Isle of Ely Rowing Club

Isle of Ely Rowing Club

Location	Kiln Lane, Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire, England
Coordinates	52°23′59″N0°17′14″E / 52.399585°N 0.287101°E / 52.399585; 0.287101
Founded	2004
Affiliations	British Rowing boat code - IEL
Website	www.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

Rowing on the River Great Ouse at Ely during 2007

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.