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).
Honours
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]
| 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]
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]