The Eye Cycle team ride to victory

Congratulations to Alex Monroe, John Greenwood and Lloyd Hutchinson who cycled the length of the UK to raise funds to support research into blindness and eye disease.

The three cyclists survived heavy rain showers, steep country climbs and sore legs to arrive exhausted but triumphant at John O'Groats on 14 July.

Annu Mayor, Director of Fundraising at Fight for Sight, was impressed by the team's hard work and enthusiasm: "It is thanks to supporters like Alex, John and Lloyd that we are able to fund research into ways of preventing sight loss in the future. We are so grateful to the team for taking on, and completing, the gruelling Eye Cycle challenge."

It's not too late to sponsor the team or show your support by buying your very own Eye Cycle t-shirt designed by artist Mark Francis.

For more details visit: http://eyecycle.fightforsight.org.uk

Notes for Editor:
Fight for Sight is the UK’s leading charity dedicated to funding world-class research into the prevention and treatment of blindness and eye disease.

Since 1965, the charity has funded research at leading universities and hospitals throughout the UK. Our major achievements in this time include:
• saving the sight of thousands of  premature babies through understanding and controlling levels of oxygen delivery;
• restoring sight by establishing the UK Corneal Transplant Service enabling over 48,000 corneal transplants to take place;
• revolutionising the treatment for children with amblyopia (lazy eye);
• bringing hope to children with inherited eye disease by helping fund the team responsible for the world’s first gene therapy clinical trial; and
• providing £1million for the research unit at the dedicated children’s eye centre at Moorfields Eye Hospital.

Fight for Sight’s current research programme is focusing on preventing and treating age-related macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and cataract. We are also funding research into the causes of childhood blindness and a large number of rare eye diseases.