North Blyth Rowing Club

North Blyth Rowing Club was based at the Seven Stars pub in North Blyth. The Seven Stars pub was situated in a small row of houses which were all demolished in the 1980s and replaced by the Alvance (formerly Alcan) bulk silica loading jetties.

2nd December 1893
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle reported:
The first open boat handicap in connection with the North Blyth Rowing Club will be on the river Blyth this afternoon, over the half-mile course from the Wave Trap to a point opposite the club's headquarters, the Seven Stars Inn. Good prizes are offered for the event, and as the competitors are all local men, some interesting racing is expected. There are fifteen entrants, including Jno. Bewick, Old Hartley; Joseph Kennedy, Cambois; Edward Davis, Blyth; William Davison, Link End; Robert Wheatley, Cambois; Thomas Hopper, Link End; George Smith, Cowpen Quay; Thomas Hudson, Link End; William Osborne, Hartford Colliery: Christopher Hogg, Cambois; William Watson, Cambois; and William Young, Blyth. The first heat is timed to start at 1 o'clock, and the opening round will be gone through. The handicap will be concluded a fortnight today.

15th December 1893
The Newcastle Daily Chronicle reported:
North Blyth Rowing Club - The competition promoted under the auspices of tb!s club, and inaugurated a fortnight ago, will be brought to an end on the river Blyth tomorrow. The draw will take place prior to the commencement of the racing. The names of the competitors who will take part are :—Christopher Hogg, Cambois; William Young, Cowpen Quay; William Watson, Cambois; Thomas Hopper, North Blyth; Thomas Smith, Cowpen Quay; and Robert Wheatley, Cambois.