Neptune Rowing Club

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Neptune Rowing Club
LocationIslandbridge, Dublin
Home waterRiver Liffey
Founded1908 (1908)
Key people
Dara Breaden (President)
Members known asNeppers
AffiliationsRowing Ireland
Websitewww.neptunerowingclub.com
Events
Neptune Head of The River, Neptune Regatta, Dublin Metropolitan Regatta
Notable members
Derek Holland[1] Seán Drea, Pat McDonagh,[2] Neville Maxwell,[3] Tony O'Connor, Gearoid Towey, Colm Butler,[4] Martin Stevens,[5] Frank Moore,[6] Micheál Bailey,[7] Barry Currivan,[8] Brendan Dolan[1]

Neptune Rowing Club, founded in 1908, is located on the River Liffey at Islandbridge, Dublin. It is one of the largest clubs in Ireland.

The club is a member of the Dublin Metropolitan group of clubs which operates a boat house on the reservoir in Blessington - therefore the club's rowers train at both Islandbridge and Blessington. The Dublin Metropolitan Regatta is also hosted here each year.

Neptune has a strong history in competitive rowing - it has accumulated 152 National Championship titles since 1914, and has won a number of Henley Regatta events including the Diamond Sculls, Britannia 4, Ladies Plate 8, Thames Cup 8 and Prince of Wales 4x (composite with Commercial RC).

Victories at Henley Royal Regatta

In the 1996 Thames Cup final, Neptune beat Wallingford A.[9]

More recently Neptune had further success at Henley in the Henley Women's Regatta of 2010 with a convincing win for the Elite Pair, beating Oxford University by two lengths in the final.[10]

Honours

Year Races won
1982 Britannia Challenge Cup
1986 Ladies' Challenge Plate
1996 Thames Challenge Cup

Current Membership

The club currently has a very large and active group of members competing at all levels and across age groups, from novices to internationals competing for Ireland.[11]

The clubhouse pictured during their 2024 Neptune Regatta
The clubhouse pictured during their 2024 Neptune Regatta

A 'Learn To Row' programme is taught at Neptune Rowing Club and participants can graduate from the programme into our competitive Novice Squad. The club also boasts a considerable number of Masters athletes (age 28-70) who compete in Ireland and individuals also represent Ireland at the World Masters Championships.[12]

Championship victories

All these are Neptune Irish Championships Titles (152 titles since 1914) [13]

References

  1. ^ a b "Neptune make Danes work hard". The Irish Times.
  2. ^ "Patrick MCDONAGH - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com.
  3. ^ "Neville MAXWELL - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com.
  4. ^ "Colm BUTLER - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com.
  5. ^ "Martin STEVENS - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com.
  6. ^ "Frank Moore Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Rowing – Micheál Bailey steps up to Irish lightweight four". The Irish Times.
  8. ^ "Barry CURRIVAN - worldrowing.com". www.worldrowing.com.
  9. ^ "U.K.: DANISH ROWER WINS DIAMOND SCULLS RACE ON FINALS DAY AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA AFTER BRITISH ENTRANT ABANDONS CHALLENGE". www.itnsource.com. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  10. ^ "Neptune's victory over Oxford restores Ireland's pride as records fall at Henley McCreery leads home charge at Limerick Lakehill have beating of Boley in National Unbeaten Crusaders claim knockout berth Maguire and Murphy see off Scots in Wexford Girls in Green get ready for Australia at Belfield - Herald.ie". Retrieved 6 September 2016.
  11. ^ "Growing Neptune find resources stretched to the limit". The Irish Times.
  12. ^ "Ireland Score Notable Success at the World Rowing Masters Championships | Rowing Ireland". www.rowingireland.ie. Retrieved 2 September 2016.
  13. ^ "Irish Rowing Archives - List of Championship winners" (PDF).
  14. ^ "Irish Rowing Championship Course Records (2013-16) - 2000m with Adjustable Starts" (PDF).

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