#doddie weir

[princessanneftw]

It looks like Tim might be wearing a tartan tie sold by the late Doddie Weir’s foundation. Doddie passed away in November 2022 after being diagnosed with MND in 2016.

[grandmaster-anne]

8 February 2023 🚴 HRH The Princess Royal has handed over the match ball this morning to officially the start the @MNDoddie5 bike ride. The riders are cycling 555 miles to deliver the ball for our game with Wales this Saturday. Track the progress of the ride here: bit.ly/3HMDR3e — Scottish Rugby (Posted 9 February 2023)

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Princess Anne, Sir Tim Laurence and Mike Tindall at Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester, on 8 February 2023.

Princess Anne handed over the Six Nations Scotland vs Wales matchball, before a team of rugby legends are cycling 555 miles in 48 hours to deliver the match ball ahead of the Scotland v Wales Six Nations game in a fundraising event for research and awareness into motor neurone disease.

Here are the links to the scarf Anne was wearing, and the tie Tim was wearing, all merchandise to raise money for motor neurone disease research;

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Oor Doddie

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me during the day: actually I feel fine :)

me at night: nothing matters, why am I alive

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An Open Letter to ESPN - Re The Helen Rollason Award by u/Extreme-Slight

An Open Letter to ESPN - Re The Helen Rollason Award Dear Disney and ESPNOver the last 24hrs, I've learnt a lot about Pat Tillerman, as a Brit, I'd never heard of him, so I'm grateful for raising awareness of HIM. I'd never heard of the award in his honour.But as a Brit, I had heard of Helen Rollason, the first Female to become a mainstream commentator in British sport and broke down many barriers. She sadly died in 1999 of Cancer whilst still in her early 40s. Her colleagues at the BBC crested an award in her honour to recognise people who shown great resilience and overcome challenges to promote sport, not just in the UK.Some recent recipients include Billy Monger, a talen5edypung race car driver who lost both his legs at the age of 17 and still races now or Doddie Weir and Rob Burrow who both have done so much to raise awareness of MND/ALS and have both since passed away. OK there are a couple of mistakes, Oscar Pistorius received his award 6 years before he shot his girlfriend Reeba Steenkamp and it's right that we mention her name to not let her be forgotten. But I want to draw your attention to the 2014 winner, where the award was presented to the Invictus Games Competitors - not the Patron, those who actually completed, all of them winners or not, from all 14 countries. If you want to save face - follow suit, support the Competitors of the Warrior Games or Invictus - get some of them on stage.There's still time to fix this. post link: https://ift.tt/iKASm43 author: Extreme-Slight submitted: June 29, 2024 at 10:54AM via SaintMeghanMarkle on Reddit disclaimer: all views + opinions expressed by the author of this post, as well as any comments and reblogs, are solely the author's own; they do not necessarily reflect the views of the administrator of this Tumblr blog. For entertainment only.

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Scottish Rugby Player Doddie Weir was born on July 4th in Edinburgh.

Born George Wilson Weir, Doddie was educated at Daniel Stewart’s and Melville College and given the school’s heritage with the sport, and Doddie’s size, it was only natural he would take up the rugby.

After his education finished he played for Stewart’s Melville FP, the FP stands for former pupil, he then went on to play for Melrose in the Scottish Borders, and was part of the team that won six Scottish club championships.

He was brought uup on Cortleferry Farm, near the village of Stow in the Scottish Borders. horses were a big part of his early life and he competed at local gymkhanas along with his sister Kirsty. Later he went on to represent Scotland at national equestrian events. Once, at the Scottish Horse Trials, he competed against Princess Anne.

As his rugby career progressed he moved to England in 1995 to join the Newcastle Falcons, helping them win the Premiership in 1998.

Lock Weir was capped 61 times by Scotland, and was part of the victorious Lions tour to South Africa in 1997.

He moved back to Scotland to join the newly reformed Borders team in 2002 where he remained until his retirement from professional rugby. He finished his playing career together with Gary Armstrong at Borders Reivers in 2004.

In 2016 Doddie was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (MND) in 2016 and made his diagnosis public the following summer. Although the average life expectancy is between one and three years, he has defied the odds to keep battling and his charity, the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, has raised more than £4million for research into a cure. Doddie was also told that a year later he would not be able to walk, he defied what the doctors said still walked in up to the final months of his life a testament to the determination and fighting spirit of this remarkable man.

A big favourite with the Murrayfield crowd, the 6ft 6in lock was famously described by the late commentator Bill McLaren as as being “on the charge like a mad giraffe”.

Doddie spoke of his MND

“As a bloke you just think ‘I’m fine’, but with this that’s not quite the case. Basically it’s a muscle wasting disease and that’s how in the later life of MND it’s horrific because you need help everywhere.

"Basically your muscles in your legs disappear so you can’t walk; you can’t really eat, and then your muscles within your speech disappear so you can’t speak; you can’t swallow and can’t breath so it’s horrific what happens.

”….“But it’s such a debilitating condition and there’s nothing out there that can help any patient with MND.

He has signed a “Do not resuscitate” (DNR) IN 2020.

In February 2020 Doddie said his decision to refuse potentially lifesaving CPR came after a tough chat with his sons Hamish, Angus, and Ben, "I’ve had to talk to them about DNR. We’ve just signed a document for that at the moment, which isn’t easy.”

He added: “You just have to be honest and open and they took it really well.”

Weir set up a charity called My Name's Doddie Foundation to help fund treatments for motor neurone disease.

In 2018 The Doddie Weir Cup was inaugurated, a perputual Rugby Union trophy to be played between Scotland and Wales, the first match in Cardiff in November that year was won by Wales, Scotland are the current holders.

Neither the Welsh Rugby Union nor the Scottish Rugby Union originally intended to contribute any of the gate receipts from the inaugural match to the charity, but pressure from fans and in the media resulted in them eventually donating a six-figure sum

On the evening of 26 November 2022, his family announced that he had died of motor neuron disease, aged 52. A memorial service was held at Melrose Parish Church on 19 December, with audio from the service relayed to Melrose RFC's ground The Greenyards.

Clinical trials into motor neurone disease (MND) have received a £500,000 boost from the My Name's Doddie Foundation to mark what would have been his 54th birthday.

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1/4 de siècle passé, depuis le covid tout est basé sur l'individualisme

Quelle que soit votre situation, profitez au maximum de chaque jour. Soyez gentil avec les gens et riez autant que possible. Doddie Weir

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Doddie Weir's son presented the match ball with Kenny Logan after a 700-mile fundraising challenge.

#IREVSCO #rwc2023 #rugby #DoddieWeir

@cant-resist-temptation Aye, Jimmy Nesbitt is a long-time supporter of the Foundation. He joined the crew for the challenge.

Jimmy Nesbitt and Kenny Logan's Rugby World Cup Challenge. So far the fundraisers have raised more than £280,000 towards their target of raising £555,000 for Doddie Weir's charity, the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation, which funds research into motor neurone disease (MND).

They walked and cycled 700 miles from the Scottish Gas Murrayfield stadium in Edinburgh to the Stade de France in Paris

Starting in Edinburgh, walking and cycling see the team travelled around 100 miles a day (Mark F Gibson/PA) (PA Media)

The group are due to arrive in Paris on Saturday October 7

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Kenny Logan's Rugby World Cup Challenge

To mark the first Rugby World Cup since Doddie Weir’s sad passing, Kenny Logan and friends are set to take part in a unique and gruelling challenge from BT Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh, to the Stade de France, Paris to raise £555,555 for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation.

Kenny and supporters will be delivering the match ball to the final Pool B match – Ireland v Scotland, as well as raising important funds for the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation to support their fight against Motor Neuron Disease.

Click ‘Keep Reading’ to find out more about the challenge ahead.

Jamie, along with Ex UK Special Forces and Royal Marine Commando Jason Fox, actor Jimmy Nesbitt, Ex footballer, Scottish international and Rangers legend Ally McCoist, TV and Radio presenter Kirsty Gallagher, Cyclist Mark Beaumont and Kenny’s wife Gabby, will arrive in Edinburgh on September 30th before beginning their challenge the following day.

1st October (135 miles) –

🚴 BT Murrayfield Stadium to Cresswell 110mi

🚶 Cresswell to Newcastle Falcon 25mi

2nd October (111.2 miles)

🚴 Newcastle Falcons to Sutton Park 97.5mi

🚶 Sutton Park to Middlethorpe Hall Hotel 13.7mi

3rd October (117.6 miles)

🚴 Middlethorpe Hall Hotel, York to Belvoir Castle 96.6mi

🚶 Belvoir Castle to Rutland Water 21mi

4th October (110 miles)

🚴 Rutland Water to The Crown, Chinnor 95mi

🚶 The Crown, Chinnor to The Hand & Flowers, Marlow 15mi

5th October (93.9 miles)

🚴 Bisham Abbey, Marlow to Half Moon, Plumpton 80mi

🚶 Half Moon, Plumpton to The Ark, Newhaven 13.9mi

6th October (83.2 miles)

🚴 Dieppe Ferry Port to Brasserie Duplessi, Tosny 70mi

🚶 Brasserie Duplessi, Tosny to Hotel Le Normandy, Vernon 13.2mi

7th October (51.4 miles)

🚴 Hotel Le Normandy, Vernon to Ibis Epinay-sur-Seine 48mi

🚶 Ibis Epinay-sur-Seine to Stade De France, Paris 3.4mi

You can find out more about the challenge here.

You can donate to Jamie's half of the challenge here. He needs to raise £15,000 if you are able to help!

And

You can follow the challenge on Instagram here.

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Rugby Union and League combine forces in support of MND

Rugby fans have always been split, debating over which branch of the sport is superior.

Both sides have good arguments, but with the birth of the 745 game, fans can come together at last.

Inspired by the efforts of Rob Burrows, Ed Slater and Doddie Weir, all of whom have fallen victim to Motor Neurone Disease serving their country in the name of rugby, the 745 game takes their ideas - and shirt numbers - to hybridise the sport.

Supporting MND communities and starring retired stars from both codes of the support, this could be the marriage that finally kicks Motor Neurone Disease into touch.

The 745 match kicks off at 3pm, November 17th, at Leeds’ Headingley Stadium.

[princessanneftw]

Princess Anne will be visiting Kingsholm next week to send a rugby ball on a 555 mile journey. The Princess Royal will hand over a ball to rugby legends from across the UK.

And the move will kick off a a 200-strong peloton of cyclists on a poignant £500,000 charity fundraiser in memory of Doddie Weir, the Scottish rugby legend who died in November last year. A team of rugby legends will aim to cycle 555 miles in 48 hours to deliver it to Murrayfield Stadium ahead of the Scotland v Wales Six Nations game Saturday February 11 .

Once there they will hand the ball back to Princess Anne who is patron of the Scottish rugby team. The group, which includes former Scotland captain Rob Wainwright and World Cup winning former England skipper Martin Johnson, will raise money for motor neurone disease.

Son in law MIke Tindall is not on the official list of cyclists but earlier this year he paid tribute to Doddie who died while Mike was in the I'm A Celebrity....Get Me Out Of Here! jungle. He also donned his budgie smugglers to take part in Doddie Aid, a virtual exercise challenge taking place for six weeks from January 1.

The late Doddie Weir launched a fundraising foundation after being diagnosed with motor neurone disease (MND) in 2017. The Scotland v Wales match is known as the Doddie Weir Cup and this will be first time since he died in November 2022 at the age of 52, the match has taken place.

After collecting the ball from Anne the cyclists will travel via the Principality Stadium in Cardiff. Wainwright said: “This year marks the fourth anniversary of the Doddie Weir Cup, and it’s particularly poignant as it’s the first since Doddie’s passing in November, but this only drives us forward to continue making progress and raising awareness of MND.

“We have to believe that a breakthrough in MND treatment is just round the corner and push ourselves and others to raise funds to realise that dream."

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11 February 2023 Sir Tim Laurence watches on as Kathy Weir presents the Doddie Weir Cup to Scotland captain Jamie Ritchie after the Guinness Six Nations match between Scotland and Wales at BT Murrayfield, Edinburgh, Scotland. 📹: Guinness Six Nations

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The late international rugby player set up the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation following his diagnosis in 2016.

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England legend Peter Winterbottom on his debut being overshadowed by a streaker, losing a Rugby World Cup final, touring apartheid South Africa... and his charity work for the Doddie Weir foundation

England legend Peter Winterbottom on his rugby union career and doing charity work for @MNDoddie5 | @AlexWorth17 #EnglandRugby

The date was January 2, 1982, the referee blew for half-time, 14 – sweaty and bruised rugby union players sat on the freezing-cold, muddy Twickenham pitch, discussing their tight affair with Australia and what pub they were going to later.   The 15th player Peter Winterbottom, making his debut, followed quietly.   He had been told by his mentor, former onside flanker Tony Neary, to concentrate…

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I can always quit if I hate it I should at least wait for the first real day. I have no reason to hate it yet I don't know if I'll like it. I should stay until I've seen a bit of the job before quitting. I'll have to get a job one day and I'll probably hate it anyways so why not keep this one?