29/05/2014 The One Show

carried to the top of Snowdon. In the same country that hosted the

very first relay for the 1958 Commonwealth Games. A country but

I'm proud to say we are standing in now.

Croeso i Cymru. Welcome to Wales!

Where shortly we will welcome the Queen's Batten. Earlier it set of on

a five-day race. I think they will be here on time. But while we wait

let us meet our guest tonight. Let us put on some music. It is The

Shadows. It is the man famous for that

sound. And he always leaves us hungry for more. It is Hank Marvin.

Good to see you. Have you been to this part of the country before. I

have driven past a few times heading further south to places like

Aberystwyth. But it is wonderful to be here. You have chosen a fantastic

day. I love the summer here! Later on we will be speaking about sibling

rivalry. A great film about brothers who competed against each other in

the Commonwealth Games and they are going to rerun that race. What about

you with several rivalry growing up? -- sibling rivalry. One time

when I was about seven or eight and my brother was about four years old,

he stood in front of the my brother was about four years old,

and he would not move and I said if you do not move I

and he would not move and I said if you. I threw it and it got stuck in

his leg. I have never got over it! You know Oscar Pistorius, well my

mother is now on one leg at Manor. -- my brother is a one legged

runner. You are going to love this. Let's get the pinger on screen.

There it is. It is 55 days until the bat on which is Glasgow for the

start of the Commonwealth Games. But what exactly is it. Here is its

unique connection to Wales. The One Show has tracked the journey of the

Queen's bat on. And with 55 days to go it is here in Wales. I have been

privileged to carry it in parts of Wales on its way to Glasgow. Down

the years the route to the games has always been creative and special.

Passing the baton has been a tradition from day one. Today I

joined two runners from West Wales who had that a village in 1958. 50

odd years ago it was a lot further and faster. Slightly faster. We did

just over a mile. I remember it was a lovely day and there was quite a

large crowd in the town centre. I did not have a crowd, just three

people with me. After that was exchanged and I took it I shot off

and a Rolls-Royce drew up alongside me and asked me to slow down a

little. Otherwise it would be ahead of schedule. I was too fast for the

Rolls-Royce! Do you feel proud today? I feel proud that I was able

to be here. And there are so many children participating. And still it

is the ordinary members of the public charged with ringing the

Queen's bat on safely to the games. We had the chance to write a letter

to see way -- why we should be chosen. My letter was dead. And

you're quite sporty so I do not think fitness will be a problem. You

have cycled miles with your dad. And you will have cycled from lands end

to John O'Groats? I'm doing that to raise money for the important work

that my charity does. So you are very excited? Yes. If you could

share your experience with anyone, who would you run alongside? My dad

because he does lots of things with me and he taught me how to cycle. He

is like a best friend to me. me and he taught me how to cycle. He

good crowd assembled the moment has finally arrived for Jack to hold the

Batten. Enjoying it, yes. He is about to pass it onto his dad, this

is complete surprise, his dad is not expecting this. Well done. I'm

coming with you? Seriously? At six o'clock this morning while I was on

the train local runners went all the way up Snowdon, over 3000 feet. And

here it is arriving at the top of what is normally a very picturesque

Snowdon. A proud day for Wales and for the Commonwealth.

And look who has got hold of it now. Powering her way up the Menai

Strait. What a moment that was! It was

fantastic, so exhilarating to be part of it. And it was beautiful out

on the Menai Straits. It has been a long day. But I got the train up

their! It is too early in the morning to run for me. You could

almost see the message. If you look closely you can see a few of the

words of that message inside from the Queen. But we had some

suggestions on the Facebook page as to what the message might say. Paul

said it is by my royal decree that there will be no frowning or boredom

at these games. This is my personal wish, but I do not get pushed out

the helicopter. Hang, what do you think the message would say. I know

what it is. She says the new CD from Hank Marvin is out soon. So where

will it go from here is Mac one more day in Wales and then it goes to

England on Saturday. 10,000 people are expected in Congleton, a great

turnout. Then on Wednesday it goes down south. My beloved Southampton.

And then at the weekend it goes to London and they expect 20,000

people. Matthew Pinsent will be abseiling from a building there. And

then it goes to Suffolk. Everyone who wanted it to go to their town,

they had to apply and say why. Suffolk put in some really creative

ideas. And in Ipswich they have a big family day with pyrotechnics and

music. And then it goes up to Newcastle. Away, the lads. Then it

goes to Scotland. It will be there 40 days, hand-to-hand action, proper

relay style. Schools are going to be running. And it will end up going to

Edinburgh and on the 23rd of July it is the opening ceremony in Glasgow

and we will be there. An epic journey. And the Royal Mint have

created something special to commemorate the event. 5 million of

these special 50p pieces for the Commonwealth Games. That could be

worth some money one day. Get your hands on one,

Welcome to Wales! I can hear The Shadow's hit song

Apache, which signals that the baton is about to arrive.

Here we have an incredible hammer thrower. I'm not very good at

running! How was it to get your hands on that. It was very exciting

to take part in such a great event. You hope to be part of the Welsh

team. How is training going and help confident are you? Well training is

going well. I just had my university exams recently. And you

going well. I just had my university results at the same time? It will be

a very nervous moment. Which you more nervous about? If I fail I will

have to take the resit around the same time. Just throw a hammer at

the present! These old they are different weights? There is a

specific weight and length that we have to use for competitions.

for training we use different ones. We tend to use the larger one to

focus on speed and then the heavier ones. They look fantastic but

they're not what I expected. Where are the actual hammers? I am with

you on this. They look gladiatorial. And there will be a lot of sibling

rivalry at the games this year. We have some battling sisters.

is about to arrive. Amarah

and Elinah Phillip will be swimming for the British Virgin Islands.

We met some runners who may not have won anything if not for its doubling

rivalry. -- sibling rivalry. won anything if not for its doubling

gold. They both represented Scotland, fulfilling the dream

gold. They both represented their Scottish father. But here in

Birmingham they grew up and they trained

Birmingham they grew up and they intense rivalry began. Today they're

in their 60s, intense rivalry began. Today they're

competitive. I have come to me where it all started. Where you are

typical younger brother? I was, you always put your brother on a

pedestal and look up to them. As brothers you're always rivals. I was

more than capable of getting myself into a lot of trouble. I used to

find it at pain in the neck. When he went camping with his friends he set

fire to the tent and I got the blame for it. I was not even their! Went

in turn 16 he began to take on his brother on the track. They joined

the Lichfield Harriers running club and his younger brother was

desperate to join. I just got fanatical about it. I ramped up the

mileage and I had no time for anyone else. When the brothers came up

against each other in 1970 in Edinburgh it turned out to be one of

their greatest battles yet. Peter Stewart, Ian

their greatest battles yet. Peter before the Commonwealth Games came

to Edinburgh the brothers were pitched against each other running a

mile on track built especially for games. You have not seen this

footage before. We managed to track it down. You are mesmerised! What is

going through your head? This was a tough race. It is Peter Stewart who

is going to make it. That was probably the wrong thing to do. Here

we go. Ian Stewart coming back again. He had snatched victory from

his brother. Did that hurt? It definitely hurt. I would top not let

him get past if I could have helped it. I was not happy. The coach was

not happy, he had a good moan at it. I was not happy. The coach was

This nail-biting race spurred the brothers on to qualify for their

biggest competition yet, the 1970 Commonwealth Games in Edinburgh. But

this time they competed in different races. Peter was first in the 1500

metres final but came a disappointing fourth. His older

brother had just missed out on a medal so Ian Stewart saw the chance

to do him again. My coach was convinced I'd could not win the

five. That was the end of it and I never saw my coach again. Ian

Stewart hit the front with 450 metres to go and in spite of a

valiant effort from Ian McCafferty, a fellow Scot, he held him off to

claim the gold medal. Since the brothers ran at the Commonwealth

Games their competitive streak has not faded. So today 44 years on the

brothers are back on the track to settle the score once and for all.

On your marks, set. You did your best, but not quite

good enough, but you will always be the older brother. Yes, and you will

always be the little brother. But we have a medal to rival the

Commonwealth Games gold. It is better than that, I can tell you.

Good answer. Well done, lads. Congratulations. Interestingly,

Hank, your son and daughter are involved in the new album which you

beautifully plugged earlier on. Is there much rivalry between them? Not

really. Where there is rivalry between brother and sister, the

sister wins every time. I haven't got a brother, but I imagine that is

the case. They are very close, and they have an acoustic duo and they

do a lot of work around Perth in Australia. My daughter, she has just

gone into real estate. Oh, dear. I hope she's not watching this. She's

going to be good at it, I know. Before we talk about your new music,

let's have a few classics from the The Shadows.

Hank, it's so relaxing, even when you speed up it seems to calm me

down, your music. But you started playing with your friends in a bar

in London and then you are asked to be the guitarist for Cliff Richard.

What was your impression then of Sir Cliff before you started working

with him? I don't do impressions. Sorry. We were 16, Cliff was 17 when

we met, and he was kind of a youth as we work, and within about an

hour, he was getting fitted in London for his first tour on and we

went back to his parents Council house for the first rehearsal,

travelling in style on the Green line bus. And that is when we got to

know each other. We found out we had the same sense of humour, the goons,

Tony Hancock and we were all mad about Brigitte Bardot. Our dream

woman at the time. That was it. Within about an hour on the bus, we

felt at home, and we struck up a friendship that has lasted until

today. To be fair, he had heard your music, and that unique sound you

have with the Echo box, at the time, that set up guitar playing as we

know it today. It was something different at the time. How did that

come about? Accident. We had a Stratocaster, which Cliff bought

me, and Bruce had it, he borrowed it from Cliff and never gave it back.

He's going to give it me one day, apparently. I had the guitar, with

the whammy bar, and that was important in developing the style.

But the Echo box was the cream on the Coffey, or the icing on the

cake. -- in the Coffey. That gave us the sound, the different echoes.

Somebody called me the godfather of delay. I think they meant I was

always late. But it certainly was an important factor in producing the

sound. Let's talk about the new album, it is called Hank, and it is

full of summer hits. Very summery songs, perfect for this lovely

bright day. I hope it makes a change from the weather when it comes out.

There they go. We should mention this. This is a five K race. It is

halfway around the harbour, so by the end of the programme, the baton

will have gone all the way round. Which is your favourite track? A

difficult one, but one of my favourite songs is a thing called

California Girls. This is a different version from the Beach

boys, obviously. We had it on during my barbecue, and there was nothing

better run. You will need a beanie hat and a barbecue turned up to keep

your -- you warm. Everybody, isn't Hank wonderful? We can see Anglesey.

Just point up a little bit there. Over there there is a sport which

has lifted the spirits of everyone in the town of Holyhead. But why is

one town so obsessed with weightlifting? It all comes down to

the enthusiasm of one man. Holyhead in North Wales is straining

under the weight of success. Population, 13,000, number of

gymnasiums, one. It's really good at weightlifting. Is there something in

the water? The town's only gymnasium is run by the national coach, Ray

Williams, who won Commonwealth gold in 1986, inspired by another local

medallist from a decade earlier. Robert was my teacher, and the

minute I saw his bronze medal, all I wanted to do in life was lift

weights. From that, in a small town, those were great stories

through the decades, and it captured everybody's imagination. You look at

weightlifting is a small sport, in Great Britain, but in Holyhead, it's

massive. And then there were more. I hold five world records in

powerlifting and I'm 76 years of age. If I hadn't taken the sport up

I haven't got a clue what I'd be doing. Probably playing bowls.

Pumping iron like this does more than work up a sweat. Sure, it gives

you great guns, but it's also good for your bones, your balance and

your state of mind. You need to be mentally robust, but you need

flexibility, speed strength, power and that total sort of focus to

flexibility, speed strength, power weight. It's not what people

expect. It's very athletic. People think it is all

expect. It's very athletic. People and heaving the weights around, but

it is so technical. For Byron, it was life changing. He first walked

into the gym five years ago when he was 11 years old and he weighed 16

and a half stone. At the time I was was 11 years old and he weighed 16

wasn't able to play football for long periods of time. My weight was

going up. Heavyweight was his problem, but heavyweights became the

answer. Up to five times problem, but heavyweights became the

sessions lasting two hours at a time. Six years later I've lost five

and a half stone and it makes me feel more confident in everything I

do in life. Gareth Evans is representing Wales in this year 's

Commonwealth Games. I always said you had to had a bit of a screw

loose to be a weightlifter. You are throwing yourself into picking up

things that are two and a half times your body weight. You have to have a

good work ethic and train hard and be willing to get into the gym, even

if you don't want to go. Things will be feeling heavy, but you are a

weightlifter. The membership here has increased tenfold in two years

after it was revamped thanks to European funding. It is now a

world-class facility, designed to create world-class weightlifters.

But you don't have to be a budding champion to come here. Anybody can

walk through the door. Doesn't matter if you are male, female, 12,

62, if you want to come in and lift weights, then come in and lift

weights, then coming Gareth Evans and we are joined by some or

hopefuls from the team. Hank, am I right in saying you used to do one

arm press ups? I did, then I found that I had two arms and it was

easier. I couldn't do it now. OK, fair enough. Let's meet Aled Thomas

or should I say Aled Sion Davies MBE. Your credentials are quite

something. Gold in the 2011 world athletics, gold in the 2012

Paralympics, gold on the 20 13th world Championships. What are your

hopes for Glasgow? I just want to make the games. I find out on

Sunday. That is the official date for the athletics, so I found out --

so I find out then. I'm pretty confident, broke the world record

two weeks ago, so maybe that should be enough to make the team. I want a

word with Cathay. Lawn bowls. This could be the Commonwealth curling.

You could say that. What is so exciting about lawn bowls? It's a

great sport to be involved in. You can play at all ages, but having

said that, the international players do tend to be in their 20s, 30s and

40s, which I think goes against the normal thinking about lawn bowls

being an old person 's sport. The international team are made up of

young people, and I am the oldest. Have you made the team? Yes, I have.

Yes, we have got one. Katie, clay pigeon shooting. How things looking?

Looking good, I made the team, and I was told I was qualified in

December. How you getting your eye in before the games? I've got a lot

of training days lined up, here and the way. -- away. I am with Phoebe,

part of the hockey team. Out of the team feel? Very excited. We found

out what the team was two weeks ago, and I am in. Another round of

applause, I think. Training hard then? Yes, we have two weeks off now

as it's been an eight week cycle, but we're trying to get as fit as we

can before the games. Good luck to you all. That is nearly at for

tonight. Just to say, a big thank you to Hank, and the album, Hank, is

out on Monday. The baton will make its way around the harbour shortly.

In the meantime, we are going to see the Cofis Bach vertical stunt

dancers accompanied by the Syr Hugh Owen school singing a traditional

Welsh classic, men of Harlech. See you tomorrow.