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Diamond 44 awarded Heritage Lottery Initiative Grant
ONE of the biggest public events ever seen in Ely is promised by Diamond44 following the news that a £20,000 grant has been awarded ...(read more)

First of three University Boat Races - Press Release
THE only University Boat Race rowed away from the Thames will be celebrated next year on its sixtieth anniversary. ...(read more)

Tim Foster agrees to speak at diamond44 boat race dinner
OLYMPIC gold medallist Tim Foster has agreed to speak at a dinner after the recreation of the 1944 University Boat Race in Ely next February...(read more)

Survivors of the original race meet
Plans to repeat the 1944 University Boat Race on the Great Ouse at Ely on its sixtieth anniversary next year have taken another big step forward.....(read more)

Riverside View with Ann Powell
The cows are back in the Dean's Field. With their calves they make a picture of rural peace and calm against the back drop of the Cathedral framed with the horse chestnut trees in flower. Visitors must be surprised to find such a capsule of English parkland in the middle of the city....(read more)

The broadcaster Raymond Baxter invited to Ely
Veteran broadcaster and former Spitfire pilot Raymond Baxter has been invited to Ely to watch the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of the University Boat Race rowed on the Adelaide stretch of the Great Ouse in 1944...(read more)

Wartime Recollections of SGT Geoff Payne
As excitement mounts over this year's University Boat Race on Sunday, the Ely-based Diamond44 group are eagerly looking ahead to next year....(read more)