A teenage wrestler from Lanarkshire, who will signify Scotland on the Commonwealth Video games this month, has appealed for sponsorship assist earlier than the motion will get underway.
Abbie Fountain, from Rutherglen, is the youngest member of a five-strong squad collaborating within the worldwide contest in Birmingham this month.
Nevertheless, the 18-year-old is at present juggling her coaching with a component time job as she raises much-needed funds to get herself one of the best preparation.
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She advised Lanarkshire Reside: "I am trying again to my first massive Video games, and simply being in an enormous worldwide contest, actually. I've not had many probabilities for contests like this the previous couple of years due to Covid, so it is actually thrilling.
"This may be the final Video games with wrestling in it for some time because it's an elective sport, so I am glad I am getting the prospect to participate. It must be an amazing studying expertise."
And though the Burnside teenager cannot wait to be on the mat later this month, she additionally believes that sponsorship and additional help could be an enormous enhance.
She defined: "It is not simply cash, something could be useful, like a gymnasium membership or meals prep, as I am having watch that (meals) fastidiously proper now, forward of the Video games beginning.
"It is an additional stress for me attempting to kind all the pieces and pay for all of it, so any assist would make a distinction for me."
Abbie first took up the game eight years in the past, and rapidly found a ardour for it. She quickly was noticed by nationwide coaches and began to journey the nation, supported by her mother and father, with dad Andrew driving her to and from occasions.
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Sadly, the previous Cathkin Excessive pupil's progress stalled when the coronavirus pandemic struck.
She added: "I missed a number of qualifying tournaments with Covid taking place. As wrestling is an indoor shut contact sport it took ages earlier than being allowed to renew. We had been coaching outdoors and attempting to get by that method but it surely wasn't thought.!"
Wrestling begins on the Video games on July 28 and if anybody needs to assist sponsor Abbie they'll contact her at abbie.fountain03@gmail.com or contact Lanarkshire Reside and we are going to move the main points on.
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