Anglian Water marked the occasion with a photo-opportunity in Marlow Park, to which representatives of the various lake users (including the sailing club) were invited.
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Hilary Talbot (Vice Commodore – 4th from left), Heather Dance (Club Manager – 7th from left) and Simon Dabson (Commodore – 9th from left). Ken Saxton (father of the present Commodore) is cutting the cake. Ken was Chief Engineer at Grafham for the Great Ouse Water Authority from 1966 until 1974. |
AW even stretched to a celebratory cake! |
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![Inauguration of Club Mark 'X'](http://staging.grafham.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/Inauguration-of-Club-Mark-X-250x167.jpg) |
In a separate ceremony, the club inaugurated Mark ‘X’. For the following 10 years, race officers have been asking themselves how they’d managed without it. |
Photographs © Tom Smith |
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