A participant in sunglasses mid-exercise among the crowd at the Pilates World Record attempt, Knockaloe Farm

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Knockaloe Farm · Isle of Man · 19 July 2026

2,804 people.
One world record.

On a Sunday in July a farm field above Patrick held the biggest crowd the Island had gathered in years. Ramsey Crookall marked its 80th year by putting 34 Moves, Visit Isle of Man and 2,804 people on one hillside for the Pilates World Record Attempt and Wellness Festival, with a Guinness World Records adjudicator watching from the front.

Jonathan photographed the whole day: the Wellness Village filling at nine, the field going quiet for the count, and the certificate coming off the stage into the arms of the people who had spent a year building it.

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2,804
People on the field
£22,000
Shared by 22 Manx charities
80
Years of Ramsey Crookall, 1946 to 2026
The most people performing the standing roll down exercise simultaneously was achieved by Ramsey Crookall, 34 Moves, Visit Isle of Man, and participants in Knockaloe Farm, Isle of Man, on 19 July 2026.
Guinness World Records certificate, presented on the day

The Island fell short of the 3,486 needed for the largest single Pilates class, a mark standing since 2013. It took a title of its own instead.

Registration fees and the raffle on the day raised over £22,000, split as £1,000 to each of 22 Manx charities.

Part of Jonathan's ongoing work with Ramsey Crookall. See the full Ramsey Crookall story →

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