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 The people who make a difference in the Canary Islands The only British rally driver with a licence to compete in the Canaries needs your support. Rally round Gil Gouveia, known to his friends as Geno, cut his rallying teeth in the Channel Island of Jersey where he competed for 20 years and was a member of the Jersey Motor Cycle and Light Car Club.  Exchanging one sunny island for another Gil moved to Tenerife, but his racing hobby continues. A mechanic by trade he builds and improves both his racing vehicles himself. He currently races with a Clio Williams GRA and a Subaru Impreza and looks to continue fine-tuning both cars with the aim of being competitive. Now aged 46, this is Geno’s third year racing in Tenerife. In the near future, he hopes to prepare cars for racing and lease them to visiting or local drivers who have a competition licence. Geno is looking for sponsorship to cover competition costs and the maintenance of the car. He has tagged three events he would particularly like to take part in because they are the most popular occasions in the southern calendar, the Villa Adeje Rally, the Tamaimo Hill Climb, and the Guía de Isora Hill Climb. Normally, you can become a sponsor for as little as 500 euros a year and the cost of the stickers which you order yourself for the car and the support van. However in the present financial climate, Geno would be happy to accept smaller amounts from sponsors, it’s negotiable. To whet the appetite of all you motor fans, Geno gave us a rundown of the Villa Adeje rally, www.escuderiavilladeadeje.com/. His co-driver for the event is an 18 year old local, son of an ex-pat, called Daniel Salazar. The four stage event is to be held over two days, September 11th and 12th. The first stage is Cueva del Polvo which starts behind La Caldera in Santiago del Teide goes in the direction of Guía de Isora and down a link road to Playa San Juan, finishing just before the road smoothes out. The second stage is Arona-San Miguel which starts at the same place as the hill climb, after the bridge on the main road from Arona to La Escalona. The cars race all the way to La Escalona and then downhill towards San Miguel where it finishes by the football pitch. La Concepción-Taucho stage is where most cars finish the stage with no brakes. Geno’s were on fire last year. It starts at the bottom of the hill road to La Concepción from the TF 82 between the Atalaya roundabout and Guía de Isora, passing through an incredible ravine to link to Taucho and downhill again towards the TF 82 main road. The final stage, Atogo, is famous because one of Spain’s top racing stars once raced here. At just six kilometres, it’s the shortest of the stages, but it is possible to see the cars airborne in one of the sections. It starts behind Las Chafiras, about 500 metres towards Las Galletas from the Las Chafiras roundabout and races to Atogo, above Los Abrigos. Rallying is the largest and most popular spectator sport on the island attracting huge international crowds. The road rally season started in April this year and will end in December. There are around 14 local events and various more in the rest of the Canaries which he hopes to take part in if he can get enough sponsorship. Awareness of local motor sport has grown enormously within the local ex-pat community and media and there is always plenty of television coverage by Canal 4, Teide Visión, IC Canaries and Canal Azul as well as extensive radio coverage and articles in magazines like Motor 2000. Your company’s name could be speeding around the roads, shown on local television and national press if you decide to join his group of sponsors. It’s not a cheap sport, the entry fees for a rally are 350 euros and for a hill climb 300. Tyres for the season cost 2,560 euros and fuel for each event takes another 175 euros out of the wallet. In addition there are the maintenance costs which for rallies works out at 500 euros and for the hill climbs 200. Geno already has the expensive obligatory suit, boots, neck brace and fireproof underwear (they check you’re wearing it by putting a hand up your trouser leg!) Make the most of a great opportunity to get your company’s name or brand better known by sponsoring Geno. You can contact him on 922 850 291, 637 077 864 or via email at GG.MotorSport@gmail.com. By Sheila Collis This article appears in the print edition 598 of Island Connections
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