Lewis Moody Starts 500-Mile MND Charity Ride as Ex-England Captain Seeks Cure
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Updated · BBC.com · Jun 14
Lewis Moody Starts 500-Mile MND Charity Ride as Ex-England Captain Seeks Cure
3 articles · Updated · BBC.com · Jun 14
Summary
Newcastle Red Bulls' stadium sent off Lewis Moody and more than a dozen players, friends and family on a 500-mile bike ride to Twickenham after the former England captain's MND diagnosis.
The Lewis Moody XV Challenge is raising money for the My Name'5 Doddie Foundation and awareness of motor neurone disease, which affects the brain and spinal cord and can impair speech, movement and breathing.
Durham and Ripon Rugby Club are the first stops before the team visits all five of Moody's former clubs, including Leicester Tigers and Bath, with arrival at Rugby HQ due on Thursday.
George 'Doddie' Weir's wife Kathy and son Hamish joined the start in Newcastle, underscoring Moody's tribute to the former player, who died from MND in 2022, and the wider push for a cure.