Ken was very fortunate to be one of the beneficiaries of the SRU’s retrospective cap initiative earlier this year and as a token of appreciation for everything that rugby has given him over many years, he is going to try and visit every rugby club in Scotland where he played during a career that spanned 30 seasons of league rugby. Some of the grounds don't exist anymore and maybe some of the clubs have disappeared, but there are still 76 places to visit.

The plan is to travel to all these clubs - from one to another in a clockwise direction, starting and ending at Netherdale – a journey of just over 1000 miles – by bike – and to try and raise money for 4 separate but important charities along the way –

- Murrayfield Injured Players Fund.
- Prostate Scotland, which is doing vital work to try and prevent this disease.
- Chest, Heart & Stroke Scotland
- My Name’5 Doddie Foundation
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Ken’s intention to try and complete this challenge during this coming October, starting on Saturday 5th and finishing the journey on Saturday 26th.

He is extending an invitation to anyone who might want to join him for a part of the route, either on a bike, by running or even by walking while at the same time doing a small bit of fundraising along the way. A number of well-known former internationalists, including Finlay Calder and Gary Armstrong, some fellow retrospective caps and some clubs have already signed up and it would be great to have some NB members with me;

You can follow Ken and spread the word on his Instagram account : cap_1215_ken_macaulay where he will be posting updates from now on and he has created a fundraising donations webpage at
https://donate.giveasyoulive.com/fundraising/kens-retrospective-challenge
should anyone have the inclination to make a contribution.
Ken plans to be at our club on Wednesday 23rd October, we will be hosting a dinner for him, if you would like to attend please let Karen know clubhouse@nbrfc.org