BRAVE Beth Morris hopes to make a big splash when she takes part in the World Transplant Games.
She has finally raised the thousands of pounds needed to pay for her to travel to Australia on Tuesday.
Beth will represent Great Britain in five swimming events after picking up a haul of medals at last year’s British Transplant Games.
Her success comes after she was diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia when she was just 17-months-old.
Now aged 13, Beth has spent eight months raising money and has reached her target of £5,000 — thanks partly to a donation from Worsley Swimming Club.
The club, where Beth is a junior member, collected £1,250 by holding a raffle.
Beth, of Hollow Meadows, Ringley, said: “I was really pleased about the money that Worsley Swimming Club have raised and donated to my World Transplant Games fund.
“Everyone has been so kind and generous in helping me to achieve my ambition to compete in the games. I just want to say a huge thank you to everybody and tell them how grateful I am for their donation. I hope I can bring back a medal to show everyone.”
Beth will represent Great Britain in five swimming events after picking up a haul of medals at last year’s British Transplant Games.
Beth received chemotherapy for two years and lost her hair several times. Although she appeared to be recovering, she had a relapse in 2001 and eventually received a bone marrow transplant the following year.
Beth, who is a pupil at Bridgewater School in Worsley, has since been recovering and in remission.
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