Fundraiser launched to help send young Doncaster MMA fighter to event in Serbia
A fundraiser has been launched to help send a young Doncaster fighter to a prestigious event in just a few weeks' time.
Connor Halliday, who runs The Unit MMA (mixed martial arts) gym out of Rossington, set up the appeal to help send one of his students, Poppy Taylor, to the MMA European Championships in Serbia in just a few weeks time.
The young athlete needs to raise money to cover the cost of flights, hotels and participation fees. A short blurb on the GoFundMe page says: "As many of you know, our student Poppy Taylor has been selected to represent England at the Youth MMA European Championships in Serbia in February.
"MMA is a completely self-funded sport with no government help whatsoever. We are trying to raise the money to cover all of Poppy's costs for participation, flights, hotels etc. If you can give anything please do! It's not far away so we've not got long to go. Poppy is training as hard as she possibly can to be prepared and ready to bring home the gold!"
At the time of writing, the fundraiser has brought in more than £1,500 - just shy of its £1,800 target.
To donate, visit shorturl.at/tN0Db.