Much has changed in the eight years between Chelsea Pitman’s two World Cup selections. Not just the name of the event, and the country Pitman is representing, but the way the news is delivered to those who make it and those that don’t.
Back in 2011 when Pitman was a Diamond, or about to be, coach Norma Plummer gathered the full squad in the Margaret Pewtress room at the AIS and read out the names of the Singapore world championships team in alphabetical order.