Fixtures & Results

2011 Fixtures:

2nd Oct Poole v East Newport PL
8th Oct Poole v Southampton SWL
9th Oct Poole v Newport SWL
16th Oct Ipswich v Poole PL
30th Oct Poole v Exeter SWL
(tba Southampton v Poole)

Match Reports:

Sept 25th:
There were four young faces in the SW first team match at Eastbourne as the long list of senior absentees continued for another week. Fortunately the senior quartet were able to take some extra rides to keep the margin of defeat down to 12 points.
Hellingly 95 Poole 83 (Chris Shylock 20 Arron Morgan 17 Arron Smith 15+3 Luke Armes 14+1 Jay Briggs 7+1 Kristina Mines 4 Callum Albin 3 Callum Smith 3)

Sept 17th:
Arron Morgan added the South West U.16 title to his growing list of honours at Harbourside, scoring a faultless maximum. Joining him on the rostrum was Aaron Smith (17 pts) who finished 3rd. Matt Mildon crashed in the run-off for 2nd/3rd and had to be taken to hospital for treatment to facial injuries and had to be content with 4th place, one ahead of Will Bristowe. Alex Lane (10) Callum Smith (8) and Sam Lane (6) also competed.

Chris Shylock put five good rides together in the senior final where he scored 18 points to take runner-up position behind winner Mark Carmichael. Will Bristowe also rode well to finish in 5th place with 14 points.

Sept 11th:
Poole are the 2011 British Team champions after an epic final against pre-event favourites Leicester at Manchester today. Already ahead in the hall of fame with 12 wins in the competition since 1982, the Seaview team added a thirteenth success thanks to a brilliant second half comeback after trailing at the interval by 5 points.

The opening heats were evenly contested but heats 8 & 9 saw Leicester take a 6-3 and then a 7-3 to move ahead 46-41 as if to underline their "favourites" status. Straight after the break, Tom Colling and Arron Morgan hit back with a smart 7-3, closing the gap to a single point followed by a shared race off outside grids. Then came the pivotal moment as first Jason Ashford and then Leon Yelland picked up exclusions under pressure to hand the initiative back to the Seaview boys who scooped up the 7-0 to lead by 6. Two heats later and it was another maxi-race from the two Toms making it 62-72 with four races remaining, a truely remarkable turnaround.

Tom Colling came in to partner Sam Hearn to an important 5-5 in heat 15 and the victory post was almost in sight. More drama followed in heat 16 when Jason Ashford made a do or die move on Chris Roberts which earned him another exclusion. Chris was left nursing a painful leg injury and was unable to contest the re-run which saw Matt Mildon take his place. Arron Morgan fell in the re-start whilst clashing with Craig Marchant on the last bend allowing Matt to come through for the win and a shared 2nd place awarded by the referee giving Poole a title clinching 83.5-69.5 lead with just two heats remaining.

Heats 17 and 18 were shared to retain the 14 point margin at the final count. Poole's youthful line-up with five under-18's...four of whom were products of the Tuesday clubnights.... was in marked contrast to the vastly experienced Leicester team which included four top line East Anglian stars. This was a truely memorable day for the riders and everyone involved in the club! 

Speaking on behalf of the team, Poole captain Pete Young dedicated the victory to the memory of Ade Gale, so much a part of the clubs' racing heritage and a key rider in many of the previous twelve BTC successes. "Ade would have been proud of this team, they were keen, fit and with just the right temperament for the big occasion" remarked Pete.

Leicester 79.5 Poole 93.5  (Thomas Reed 17+2 Pete Young 15+1 Tom Colling 15 Arron Morgan 13.5+3 Chris Roberts 13 Sam Hearn 9+1 Matt Mildon 6 Leyton Glover 5+1).

Semi-final result Wednesfield 83 Poole 92 (Tom Colling 18 Chris Roberts 14+1 Pete Young 14+1 Sam Hearn 13 Leyton Glover 11+1 Arron Morgan 9+2 Thomas Reed 9+2 Matt Mildon 4+1).