Downstream

fixtures included a half-mile
handicap held in June, with
the club using the ‘dressing
barge’ belonging to the
Surbiton Swimming Club,
while three years later a
quarter-mile river race was
introduced. As with the Otter
club, the venue for the river
races changed over the years;
the half-mile was sometimes
held at Walton, and the
quarter-mile at Petersham,
Staines or Walton. In 1902,