participants will need to hula with their hoops around their waists for 2 minutes without dropping the hoop.

Don’t worry! If you drop your hoop while hooping, we just ask that you sit down until the 2 minutes is up, so you don’t knock those who are still going. However this does mean you will not be counted towards the World Record attempt.

Of course! We want everyone to have fun hula hooping – just be aware that if you do not manage to hoop for 2 minutes, you will not be counted towards the record attempt. Why not have a practice in the meantime, check out the vodcast on the Hoopathon News page for more tips and pointers

To comply with all the Guinness World Record™ regulations, everyone needs to be using the same hula hoops – so we’ll be providing hoops for you all on the day, you can take it home too!

You certainly do, it’s the perfect memento of your day

Your entry fee goes towards staging events across the country. You will also receive a Hula Hoops Hoopathon T-Shirt and a hula hoop as a memento of your day. As the entry fee only goes towards staging the events, please get your friends and family to sponsor you to raise money and change lives.

Each year approximately 65,000 enquiries are made from people wanting to set or break records. However, they can only publish around 4,000 records in the book each year, so an editorial decision is made as to which records will be included. If our Hula Hoops Hoopathon record isn’t selected for publication on this occasion, there's a chance that it may be included in future editions, it may also appear on the website.

There are more than 30,000 record categories in the database, and only a proportion of these records can feature on the website. Guinness World Records currently house about 3,000 records online, but are adding more every week, so make sure to check the site regularly to see if we make it on there!

As one of the UK’s biggest fundraising events, Sport Relief brings the entire nation together to get active, raise cash and change lives. All the money raised helps people living incredibly tough lives - both at home in the UK and across the world's poorest countries.

The Sport Relief Weekend is taking place from Friday 19th March to Sunday 21st March 2010. It’ll be three whole days of energy, entertainment and events for everyone to enjoy. From the Friday of fundraising fun and a night of cracking TV on BBC One, right through to the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile & the Hula Hoops Hoopathon on Sunday, it promises to be a brilliant weekend. And the best bit is, all the cash raised will help to transform the lives of those in desperate need across the UK and the world’s poorest countries.

Buy a special Hula Hoops pack with the Hoopathon logo on and text the last 4 digits of your barcode (found on the pack) and the word HOOPS to the shortcode 60505.

Buy a special Hula Hoops pack with the Hoopathon logo and go to www.hulahoops.com. Input the last 4 digits of your barcode (found on the pack) online. You’ll need to provide your credit card details, name and address. Hula Hoops will then also donate £1 to Sport Relief when consumers donate £1 or over.

All donors must be 16 years or over, plus if donating via text you must make sure you have the permission of the bill payer before donating.

You can donate as often as you like online but a maximum of 5 times via text every day.

When you donate via online, everything that you donate will go directly to Sport Relief.
When you donate via text, each qualifying text donation will incur a total cost of £1.00, of which 60p goes to Sport Relief and 40p covers VAT, network and administration costs. The promoter will receive no income from these charges. If you wish to donate more than the 60p, then please repeat the text process or donate online at www.hulahoops.com.
Don’t forget though, every donation you make either by text or online, Hula Hoops will still donate £1 for every donation.

The £1 total will be deducted from your available credit if a pre-pay customer.

The £1 total will appear on your monthly statement.

You can start donating from the 10th of January, so hold on to your special pack until then. The good news is that both the sent and received message is free to you.

1. You have premium rate service barring in place.
2. You have insufficient credit to pay for the reply message.
3. You have been out of network range and the message has now failed.

Please ring United Biscuits customer services on one of the numbers below to help.

UK & NI: 0500 011710
ROI 1800 409317

You will need to confirm the cost is against shortcode 84383. If so, this is the donation that you have made to Sport Relief.

No, this is a one off service and you will only receive communication confirming your donation.

If you are concerned about the donation you have made then please contact United Biscuits consumer services on:
UK & NI: 0500 011710
ROI 1800 409317

Possible solutions:

1. Make sure you are entering the last 4 digits of the 13 digit barcode from promotional packs only
2. Barcodes entered from the outside of a multi-pack are not accepted. If you have bought a multi-pack, you can only enter using the barcodes inside the multi-pack.

Your ‘cookies’ may be set up in a specific way in your settings which prohibits you from entering. Changing your cookies setting may ensure you can enter the promotion online. However if you are still having difficulties, then please contact our Customer Care Line number for further information:

UK & NI: 0800 526078
ROI 1800 620 415

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Sport Relief is an initiative of Comic Relief, registered charity 326568 (England/Wales); SC039730 (Scotland).

Of course you can! The Hula Hoops Hoopathon is about everyone taking part and having fun. Our staff on the day will be able to show you how you can take part and count towards the world record attempt.

Please bear in mind the following locations are taking place on grass:
Birmingham
Bristol
Gateshead
Manchester - although there will be trackway
Nottingham
Southampton

Entry prices are as follows: Adults: £5; Children: £2; Family Ticket (two adults two children): £12. This fee also automatically enters you for the Sainbury's Sport Relief Mile too