Barbara White with some of the Lynbar Majorette Troupe which has launched an appeal for sponsorship.
Craig's nanna Barbara White, 67, has run Lynbar Majorette Troupe in Holbeck Moor for over 26 years and she watched proudly in the wings as Craig reached the semi finals of the TV show in 2007.
But now Barbara and Craig need public backing of a different kind as the troupe faces financial crisis.
Craig, 19, said: "It's desperate. We really need a sponsor. It costs about £600 for a coach. It's becoming a real struggle."
Craig, who learned to baton twirl at the age of two and now teaches the troupe himself voluntarily. "We are all really close and I love teaching them. It's a shame it's not a more recognised sport."
The troupe has formed a fundraising team made up of mums in a desperate bid to raise cash.
They have held raffles, sponsored events, jumble sales and they have attended many bag packing sessions at local supermarkets but it isn't enough as uniforms need replacing and coaches need to be paid for to get the troupe to competitions and charity displays.
Barbara said: "Craig has opened up the baton world to everyone. After he had been on Britain's Got Talent we had even more people join. We just really need help. Our biggest outgoing is the coaches but the uniforms are also starting to get old. We pass them down as far as we can but some of them are 10 or 11 years old now and we can't afford to replace them."
"We will never ever close, that will never happen - we will just have to keep doing the raffles, jumble sales and anything we can to keep going."
Craig won rave reviews on Britain's Got Talent with his twirling skills and made it to the semi finals after wowing judges Simon Cowell, Piers Morgan and Amanda Holden.
It was then revealed that Craig had kept his hobby hidden from his parents for 10 years, while making weekly visits to Barbara.
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