Townsville dad Mathew Jensen aims to get NQ reps to National School Futsal Championships

A struggling Townsville dad is seeking financial help to get three NQ reps to a national sport tournament. See how you can help.

Adam Jensen, 11, Scarlett Egan, 11, and Isobel Adkins, 11, from the Riverway JCU Football Club need help to get to the state titles. Picture: Evan Morgan

A struggling single parent from Townsville is seeking financial help after three young athletes, including his son, were selected to represent North Queensland at a national futsal championship.

Mathew Jensen said son Adam, partner’s daughter Scarlett Egan and bestie Isobel Atkins, all 11-year-old students from Good Shepherd Catholic School and members of the Riverway JCU Football Club, had made the NQ side for the National School Futsal Championships in Brisbane in September.

Scarlett Egan, 11, Adam Jensen, 11, and Isobel Adkins, 11, from the Riverway JCU Football Club need help to get to the state titles. Picture: Evan Morgan

Labelled an “amazing dad” and hard worker by his employers at Australian Specialised Machinery Glass, Mr Jensen, 38, said the catch was raising money for the three children to compete in the futsal carnival, plus two parents to attend.

The competition involves 20 regional teams from throughout Australia.

“It’s a costly endeavour, it’s over $2000 for each child to go there, it’s about $2200 so we are trying to fundraise as much as I can – our target is $8000 to cover all their costs for a trip of a lifetime.”

Mathew Jensen has been handing out flyers in his campaign to raise $8000 for three children to compete in the National School Futsal Championships in Brisbane in September. You can scan the QR code to link directly to the fundraising page.

Mr Jensen said his partner, Isobel’s mother, had been raising money with meat raffles while he had built a fundraising page on the Australian Sports Foundation website to accept tax-free donations directly.

The family had raised just over $1000 of the $8000 goal.

He said he had also designed and printed a flyer with a QR code linking directly to the website that he was handing out whenever he saw an opportunity.

Mr Jensen said working families were doing it tough given the increased costs of living but he wanted to strive to do his best for the kids by helping fund the trip.

Originally published as Townsville dad Mathew Jensen aims to get NQ reps to National School Futsal Championships