The youngest player to score a maximum score of 147 in a televised snooker match is Ding Junhui (China) at the Masters tournament at Wembley, UK, on 14 January 2007 aged 19 years and 288 days.

David Sandeman (UK) sailed across the Atlantic singlehandedly between Jersey, UK, and Newport, Rhode Island, USA, at the age of 17 years 176 days in the 10.67 m (35 ft) long Sea Raider in 1976. The voyage lasted 43 days. Record last published in 1976. ***Record re-instated as Guinness World Records does not endorse or sanction any attempts under the age of 16 for this category***

The youngest female to row the Indian Ocean solo is Sarah Outen (UK, b 26 May 1985) who rowed East to West between 1 April and 3 August 2009, aged 23 years 310 days at the start. Sarah’s journey began in Australia and ended 4,000 miles later in Mauritius. She rowed in her boat – Serendipity.

The youngest player to appear in the English Premiership is Matthew Briggs (UK, b. 9 March 1991), who came on as a substitue, playing for Fulham in their 3-1 defeat against Middlesbrough on 13 May 2007, aged 16 years 65 days.

The youngest player to appear in an English league match is Reuben Noble-Lazarus (United Kingdom, b. 16 August 1993), who came on as a substitue for Barnsley, aged 15 years 45 days, at Portman Road, Ipswich, United Kingdom, on 30 September 2008. Barnsley lost the game 3-0 against Ipswich. Reuben was too young to be paid so Barnsley manager Simon Davey quipped that he would be paid with a ham sandwich and some pizza.

The youngest male artist to enter the UK album chart at number 1 without releasing a single is Ray Quinn (UK, b. 25 August 1988) aged 18 years 162 days when his album Doing it My Way reached the top spot on 18 March 2007. The album was released on 12 March 2007.

Connie Talbot (UK, b. 20 November 2000), who was runner-up in the first Britain’s Got Talent (ITV, UK) TV series, became the youngest artist to reach the UK Album Chart when her debut record Over The Rainbow entered on 8 December 2007, just 18 days after her seventh birthday.

On 26 December 2005, at the age of three years old, Cranston Chipperfield (UK) became the youngest person to take the stage as master of ceremonies at the Circus Royale, Lanarkshire, UK. He is the eighth generation of ringmaster in the Chipperfield family.

Scott Redding (UK, b. 4 January 1993) was 15 years 170 days old when he won the British 125 cc motorcycling Grand Prix at Donington Park, UK, on 22 June 2008.

Vanessa-Mae (UK) is the youngest soloist to record both the Tchaikovsky and Beethoven violin concertos, aged 13. Her recording of Tchaikovsky’s violin concerto in D (Op.35) and Beethoven’s violin concerto in D. (Op.61) in 1991 was released on the Trittico label, with proceeds of the sales pledged to charity. NB: Younger violinists may have recorded one of these concertos, but Vanessa-Mae is the youngest violinist to have recorded both, as far as is known. Vanessa-Mae (full name: Vanessa-Mae Vanakorn Nicholson) made her debut with the Continue reading →