David Hill was born on the 17th April 1991 and died suddenly, without warning from Sudden Cardiac Death, whilst playing rugby for the Scottish Parliamentary Team against the Irish Dail and Senead XV team, on a sunny day in Dublin on 19th March 2022, at the age of just 30.

The impact of David's death was felt across his family, friends and colleagues. David was much-loved. David was living his best life; a job he loved and was passionate about, at the heart of Scottish politics, enjoying all that life in Edinburgh had to offer. His life-long passion, however, was for rugby. Murrayfield was his spiritual home and he revelled in both the highs and lows supporting the Scottish Rugby Team.

To mark the 2nd anniversary of David's death, Lesley and I, and other members of David's family plan to cycle from Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh to Donnybrook Stadium, Dublin (320 miles) with the matchball for the parliamentary rugby match on Saturday 16th March 2024. We will visit secondary schools across Dumfries & Galloway, raising funds and awareness as we go. This will be a real challenge as I have only taken up cycling for this recently and it will be in early March, when the weather can be interesting.

All funds raised will be used to support cardiac screening and cardiac health in young people in Dumfries and Galloway, where David grew up. Thank you for your support.

Core Cycling Team: Rodger Hill; Lesley Hill ; Mandy Guthrie: Douglas Hill; Jacqui Clark: David Tyson: Nigel Titcombe: John Thin; Larann Foss; Gregor Clark; John McGahon; Kate Kerr.

Support Team: ; Tom Cuddihy; Lynn Cuddihy; Anna Robertson; Lorna Neilson, David Neilson, Georgia Graham; Scott Graham, Alex Service; Ellie Thin-Smith.

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