St Ives-a new millennium - Flipbook - Page 90
St Ives-a new millennium
4/10/02
3:55 pm
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Left: St Ives Rowing Club
Photo: Leszek Gawin/Nikon 801
St Ives Rowing Club was founded in 1865 by Dr Grove and is reputedly the oldest sports club in the town. A very early member was
Mr J. Goldie, the son of the vicar of St Ives, who was the victorious stroke of four consecutive Cambridge University Boat Race crews from
1870. The Cambridge second crew is still named ‘Goldie’ in his memory. In 1930 Mervyn Coote formed a trust and donated the funds to
purchase the club’s current premises. The son of one of the first trustees of the club, Humphrey Warren, was an Olympic sculler in 1936.
After the war he returned to St Ives and became the club’s Chairman and coach from the mid-1950s until 1982. It was he who set the club’s
high standard, hence the 21 international representations since 1971, and by 2000 club members had won 38 medals (13 gold, 15 silver and
10 bronze) at the National Championships.
During the 1980s the club extended its premises, and in 1999 received a Lottery Grant to purchase four boats and 12 oars. It was also given
a boat trailer by Anglia Circuits Ltd.
Pictured here in 2000 are Tim Thomas (captain), Gordon Fuller (chairman) and Julia Gwilt (ladies captain). Tim and Julia both rowed at
university before joining the Club. Gordon took up the sport later in life.
Right: The Hunts Sailing Club
Photo: Stuart Littlewood/Ricoh XR7
When the Club was formed in 1954 it sailed on the Ouse at Houghton. It
moved to the present site at St Ives in 1975 where members enjoy 70
acres of private water, a well-equipped clubhouse and large boat park.
Regular fleets are Laser, Enterprise and Solo classes, while others like
Mirrors and Toppers make up the handicap fleet. Racing is every
Sunday, and Wednesday evenings in summer. The club runs RYA
approved training courses for sailing and windsurfing, and also caters
for those who only wish to potter.
Here the club’s bosun, Tim Isaac, takes advantage of a gust of wind.
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