Row Paris with ❤️for the HeartBeat Trust

We are the WaveRunners, a women's rowing crew from Skerries Rowing Club.

The crew members are: Cliona O'Kelly, Niamh Butler, Marie Richardson, Aoife Power, Derval Keane and Jeannine Tanner.

On September 15th 2024 we will complete the 28km Traversée de Paris et des Hauts-de-Seine row through the heart❤️ of Paris in aid of the HeartBeat Trust. https://www.heartbeattrust.ie/

The HeartBeat Trust is a charitable organisation (CHY 15938) dedicated to improving care and services for patients with, or at-risk, of heart failure.

Heart Failure affects approximately 100,000 people in Ireland with an estimated health care cost approaching 0.75 billion euro per year. It significantly impacts patient quality of life more than most cancers and shortens life expectancy.

The HeartBeat Trust supports research at St Vincent’s University Healthcare Group Heart Failure Unit and University College Dublin (UCD), with established close links with the HSE to ensure that proven novel strategies are adopted into national service delivery plans.

Heart disease is the leading cause of death for women in the western world.

The risk of heart disease increases during and after menopause. In 2020, heart disease was responsible for 1 in 4 female deaths, with heart failure representing one of the major threats

Heart failure is under-recognised in women, waiting twice as long as men to be diagnosed.

Women need to prevent heart disease earlier in their lives. Improving physical activity is beneficial in women

All proceeds raised will go directly to the HeartBeat Trust to support patient care and research into heart failure.