Poole gained revenge for their defeat at Slater Street in May with a great all-round team display as the two sides
in second and third place in the Premier League table staged a top class racing spectacle for the holiday crowd to enjoy.
There was no catching the high flying Lucasz Nowacki who underlined his liking for the Baiter Park circuit with a scintilating
20 point maximum thanks to his jet propelled starting technique. Chris Roberts and Mark Everingham gave the Sea View boys
an early confidence boost with a great 7-3 in heat 2 over Phil Howells and Norman Venson while Daniel Pudney featured in two
6 - 4 wins in heats 4 and 7 to give Poole a 49-40 interval advantage - a lead enhanced by a heat 8 exclusion for Mark Newey
who sent Roberts sprawling on the first bend of heat 8.
After the break, Poole extended their lead with a Clanfield/Haywood 6-4 and when Pudney followed up with Brad Hoppo
for a 6 - 4 in heat 12 they looked to be coasting with a 66 - 53 advantage. Two heats later the margin was down
to just 6 points as Leicester struck back with two heat wins including their only 7-3 of the day in the 13th
race from Mark Newey and the immaculate Nowacki at the expense of Pete Young who suffered untimely wheelspin - his only below
par ride in an otherwise excellent performance.
The league points were still in the balance with 2 heats to go but a truely outstanding team ride from Pudney in the
penultimate heat 17 allowed partner Mark Everingham to head home a matchwinning 7-3 as the margin between the teams stretched
to ten points. Nowacki duly completed his maximum in the final race before both teams completed a lap of honour to the applause
of an appreciative crowd. This was a good all round team match for Poole with Chris Roberts back to his very best form and
a vintage display from Rob Haywood at reserve scoring 6+2 having been drafted in at short notice to replace the injured Adam
Peck. Leicester were hampered by a vehicle breakdown en route and were missing Nicky Whitehead and several first team bikes
but they lacked the firepower of the homeside who were good value for the two points.
Scorers - Dan Pudney 17+2, Chris Roberts 16+1, Pete Young 16, Mark Everingham 14+1, Brad Hoppo 11, Rich Clanfield 8+2,
Rob Haywood 6+2, Ben Donohue 6+1.
The expected close match in the Division 2 encounter failed to materialise as 4 Leicester riders failed to arrive due
to the van breakdown and the top of the table East Midlanders lost only their second match of the season by a 16 point margin,
72 - 56. There were encouraging debuts for Jack Spear and Alex McLeod while Kev Lowman did well to put 3 good rides
together after his nasty injury against the Saints 7 days ago. Star of the show for Poole was Richard Chappell who turned
in a faultless 16 point maximum.
Scorers - Richard Chappell 16, Jack Spear 12, Luke Armes 10+1, Matt Chappell 10+1, Jess Lamb 9+2, Kev Lowman 9+1, Alex
McLeod 4, Phil Norwood 2.
