GOODWOOD SPRING CHALLENGE.
2010.
Sunday 25th April 2010. Goodwood Park Estate, Chichester.
A Clean Sweep for the Southdowns Masters.
Sunday 25th April saw the latest running of the Chichester Rotary run Goodwood Spring Challenge, held at the Goodwood Park Estate.
This year the proceeds were being donated to the very worthy, Sussex, Surrey and Kent Air Ambulance, based at Dunsfold Aerodrome in Surrey.
After the sunshine of the previous 7 days, Sunday dawned grey and rainy. A quick look at the breakfast weather forecast told us that by 11.00am, the sun would be out and we would be basking in 20°c+ heat. I’m not sure what happened in the rest of Sussex, but I can assure everyone that the temperature never reached above 14°c.
Team Southdowns Bikes arrived at the event sporting their new 2010 ream kit and in buoyant mood after their success in last year’s race, when they managed to take all the line honours in the Men’s Masters Race.
This year they again looked strong, despite the absence of team captain Marc Clothier from the start line, due to his recent leg injury at the Muc-off 8 hr enduro. This left 5 other members of the team on the start line for the race, headed by last year’s winner Steve Calland.
When the race got underway, the five Southdowns riders took position at the front of the race and were never headed, with Steve finishing 1st, Roger Smith 2nd, Simon MacNamara 3rd, Alex Davey 4th and Matt knight 5th.
The master’s race was a prelude of what was to follow, as the Southdowns team were represented in all adult categories across the age range.
Ian Petherbridge won the Grand Veteran’s race, James D’Arcy finished 2nd in the Veteran’s race, Emma Craddock finished 2nd and Amanda D’Arcy 5th in the Women’s Masters and Max Filleul was a very classy winner of the Open/Sport class, with the fastest time of the day across all classes.
County Times article by Tim
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