Neptune Rowing Club

Neptune Rowing Club
Location Islandbridge, Dublin
Home water River Liffey
Founded 1908 (1908)
President Dara Breaden
Affiliations Rowing Ireland
Website http://www.neptunerowingclub.com
Events
Neptune Head of The River, Neptune Regatta, Dublin Metropolitan Regatta
Notable members

Neville Maxwell,[1] Tony O'Connor, Gearoid Towey, Colm Butler, [2] Martin Stevens, [3] Frank Moore,[4] Barry Currivan,[5] Brendan Dolan,[6] Derek Holland,[7] Seán Drea, Pat McDonagh,[8]

Micheál Bailey [9]

Neptune Rowing Club, founded in 1908, is located on the River Liffey at Islandbridge, Dublin. It is one of the largest clubs in Ireland, steeped in history and is housed in a new boathouse that was opened in March 2010 by then-President of Ireland Mary McAleese.

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).

Throughout the eighties and nineties, Neptune managed to almost totally dominate senior men's rowing in Ireland. During this period, Neptune were also prominent on Ireland's International rowing scene, with a large majority of international oarsmen being Neptune men.

Victories at Henley Royal Regatta

Sean Drea won the Diamond Sculls for three consecutive years: 1973, 1974, 1975. Neptune won its first crew event in 1982 in the Britannia Challenge Cup for coxed fours.

In the final of the 1986 Ladies Plate, Neptune beat Harvard University. The crew was Gerry Murphy (bow), Gerry Macken (2), Frank Moore (3), Alan Thomas (4), Pat McDonagh (5), Phillip Browne (6), Eunan Dolan (7), Jim Cassidy (stroke) & Gerry O'Brien (cox). The crew was coached by Con Cronin, Joe Moroney & Liam Perdiasatt.

Neptune winning the Thames Cup in 1996 at Henley Royal Regatta

In the 1996 Thames Cup final, Neptune beat Wallingford A. The crew was Aidan McMahon (bow), Jason Connolly (2), Tommy Colsh (3), Albert Maher (4), Kevin Lynch (5), Jim Cassidy (6), Gary O'Neill (7), Colm O'Rourke (stroke) & Brendan Farrell (cox) with Peter Buckley as coach.[10]

Neil Casey of Neptune won the Prince of Wales quadruple sculls in a composite crew with Commercial Rowing Club in 2005.

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.[11]

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.[12]

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.[13]

Championship victories

All these are Neptune Irish Championships Titles (152 titles since 1914) [14]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/7097/neville-maxwell
  2. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/32745/butler-colm
  3. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/32744/stevens-martin
  4. ↑ http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mo/frank-moore-1.html
  5. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/32743/currivan-barry
  6. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/neptune-make-danes-work-hard-1.148828
  7. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/neptune-make-danes-work-hard-1.148828
  8. ↑ http://www.worldrowing.com/athletes/athlete/27863/mcdonagh-patrick
  9. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/other-sports/rowing-miche%C3%A1l-bailey-steps-up-to-irish-lightweight-four-1.2119155
  10. ↑ "U.K.: DANISH ROWER WINS DIAMOND SCULLS RACE ON FINALS DAY AT HENLEY ROYAL REGATTA AFTER BRITISH ENTRANT ABANDONS CHALLENGE.". www.itnsource.com. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  11. ↑ "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 2016-09-06.
  12. ↑ http://www.irishtimes.com/sport/growing-neptune-find-resources-stretched-to-the-limit-1.52230
  13. ↑ "Ireland Score Notable Success at the World Rowing Masters Championships | Rowing Ireland". www.rowingireland.ie. Retrieved 2016-09-02.
  14. ↑ Irish Rowing Archives - List of Championship winners
  15. ↑ https://www.facebook.com/Irish.Rowing.Archive/photos/a.368446789955608.1073741830.368371463296474/858714907595458/?type=3
  16. ↑ http://media.wix.com/ugd/074761_13da21333ad34a0481e0b0e7f613bb86.pdf
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