# Women’s bobsleigh team crowdfund their way to Winter Olympics

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2018/02/13/womens-bobsleigh-team-crowdfund-way-winter-olympics/
- Published: 2018-02-13T10:35:38+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**British women’s bobsleigher Mica McNeill has thanked the public after a GoFundMe
page set up to help her team get to the Winter Olympics raised £30,000 in a week.**

Bobsleigh driver McNeill set up the [GoFundMe page](https://www.gofundme.com/teammcneill)
after the BBSA withdrew funding from the women’s bobsleigh team in September, while
still funding three men’s teams.

_Get Team McNeill to the Olympics_ asked the public to help Mica and her teammates
Mica Moore and Montell Douglas get to the Winter Olympics and compete.

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On the page, McNeill said:

> “…due to the mismanagement of British Bobsleigh there is no longer any funding
> available for a women’s programme to compete in the Olympics. I now must self 
> fund my winter season and I am asking for funding/sponsorship so that I am able
> to compete on the World Cup circuit this Winter to secure my place in the next
> Olympics.
> “I have worked incredibly hard and made many sacrifices. I have even bought my
> own bobsleigh so that I can achieve my dreams and due to circumstances out of 
> my control, I’m now looking to raise the £30,000 so Team McNeill can represent
> GB this winter.”

The move paid off. The page raised £25,000 in just three days, and over £30,000 
in a week to help thr team compete in Bobsleigh events at the current Winter Olympics
in Pyeongchang, It has now raised over £42,000 with donations from 799 people.

 

> WE ARE GOING TO THE OLYMPIC GAMES 🔥🙊 [pic.twitter.com/YRKe3bXYTC](https://t.co/YRKe3bXYTC)
> — ✨Mica McNeill OLY✨ (@MicaMcNeill) [January 23, 2018](https://twitter.com/MicaMcNeill/status/955850198571470849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw)

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