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10 South Wales Evening Tuesday March 1990 ALAN FORREST Rallying call as election battle looms Party urged to ..

... enormous cheer as Roger Bannister became the first person to run the mile in less than four minutes Athletes had been coming very close for 15 years but each one failed The public address system announced: “The winner Roger Bannister The time three minutes ...

Published: Tuesday 30 March 1999
Newspaper: South Wales Daily Post
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1326 | Page: 10 | Tags: none

SVGKToaSunday APRIL 211991 NO MAN has ever done it achieved golfs grand slam Even for our Augusta hero Ian Woosnam

... and the US Open but he didn’t even enter for the US PGA The strain was beyond even him” The man who makes it will like Roger Bannister and the first sub-four minute mile become a legend for all time And that’s a challenge that appeals to the ultra-competitive ...

Published: Sunday 21 April 1991
Newspaper: Wales on Sunday
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 491 | Page: 41 | Tags: none

Page 22 SPORTS ECHO Inly World record man plans pilgrimage to Bannister’s track vodafone Siemens CIO on Pay ..

... record in Rome on Wednesday NEW world mile record holder Hicham El Guerrouj plans to make a pilgrimage to the place where Roger Bannister broke the four-minute mile next month The Moroccan broke Noureddine Morceli’s six-year-old record by an astonishing 126sec ...

Published: Saturday 10 July 1999
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 503 | Page: 78 | Tags: none

Page 14 Roger the rabbit real milestone THEY thought it would never happen but it did writes Detme Parfitt The

... 1954 a 24-year-old medical student called Roger Bannister crashed through the tape in 3 min 594sec It was an achievement that saw Bannister dubbed the “miracle miler” and alongside the achievements of Chris Chataway Derek Ibbotson and Gordon Pirie helped ...

Published: Tuesday 16 November 1999
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1211 | Page: 50 | Tags: none

WALES on SUNDAY August 1 1999 23 ROYAL MATCH: A young Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon with the Duke of York in 1923

... shelters and at bomb sites Elizabeth was dubbed Minister for Morale Her eldest wed Prince Philip of Greece 1951-1960 Roger Bannister ran the four-minute mile Manchester United’s Busby Babes died in a Munich air crash Dylan Thomas died Queen Elizabeth ...

Published: Sunday 01 August 1999
Newspaper: Wales on Sunday
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 690 | Page: 23 | Tags: none

1926 Queen bom on April 21 General Strike 1927 Charles Lindbergh flies solo across Atlantic Greyhound racing ..

... that the world has Queen Mary the Queen’s grandmother dies 1954 Queen makes first visit to Australia by reigning monarch Roger Bannister runs first mile in under four minutes Lester Piggott wins Derby at 18 1955 Albert Einstein and James Dean die Princess ...

Published: Saturday 20 April 1996
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 635 | Page: 50 | 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

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

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... 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

SIX SOUTH WALES ECHO WEDNESDAY JULY 22 1992 GREAT WEIGHING IN FOR WALES WITH A HEARTFELT PLEA MUSCLING IN: Davies

... came back in the 1500m and produced three more superb runs— 3:45303:3581 and an Olympic record 3:3253 in the final SIR ROGER BANNISTER (First man to break the four-minute mile barrier) opts for DAVID HEMERY's world record run in Mexico An absolutely tremendous ...

Published: Wednesday 22 July 1992
Newspaper: South Wales Echo
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: Article | Words: 1077 | Page: 28 | Tags: none

LOOKING BACK EXPRESS DECEMBER 16 1994 for RECORD WELL did you recognise last week’s pictures? We had two ..

... was pictured second from the left wearing my old Army PT shorts I believe the fellow who won the race had a bad ankle Roger Bannister had nothing to worry about in years to come SID HILL Odessa Street Dowlais This week's picture shows view of Merthyr that ...

Published: Friday 16 December 1994
Newspaper: Merthyr Express
County: Glamorgan, Wales
Type: | Words: 1119 | Page: 9 | Tags: none