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Roy Allan Burch Finishes 5th In London
Bermuda’s Roy Allan Burch finished 5th in the Men’s Guest 50m Freestyle Finals during the 2012 British Gas Swimming Championships on Thursday [Mar.8]. The Championships are being held at the London Aquatics Center, which will be the home of the 2012 Olympic Swimming Competitions. Burch finished 5th with a time of 22.98. Stefan Nystrand of Sweden... Read more of this article
Blackburn & Burch On U.S. Training
Lisa Blackburn and Roy-Allan Burch [pictured] have both been training hard with their club teams in the US. They were both given an unprecedented opportunity to train at the US Olympic training center pool in Colorado Springs. In the year of the Olympics this pool is reserved for US National team swimmers but with both of our athlete’s participating... Read more of this article
Video: Burch Defeats Relay Swim Team
Sunday’s [Dec.18] National Age Group Championships featured the “Roy Relay Race” where Olympic swimmer Roy-Allan Burch took on five teams all containing four swimmers doing 25m legs while he did the whole 100m. Roy-Allan Burch won the race, with his 50.46sec swim the fastest by a Bermudian ever in a pool in Bermuda. However his... Read more of this article
Roy-Allan Burch To Compete In Bermuda
Today BASA announced that the most significant swim meet in Bermuda this year is about to take place on 16 December at the BASA Pool in Hamilton, and it will feature two things: top swimmer Roy Allan-Burch makes his return to Bermuda swimming in a specially crafted event that will be covered by TV, and for the first time in Bermuda’s history, the... Read more of this article
Burch & Blackburn Heading to Finals
Roy-Allan Burch [pictured] has recorded the second fastest time ever for a Bermudian during the Men’s 50m Freestyle Preliminaries at the XVIth Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. Swimming in Lane 3 of the Men’s 50m Freestyle Preliminaries Burch finished 4th recording the 8th fastest time along with Jose Gabriel Melconian from Uruguay. The... Read more of this article
Roy-Allan Burch Preps For Pan Ams
Approximately two months ago at the World Championships in Shanghai, China, Roy-Allan Burch had the swim of his life which earned him a spot to compete at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, England. After breaking the National record and being the first Bermudian to break twenty-three seconds, Mr Burch said he was elated. He describes that despite... Read more of this article
Burch Shatters Record, Qualifies For Olympics
The Cup Match cricket on Friday wasn’t the only great sporting performance by local athletes that day – as halfway across the world in China, Bermudian swimmer Roy-Allen Burch shattered the Bermuda record in the 50 metre freestyle and qualified for the 2012 London Olympics. Mr Burch was joined by Julian Fletcher and Kiera Aitken in represented... Read more of this article
Roy-Allan Burch Sets New Backstroke Record
The final day of the Bermuda Amateur Swimming Association National Championships this past weekend [June 11/12] saw Roy-Allan Burch set a new record during the men’s open 50 short course meter backstroke preliminaries when he finished in a time of 27.28. Dylan Wooley Berry finished second with a time of 29.38 and Conor Mullen finished third clocking... Read more of this article
Roy-Allan Burch Reaches Grand Prix Final
Bermuda swimmers Nick Thomson, Julian Fletcher, Roy-Allan Burch and Rebecca Sharpe are all taking part in the Indianapolis Swimming Grand Prix, attempting to make the qualifying times for the FINA World Championships. Competing in the morning session on Day Two, Roy-Allan Burch has qualified for the Men’s 50 Long Course Meter Freestyle A Final, which... Read more of this article
