The most Test match centuries in a calendar year is nine by Mohammad Yousuf (formerly known as Yousuf Youhana, b. 27 August 1974, Pakistan) in 2006.
The most tennis hits between two people in one hour is 8,156 and was achieved by Frank and Dennis Fuhrmann (both Germany) at Tennisclub Am Lerchenbühl Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany, on 20 July 2013. Frank and Dennis also broke the ‘Longest tennis rally’ record with 50,970 strokes during the same attempt.
The world record for the most tennis balls held in the mouth by a dog at one time is five. Augie, a golden retriever owned by the Miller family in Dallas, Texas, USA, successfully gathered and held all five regulation-sized tennis balls on 6 July 2003.
The most tennis balls held in the hand is 23 and was achieved by Mahadeo Bhujbal (India) in Pune, Maharashtra, India, on 8 September 2013.
The most tennis balls caught with no hands in one minute was 41, and was achieved by Chris Wones and Michael Berg (both USA) at the offices of Dunnhumby USA in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, on 8 April 2011. The attempt took place during a GWR Live event for Dunnhumby employees in Cincinnati, London, Paris and Delhi.
The most tennis balls caught blindfolded is 11 and was achieved by Anthony Kelly (Australia) at the O”Connor Catholic College “Spring Fair” Armidale, NSW, Australia, on Guinness World Records Day, 2010.
The most tennis balls caught in one minute is 43 and was achieved by Anthony Kelly (Australia) on the set of Australia Smashes Guinness World Records at the Warringah Mall in Sydney, Australia, on 14 January 2010. This record was part of the TV series “Australia Smashes Guinness World Records”
His Holiness Pramukh Swami Maharaj, the spiritual master of the Swaminarayan Hindu Mission (BAPS), has created and consecrated in accordance with Hindu rituals, a 713 temples in 5 continents between April 1971 and November 2007. Amongst these, the majestic, ornately hand-carved BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham in New Delhi, India, stands apart as the largest Hindu temple in the world.
The most television programmes watched as regular member of the studio audience is 27,372 and was achieved by Alessandro Cocco (Italy) who started in 1969 and appeared in 9,595 different programmes with a personal daily record of seven programmes in one day, as of December 2010.
A total of 24 direct members of the Hurst family, headed by Mike and Marjorie (both UK) performed at the Kenton Theatre, Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, UK in a production of Puss In Boots from 19–20 December 2003. The performers, whose ages ranged from 63 to 1, included their six children Timothy, Alexis, Muffin, Bryony, Jonas and Adam, their spouses Lynsey, Nathan, Ben and Ruth and their grandchildren Ben, Ellie, Aisling, Cassian, Liberty, Flavia, Emerald, Tabitha, Antigone, Polyanna, Madeleine and Amelie (all UK). Mike Hurst (b. Pickworth)
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