Shirley Lowthian, nee McCallum, of Selkirk, died in 1996 at the age of 25.
Riders will cover 200km (124 miles) passing through Selkirk, Hawick, Gretna and Dumfries on their way.
They will be joined by top prospect Anthony Crolla and Liverpudlian duo Tony Bellew and Joe Selkirk.
Alexander Selkirk--the sailor whose true story inspired Daniel Defoe's 1719 novel, Robinson Crusoe--was abandoned on a desert island.
But unlike Defoe's noble hero, Selkirk had been cast away for good reason: He was a violent, foul-tempered guy.
It brings to an end a lengthy detour for drivers who would normally use the A708 Moffat to Selkirk road.
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Defoe fans frequently mention sailor Andrew Selkirk, an 18th-century castaway, as a model for Crusoe, although Defoe probably drew on several sources.
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Two men on the ship that rescued Selkirk wrote and sold accounts.
Lord Selkirk was criticised for his conduct following the violent confrontation and was not able fully to vindicate himself within his own lifetime.
Many of the regional news programmes shown in the area are broadcast across an area stretching from North Yorkshire to Selkirk and Stranraer.
One of the world's first Celtic High Crosses from the 8th Century is being reassembled in Selkirk in order to be returned to Iona.
So, later, did journalist Richard Steele (a cofounder of both The Tatler and The Spectator), who described Selkirk as a man enriched by deprivation.
The towns which suffered most included Duns, where figures fell by more than a quarter, and Selkirk, where numbers were down by nearly a third.
Joshua Chalmers, of Croft Road, Hawick, appeared at Selkirk Sheriff Court.
The following spring, they set off on foot for the Red River Settlement around Lake Winnipeg in Canada where Scottish aristocrat, the Earl of Selkirk, had promised them land.
The extra water will be released gradually over the next three days with the aim of helping the fish leap up a fish ladder at a dam near Selkirk.
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Meanwhile, Tweed Valley MRT - which was providing cover at the Feel the Burns race in Selkirk - was asked to help another five runners at a refuge hut at Auchope.
Everybody, it seems, saw money from the start--except Selkirk.
They have also gifted to the trust a late 19th century carved wooden panel featuring a bust of Sir Walter Scott which hung for many years in The Fleece Hotel in Selkirk.
"It also means that a huge amount of pressure will be heaped upon Jedburgh and Selkirk Sheriff Courts as they have to take on the extra workload created by these closures, " he said.
"The account of events at Red River in 1816, written by one of Selkirk's enemies, contains fascinating details and shows how records can connect us directly to the controversies and emotions of the past, " he said.
Lord Selkirk, who was a Scottish Office Minister in 1988 and one of two ministers who attended the scene within hours of the attack, said that the families needed to know "exactly what happened" and "the background to this monstrous crime".
Conservative peer Lord Selkirk of Douglas, who led the debate on the eve of Remembrance Day, said he supported the government's commitment to enshrine the military covenant in law and to report annually on housing, health and education for service personnel.
The other document is an account of the notorious Battle of Seven Oaks in 1816 by Angus Shaw of the North West Company (NWC) - a rival fur trading company to the Hudson's Bay Company in which Lord Selkirk was a majority shareholder.
During question time in the Lords on 23 November 2011, Lord Selkirk of Douglas asked the government whether it would continue to make representations to the National Transitional Council of Libya to make available any evidence on the attack to the Lord Advocate and the Scottish police.
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