The River Wear is home to a number of sports rowing clubs. These clubs are based in Durham, Chester-le-Street and Sunderland. All clubs are members of British Rowing and all the Durham College clubs are members of Durham College Rowing.
In Durham, there are a number of clubs based on the river.
Club | Blade colours | Boat code |
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Butler College Boat Club |
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BTL |
Collingwood College Boat Club |
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COC |
Durham Amateur Rowing Club |
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DUR |
Durham Constabulary Rowing Club |
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DMC |
Durham High School for Girls | Blue blade with gold chevron | DUH |
Durham School Boat Club |
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DUS |
Grey College Boat Club |
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GRC |
Durham University Boat Club |
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DUB |
Hatfield College Boat Club |
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HAT |
Hild & Bede Boat Club |
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SHB |
St Aidan's College Boat Club |
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AID |
St Chad's College Boat Club |
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SCH |
St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club |
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SCB |
St John's College Boat Club |
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SJC |
St Leonard's School |
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SLS |
St Mary's College Boat Club |
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SMC |
Trevelyan College Boat Club |
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TRV |
University College Boat Club |
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UCD |
Ustinov College Boat Club |
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UST |
Van Mildert Boat Club |
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VAN |
In Chester-le-Street there is one club on the river:
Club | Blade colours | Boat code |
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Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club |
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CLS |
In Sunderland there are two rowing clubs:
Club | Blade colours | Boat code |
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Sunderland City Rowing Club | Light blue blade with dark blue tip | CSN |
Sunderland University Rowing Club | Blue blade with gold tip | USN |