THE ROYAL NATIONAL LIFEBOAT INSTITUTION

DESPITE ALL OUR EFFORTS AND CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE R.N.L.I. IT LOOKS INCREASINGLY LIKELY THAT THEY HAVE DECIDED NOT TO CONTINUE WITH THE GOODWOOD GALLOP. DESPITE IT'S MASSIVE SUCCESS OVER IT'S ALL TOO BRIEF THREE YEAR HISTORY, AND THE LARGE AMOUNTS OF MONEY RAISED BY YOU THE ATHLETES FOR THE RNLI, WE ARE SORRY THAT WE WILL NOT BE BACK AT GOODWOOD RACE CIRCUIT IN 2005. THE LACK OF DECISIONS AND IMPOSSIBLE CONTRACTS THAT CAMBA EVENTS WERE REQUIRED TO SIGN UP TO, SEEM TO HAVE DESTROYED WHAT WAS AN EXCELLENT EVENT.

WE ARE STILL WILLING TO GO AHEAD EVEN AT THIS LATE STAGE, BUT ARE AGAIN WAITING DECISIONS FROM R.N.L.I. ALL THAT'S LEFT ARE THE IMAGES, REPORTS AND RESULTS BELOW. THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR SUPPORT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

CAMBA EVENTS apologises for the delay with results of the 2004 Goodwood Gallop. Everything was ready for the printers when we had an e-mail querying a false time & position. Upon investigation it then appeared that 3 runners had competed wearing incorrect numbers and this had not only affected the general results, but also the ladies result. We believe the errors have now been corrected fully, and the final results are available by clicking on the links immediately below. CAMBA EVENTS would particularly like to apologise to GEMMA WEISS of Chichester Runners and JENNY HUGHES of Arena 80 AC who finished 2nd & 3rd instead of 3rd & 4th as originally believed. We are now re-calculating category positions and team positions in order to finalise the results booklet, which we now hope to post out at the weekend.

Once again, we do apologise to everybody concerned.

GOOdwood gallop champions
MEN		LADIES

STEVE WINDER (Epsom & Ewell Harriers) 56.41	2004	JILL STEVENSON (Crowborough Runners) 63.03
TIM WATSON (Havant AC) 52.06	2003	JULIET PROWSE (Unattached) 67.05
STEVEN BISHOP (Denmead Striders) 53.18	2002	DEBORAH CAWDERY (National Road Runners) 66.06 SAMANTHA ALVAREZ (Hailsham Harriers) 66.06

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STEVE WINDER (Epsom & Ewell Harriers) takes the 2004 GOODWOOD GALLOP in a time of 56.41, ahead of PETE O'CONNELL (Horsham Joggers) 57.52 and LOUIS TAUB (Brighton & hove AC) 58.13

JILL STEVENSON (Crowborough Runners) takes the Ladies race and smashes the 2 year old course record into the bargain. Jill knocks 3 minutes & 3 seconds off the previous best to record 63.03. REBECCA DYCKES (Horsham Joggers) is second in 69.10 with GEMMA WEISS (Chichester Runners & AC) third in 70.22.

The first 3 home in the fun run are girls - 13 year old SARAH WIGMORE (Horsham Joggers) wins in 14.52. First male home is also 13 - JOHN LEONARD of Tuff Fitty Tri Club in 15.53.

Thanks to all the marshals and helpers for standing around on a cold and windy morning for almost two hours. Without you all, there could be no race.

Thanks also to Goodwood Motor Racing Circuit for allowing us to run on the track and use their facilities

The second GOODWOOD GALLOP was held on a cold but bright Sunday morning at GOODWOOD ROAD RACING CIRCUIT, Chichester, West Sussex. 194 entered the 10 mile multi-terrain race, slightly down on the 2002 total of 200, which surprised the organisers somewhat as everybody tells us what a fantastic race this is.

Despite some confusion over the race start time, at 11.00 the athletes gathered at the start line next to the pits area on the race circuit, and Stormy Sam set them on their way. By the time the leading runners had reached the first corner, Havant AC's Tim Watson was already storming ahead of the pack, and this was confirmed at the end of lap one when Tim crossed the line in 11.56, some 85 seconds ahead of David Boyce in second with Andrew Venus third in 13.34. These leading positions were to remain unchanged until the finish though the gaps between the first three gradually stretched as the laps unfolded.

The first lady at the end of lap one was unattached runner Juliet Prowse in 15.57, half a minute ahead of Brighton & Hove's Helen Fellett with Fiona Hill of Eastleigh third a further half minute behind. These positions remained as the girls went past the drinks station for the first time on the multi-terrain outer lap, though Jenny Hughes of Arena 80 AC had pulled up to just 8 seconds behind third place. Eventually Jenny was to take both Fiona and Helen to finish in second place, almost six minutes behind the 2003 Champion. Juliet finished 15th overall in the event.