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Tees Regatta was the title used for regattas run by Tees Rowing Club at Yarm and at Stockton-on-Tees, but for a time was better known as Stockton Regatta. Records are now combined under Tees Regatta.

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	~~Stockton Regatta (also referred to as~~ Tees 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.~~		[[Tees Regatta]] was the title used for regattas run by [[Tees Rowing Club]] at Yarm and at Stockton-on-Tees, but for a time was better known as [[Stockton Regatta]]. Records are now combined under [[Tees Regatta]].

	~~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!~~