DODDIE Weir raised more than £20,000 for motor neuron disease at the annual My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Scotland Golf Day at the Renaissance Club in East Lothian last week.

The Foundation was set up in 2017 by the former Scottish international and British & Irish Lion to help fellow MND sufferers and seek ways to conduct further research into this yet incurable disease.

More than 50 people took part in the event on Tuesday June 28 to raise funds to support research into the causes of MND.

Border Telegraph: Doddie Weir with Jill Douglas at the MNDF Scotland Golf Day. The annual event raised more than £20,000 for motor neuron disease (MND). Doddie Weir with Jill Douglas at the MNDF Scotland Golf Day. The annual event raised more than £20,000 for motor neuron disease (MND).

The MND campaigner was joined by family and friends including rugby stars Kenny Logan and Jamie Ritchie, Deacon Blue drummer and broadcaster Dougie Vipond and chief executive of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Jill Douglas.

Ms Douglas said: “We loved seeing so many friends of Doddie’s come along to the annual My Name’5 Doddie Foundation Scotland Golf Day.

Border Telegraph: Rugby union players Jamie Ritchie and Henry Pyrgos at the MNDF Scotland Golf Day. The annual event raised more than £20,000 for motor neuron disease (MND). Rugby union players Jamie Ritchie and Henry Pyrgos at the MNDF Scotland Golf Day. The annual event raised more than £20,000 for motor neuron disease (MND).

“The Foundation is committed to funding vital research so we may one day find a cure for MND, and the funds raised through this event, and many more to come, will help as we continue on this road to a world free of MND.”

The Renaissance Club, in North Berwick, is the venue for next weekend’s Scottish Open.