Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club

Chester-le-Street Rowing Club was initially a professional rowing club based on the river Wear at Chester-le-Street, which later changed its status to Amateur.

28th July 1877
Bell's Life reported:
BOAT HANDICAP ON THE RIVER WEAR AT CHESTER-LE-STREET
A handicap, rowed in open boats, took place on Tuesday and Wednesday over the half-mile course on the river Wear, from the Rifle Butts to the Ferry Landing at Chester-le-Street, and drew together a large attendance of spectators each night, the weather on each occasion being most enjoyable. The following was the result of the rowing:
Heat 1: E. Reece (Durham) 10 lengths beat W. Young (Durham) 81/2 l
Heat 2: Nil
Heat 3: J. Hall (Sunderland) 5l rowed over. R, Armstrong (Chester-le-St) 9 1/2 l absent
Heat 4: D, Shields (Fatfield) 1l beat J, Forster (Newcastle) 3l
Heat 5: J. Blaylock (Low Elswick) 4 1/2 l beat W. Thompson (Stocksfield) 3l
Heat 6: E. Minniken (Chester-le-St) Scratch beat W.J. Marshall (Durham) Scratch
Heat 7: A. Kell (Lumley) 7l beat J. Snowdon (Newcastle) 2 1/2 l
Heat 8: W. Pick (Chester-le-St) 11l beat Thos. Dixon (New Lambton) 13l
Heat 9: J. Kilpatrick (Chester-le-St) 16l rowed over; John Hawdon (New Delaval) 1l absent
Heat 10: J.G Hall (Chester-le-st) 17l rowed over; W. Softley (Durham) 14l absent
Heat 11: J. Baines (Durham) 3 1/2 l - A bye.
First ties:
Heat 1: J. Baines beat J. Pick
Heat 2: J, Shields beat J.G Hall
Heat 3: E. Reece rowed over
Heat 4: J. Blaylock beat J. Hall
Heat 5: J. Kilpatrick beat E. Minniken
Heat 6: A. Kell - a bye
Second ties:
Heat 1: J. Kilpatrick beat D, Shields
Heat 2: A. Kell beat J. Baines
Heat 3: J. Blaylock beat E. Reece
Third ties:
Heat 1: J. Kilpatrick beat A. Kell
Heat 2: J. Blaylock - a bye
Final Heat:
J. Blaylock (Low Elswick) 1 1/2 lengths beat J. Kilpatrick (Chester-le-St) 16 lengths
The Tynesider closed rapidly on his man, who was, however, four lengths in advance 150 yards from home. Kilpatrick tired rapidly however, and 50 yards from home he got his right hand scull amongst the sedges and Blaylock, who had then overlapped him, shot past, eased up and cleverly won by a length, thus adding a victory to his seconds in the Wareham and the previous Chester-le-Street handicaps rowed this season. Mr. G Nicholson was the referee, Mr. T. Wheatley the Starter and Mr. R. Ainsley the distance judge.