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Exeter City FC staff to undertake mammoth challenge for charity

Left to right - Jake Wood, Simon Larkins and Lyn Travis pictured at St James Park.

Three employees from Exeter City Football Club will cycle 145 miles to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK.

A team of cyclists from business across Exeter will be taking part in a charity bike ride from London to Amsterdam. 

The team from Exeter City includes hospitality and events manager Jake Wood, finance assistant Lynn Travis and media manager Simon Larkins. The trio will take on the 145-mile trip to the Dutch capital to raise money for Prostate Cancer UK. The annual event will take place on the 1st and 2nd of June 2018. 

The participants will pedal their way from Leo Valley VeloPark in London to Harwich on day one before catching the overnight ferry to Hook, in Holland and cycling the 60 miles to Amsterdam on day two.  

The Exeter team is as follows: AJ Eaton (divisional director of Mi-space), Mike Borkowski (business development manager of Midas Group), Matt Howells (business development manager of Mi-space), John Wood, Sam Heritage (operations coordinator Mi-space), Dave Tasker (Test Valley BC), Ben Lee (Hampshire Constabulary), Stuart Shaw (managing director LWS Interior Solutions) and Matt Trapnell (Hyundai), Simon Larkins (media manager Exeter City), Jake Wood (hospitality and events manager Exeter City), Lynn Travis (finance assistant Exeter City). 

You can sponsor the Exeter team by visiting their justgivingpage below and help them reach their £10,000 target:

https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/ajteammispace

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