Isle of Ely Rowing Club

Isle of Ely Rowing Club
LocationKiln Lane, Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates52°23′59″N 0°17′14″E / 52.399585°N 0.287101°E / 52.399585; 0.287101
Founded2004
AffiliationsBritish Rowing
boat code - IEL
Websitewww.elyrowingclub.org.uk/index.php

Isle of Ely Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Great Ouse based at Kiln Lane, Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England.[1] The boathouse is on a stretch of water near the Queen Adelaide Straight.

History

An original Isle of Ely Rowing Club existed in 1924 but it is not much else is known about the club.[2]

In 1944, the River Great Ouse, including the Queen Adelaide straight was the venue for third unofficial wartime boat race.[3]

The club was founded in 2004 and has experienced major national success in recent years.[4][5]

Honours

National champions

Year Winning crew/s
2010 Open 1x [6]
2011 Open U23 1x [7]
2012 Open 1x, Women L1x [8]
2015 Women J16 4x [9]
2017 Women J18 2x, Women J16 4x [10]
2019 Women J16 4x [11]

References

  1. ^ "Club details". British Rowing.
  2. ^ "Huntingdon Boat Club". Hunts County News. 4 September 1924. Retrieved 12 February 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. ^ "About The Isle of Ely Rowing Club". Isle of Ely Rowing Club. Retrieved 12 February 2025.
  4. ^ "Isle of Ely Rowing Club". Cambridgeshire Rowing Association.
  5. ^ "Isle of Ely Rowing Club". Isle of Ely Rowing Club.
  6. ^ "British Rowing Championships 2010". British Rowing. 8 July 2010.
  7. ^ "Full archive of results". Web Archive. Archived from the original on 13 March 2017.
  8. ^ "British Rowing Champions 2012 declared". British Rowing. 16 July 2012.
  9. ^ "2015 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  10. ^ "2017 British Rowing Junior Championships results" (PDF). British Rowing.
  11. ^ "Thrills and spills at the 2019 British Rowing Junior Championships". British Rowing. 21 July 2019.