Row Your Demons Launch

Pic: Amy Rossiter & Pierce Murphy at the launch of Row Your Demons week at St. Patrick’s Rowing Club.

This week is Row Your Demons week at St. Patrick’s Rowing Club. The charity has teamed up with St. Patrick’s Rowing Club in Ringsend, Rowing Ireland and Crew Class for this unique fundraiser, which simply requires participants to row for a total of 60 minutes over the course of seven days.

The majority St. Patrick’s Rowing Club members will complete the challenge next Sunday between 9am-3pm with a mixture of both on the water and off the water rowing activities.

In return for 60 minutes of rowing, each participant will help turn2Me provide 60 minutes of counselling to someone in need.

You can take part on the water, at the gym, or at home if you have a rowing machine. Row for one hour straight or divide the task into shorter stints – different strokes for different folks!

PRO of St. Patrick’s Rowing Club, Eimear McCormack, said:

“Our club experienced first-hand the impact of mental health last year. We are supporting turn2me this year in remembrance of one of our team members and we believe it is important to reach out and talk about mental health and wellbeing.”

Commenting on Row Your Demons, turn2me founders, Oisin and Diarmuid Scollard, said:

“This is a positive way to highlight mental health and wellbeing because when you row, you block out distractions and you focus.

“It’s easy to get involved and every euro donated ensures that turn2me’s mental health supports are literally at your fingertips through our mobile-friendly online platform.”

Want to get involved? Visit www.rowyourdemons.ie OR contact a club member. T-Shirts will be on-sale for €15 this Sunday from 9am.