Mr Matthews presents the club’s ‘Master Builder’ with a new hammer (and a bottle of whisky) for his efforts

Get behind the club that’s risen from the ashes

There are lots of good causes looking for your support through the year but one which I believe deserves special mention is the third annual River Festival staged by the Weybridge Mariners’ Club (WMC) – a cruiser club based on the lock island at Shepperton.

Steps to improvement

One of my earliest recollections of the River Thames takes me back to when I was five or six.

A very royal wedding

Douglas Dick is a stalwart of the local sailing community – both with Desborough Sailing Club in Shepperton and with Queen Mary Sailing Club on the reservoir in Ashford.