Tees Regatta

Tees Regatta (also referred to as Stockton Regatta and even unofficially as Yarm Regatta) was first held in 1865. The poster for it now hangs in the bar at the River Tees Watersports Centre, where Tees Rowing Club (founded one year earlier in 1864) is based.

In 1957 the regatta was moved to Yarm for the first time. It was an interesting exercise because the river was tidal and half way through the regatta, the course was reversed and the Start became the Finish. One of the drawbacks was that the location was not the pretty riverside walk of today; there was an abattoir on the riverbank and competitors would change in spare rooms of the abattoir!

In 1978 Stockton Regatta, sponsored by Stockton Borough Council and Evening Gazette, was reintroduced having last been held in 1939. .

The final Yarm Regatta was held in 1979.

Regatta Trophies:

Evening Gazette Trophy - for Elite Eights
Ironmasters Cup - for Elite Fours
Tees Cup - for Senior Coxed Fours
Dutton Forshaw Trophy - for Senior Coxed Fours
Middlesbrough Challenge Cup - for Senior Coxed Fours
Mason Challenge Cup - for Mens' Novice Fours
Sid Hills Trophy - for National Dock Labour Board Fours
Infabco Erection Co. Trophy - for Junior Fours
Queens Social Club Shield - for Junior U16 Fours
Transport & General Workers Union Cup - for Junior U16 Fours
Sunday Sun Cup - for Womens' Fours
Castlegate Marine Club Trophy - for Womens' Novice Coxed Fours
Billingham Constitutional Club Trophy - for Coxless Pairs
Tees Sculling Cup - for Senior Sculls
John Appleton Trophy - for Senior Sculls
Poole Cup - for non-novice sculls
Rowland Bowl - for Novice sculls