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Isle of Ely Rowing Club is a rowing club on the River Great Ouse based at Kiln Lane, Prickwillow Road, Ely, Cambridgeshire. [ 1 ] The club was founded in 2004 and has experienced major national success in recent years.
In 1923 the Vesta Dashes, which were a mid-summer short course competition run over three evenings, were instigated. As already stated in 1954 the club founded the Scullers’ Head of the River race. In 1981 Vesta organised the first Veterans’ Head of the River Race when then main VIIIs Head race stopped taking Veteran entries. This race is ...
1648 map by J Blaeu of Cambridgeshire with the Isle of Ely. Until the 17th century, the area was an island surrounded by a large area of fenland, a type of swamp.It was coveted as an area easy to defend, and was controlled in the very early medieval period by the Gyrwas, an Anglo-Saxon tribe.
In September the local primary school organises a Scarecrow Fair that sees the village lined with Scarecrows for the week building up to the fair. The annual Ely New Year's Eve 10k Race, organised by Ely Runners, both begins and ends in Little Downham. The 2011 race featured 700 runners and involved one circuit of the fen around Little Downham. [9]
This category is for head races, meaning "processional" rowing races conducted in a time trial format. Normal side-by-side regattas that are called "head of the river" like Head of the River (Australia) , are not included.
The length of most head races is usually between 4 km and 10 km. Among the most well-known are the 4.25-mile (6,840 m) Head of the River Race that takes place each March on the river Thames in London, United Kingdom, [1] the 3-mile (4,800 m) Head of the Charles race held each October on the Charles River in Boston, Massachusetts, United States., [2] and the 8 km Head of the Yarra race held ...
The Isle of Ely and Wisbech Advertiser was founded in 1845. [35] The Wisbech & Fenland Museum opened in 1847 and continues to collect, care for and interpret the natural and cultural heritage of Wisbech and the surrounding area. [36] On 1 March 1848 Eastern Counties Railway opened Wisbeach (sic) station (later renamed Wisbech East railway ...
Jesus men have been head of the Lent Bumps on 39 occasions (finishing Head on 159 days) and head of the May Bumps on 24 occasions (finishing Head on 98 days) - more than any other boat club, although Jesus men have not been head in either event since 1974. Jesus also held the headship of the early races (before the Lent and May bumps became ...