Rowing clubs on the River Wear - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

River Wear

The River Wear is located in North East England, rising in the Pennines and flowing eastwards, mostly through County Durham, to the North Sea at Sunderland.-Geology and history:...

is home to a number of sports rowing

Rowing (sport)

Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...

clubs. These clubs are based in Durham

Durham

Durham is a city in north east England. It is within the County Durham local government district, and is the county town of the larger ceremonial county...

, Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street

Chester-le-Street is a town in County Durham, England. It has a history going back to Roman times when it was called Concangis. The town is located south of Newcastle upon Tyne and west of Sunderland on the River Wear...

and Sunderland. All clubs are members of British Rowing and all the Durham College

Durham University

The University of Durham, commonly known as Durham University, is a university in Durham, England. It was founded by Act of Parliament in 1832 and granted a Royal Charter in 1837...

clubs are members of Durham College Rowing

Durham College Rowing

Durham College Rowing represents all sixteen College Boat Clubs in Durham University, encompassing approximately half of the rowers, scullers and coxes in the region of North East England....

Durham

In Durham, there are a number of clubs based on the river.

Club	Blade colours	Boat code
Butler College Boat Club		BTL
Collingwood College Boat Club Collingwood College Boat Club Collingwood College Boat Club is the rowing club of Collingwood College, part of Durham University.CCBC was formed in the early 1980s and is housed in the St...		COC
Durham Amateur Rowing Club		DUR
Durham Constabulary Rowing Club	Blue and white checked blade	DMC
Durham High School for Girls Durham High School for Girls Durham High School for Girls is a single-sex independent day school for 3 to 18 year olds in Durham City, United Kingdom.-History and current status:...	Blue blade with gold chevron	DUH
Durham School Boat Club Durham School Boat Club Durham School Boat Club is a school club offering rowing to students, parents, friends and other local schools. Based at Durham School in the city of Durham, England.-History:...		DUS
Grey College Boat Club Grey College Boat Club Grey College Boat Club is the rowing club of Grey College at Durham University in northern England.The club has over 60 members and shares its boathouse with Durham University Boat Club, Ustinov College Boat Club and Josephine Butler College Boat Club.The club competes at a regional and college...		GRC
Durham University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club Durham University Boat Club is the Rowing Club of Durham University in England.- History :The club was founded in the 1880s to represent the University instead of University College Boat Club and Hatfield College Boat Club....		DUB
Hatfield College Boat Club		HAT
Hild & Bede Boat Club		SHB
St Aidan's College Boat Club		AID
St Chad's College Boat Club St Chad's College Boat Club St Chad's College Boat Club is the boat club of St Chad's College, at Durham University....		SCH
St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club is the rowing club of St Cuthbert's Society at Durham University.-History:Founded in the summer of 1893 with the aim of representing St Cuthbert's Society at collegiate level, SCSBC is one of the oldest and most distinguished of Durham's collegiate clubs...		SCB
St John's College Boat Club St John's College Boat Club St John's College Boat Club is the boat club of St John's College, at Durham University.The club has had a number of successes in recent years, including winning the women's Novice Cup in the 09/10 and 10/11 seasons....		SJC
St Leonard's School St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham St Leonard's Catholic School is a voluntary aided Roman Catholic comprehensive school in Durham, England.The school was founded in 1936 as the St Leonard's Catholic Central School in the former Springwell Hall, a coalmine owner's house acquired in 1935 by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Hexham and...		SLS
St Mary's College Boat Club St Mary's College Boat Club St Mary's College Boat Club is the rowing club of St Mary's College at Durham University in northern England.The club has over 40 members and shares its boathouse with St Chad's College Boat club on the banks of the River Wear...		SMC
Trevelyan College Boat Club Trevelyan College Boat Club Trevelyan College Boat Club is the boat club of Trevelyan College, at Durham University.An active north eastern rowing club, it competes on a national level, for example at Henley Royal Regatta and the Head of the River Race. It is recognised as one of the more prominent Durham College Rowing Clubs...		TRV
University College Boat Club		UCD
Ustinov College Boat Club		UST
Van Mildert Boat Club		VAN