Neptune Rowing Club
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| Location | Islandbridge, Dublin |
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| Home water | River Liffey |
| Founded | 1908 |
Key people | Dara Breaden (President) |
| Members known as | Neppers |
| Affiliations | Rowing Ireland |
| Website | www |
| 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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]| Year | Races won |
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| 1982 | Britannia Challenge Cup |
| 1986 | Ladies' Challenge Plate |
| 1996 | Thames Challenge Cup |
Current Membership
[edit | edit source]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]
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
[edit | edit source]All these are Neptune Irish Championships Titles (152 titles since 1914) [13]
- 2016 Men's Novice Quad, Women's Novice Quad [14]
- 2010 Women's Senior Pair
- 2007 Women's Senior Double Scull, Women's Senior 8+ ( composite with Waterford & Muckross )
- 2006 Men's Junior Scull, Men's Junior Double Scull, Women's Intermediate 8+, Women's Junior Scull and Women's Junior Double Scull
- 2005 Men's Intermediate 4+, Men's Junior 18 Double Scull, Women's Novice Scull
- 2004 Seniors: Women's Four
- Intermediates: Women's Eight, Women's Four
- Juniors: Men's Scull
- 2003 Juniors: Men's Quad, Men Pair, Men's Double Scull
- Novices: Women's Eight
- 2002 Juniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men's Pair. Seniors: Men's Quad (composite)
- 2001 Seniors: Men's Eight, Women Eight, Women's Four, Men's Quad, Men's Single, Men's Coxless Four, Men's Pair, Men's Double Scull, Men's Lightweight Scull
- Intermediates: Men's Eight
- Juniors: Men's Eight
- 2000 Seniors: Women's Four, Men's Double Scull
- Intermediates: Women's Eight, Women's Single
- Juniors: Men's Eight
- 1999 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men Four, Men Quad, Men Single, Men's coxless Four, Men's Pair
- Intermediates: Women's Eight, Women's Four, Men's Single
- 1998 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men's Single, Men's Coxless Four, Men Pair, Men's Double Scull
- Novices: Men's Four
- Juniors: Men's Double Scull
- 1997 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men's Quad, Men's Single, Men's Coxless Four, Men's Pair, Men's Double Scull
- Intermediates: Men's Pair, Men's Single
- Novices: Men's Eight, Men's Four
- 1996 Seniors: Men's Eight
- Novices: Women's Single
- Juniors: Men's Quad, Women's Pair, Women's Double Scull
- 1995 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men Coxless Four, Men's Pair, Men's Double Scull
- 1994 Seniors: Men's Coxless Four, Men's Pair
- Intermediates: Men's Eight
- 1993 Seniors: Men's Four, Men's Coxless Four
- Novices: Women's Four
- Juniors: Men's Single, Men's Double Scull
- 1992 Seniors: Men Eight, Men's Four, Men coxless Four, Men's Lightweight Scull
- Juniors: Men's Double Scull
- 1991 Seniors: Men's Four, Men's Lightweight Scull
- Juniors: Men's Eight
- 1990 Seniors: Men's Eight
- Juniors: Men's Eight
- 1989 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Pair
- Juniors: Men's Double Scull
- 1988 Seniors: Men's Four, Men's Pair
- Intermediates: Men's Single
- 1987 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men Pair
- 1986 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men Pair
- Juniors: Men Pair, Men Double Scull
- 1985 Seniors: Men's Eight, Men's Four, Men's Pair
- Intermediates: Men's Four
- 1984 Seniors: Men's Eight
- 1983 Intermediates: Men's Four
- 1982 Seniors: Men's Pair
- Novices: Men's Eight, Men's Four
- Juniors: Men's Single, Men's Four, Men's Pair, Men's Double Scull
- 1981 Seniors: Men's Four
- Intermediates: Men's Eight
- Juniors: Men's Eight, Men Four, Men's Double Scull
- 1980 Seniors: Men's Eight
- Juniors: Men's Double Scull: Jerome Hurley and John Moloco
- 1979 Seniors: Men's Double Scull
- Juniors: Men's Four, Men's Pair
- 1977 Intermediates: Men's Eight, Men's Four
- Novices: Men's Eight
- 1976 Juniors: Men's Four
- 1975 Intermediates: Men's Four
- 1974 Novices: Men's Eight
- 1972 Novices: Men's Eight
- 1971 Intermediates: Men's Eight, Men's Four
- 1970 Seniors: Men's Eight
- 1975 Juniors: Men's Single
- 1963 Intermediates: Men's Four
- 1947 Novices: Men's Eight
- 1944 Intermediates: Men's Eight
- 1934 Seniors: Men's Eight
- Intermediates: Men's Eight
- 1914 Seniors: Men's Eight
References
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