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Ely Junior Girls win adult race at Bedford
The Isle of Ely Rowing Club WJ17 coxed quad seized victory again at the Bedford Spring Head event on Sunday.
Despite problems after crossing the start line, the Ely girls showed true determination to pick up speed again and give the row of their lives to clinch victory in the Women’s Novice Coxed Quad event, beating nearest rivals Newark by three seconds in a time of 8 minutes and 38 seconds.
The quad of Anna Towriss, Emma Pencheon, Stef Boughey and Jenny Kingsmill, coxed by Ellen Bridges, was forced to compete in the adult women’s novice category as there was no appropriate junior category available.
The club’s WJ14 coxed quad was also forced to move up a category, racing crews a year older in the WJ15 quad event. Racing as a composite Isle of Ely and King’s School Ely crew, the girls this time came third, losing out to crews from Star Club, Bedford and Peterborough Rowing Club.
The WJ14 girls race again at Nottingham in two weeks time, representing the East of England in the Inter Regional Finals.
The Isle of Ely Rowing Club enjoyed two other victories at Bedford Head at the weekend. Ben Hicks and Josh Tonnar, who are part of the World Class Start group based at Ely, won the Intermediate 2 single sculls and Intermediate 3 sculls respectively.
Both Hicks and Tonnar completed the course several times, racing in different categories as part of their on-going training in the World Class Start team. Young promising athletes are selected to join the World Class Start programme as part of British Rowing’s recruitment drive for the GB squad.
The Isle of Ely Rowing Club senior men also enjoyed a good day out at the Bedford Head when racing in the Intermediate 3 Coxed Fours. The crew of Duncan McCulloch, Russell Milne, Jonathan Dolby and Mark Wilcox, coxed by Maddie McCulloch, recorded a time of 8 minutes and 16 seconds, whilst Dolby and Wilcox also raced in the novice Coxless Pairs event in a time of 8 minutes and 59 seconds.
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