Katie Berlyn Holmes was VERY excited to win her first piece of Serps silverware. She reported that she tried REALLY REALLY hard and was most worthy. Congratulations Katie.
We had the pleasure of having Anna McClarnon down at the lake to present the prizes, and share stories about her lovely father Mario who was one of the Serps's more colourful characters.
Memories of Mario include him piping the swimmers to the board on Christmas Mornings, running barefoot and shirtless from Clapham to the Serps for a swim, and then running back again - even in the snow. He regularly did one arm chin-ups from his signal box along the railway lines.
Mario bagged victory in the 1983 Peter Pan Christmas day race, but not before he had piped the swimmers to the start, his annual treat for club and spectators. And when not piping at the Serpentine, Mario was often found busking near Oxford Circus. Reading previous accounts on this website, it suggests that at times, Mario's life was "chaotic" and that he had a "random approach to many things in life".
There is a photo from 1987 of Mario here and also Club Secretary Brian Thomas who is third in line.
[More photos to come]
| 2016 | Katie Holmes |
| 2015 | P. Kovachich |
| 2014 | T. Kelly |
| 2013 | N. Sanderson |
| 2012 | J. Reid |
