Last Saturday's race would have been for the Cyril & Yvonne Wood cup. Cyril was handicapper in the early 2000s and introduced a "scientific" element to handicapping by using a tape recorder to log race progress in real-time. Yvonne would swim before each Saturday's race, changing swiftly to then assist Cyril as a judge. They were members of both the Serpentine and South London swimming clubs. On Christmas morning Cyril would race in the Serpentine at nine o'clock, then move on to Tooting Bec to take part in their race at eleven. Cyril was club President, 1995-98. He won the Peter Pan Cup in 2000.
Paddy Boyce has provided the race prizes since 2016

Paddy, 2001
Pot-hunters, 2003

Cyril with Alan Lacy
Christmas 1989

Cyril and pals, Christmas morning
Marathon man

London Marathon 1991
Stockholm Marathon 1991

Note the proudly worn tee-shirt
1994 guest of Petersburg Walruses

Cyril the Walrus
St Petersburg

February 1994
Christmas winner 2000
