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Blade colours of Chester-le-Street rowing club. Chester-le-Street Amateur Rowing Club is based on the River Wear near the Riverside cricket ground and has been there for over 100 years. During the summer months the club operate mainly on the river, but in the winter move to indoor sessions during the evenings and use the river at weekends.
The River Wear is home to a number of sports rowing clubs. These clubs are based in Durham , Chester-le-Street and Sunderland . All clubs are members of British Rowing and all the Durham College clubs are members of Durham College Rowing .
[22] [23] The club will still be eligible to bid to host one-day and Twenty20 international matches, with a Twenty20 international against the West Indies scheduled to be held in 2017. [24] It hosted three matches at the 2019 Cricket World Cup. [25] Riverside Ground is the northernmost cricket ground in the world which has hosted a test match.
Two miles downstream, the river is flowing south eastwards. The only road bridge over the Wear between Durham and Chester-le-Street is Cocken Bridge. As it passes Chester-le-Street, where the river is overlooked by Lumley Castle, its flood plain has been developed into The Riverside, the home pitch of Durham County Cricket Club.
The Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street has only been in use since 1995 but has hosted the vast majority of the county's matches in that time. Durham County Cricket Club is one of the 18 member clubs of the English County Championship, representing the historic county of Durham. The club was established on 23 May 1882.
The club was founded as Chester-le-Street Rowing Club in 1888, [3] initially rowing from a boathouse in a park that burnt down during the 1930s. After a dormant period the club was started again by Bob Heywood during the 1980s [4] and by 2001 had increased members to the point where more boats were needed. The club recorded 63 wins during 2001. [5]
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It is the home of the Chester-le-Street Cricket Club, who play in the North East Premier League. Prior to Durham County Cricket Club gaining first-class status in 1992, they played six Gillette Cup/Natwest Trophy matches at Ropery Lane, while Minor Counties North also used the ground for a Benson & Hedges Cup game.