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Victory for King’s Ely students at British Junior Rowing Championships

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Two King’s Ely students were crowned British Champions at the prestigious British Junior Rowing Championships 2017. Holly Lancaster, 16, and Rebecca Garrett, 15, were among several King’s Ely students who competed in the Championships, held at the National Water Sports Centre in Nottingham from July 14th to 16th. Holly and Rebecca joined Olivia Morgan, from …

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Last month, Jack Langford from Arbuckles Ely appealed for local groups to come forward as he wanted to give away 5, £100 cheques, money he was due to be paid as a bonus for his work. Every employee at Arbuckles receives a reward from owners, John and Maxine Murphy, when a server gets a 5 star …

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National Heritage Memorial Fund to support Ely Museum in buying the East Cambridgeshire Bronze Age Gold Torc

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The National Heritage Memorial Fund has offered Ely Museum a grant of £150,000 towards the purchase of the East Cambridgeshire Gold Torc. The Museum has also been offered £40,000 from the V&A Purchase Grant and two smaller grants. The museum has almost reached its £220,000 target and now needs the help of local people to …

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More haulage companies are signing up to the HGV Covenant in Soham South and Haddenham

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Geoff Hobbs Haulage Ltd and Turners Soham Ltd are the latest Commercial Vehicle Operators to sign the Covenant supported by Cambridgeshire County Council which sets a voluntary code of conduct to help reduce noise, pollution and increase safety. The Covenant between local communities and Commercial Vehicle Operators in Cambridgeshire has been developed for the benefit …

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King’s Ely Junior swimmers victorious at county championships

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Three King’s Ely Junior swimmers made a splash by winning medals at the Cambridgeshire ASA County Development Championships. Ben Alderton, 9, Kendle Putter, 10, and Lucas Hilcenko, 10, all competed in the Championships held in Peterborough earlier in June. Ben competed in both the 200m breaststroke and 50m freestyle. He won a Gold medal in …

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Pupils at King’s Ely Acremont and Nursery get a taste of the good life!

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It was like a scene from Old MacDonald’s Farm at King’s Ely Acremont and Nursery. Pupils were in their element when Ark Farm, a local educational mobile farm experience, paid them a visit before they broke up for the summer holidays. The animals themselves proved just as happy grazing and scratching around the spacious two-acre …

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Road to Wimbledon

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With Wimbledon in its second week, 10is Academy players are getting ready for their Road to Wimbledon competition. Twelve 10is Academy members went to Wimbledon on Friday to watch and support some of the English players (Bedene, Murray, Konta…). It was a very inspiring day for the young tennis players including Georgia, Alisa and Julian who will be …

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Celebrating public parks and revaluing their contribution to community health and wellbeing

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Ely is hosting a Have a Field Day at Pocket Park on Saturday 8th July from 12 noon. More information on the event can be found at https://community.38degrees.org.uk/mobilisations/3/events/228 Have a Field Day on Saturday 8th July is a celebration of the UK’s parks and green spaces. Charity, Fields in Trust is working with local communities to …

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Ely College Celebrates Student Achievement at Annual Presentation Evening

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Ely College students, parents and staff assembled in Ely Cathedral last week for the College’s annual Presentation Evening. Over a hundred awards were handed out, many of which were presented by the newly elected Mayor of Peterborough and Cambridgeshire, James Palmer. The awards celebrated both the students’ academic and extra-curricular achievements. Richard Spencer, the principal …

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Warmer and dryer weather approaches for Aquafest

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[vc_row 0=””][vc_column][vc_column_text 0=””] This weekend should see warmer and dryer weather for one of Ely’s Big Days Out, “Aquafest 2017”. While participants of the water-based fun day won’t mind the wet weather, for the thousands of onlookers that flock to the banks of the Great Ouse will welcome the warmer temperatures for what promises to …

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District Councillors Take Action To Prevent Anti-Social Behaviour

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East Cambridgeshire District Councillors have taken action in response to public concerns about reported anti-social behaviour at a council owned car park on Angel Drove. Members of the public had reported people driving modified cars around the car park in recent evenings. District Councillors Lis Every, Richard Hobbs and Anna Bailey raised the issue with …

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A New Gym for Ely

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Elyte Fitness has just opened their new boutique Functional Fitness gym in Ely, Cambridgeshire. Located at the corner of Forehill Car Park on Broad Street, it is a fresh, innovative Functional Fitness Gymnasium and caters for all abilities from the complete novice to the experienced athlete. All aspects of training, fitness and nutrition are provided …

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Cambridge Open Studios artists who gave up their jobs to follow their dreams

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Have you ever thought about giving up your day job and following your dream career? These artists, who are taking part in Cambridge Open Studios this July, did exactly that. Cambridge Open Studios is a month-long art event taking place on the first four weekends in July. Artists open their workshops to the public so …

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The Isle of Ely Arts Festival comes alive to the sound of music!

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The Isle of Ely Arts Festival comes alive to the sound of music this week as Eboracum Baroque bring Handel’s Water Music to St Mary’s Church, Ely on Thursday 22 June. This unique concert experience will include some of Handel’s most famous arias from his operas and oratorios. The ensemble who perform on period instruments will …

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Ely College students celebrate their final PLEDGES and Futures Day of the year

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Ely College students celebrated their final PLEDGES and Futures Day of the year in style this week with over thirty external speakers and providers addressing students throughout the day. The day, which was the final of four PLEDGES and Futures days, focused on democracy and personal finance. A host of local speakers were in attendance …

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Biggest Beast Yet!

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Sunday 11th June saw the biggest and best Sutton Beast event to date! The Sutton Beast incorporates The Tony Robinson 10K and The Mini Beast Fun Run, and this saw record numbers of entries in both races with nearly 600 runners taking part. On a glorious day, Donovan Blake of ITV News set the runners …

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Expeditions put King’s Ely students’ stamina to the test

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ADVENTUROUS King’s Ely students reached new heights during an action-packed half term break. Several expeditions were organised through the Ely Scheme, which is unique to King’s Ely, offering boundless opportunities for pupils to explore and learn through outdoor education. Year 9 students travelled to Yorkshire to take part in the annual Ely Scheme Yorkshire Three …

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Ely Runners

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Ely Runners, enjoy varied training sessions around the streets and country lanes of Ely and the surrounding area. Ely Runners meet, come rain or shine, at the Paradise Sports Centre for 7pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and 9am on Sundays. Tuesday training consists of hill training, speed work, repetitions and intervals. Thursday training is usually …

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Eazipay and Grovemere partner with Spotted in Ely to help promote commerce

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Spotted in Ely is excited to announce the launch of its business directory on our website. More excited to welcome Eazipay and Grovemere as our partners on the directory. We really want to make our directory work and be the biggest in the area, so that you as a consumer can find a relevant company …

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Not Made Up Your Mind Yet? All 3 candidates for SE Cambs speak to Spotted in Ely

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  Keen Spotted in Ely follower Stephen Germaney (thanks Stephen for your hard work) collected lots of questions to ask the 3 local candidates, Lucy Frazer (Conservative), Lucy Nethsinga (Liberal Democrat) and Huw Jones (Labour) and all agreed to answer them. Questions range from schools to Europe and everything in between. We even get a joke …

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Bollywood Dancing Returns to Ely at Cambridgeshire Yoga and Vegan Festival

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Bollywood Dancing made waves in Ely when an Indian teacher started teaching at Ely’s favourite health club, Atrium, a few years ago. As Bollywood fever ran high, Ely’s first-ever Bollywood Fair was organised to raise money for Mayor of Ely’s charity fund. The classes stopped when the teacher, Kriti Sachdeva, moved away. The good news …

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What is Dubford?

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What is Dubford? it’s a meeting of VW owners, “dub”, that met at Duxford “ford” the rest as they say is history!! Essex has T.O.M.I.E, Suffolk has RetroDubs, Norfolk has Whitenoise, Dubs at the Hall, what does Cambridgeshire have, that was a question that was asked in The Fox car park at Bar Hill one …

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Sing of God and Science

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300 Children ‘Sing of God and Science’ at Ely Cathedral Science Festival Within the splendid setting of the medieval Octagon at Ely Cathedral and against the backdrop of Ely Cathedral’s Science Festival, ‘Dinosaurs to DNA’, nine local church primary schools have presented songs of their very own creation. Many of the ideas behind the songs …

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Parents and teachers protest school cuts at "Fair Funding" picnic

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Parents and teachers alike have voiced their anger and concern about cuts to school budgets during a picnic at an Ely primary school this afternoon. The Lantern Community Primary School was among numerous schools and colleges nationwide to host “Fair Funding Picnics” today, organised by the National Union of Teachers (NUT), the country’s biggest teaching …

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Ely Market Welcomes ‘Flavours Of The World’ Continental Market This Bank Holiday

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As part of the “Love Your Local Market” celebrations, Ely Markets will play host to a “Flavours of the World” Market on 27th, 28th and 29th May. Ely Markets is already home to wide variety of food stalls and the visiting market will sit alongside these for the bank holiday weekend. Boasting an array of …

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Competitive spirit rides high at King’s Ely’s Hoop Trundle

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There were thrills and spills at King’s Ely’s Hoop Trundle – one of the school’s most historic and fiercely-contested events. Crowds gathered around the East Lawn of Ely Cathedral after Prizegiving on Friday (May 5th) for the event, which sees the school’s King’s and Queen’s Scholars racing each other while bowling traditional wooden hoops. Each …

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King’s Ely’s Rebecca Daniel Scores for England Hockey

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  King’s Ely are celebrating after senior student Rebecca Daniel played for the Under 16’s England Hockey team – and contributed to the team’s victory. Rebecca, 16, from Gazeley near Newmarket, was previously selected for the England Saxon Tiger Squad for the Futures Cup but her impressive skills on the pitch then saw her being …

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Action-fuelled Easter break for King’s Ely Senior students

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INTREPID King’s Ely students reached new heights during what proved to be an action-packed Easter break. Several expeditions were organised through the Ely Scheme, which is unique to King’s Ely, offering boundless opportunities for pupils to explore and learn through outdoor education. Year 9 students travelled to Derbyshire to practise their Level 1 hill walking …

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Running rookie Megan to take on London Marathon to help team that saved her poorly babies

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Last year teacher Megan Carter completed the Swavesey five mile event, her first attempt at a running race. In nine days, she’ll be taking on the London Marathon. Despite being “very nervous” about taking part in the Marathon on April 23, the brave supermum will be spurred on by husband James, and twins Toby and …

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Free Tennis for Kids

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10is Academy is preparing to host free tennis courses for local children and adults. Children aged between 5 and 8 will who never played tennis will be invited to join the “Tennis for Kids” programme. They will receive stickers, certificates and if they join 4 out of the 6 lessons they will receive a brand …

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One Stop to be Served

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10is Academy (pronounced “Tennis Academy”) successfully offered 6 free tennis courses thanks to “One Stop” convenience store. Courses such as Tots 10is, Cardio 10is for kids and MotorSkillZ (intense movement training full of joy and interaction) were created to bring children from 2 to 13 years old into a healthy lifestyle.   Parents were also involved …

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King’s Ely Acremont pupil’s swimathon raises over £2,000 for Marie Curie

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A KIND-HEARTED King’s Ely pupil has raised more than £2,000 for charity by completing a gruelling swimming challenge. Six-year-old Lynden Long, who is a pupil at King’s Ely Acremont, decided to take on this year’s 2.5km Swimathon. The challenge saw Lynden swimming the equivalent of 100 lengths at Paradise Pools in Ely on Sunday, April …

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Arbuckles Competition Winners Enjoy an 8 Goal Thriller

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Spotted in Ely’s biggest competition in association with Arbuckles and supported by Fencabs concluded yesterday when winners Natalie Terriss and Ellis Taylor visited Carrow Road and witnessed what was one of Norwich City’s best results. The Canaries faced Reading in the Premiership and duly thrashed them 7-1. The game started quick and easy for Norwich …

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Train surfers dicing with death, rail operator warns in new campaign

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A disturbing “train surfing” trend means people are dicing with death to avoid paying fares or gain notoriety on social media, local train operator Greater Anglia warns. The operator, which runs services throughout the region, has just launched an awareness campaign to coincide with the school holidays, following a spate of train surfing incidents. People …

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King’s Ely pupils make school history by qualifying for national finals of maths contest

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FOUR King’s Ely students have made school history by reaching the national finals of the UK Team Maths Challenge. King’s Ely Senior students Benedict George and Thomas Kim, both 14, and King’s Ely Junior pupils George Goodfellow, 13, and Eleanor MacGillivray, both 13, won the regional finals of the annual competition, which were held at …

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