The managing director of Exeter-based internet service provider Eclipse is getting ready to tackle a four-day, 300-mile cycling challenge across Italy to raise money for medical research charity Sparks.
Every day one in 30 babies are born in the UK with a condition which may affect them for life and each year less that £10 per child is spent on health research. Sparks raises money to fund pioneering children's medical research and has been the charity partner of Eclipse's parent company, KCOM Group, since 2012.
Clodagh Murphy is part of a 14-strong cycling team riding from Venice to Genoa in October, which also includes employees from Deloitte, Addleshaw Goddard and Lloyds Bank.
She said: "With two young children of my own I'm absolutely committed to successfully completing this challenge and raising money for this fantastic charity. Here at Eclipse we do lots of fundraising activities, from dress-down days and cake sales through to hard physical challenges such as this one, and we love every minute of it."
As part of a summer of fundraising activities across KCOM Group, Clodagh's epic ride will be added to a charity golf day, a longboat race and numerous smaller activities.
Since 2012 KCOM Group has raised £160,000 to support Sparks.
