Neptune Rowing Club, founded in 1908, is located on the

River Liffey The River Liffey (Irish language, Irish: ''An Life'', historically ''An Ruirthe(a)ch'') is a river in eastern Ireland that ultimately flows through the centre of Dublin to its mouth within Dublin Bay. Its major Tributary, tributaries include t ...

at Islandbridge,

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

. It is one of the largest clubs in

Ireland Ireland (, ; ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe. Geopolitically, the island is divided between the Republic of Ireland (officially Names of the Irish state, named Irelan ...

. The club is a member of the Dublin Metropolitan group of clubs which operates a boat house on the reservoir in

Blessington Blessington, historically known as Ballycomeen (, from the Irish surname ''Ó Coimín''), is a town on the River Liffey in County Wicklow, Ireland, near the border with County Kildare. It is around 25 km south-west of Dublin, and is situat ...

- 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 Rowing, often called crew in the United States, is the sport of racing boats using oars. It differs from paddling sports in that rowing oars (called blades in the United Kingdom) are attached to the boat using rowlocks, while paddles are n ...

- it has accumulated 152 National Championship titles since 1914, and has won a number of

Henley Regatta Henley Royal Regatta (or Henley Regatta, its original name pre-dating Royal patronage) is a rowing event held annually on the River Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames, England. It was established on 26 March 1839. It differs from the thre ...

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. 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.

Honours

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.

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.

Championship victories

All these are Neptune Irish Championships Titles (152 titles since 1914) *2016 Men's Novice Quad, Women's Novice Quad *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

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External links

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Henley Royal Regatta Winners
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