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City of Ely’s Amateur Swimming Club, the Barracudas, were in action again at the Newmarket Spring Open over the weekend of 1st/2nd of March. Against strong visiting teams from Colchester, Bottisham and Mildenhall clubs, as well as the hosts Newmarket, the team of 46 Ely swimmers performed superbly with many excellent individual performances as well …
The Cambridge Spring Open Swim Meet held over the weekend of 23rd and 24th March was a resounding success. Team Ely emerged as a dominant force, clinching an impressive total of 91 medals, 190 personal best and 11 regional times from the team of 48 swimmers. Among the notable athletes, the Clarke Siblings, 14 year …
Ely Barracudas Dominates Cambridge Spring Open with 91 Medals Read More »
City of Ely Swimming Club might be small but it fought hard over two weekends at the Cambridgeshire County Championships. Ely took twenty swimmers who met the qualifying times to Cambridge and despite fierce competition from other clubs, Ely showcased their strength and determination, securing a commendable third place overall. Adding to the excitement of …
A team of 45 swimmers helped Ely Barracudas achieve Top Club with a full weekend of races in Newmarket. The last competition of 2023 didn’t disappoint, along with Top Club 13 Year old Josh Black swam his way to Top Boy securing 12 Golds and 1 Silver. 14 Year old Oli Davey wasn’t far behind …
City of Ely Swimming Club took a squad of 25 to Luton at the weekend, a sport that can be enjoyed by all the family saw five sets of siblings competing. The Schultz family will need to find extra space for the 26 medals that 11 year old Jacob and 9 year old Lyra brought …
Schultz Siblings take home impressive 26 medals! Read More »
Not to be outdone by the success of the youngsters in the recent County Championships, the Masters squad of City of Ely Swimming Club competed at the West Suffolk Masters Swimming meet at Bury St Edmunds on Sunday 26th February 2023. Top performer for Ely was Barry Schultz with 6 gold medals in the men’s …
Ely Swimmers Show that Competitive Swimming is Not Just for Children Read More »
Over two weekends in January and February the counties’ top swimmers gathered in Cambridge to compete at the 2023 Cambridgeshire County Championships. Twenty one swimmers achieved the qualifying times and competed in the individual events, where City of Ely ASC finished 3rd out of all the clubs in Cambridgeshire. The swimmers achieved excellent results with exceptional performances …
City of Ely Amateur Swimming Club Excels at Cambridgeshire County Championships 2023 Read More »
A team of 40 swimmers attended the Newmarket September Swim Meet on Sunday 25th September achieving impressive results with numerous medals and personal best times across the team. The superb swimming saw Ely placed as the Top visiting team and our Junior Club Captain Jacob Schultz was also top boy at the competition. Special mention …
Fantastic First Competition of the Season for City of Ely Amateur Swimming Club Read More »
On Sunday 29th May swimmers from City of Ely ASC attended the March Marlins Fenland Open Sprint Meet and had a very successful time winning 9 Gold, 6 Silver, 4 Bronze medals and achieving 54 Personal Best Times. Excellent swims by Megan Clarke and Daniel Kendall helped them to achieve the Top 13 year old …
Superb Swimming at the Fenland Open By City of Ely ASC Swimmers Read More »
Over 19th and 20th March a team of 36 swimmers from City of Ely ASC attended the Newmarket Spring Open with amazing success. The team won Top Visiting Team, in addition Sarah Hardiment won Top Girl overall with Jorja Atkinson runner up and Daniel Kendall won Top Boy overall with Jacob Schultz runner up. Congratulations …
City of Ely ASC is celebrating a successful return to county competition after a 2-year break. Sixteen club swimmers competed over the three days of competition in Whittlesey, everyone performed brilliantly achieving personal bests, medals and some regional times. Jorja Atkinson had an outstanding weekend. She was crowned top overall girl in the age 10/11 …
City of Ely ASC Excels at Cambridgeshire County Swimming Championships Read More »
Returning to local competitive swimming at an external venue for the first time in more than 18 months, 31 swimmers from City of Ely Amateur Swimming Club attended the December Open run by Newmarket and District Swimming Club on the 4th/5th December. Ten swimmers were swimming for the first time at a competition outside the …
City of Ely ASC Triumph at Newmarket December Open Read More »
This weekend 24 and 25th July, City of Ely Swimming ASC enjoyed its first competitive action since March 2020 as competitions had been suspended. Three of our 10/11 year old swimmers Jorja Atkinson, Joshua Black and Annabelle Smith competed at the East Region Future Champions, an event for the top 10/11 year olds in the …
Future Champions East Region Swimming for City of Ely ASC Read More »
Ely’s new leisure centre – which will be called The Hive to reflect the area’s Fen heritage – is causing a major buzz at East Cambridgeshire District Council. Councillor David Ambrose-Smith, who chairs the community services committee, announced today that The Hive is on track to open next year. “This is a really exciting project …
Hive of activity at Ely’s leisure centre construction Read More »
The opening of Ely’s state of the art leisure centre will signal Paradise lost for lovers of the existing swimming pools – but pool staff employed by the council will get to keep their jobs, enquiries by Spotted in Ely reveal. This week Councillor Richard Hobbs, chair of East Cambridgeshire District Council’s commercial services committee …
Paradise (Pools) lost when new leisure centre opens but existing gym to remain Read More »
Monster Racing staged their fourth middle distance and their second olympic distance triathlon around Ely on Sunday, 17th August. These events were long sold out with a great mix of triathletes taking part. From newcomers to the sport to GB age groupers. Plus Monster Racing events are well supported with a generous prize fund from …
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