Rowing
Clubs on the Marina
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Lee Rowing Club on the Marina was founded in 1850 and is the second oldest Club in the country, after Trinity College Rowing Club. It proudly boasts Charles Stewart Parnell as one of its honorary members. In the 1880's the Club hired a Mr Coombes, a trainer from London, and paid him £3 per week. In 1925 and 1933 the Club won the coveted Leander "Ship" or trophy. |
| Shandon Boat Club was founded in 1875 and it also has its clubhouse on the Marina. Their three victories in the Leander were recorded in 1909, 1914, and 1952. |
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The Leander Ship was the trophy that captured the imagination of the spectators in those great regattas of yesteryear. The Leander Rowing Club was based in London and they competed in an International Regatta in Cork at the turn of the century. At that regatta they defeated a crew from Berlin and so pleased were they with the hospitality shown them by the Cork people that they presented the trophy as a show of gratitude. Leander also promised to defend the trophy if any crew outside these islands competed for it.