A member of St Joseph’s College “The BISH” Rowing Club for the past 5 years, Matthew Gallagher over the course of the Rowing Ireland 2018/2019 trials was selected to race at the World Junior Rowing Championships in Tokyo this August 7-11th as part of the Junior Men's Coxed Four. 



So far this year Matthew's four have won a silver medal (just narrowly beaten by the Germans) at the Junior European Championships in Essen, Germany in May, setting them up nicely for a chance to take gold on the Tokyo Olympic course this August.

Unfortunately, competing at a high level in any sport does not come cheap! Even with part of the trip and competition in Tokyo subsidised by Rowing Ireland, the cost born by each athlete will be €2,500+ per athlete. That cost is on top of paying for the trip to the Junior European Championships, many training camps and rowing trials which meant relocating to Cork directly after the Leaving Cert exams have all been  entirely self-funded by the athletes themselves.

We want to help Matthew cover as much of the cost of attending the Junior World Championships in Tokyo as possible to reduce the financial burden and hopefully see Matthew's four beat the Germans (who this time won't have the home crowd advantage) as well as entrants from possibly the USA, Australia, New Zealand, Canada and take home the gold for his club and country!



 We are hoping to reach out to BISH Alumni and rowing friends in general from the Corrib to help in anyway possible to make this trip a reality and to drive as a collective with Matthew towards that Gold Medal.