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PETER MAY SWITCHES TO ATTACK

... a greatly improved standard, but I think, that the public have been TV , educated. They have seen such , athletes as Roger Bannister., Gordon Ririe and Chataway in action on their screens and they l want to see them in the flesh. They realise that a ...

Published: Thursday 10 June 1954
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 851 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Pirie might have broken record

... Huddersfield runner is to seek the advice of a coach. He is writing to Franz Stampfl. who groomed Chris Chataway and Roger Bannister for world reclrcls. This new Job has made his training programme very difficult. I knew it was not going to be easy. ...

Published: Monday 23 May 1955
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 856 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

SPORT OR

... exception the leadihg titles until Fred Perry In 1954 the Foreign Office used and Dorothy Round were the feat or Dr. Roger Bannister, in crowned in the mid-thirties. beating the four-minute mile, by Since the war even more coun- sending him on a goodwill ...

Published: Tuesday 19 June 1956
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 918 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

EUROPEAN GAMES

... yards from the tape, but faltered and was caught. All three clocked 10.7 sec. The winner. Fuetterer. returned 10. 5 sec. Roger Bannister was an easy qualifier for the 1,500 metres final next Sunday. In his heat he was content with third place during the first ...

Published: Friday 27 August 1954
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 838 | Page: 9 | Tags: none

Little credit in SCoW crawl at the Gnoll By GARETH DAVIES

... equipment. club fees and entrance fees , for competition. finds he is getting nowhere. In terms of success. And then. like Roger Bannister and the four minute mile, our dedicated athlete hears the , times given out in a race he has nearly burst his lungs trying ...

Published: Friday 16 June 1967
Newspaper: Port Talbot Guardian
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 893 | Page: 19 | Tags: none

South Wales Evening Post Friday December 1 1999 wwwthisissouthwalesco uk i'HE SPORTING MILLENNIUM THE SPORTING ..

... superiority complex takes a huge knocking Hungary become first team win at Wembley the Mighty Magyars winning 6-3 1954 ROGER Bannister creates athletics history when he runs the first four-minute mile and Lester Piggott writes his own place in the record ...

Published: Friday 31 December 1999
Newspaper: South Wales Daily Post
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1840 | Page: 40 | Tags: none

Week-end weddings

... National Boys' Club Week. to raise funds for their movement. The army of boys will be assisted by such boy heroes as Dr. Roger Bannister. Chris Chataway, both of whom take a keen personal interest in the boys club movement, and by ex-club member Frankie Vaughan ...

Published: Monday 24 October 1955
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 942 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

Bannister ends season with fast half-mile

... Bannister ends season with fast half-mile ROGER BANNISTER. trc year-old British mile Champion and ecord holder. - .tined off for 19,13 with the econd lastest British half-mile of all time lmin. 50.7,ec. iu the Britain v. rani* athletics 'notch at the ...

Published: Tuesday 04 August 1953
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 826 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

SOUTH WALES ECHO Saturday March 23rd 1996 BOXING: Smyth welcomes return P40 CHRIS IN FINE FORM TO WINl FOR WALES

... under 1 1 Cup match Scorers: Brinkworth (6) McCarthy (2) Thomas (1) McCarthy seven conversions ON THIS DAY IN SPORT QOQ Roger Bannister who broke the four-minute mile in 1954 was bom Teofilo Stevenson I the only man to win the Olympic heavyweight three times ...

Published: Saturday 23 March 1996
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 957 | Page: 44 | Tags: none

Llandilo tourney

... in both sprint events. Roger Bannister, making his first mile appearance Nitro breaking the four-minute harrier. was satisfied to qualify in the heats with second place to .fack Brown with the same time of Imin. 11.8 sec. Bannister appears to hare returned ...

Published: Saturday 10 July 1954
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 813 | Page: 8 | Tags: none

THE POST 583690 Display advertising (01222) 583550 Classified (01222) 222444 Distribution (01222) 583695 ..

... Cardiff top-class sporting and achievement will be able to co-exist he said A Government working group chaired by Sir Roger Bannister Honorary Fellow of die University has been convened to encourage the wider spread of best practice in university sports ...

Published: Thursday 18 April 1996
Newspaper: Cardiff Post
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 982 | Page: 7 | Tags: none

NUS BRASH WOULD NOT BE SHUT OUT

... the eight of 'padre eet un for tha gamegoing trick, ATHLETIC& Bannister and Chataway to run in Morocco Three of Britain's outstanding middle- and long-distance runners Roger Bannister. Chris Chataway. and Walter Hesketh—are to run in Morocco. The British ...

Published: Thursday 12 February 1953
Newspaper: Western Mail
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1044 | Page: 8 | Tags: none