Isle of Ely Rowing Club would like to thank all our Ely neighbours for supporting us on Saturday at the Ely Apple Festival.
By getting their “apple a day” (or two) from our bake stall and taking part in our Guess the Weight of the Cake competition, these supporters helped us raise almost £800! We are fundraising to replace the club’s main landing stage (an essential bit of kit that lets us safely get people and boats onto the river), and this is a terrific contribution towards the work.
The cakes were homemade by a team of 18 rowers from the club (who still managed to row early on Saturday morning …), and supplemented by a generous contribution from the kitchens of the Royal Standard. We took the Apple Festival occasion very seriously and baked everything with apple we could think of.
Traditional toffee apples were popular and the first item to sell out, and we also introduced some customers to their first apple and cheese scones – delicious. Everything sold out by the end of the day!
The Guess the Weight competition was won by R Pegington with a highly impressive guess of 3.63 kg, just a few grams off the true weight of 3.652kg. Congratulations to anyone who guessed close to this!
Besides fundraising, we really enjoyed the chance to meet more locals interested in rowing here in Ely. If this is you, please do get in touch using the contact details on our website. Isle of Ely Rowing Club is an inclusive club that welcomes lots of beginners every year, besides experienced rowers (and rusty rowers).
We offer learn-to-row courses each year, where beginners get instruction in the basics and progress with others in the same boat (pun intended). We also have a partnership with Ely College that gives young people in Ely the chance to start rowing through school, and this highly successful project was recently awarded a Gemini Boat Race Bursary.
To find out more about our fundraising for the landing stage, please take a look at our website and JustGiving page
Left: Mayor of Ely, Cllr Richard Morgan with Lyn Haynes
Right: Isle of Ely rowers Jill McCulloch, Lucia Goodall and Jo Williamson
Press release from Isle of Ely Rowing Club
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