Sir Clive Woodward at Beau Sejour yesterday before the gala dinner. (Picture by Adrian Miller, 0657055)

SIR CLIVE WOODWARD has said that he has no goal for the number of Great Britain gold medals at the 2012 London Olympics.

The 2003 World Cup-winning England rugby union coach, who is now the director of elite performance for the British Olympic Association, was the guest of honour of last night’s Guernsey Sports Commission Gala Dinner at Beau Sejour.

The GB Olympics team surpassed all expectations in Beijing two months ago when they came fourth in the medal table and yesterday they paraded around London with their prizes.

‘We won 19 [gold medals] but 70% of them came from three sports – rowing, cycling and sailing,’ said Woodward.

‘I like to call these the Formula One sports. My role is to help the other sports become Formula One sports. Personally, I’ve never put a figure on it [the number of golds for London]. All you can ask from the athletes is that they perform to their very best, then the medal table will look after itself.’