Two families hold this record: Within the Rollings family (UK) there have been four consecutive generations of twins born from 1916- 2002. The first were Elizabeth and Olga Rollings (b. 3 December 1916) born to George and Jayne Rollings. The second generation saw Margaret and Maureen Hammond (b. 20 July 1950) born to William and Gwendoline Hammond (neé Rollings) – both were nieces to Elizabeth and Olga Rollings. The third generation twins were Fay and Fiona O’Connor (b. 26 February 1977) born to Terrence and
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The most consecutive football touches using shoulders was 402 and was achieved by Daniel Magness (UK) at the Sports Cafe, Haymarket, London, on 26 July 2011. This record is Dan’s fifth football skill record to date. He attempted this record in an event for Kinect Sports for Xbox 360.
The record for the most consecutive Gold Medals won at the annually-held Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Show, London, UK is 60 from 1939-2004 and belongs to Hillier Nurseries of Romsey, Hampshire, UK. The medals were all awarded for exhibits of ornamental trees and shrubs. Gold medals were also won in 1928,1929, 1934, 1935 and 1937, but the consecutive run began in 1939. From 1922-1970, Hilliers won other combinations of awards aswell, including Silver Cup, Silver-gilt Flora, Silver Flora, Flora, Silver-gilt Banksian, Banksian and others.
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The most consecutive haircuts in 24 hours by an individual is 526 and was achieved by Nabi Salehi of A&N Style Hair Studio, in London, UK, on 4 June 2011. The event started at 10am on Friday 3 June 2011 and finished 24 hours later, a loud car horn was used to mark the start and end of the record attempt. For this record, only gentlemen had their hair cut.
The most consecutive editions of the same World Marathon Majors marathon completed in under three hours is 30 and was achieved by Chris Finill (UK) at the London Marathon from 29 March 1981 to 25 April 2010. Chris Finill is a runner for Harrow Athletic Club, his fastest time was 2:28:27 in and his slowest time was 2:57:56 in 1998.
The most consecutive opponents in squash singles was 69 by Ian Charles (UK) at the David Lloyd club in Cardiff, UK, on 7-8 May 2011. Ian required 31 hr 55 min to complete the gamut of opponents. Each of the matches played were best-of-5 sets with a PARS to 11 scoring system.
The most consecutive opponents, real tennis singles is 26 achieved by Will Stephens (UK) at Prested Hall, Essex, UK, on 20-21 March 2010. Mr. Stephens won 9 games out of 26.
The most consecutive netball passes is 164, set by pupils of Brookfield Community School, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, UK, on 22 September 2006 this was to celebrate the opening of their new sports hall
The most consecutive opponents played in tennis singles is 28 by Thomas Allard (UK) at Thornhill Cricket & Bowling Club, Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, UK, on 14 July 2013.
The most consecutive professional ice hockey wins by a team is 21 by the Cardiff Devils (UK) in the Elite Ice Hockey League (UK) from 31 October 2010 to 15 January 2011. The Devils outscored opponents by a combined score of 111-38 during their perfect run. The Elite Ice Hockey League is the highest level of competition in the UK. It consists of 10 teams in England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland. The Devils technically won 22 consecutive matches, but one of the victories was in
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