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North-east sisters raise £12,000 in memory of father

Lynne Tracy, Amy Noss from Bowel & Cancer Research, Michelle Duguid
Lynne Tracy, Amy Noss from Bowel & Cancer Research, Michelle Duguid

Three north east sisters have raised £12,000 for a bowel cancer charity in memory of their dead father.

Torphins lorry driver and keen golfer Jim Duguid succumbed to the disease in 2015, only four months after being diagnosed.

Whereupon, his daughters decided to do what they could to help prevent other families from suffering similar anguish in the future.

Eldest daughter, Lynne Tracy said: “It was our way of coping – we needed something to focus our minds on.

“We wanted to raise money and awareness, so that other people wouldn’t find themselves in the same situation.”

Together with younger sisters, Louise and Michelle Duguid, she joined forces to host a musical evening at the Burnett Arms Hotel in Banchory, with Aberdeen band Loki.

Local businesses rallied round to provide raffle donations, while Mr Duguid’s employers, Miller Plant, gifted a round of golf at the Trump resort which was donated to charity.

Jim and wife Julia Duguid
Jim and wife Julia Duguid

The event was a huge success and raised £12,049, which will go towards Bowel and Cancer Research.

Chief Executive of the charity, Deborah Gilbert, thanked the Duguid family for their support and said: “It is tragic that Jim lost his battle against bowel cancer at such a young age.

“Our aim is to fund research, so that no one dies of this disease in the future.”

The sisterly trio thanked the hundreds of people who helped, describing the backing they got as “unbelievable.”

They added: “We couldn’t believe we had raised so much money. Dad would have been really amazed and proud of what we have achieved.”