Pamela Roberts - (Author)

BERLIN, Germany, 29 April. JUST a few days before the start of German Nationals in Berlin, Germany, the local swim community received news of the death of Kai Steinbrunn, popular poolside announcer and host of all sorts of National meets. Steinbrunn has been a constant voice at the side of pools up ...

BERLIN, Germany, March 2. AHEAD of British Nationals in Glasgow, Scotland in early April, TEAM GB's swimmers continued to be in top form at the ISM in Berlin, Germany. All but one races of the final day of the meet were won by swimmers from Great Britain. First one to set an astonishing mark was Ada...

SYDNEY, Australia, March 2. ON the last day of the NSW State Championships in Sydney, Australia it was again a flood of fast times. Starting off the afternoon was the women's 200m butterfly won by Madeline Groves in a new world's best time of 2:06.81. She won ahead of the Japanese Miyu Nakano (2:10....

BERLIN, Germany, March 1. TEAM GB continued their successful streak on day two of the ISM 2014 in Berlin, Germany. Seven out of the ten A-finals of the day were won by a swimmer from Britain, two even set new meet records. Team GB were off to an impressive start in the first race of the day, the wom...

SYDNEY, Australia, March 1. IT was again a day of fast swimming in Sydney, Australia on day two of the NSW State Championships and aside from Australian local Emily Seebohm and Japan's Kanako Watanabe, it was again Korean Tae Hwan Park who stole the show. However, it was Jessica Ashwood who started ...

BERLIN, Germany, February 28. IN total, five new meet records were set, three of which by swimmers of Team GB, on the first day of the ISM in Berlin, Germany. The first meet record was set by British Siobhan O'Connor who finished the 200m IM in 2:10.35. She won ahead of Aimee Wilmott who hit the wal...

SYDNEY, Australia, February 28. ON the first day of the New South Wales State Championships in Sydney, it was Tae Hwan Park from Korea who finished the first day with a win and a third place. Park won the 400m freestyle, a race where he won the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, with an i...

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Guest commentary by Pamela Roberts With the Winter Olympics is Sochi, Russia still in full swing, my (and maybe some other people’s) attention is diverted to another place this coming weekend, far away from snow and ice, slopes and skating rinks. Starting Thursday, I’ll be back in front of my laptop...

Commentary by Pamela Roberts With a little more than two weeks into 2014, I think we have all recovered from extravagant holiday parties and either ditched the New Year’s resolutions or put some serious thought into how to realize them. It’s time for 2014 to start and swimming-wise, this should be a...