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The club hopes its efforts will be recognised by Guinness World Record

Basketball players at a Devon club are hoping they have set the first record for the most layups in 24 hours.

Tiverton Titans shot 26,274 layups in the round-the-clock challenge designed to encourage more people to get involved as "a celebration of what grassroots sport can achieve".

A layup is the shot most commonly taught to new players and is one of the highest percentage scoring techniques in the game, according to the club.

Head coach George Sinclair said they now faced a "nail-biting" wait for Guinness World Records to rule on whether the club had set a world record and the first of its kind.

Anna Harries joined the record-setting attempt

Team players including Rich Radford hoped to set a world record

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The record breaking attempt started at 12:00 BST on Saturday at Blundell's School in Tiverton.

Fifteen players were involved in the challenge on rotation to ensure the challenge continued without interruption.

Sinclair said: "We see first-hand the positive impact basketball has on young people, giving them confidence, friendships, structure and a sense of belonging."

He said the challenge brought people together with "a shared commitment to teamwork, perseverance and community spirit".

Ben Harper joined the record setting attempt

The attempt was overseen by independent witnesses and timekeepers, and filmed and documented.

The club said evidence including witness statements, timekeeping records, photographs and video footage would be submitted to Guinness Word Records.

Hannah Radford, from the club, said: "Our aim is simple: to set the inaugural Guinness World Record and establish a total that future teams will find it challenging to surpass.

"Naturally, we'd love that number to be as high as possible."

The club is launching a youth programme in September and 60 children have already signed up.

It also started a ladies team earlier this year.

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