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Olympic swimmer Roberto Pavoni the one to watch

Billericay Round Table has assisted Robert Pavoni in his dream in swim in the London 2012 Olympics with a donation
of £tba towards his training expenses in Australia.

From Roberto's Diary

Before I swap the wintry weather of England for the greatly sunnier climate of Australia. I will be moving over there, along with six other British swimmers, on Friday, 11, January, and will be based in Southport, Brisbane on the Gold Coast for the next two years.

Shortly after the Millennium, British Swimming set up the Offshore Centre there, for elite male swimmers from the ages of 16-18. Every year British Swimming take up to six new recruits to join the programme, where we will train ten times a week in the pool and four times a week in the gym. We also have school there, studying the equivalent of A-levels.

Since my last interview almost six months ago, I have been far and wide, competing in several overseas events, starting with the European Youth Olympic Festival in Belgrade at the end of July. There I won two Gold medals, which was amazing since it was my first international event.


 


Then, in October I travelled to Australia for the first time to spend the month training in the environment I am about to move into. I trained with the Offshore centre that I will be joining, just to get a feel of how things operate, and of course to have a look around the area.

I also had the opportunity to compete at the Queensland Open Championships and an Open Water event which was a first for me.

After spending most of November at home, I again travelled to Australia (on the 25th), this time with 27 other British swimmers, both male and female, as part of the annual End Of Year Tour