A world record has been bowled over in Keighley this week.

Arthur Hayes broke the world record for continuous bowling by almost two hours when he bowled for 38 hours 50 minutes at AMF in Keighley on Sunday and Monday.

The time is yet to be confirmed by Guinness World Records but the 58-year-old is hoping that he will receive official recognition within a few weeks.

He said: "I don't think it's sunk in yet, my family are all very proud of me.

"I've still got to get it confirmed which should take about six weeks.

"It was all recorded on video and sent off to Guinness World Records."

During his mammoth 39-hour bowlathon, Mr Hayes was allowed only one 15 minute break every eight hours and over the two days played an astounding 240 games.

He averaged 14 rolls per game meaning that between Sunday morning and Monday night he had bowled an incredible 3,800 balls.

Mr Hayes, who has previously completed two 12-hour marathons for charity, had been training hard and monitoring his diet for his world record bid.

But 39 hours was by no means an easy target and the record did not tumble without some suffering.

He said: "When I got into the middle of the morning I started flagging a bit.

"After 24 hours though, during my break I spoke to the first aider and I said I've done 24 hours now. The title's mine."

"But the last four hours were the hardest. I'm not too bad now, I'm still aching a little."

He also spoke of how the tremendous support he had received helped him pass the 37-hour record.

He said: "I had quite a bit of support. They stopped all the bowling for the countdown to the world record.

"That really picked me up, It was quite emotional really."

Mr Hayes raised around £1,000 for the Children with Leukaemia charity during his world beating achievement.

Paul Shuttleworth, of AMF, said: "We are very pleased, It's a world record that has taken place in Keighley. It's not something that happens every day."