{"id":112545,"date":"1997-05-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"1997-05-17T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetskiworld.stage3.econtentsys.gr\/uncategorized\/6019\/"},"modified":"1997-05-17T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"1997-05-17T00:00:00","slug":"6019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/6019\/","title":{"rendered":">Goodchild beats Marmon in Plymouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>London, Monday, 21st May, 2012 \u0096 Jim Goodchild (Hemel Hempstead) made a stunning debut in the P1 AquaX Championship by winning both the opening rounds in Plymouth over the weekend on his Kawasaki Ultra 300. Making the most of the calm waters, the 48-year old was in imperious form streaking away from pole position to head the 22-strong field into the first mark and then going on to lead every lap of both races. Goodchild gave an early season wake up call to reigning AquaX Champion Russell Marmon (Christchurch) who chased the double race winner in vain. \u0093To be honest I did not come to Plymouth expecting to win, so I am really pleased\u0094, said Goodchild. \u0093Sunday\u0092s race was really close, Russell kept me honest all the way but I held him off right to the end and I am really pleased with the weekend\u0092s result. I will be getting some more hours riding on my ski before Hull as I know it\u0092s going to be a close fight between us all year.\u0094 Marmon admitted he is relishing the friendly rivalry and the new challenge from Goodchild. \u0093Jim\u0092s a great rider who has won a lot of races, so to be honest I don\u0092t mind coming second to him\u0094, said Kawasaki Ultra 300 rider Russell. \u0093I didn\u0092t really prepare enough before this round as I have been concentrating my attentions on winning the 300 mile Iron Man Havasu Race in the USA where I won the Elite 300 class.\u0094 Another newcomer filled the final podium place in Plymouth , with Tim Batte (Hinckley) finishing third in both races on his Kawasaki Ultra 300 ahead of last year\u0092s Vice Champion Richard Cable (Bradford), who got his campaign off to a solid start with two fourth places. \u0093I got in front of Russell at the start of the second race and felt really good, although he passed me and pulled away I did start to catch him towards the end but ran out of time\u0094, said Tim. \u0093It was hard work but I felt really competitive and was surprised to beat Richard as he was the only rider to beat Russell last year. I think I can get some more speed out of my ski so hope to be challenging for a win in Hull.\u0094 Mat Shipley (Seaford) took an early lead in the new 250 Class by winning Saturday\u0092s race and finishing second in Sunday\u0092s encounter to last year\u0092s Am300 Champion Dave Huddleston (Milton Keynes), who missed Saturday\u0092s race completely. Plymouth rider Tim Cope used his knowledge of the Sound water to score second and third place finishes on his ScoprionTrack Yamaha FZR so now lies second in the points standings. Reigning 200 Class champion Duncan Johnstone (Fareham) was in great form, winning his category in both races. \u0093Solent Skiers Club riders were 1, 2 and 3 on the podium on Sunday which is a very good showing for the beginning of the season\u0094, he said. \u0093It\u0092s looking like our club is becoming a good breeding ground for the AquaX series, with fellow club member Andy Steele being just 300 metres behind me.\u0094 AquaX 300 Class provisional points : 1 Jim Goodchild (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 40 points; 2 Russell Marmon (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 34; 3 Tim Batte (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 30; 4 Richard Cable (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 28; 5 Ian Moule (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 26; 6 Steve Robinson (Sea-Doo RXP-X 260) 24; 7 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Sea-Doo RXT-X 260) 21; 8 Kevin Ashley (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 21; 9 (Paul Rivett Sea-Doo RXP-X 260) 9; 10 Wayne Curtis (Sea-Doo RXT-X 260) 8. AquaX 250 Class provisional points: 1 Mat Shipley (Kawasaki Ultra 250) 20 points; 2 Tim Cope (YamahaFZR) 17; = 3 Rob Sired (Sea-DooRXP-X 255) and Dave Huddleston (Kawasaki Ultra 250) 15. AquaX 200 Class provisional points: 1 Duncan Johnstone (Yamaha FX 160) 40 points; 2 Andy Steele (Yamaha FX 160) 34; 3 Steve Hockney (Yamaha FX 160) 30; 4 Shaun Marsh (YamahaFX 160) 28; 5 Khris Leach (Yamaha Ultra 150) 26; 6 Ron Burgoyne (Yamaha GP 1300) 12; 7 Adrian Wilson (Sea-Doo XP LTD) 11.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"London, Monday, 21st May, 2012 \u0096 Jim Goodchild (Hemel Hempstead) made a stunning debut in the P1 AquaX Championship by winning both the opening rounds in Plymouth over the weekend on his Kawasaki Ultra 300. Making the most of the calm waters, the 48-year old was in imperious form streaking away from pole position to head the 22-strong field into the first mark and then going on to lead every lap of both races. Goodchild gave an early season wake up call to reigning AquaX Champion Russell Marmon (Christchurch) who chased the double race winner in vain. \u0093To be honest I did not come to Plymouth expecting to win, so I am really pleased\u0094, said Goodchild. \u0093Sunday\u0092s race was really close, Russell kept me honest all the way but I held him off right to the end and I am really pleased with the weekend\u0092s result. I will be getting some more hours riding on my ski before Hull as I know it\u0092s going to be a close fight between us all year.\u0094 Marmon admitted he is relishing the friendly rivalry and the new challenge from Goodchild. \u0093Jim\u0092s a great rider who has won a lot of races, so to be honest I don\u0092t mind coming second to him\u0094, said Kawasaki Ultra 300 rider Russell. \u0093I didn\u0092t really prepare enough before this round as I have been concentrating my attentions on winning the 300 mile Iron Man Havasu Race in the USA where I won the Elite 300 class.\u0094 Another newcomer filled the final podium place in Plymouth , with Tim Batte (Hinckley) finishing third in both races on his Kawasaki Ultra 300 ahead of last year\u0092s Vice Champion Richard Cable (Bradford), who got his campaign off to a solid start with two fourth places. \u0093I got in front of Russell at the start of the second race and felt really good, although he passed me and pulled away I did start to catch him towards the end but ran out of time\u0094, said Tim. \u0093It was hard work but I felt really competitive and was surprised to beat Richard as he was the only rider to beat Russell last year. I think I can get some more speed out of my ski so hope to be challenging for a win in Hull.\u0094 Mat Shipley (Seaford) took an early lead in the new 250 Class by winning Saturday\u0092s race and finishing second in Sunday\u0092s encounter to last year\u0092s Am300 Champion Dave Huddleston (Milton Keynes), who missed Saturday\u0092s race completely. Plymouth rider Tim Cope used his knowledge of the Sound water to score second and third place finishes on his ScoprionTrack Yamaha FZR so now lies second in the points standings. Reigning 200 Class champion Duncan Johnstone (Fareham) was in great form, winning his category in both races. \u0093Solent Skiers Club riders were 1, 2 and 3 on the podium on Sunday which is a very good showing for the beginning of the season\u0094, he said. \u0093It\u0092s looking like our club is becoming a good breeding ground for the AquaX series, with fellow club member Andy Steele being just 300 metres behind me.\u0094 AquaX 300 Class provisional points : 1 Jim Goodchild (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 40 points; 2 Russell Marmon (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 34; 3 Tim Batte (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 30; 4 Richard Cable (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 28; 5 Ian Moule (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 26; 6 Steve Robinson (Sea-Doo RXP-X 260) 24; 7 Lukasz Kwiatkowski (Sea-Doo RXT-X 260) 21; 8 Kevin Ashley (Kawasaki Ultra 300) 21; 9 (Paul Rivett Sea-Doo RXP-X 260) 9; 10 Wayne Curtis (Sea-Doo RXT-X 260) 8. AquaX 250 Class provisional points: 1 Mat Shipley (Kawasaki Ultra 250) 20 points; 2 Tim Cope (YamahaFZR) 17; = 3 Rob Sired (Sea-DooRXP-X 255) and Dave Huddleston (Kawasaki Ultra 250) 15. AquaX 200 Class provisional points: 1 Duncan Johnstone (Yamaha FX 160) 40 points; 2 Andy Steele (Yamaha FX 160) 34; 3 Steve Hockney (Yamaha FX 160) 30; 4 Shaun Marsh (YamahaFX 160) 28; 5 Khris Leach (Yamaha Ultra 150) 26; 6 Ron Burgoyne (Yamaha GP 1300) 12; 7 Adrian Wilson (Sea-Doo XP LTD) 11.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":112546,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[63],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112545\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=112545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112545\/revisions\/"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112546\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=112545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories\/?post=112545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jetskiworld.gr\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags\/?post=112545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}