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  • City drinks way to world record

    02/27/2006 7:41:09 PM PST · by Aussie Dasher · 1 replies · 169+ views
    news.com.au ^ | 28 February 2006 | Roberta Mancuso
    A QUEENSLAND city has swilled its way into the record books after staging the world's biggest pub crawl. Maryborough, better known for its heritage buildings and industrial background, has given itself a whole new image after Guinness World Records officially verified the city's quirky claim last Friday. About 2000 of Maryborough's 26,000 population crawled their way around 16 pubs last June in a first attempt to break the record. More than 19,000 drinks were downed after drinkers were required to sink at least one drink at each pub – alcoholic or not – to qualify. Official "crawl cards" were stamped...
  • Dalhousie University Bans Pub Crawls (Hold Muh Beer!)

    03/04/2003 7:59:49 AM PST · by Loyalist · 51 replies · 313+ views
    Halifax Daily News ^ | March 4, 2004 | Chris Lambie
    CREDIT: SCOTT DUNLOP Bartender Christopher Ewert pours beer in the Grawood pub on Dal's campus. Pub crawlers at Nova Scotia’s largest university have heard their last call. Dalhousie University has banned the boozy events, where large groups of students band together to visit strings of bars. “The university doesn’t approve of or condone pub crawls, and we will not permit them to be advertised or organized on campus,” said Eric McKee, vice-president of student services. “In some respects, relatively high-risk alcohol-use behaviour is involved, and we are not in control of what goes on during pub crawls. They occur...