GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — A group of pickleball players in Grand Rapids that were aiming to break a world record for the longest amount of consecutive play in a pickleball game called it quits after 14 1/2 hours due to errors in breaks.

Brad Haverkamp, Julie Ondersma, Sydney Sonday and Caleb Dang were raising money for Gift of Life Michigan while attempting to break the record, which was recently broken and stands at 34 hours and five minutes, Phil de Haan, a spokesperson for the event said. The attempt began around 8 a.m. on Saturday at All In Pickleball Gym.

Play was going well until they noticed an issue with the length of time they were taking for the allotted breaks, de Haan said.

“We discussed continuing with the record attempt and making our next break 5 minutes shorter, thus quickly giving back to Guinness the 5 minutes we had unwittingly borrowed earlier in the day. We would then explain what had happened (innocent mistake that we quickly rectified) and more or less throw ourselves on the mercy of the court in terms of whether or not Guinness would verify the record. If they didn’t verify, we would know we had broken the record, but it might not be an official Guinness record,” de Haan wrote in an email to WOOD TV.

After weighing the different options, the team stopped playing around 10:30 p.m. on Saturday.

“It was a very disappointing outcome, especially because the team was still going strong after 14.5 hours at All In (Pickleball Gym) and 13.5 hours of spirited play. Also, because we had such great witnesses there to watch and cheer on the quartet, we had a great Livestream going, there was great energy in the building from the Special Olympics tournament, and more,” de Haan wrote.

He said that they will attempt to break the record again and will use the lessons they learned to prepare better.

“I think the team learned a lot about what it will take to break the record (and I am confident they will do so) and those of us who were coordinating the witnesses and logbook learned a few things too about the schedule, unplanned rest breaks and uninterrupted play. I am confident that both the on-court team and off-court team are ready for the next attempt,” he wrote.