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FUNDRAISER OF THE YEAR DAVY ZYW

This summer 32-year-old Scot Davy Zyw rode the North Coast 500 for charity – 500 miles around the coast of Scotland – in four days. Good going, you might think. Add to that the amount he raised, £124,000 and still rising. For a non-celebrity, that’s pretty astonishing. But there’s more. Zyw has motor neurone disease (MND).

Receiving the diagnosis two years ago was the catalyst for his challenge, ridden in aid of the My Name’5 Doddie Foundation. It’s a charity set up by Scottish former rugby

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