Two Sutton councillors have helped raise more than £1,000 for a charity at St Helier Hospital after competing in the Prudential RideLondon race.

Cllrs Hanna Zuchowska and Manuel Abellan cycled more than 100 miles during the event for Kidney Fund over the weekend of July 28 and 29.

Going on the route of the London 2012 Summer Olympics road race, they went from the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park, through countryside in Surrey and finished at The Mall in central London.

Wandle Valley ward Cllr Zuchowska said: “The weather conditions were challenging but the atmosphere was electric and we enjoyed every mile.

“One participant gave us thumbs-up and shouted that he loved St Helier Hospital, as this is where his son was born.

“A few spectators also nicknamed us ‘the kindeys’ which we liked a lot."

More than £1,100 was raised in the end for Kidney Fund, a charity based in St Helier Hospital in Wrythe Lane.

Prudential RideLondon is an annual festival of cycling, with the seventh edition taking place on the first weekend of next August.

Beddington South ward Cllr Manuel Abellan said: “We felt very proud representing and raising money for such a great cause and a charity based locally.

“We would like to thank the Kidney Fund for giving us this amazing opportunity.”