Neptune Rowing Club Explained

Neptune Rowing Club
Location:Islandbridge, Dublin
Home Water:River Liffey
Key People:Dara Breaden (President)
Affiliations:Rowing Ireland
Free Label:Members known as
Free:Neppers
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

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

width=70Yearwidth=500Races 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]

Championship victories

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

External links

Notes and References

  1. News: Neptune make Danes work hard. .
  2. Web site: Patrick MCDONAGH - worldrowing.com. www.worldrowing.com.
  3. Web site: Neville MAXWELL - worldrowing.com. www.worldrowing.com.
  4. Web site: Colm BUTLER - worldrowing.com. www.worldrowing.com.
  5. Web site: Martin STEVENS - worldrowing.com. www.worldrowing.com.
  6. Web site: Frank Moore Bio, Stats, and Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418010419/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/frank-moore-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.
  7. News: Rowing – Micheál Bailey steps up to Irish lightweight four. .
  8. Web site: Barry CURRIVAN - worldrowing.com. www.worldrowing.com.
  9. Web site: U.K.: DANISH ROWER WINS DIAMOND SCULLS RACE ON FINALS DAY AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA AFTER BRITISH ENTRANT ABANDONS CHALLENGE.. www.itnsource.com. 2016-09-02.
  10. Web site: 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. 2016-09-06.
  11. News: Growing Neptune find resources stretched to the limit. .
  12. Web site: Ireland Score Notable Success at the World Rowing Masters Championships Rowing Ireland. www.rowingireland.ie. 2016-09-02.
  13. Web site: Irish Rowing Archives - List of Championship winners.
  14. Web site: Irish Rowing Championship Course Records (2013-16) - 2000m with Adjustable Starts .

This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "Neptune Rowing Club".

Except where otherwise indicated, Everything.Explained.Today is © Copyright 2009-2024, A B Cryer, All Rights Reserved. Cookie policy.