A warm thank you to the very early rising Peter Larrad who provided the beautiful prizes for today's scratch races over 55 yards on a cold grey day here at the Serpentine.
Nick Adams won the fastest heat ahead of Alan Luckhurst, the young pretender who tried to claim the mantle of fastest swimmer on the same day as Alan’s Mum’s birthday. Happy birthday Mrs Luckhurst.
Mary Olivari who had a second place at last weekend’s Chillswim gala (results here 6 and 7 Feb) had to settle for fourth in her race, which, was won by Chris Hatcher. The other races were won by Alice Todd, and Mary Gilbert.
At the prize giving Norm told us that Peter Larrad’s swimming history includes 50 successful swims of Lake Windermere, and that the 2016 Christmas Day handicap swim will be Peter’s 50th swim. For Peter to reach the Serpentine for his Saturday morning dip, it involves getting out of bed at 2am to take the bus from the south coast to Hammersmith, and he then walks to Serps.
Peter also organises the Torbay four mile and eight mile distance race
Thanks for all the great prizes today Peter.
Yours swimmingly
[John Tierney]
