This has evolved again with 'Get Stripped for Doddie' selling strips that have been donated to me in order to raise more funds for MND research!!

I am now being joined by Maria Artiles from Cullera, Spain. Maria's dad and friend of mine was diagnosed with MND in the summer of 2020. Cullera is a club I have links with in Spain with many friends and a lot of them regularly visit Edinburgh. Simon Artiles was the coach of Cullera and also 'El Clan' Spain';s brach of Trust Rugby (unified rugby for people with all abilities and disabilities)

Maria is also using this page to raise funds for Doddie Aid as she joins me after school for 4 hours.

Doddie's story has touched the rugby world. To fearlessly face down his diagnosis and raise £7 million in 3 years for MND research has been mind blowing. And to have done it with smile never far from his lips, and humour punctuating every call to action, Doddie does inspire. #DoddieAID is a way for us all to do our little bit to help him in his quest to find better treatments for this awful condition, and Doddie being Doddie, we hope it is going to be a lot of fun.Doddie AID is an Inter-District exercise challenge running through January until the Calcutta Cup KO. Any exercise counts, and your miles can be logged into your personal total on the trac4good app. And it also goes into your District team total. Come the 6th February 2021, we will see which District has logged the most miles. Though there are a few other criteria to the competition too, such as Conversions! See www.doddieAID.com for all the details and to join in.