Deirdre Ward organised a great event to enable three teams to compete at SLSC’s midsummer relay evening at Tooting Bec Lido on Wednesday. New guest writer and Deirdre’s husband, Mike Barron gives his account here .
It was a really fun evening and Serps held their own amongst stiff competition.
Our star-studded Stevenson team of Nick Adams, Sakura Adams, Mark Faure-Walker and Mark Fabik came 4th overall and 3rd in their age group (they just snuck into the under 150 year combined age category thanks to the youthful Miss Adams, they won't be able to do that for much longer!), beaten by 2 strong Otter swimming club teams.
The other two Serps teams (Bullet: Mike Barron, Nicola Sanderson, Tullio Salvatore and Kristy McIntyre; and Collard: Helena Martins, Jenny Rice, Deirdre Ward and Sam Mould) fought hard against each other for much of the race, with Bullet just edging Collard out in the end. In true Serps fashion we weren't last but did ok.
Many thanks to Andrea Talkenberg and Rod Newing for giving up their time to volunteer as time-keepers, not an easy task with 33 teams swimming at the same time. More chaotic even than a Serps Saturday morning race!
Deirdre did another great job organising the teams, I'm not just saying that out of a sense of duty, everyone else said it too. Also thanks to SLSC for another friendly welcome, some delicious food and a well organised event.
Deirdre had named the Serpentine SC teams after our first three presidents
1864 - 1889 C W Stevenson
1890 - 1893 S Bullet
1893 - 1910 J Collard
Stevenson: Nick Adams, Sakura Adams, Mark Faure Walker, Mark Fabik
Bullet: Mike Barron, Nicola Sanderson, Tullio Salvatore, Kristie McIntyre
Collard: Helena Martins, Jenny Rice, Paul Scully, Sam Mould
Timekeepers: Andrea Talkenberg, Rod Newing, Deirdre Ward
