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The Isle of Ely Rowing Club’s WJ14 double sculling crew of Laura Sibson and Phoebe Bradbury won a silver cup and individual tankards at the Peteborough Summer regatta last weekend. For the seniors, club captain Jo Cotgrove and Ella Turton, fresh from her recent wins at Sudbury regatta, also clinched victory in the women’s Intermediate 3 double sculls category. 

Sudbury Regatta 7th August 2010

Intermediate 3 sculler Ella Turton raced over the 650m course at Sudbury regatta at the weekend securing wins in both her single sculls and, with husband Andrew, mixed double sculls events.

Three of the club’s juniors recently completed a week’s rowing course at Eton College. Ellen Bridges, Phoebe Bradbury and Libby Milne were among a group of eighty 12-18 year-olds put through their paces on the River Thames at Eton and on the Olympic course at Dorney Lake, under the watchful eye of top class coaches, including Olympic silver medallist Alison Mowbray and gold medallist Matthew Pinsent. The three IoERC juniors had a wonderful week and benefited enormously from the enjoyable but punishing schedule of outings on the water and ‘extreme sculling’ where scullers learn to perform balancing exercises – like doing headstands in the boat! - without capsizing.

Following an advertisement in the local press by local fund-raising group Ely XT, the club applied for and was successful in securing a donation of £200 towards the cost of a new set of sculling blades. Ely XT is a small group of ex-Round Table members which raises money for community groups in and around Ely by organising the city’s annual firework display in Cherry Hill Park. Martin Strudwick, the leading member of Ely XT who has liaised with the Rowing Club, said, ”We’re delighted to be able to make this donation to the Isle of Ely Rowing Club, which is fast becoming an important part of the local sporting community. Ely XT prefers to give small amounts of around £200 to as many local groups as possible.” The set of sculls that have been purchased were used by top junior sculler Libby Milne at the National Championships in Strathclyde earlier this summer. This year’s firework display will be on 13th November in Cherry Hill Park in Ely. The bonfire will be lit at 6.15p.m. and the fireworks will begin promptly at 6.45p.m. Do buy your tickets and help Ely XT to support local groups and charities.