Wearmouth Union of Church Institutes Annual Regatta

In researching for these history pages, we do come across some odd and hitherto unknown peculiarities and this annual event falls into that category. The event used to take place on an annual basis at Cox Green on the River Wear, which will be more familiar to current rowers as the start/marshalling area for the Hylton Long Distance Sculling Event. Presumably the boats used for the event were 'borrowed' from an existing rowing club, and we know there were rowing Clubs at North Hylton as well as South Hylton.

One newspaper report, coming from the Sunderland Daily Echo of the 11th August 1913, is reproduced here: