Serps members were strongly represented at the Sri Chinmoy marathon swim race which was held in Switzerland on Lake Zurich. The swim started in Rapperswil and covered 26.6km to finish in Zurich.
The relay team was made up of Alan Mitchell, Jon Benton and David Makertich. Boris Mavra decided a solo English Channel swim 12 days before wasn't enough so swam the race solo.
Boris, 42, completed his solo swim in ten hours, 13 minutes and six seconds. The vets team, aged 53,46,39 with an average age of 46, completed their swim in 11:08:35
Serps were also represented in other relay teams with Julien Bennet swimming for Team Barracuda relay in 9.35.21.
Ros Smith a Serpy swimming for Hewitt-Smith in a WETSUIT relay finished in 10.21.38
Well done to all.
Past performances of Serps swimmers are listed below.
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8 August 2010:
Neil Drinkwater finished the solo swim in 9:59:51 to finish seventh in the over 40s section.
In the women's 16 to 39 year category, Deirdre Ward came seventh in 8:33:57. Victoria Thorpe was eighth in 8:45:06. Leanne Harling was ninth in 9:03:40
26 July 2009:
Mark Faure Walker finished second in the solo swimming race in a time of 8:09:49
3 August 2008:
Several Serpentine relay teams took part, with Alice Constance and Sakura Hingley in team 'Speedy Gonzales' finishing second in 07:33:33
Team 'Pink and Proud' finished in 08:05:55 with Nick Adams, Alison Gault and Conor Rowley taking third place.
Team 'Serpenditious' were fourth in 08:07:05 with Mark Fabik, Sophie Rutenbar (US) and Leanne Harling.
The 'Springbok and Shark' team took 10th in 08:28:12 with Norman Jones and George du Toit.
The 'Pelias and Neleus' team were 11th in 08:41:20 with Neil Price Neil and Jonathan Tomlinson.
The 'Two Bs' took 13th place in 09:11:00 with Brian Foley (IRL) amd Bridget Prince.
The 'Flotsam and Jetsam' team came 14th in 09:14:27 with Mark Faure Walker, Teresa Murray Teresa and Sam Baker
Team 'Waterbabes were 17th in 09:49:54 with Janie Saunders, Jessica Houghton and Anna Hillyer
The modestly named 'I am legend' team came 19th in 09:53:47 with Andrew Deeley (USA) and Paul Cooper (GB). Leg ends indeed.
The 'water rats' came 20th in 10:51:12 with Andrew Harrison and Jan Buczynski.
5 August 2007:
A two-man relay team Serpentine Relay finished tenth in 8:23:13. The team included Nick Adams and Mark Faure Walker.
6 August 2006:
Mike O'Brien (Serpentine SC) was part of a relay team who finished sixth, in 8:30:50. Rosie Mew (Serpentine SC) was part of a relay who finished 19th in 10:14:40
8 August 2004:
A Serps team won the relay race in 7:50:55 which was a record time. The team included Mark Rosenberg, 40 South Africa, James Scott 31, Great Britain Serpentine and Jeremy Soutter 42, GB.
