Close to three hundred cyclists pedaled across Southeastern New England on Oct. 4 to show their support for clean water at the Buzzards Bay Coalition’s Buzzards Bay Watershed Ride. 

Among them was top fundrraiser Chip Johns of Mattapoisett, who raised $10,462. 

“The Watershed Ride is a great celebration of Buzzards Bay and a great way to stay fit,” Johns said in a press release from the Buzzards Bay Coalition. “The ride is a great way to support the Coalition and the route offers amazing vistas of the Bay.”

The route stretched from Little Compton, R.I. to New Bedford, Mass, and cyclists raised over $200,000.

Other top fundraisers were Jeffrey Gonsalves of South Dartmouth who raised $4,310 and Ken Cheitlin of Pocaset, who raised $3,935.