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Another beautifully sunny Saturday saw long term club members Sir Anthony and Lady Cleaver present the Dave Milne cup to the winner of our summer Blue Ribbon event.

Mike Olizar notched up a second Bridge to Bridge victory, having won the race a quarter of a centrury ago.

Vanessa Marshall was second, followed by Anne Mannix.

Warm water but an overcast sky for our 800m (880 yards) mild tongue twister of a race in memory of a true gent and past President, Roy Wrey.

The cup and prizes were presented by Laura and Jon Tomlinson (plus Billy and Cedric).  Laure and Jon had a close bond with Roy Wrey: he was club President when they met lakeside.

The first trophy for Matt Lund (aka Mr Poppy) after eleven years with the club.

Norman Jones won the Colin Cooper cup, presented by Tony and Christine Radford.

It was very fitting that one past Club Champion should receive the mile cup from another past Club Champion.

800m (880 yards) in memory of the third and last Lido Superintendent, Jock Fee.  We also remembered Pete Sunders, Jock's fellow employee of The Royal Parks and club colleague.

By pure happenstance (or was Hon. Handicapper Dani being extra kind to his elders?) three past presidents claimed prizes.  Jaana Tarma, Mike Barron and Laure Latham were also up amongst the honours.

800m (880 yards) in memory of Sid Levy, our centenary President and a valued member for over sixty years.

Nick was working, so it was left to the remainder of the Adams family to present the cup and prizes.

John Tierney took home the silverware, followed by John Luckhurst, Jamal Saad and Alice Moore.

Will Luckhurst's resilience over the five-race series saw him crowned our 2022 Club Champion.

The five-race series commenced in February, with our championship contested through winter, spring and summer.  The distances -  50m, 100m, 200m, 400m and 800m.  Or if you prefer 55 yards, 110 yards, 220 yards, 440 yards, 880 yards.  And for the real obscurists amongst us, 10 poles, 20 poles, one furlong, a quarter-mile and half-a-mile.

Will was presented with the Arthur Goffrey Cup by Arthur's daughter and a great supporter of the club, Judy Thayer.  The first Saturday of "metrological summer" greeted us with a damp and dull morning -  17c in the water and 14c in the air.

Mr & Mrs Poppy were joined by Laure Latham and Charles Cottam to storm home to victory unnoticed by all but handicapper Dani Lobo.

The annual event that some compare to herding cats was marvellously managed by Dani and his band of helpers (with a few hinderers thrown in for good measure).  A baker's dozen of 13 teams of four keenly competed in the 4 x 50m freestyle relay heats for the honour of qualifying for the final line-up of four teams.

Fiona Campbell led the field to claim the Alan Titmuss cup watched-on by four generations of the Titmuss family.

Rod Newing kicked off the morning by winning the Veterans' race on its return to the traditional spring slot.