By Charlie Coë For Daily Mail Australia
Published: 06:23 BST, 20 June 2019 | Updated: 06:29 BST, 20 June 2019
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A 12-year-old with a spinal disorder has been gifted a $25,000 powered wheelchair so he can compete in an international soccer tournament.
Nova 96.9's Fitzy and Wippa revealed on Tuesday they would be paying for Sydney schoolboy Ryan Seck's specially customised 'powerchair'.
Ryan has been selected for the Australian under-21 Powerchair soccer team despite his young age. Most of his teammates are in high school or university.
Generous: A 12-year-old with a spinal disorder has been gifted a $25,000 powered wheelchair by Nova FM's Fitzy and Wippa so he can compete in an international soccer tournament. Pictured: Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald
Inspiring: Ryan (centre in wheelchair) and his parents (second from left and far right) are now able to travel overseas for an international wheelchair soccer tournament
Talented: Ryan, who has four years of wheelchair soccer experience, will face opposition in the Asia-Pacific-Oceania Cup in his faster, more sensitive wheelchair, dubbed a 'powerchair'
For a while, it looked like Ryan - who suffers from spinal muscular atrophy - wouldn't be able to join the 'Poweroos' because he doesn't have a specialised wheelchair.
'He needs a customised powerchair, and they're only made in the U.S., to be able to compete in this championships,' Ryan 'Fitzy' Fitzgerald explained.
'We wanted to
