Thirty cyclists from the Exeter area took on a 145-mile bike ride from London to Amsterdam last month to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.
The riders were taking part in the larger Football to Amsterdam event which sees hundreds of riders, linked to different football club across the country, set off from northern (Barnsley) and southern (London) points before cycling to the capital of the Netherlands.
The team managed to raise a staggering £64,094.22 for Prostate Cancer UK, which was more than any other team on the ride, and significant chunk to the overall total raised for the year of £482,722.52
This year was particularly tough on the participants. The cyclists setting off from London, rode into storm Miguel on the first day, as they completed the first 90 miles from the Velodrome in Stratford to the ferry crossing at Harwich.
The weather didn't get much better in Holland either, as while they had a tailwind behind them, there were a number of downpours throughout the morning.
However, all of the Exeter team completed the course. The Exeter team was as follows:
Mike Green
Dave Widdison
AJ Eaton
Amy Hart
Andrew Carter
Andrew Middleton
Ben Lawrence
Chris Davies
Darren Pennington
Dave Tasker
Tracey Preston
David Webber
Dean Richards
Doug Robertson
Liz Hodges
Ian Trowsdale
Jake Wood
James Hardy
Luke Noble
Justin Thomas
Karen Hancock
Kyla Sykes
Linda Litten
Lynn Travis
Malcolm Travis
Martin Hobbs
Matt Howells
Neil Whittaker
Paul Benham
Sam Heritage
Simon Larkins
Simon McCabe
Team Mi-Space's Mike Green, who was the top fundraiser on the Football to Amsterdam ride, collecting over £9,000 for the cause.
The team would like to thank the following companies that sponsored them for the ride.
API Communications
Ashborne Construction
Austin Hobbs
Autside
AWS
Route 2 Bike Shop
Butcombe Brewery
BMSL Group
Churngold
Charles Stanley
Commercial Drone Training
Contour Showers
CS Flooring Solutions
Cubra Electrical
Denholm Industrial Services
Exeter Airport
Expedite
Housing Net
GHK Decorators
Indigo Group
Impey Showers
Intoheat
JEM
J&K Aquatics
Lone Alert
LWS
M Tech
Mercury XRM
Michelmores
Michael Page
Cable IT
Shield Environmental
Newbery Metals
NPS Group
MLG Advertising
Portable Power Technology
R Benson
Rabart Decorating Centres
Robert Price
RGB Building Supplies
RGB Recruitment
Santander
SDS Engineering
Shield Environmental
SPS Envirowall
Stuarts Truck and Bus
Taylor Lewis
TEAM
TMR Electrical Services
Thrifty
YESSS Electrical
ALD
CEF Electrical
Exeter City would also like to thanks the friends and family of John Evans, who donated the £400.47 collected at his funeral to the fundraising total.
John, who recently died from Prostate Cancer at the age of 80, was a loyal Exeter City supporter and season ticket holder, much-loved husband, dad and grandad who will be sadly missed by his family, friends and those at the football club who knew him well.