Tag: Poole Pirates
Weather forces play-off to be abandoned
Glasgow Tigers' SGB Championship play-off, semi-final, first-leg was abandoned after five heats due to the condition of the track.
Tigers were leading 17-13 before a break for rain which then saw the team captains and the referee...
Berwick Bandits shock Oxford Cheetahs
SGB Championship: Poole Pirates 51, Glasgow Tigers 39; Oxford Cheetahs 40, Berwick Bandits 50
Poole Pirates came from behind to dent Glasgow Tigers' title hopes. The home side lost the opening heat 5-1 but went...
Bandits boss praises squad after draw with champions
SGB Championship: Berwick Bandits 45, Poole Pirates 45
Berwick Bandits team manager Gary Flint admitted to mixed feelings after watching his side draw with defending champions Poole Pirates on Saturday and said: "I don’t know...
Knudsen stars but gremlins hit Bandits hard at Redcar
SGB Championship: Redcar Bears 53, Berwick Bandits 37
New signing Jonas Knudsen (picture courtesy of Steve Hone) again provided some light on another difficult evening for the FTS Bandits, powered by Keenwood Karpets.
The young Dane,...
Masterful Masters and Pickering sink champions Poole
Skipper Sam Masters and Josh Pickering (pictured) guided What the Fork Edinburgh Monarchs to a confidence-boosting win over reigning league champions Poole Pirates, recovering from a two-point deficit after heat 12 with a late...
Monarchs aim to sink Poole in Championship test
Poole, championship winners in 2021, will be the toughest test so far of Edinburgh Monarchs' play-off credentials and Pirates know how to get round Armadale having won in the SGB Championship and the Knockout...
Bandits travel south aiming to sink Poole
Berwick FTS Bandits, powered by Keenwood Karpets name a contracted starting seven for the first time since April as they hope to inflict further home misery on defending champions Poole Pirates.s
New signings Jonas Knudsen...
Buckinghamshire to Glasgow commute for Glasgow Tigers star
Danyon Hume has revealed how his love for Glasgow Tigers' Ashfield track "motivates" him to make a 15-hour round-trip every week from Wendover in Buckinghamshire, over an hour outside of London.
Hume (pictured by Taylor...
Brown: Tigers have fighting chance
Cami Brown (pictured) believes Glasgow Tigers have a fighting chance of being crowned league champions for the first time in a decade when they visit Poole Pirates on Thursday in the second-leg of the...
Poole ‘dominated us’, Campbell
What the Fork Monarchs boss John Campbell admitted that his men were dominated by Poole Pirates who claimed the SGB Championship Knockout Cup with an emphatic 57-33 second-leg win and and aggregate score 104-75.
Campbell,...
Worrall spearheads Pirates victory
Poole Pirates powered to the first part in what could be a glory double when they comfortably disposed of Edinburgh Monarchs in the SGB Championship Knockout Cup Final, second-leg.
Former Edinburgh star Steve Worrall top...
Speedway – Brown eyes play-off glory
Glasgow boss Cami Brown (pictured) believes fans witnessed the real Tigers in the SGB Championship, play-off, semi-final at arch rivals Edinburgh Monarchs.
Brown now hopes his men can produce an action replay when the ambitious...
Speedway – gating cost us, Harkess
It would be a brave man who would bet against Poole Pirates beating What the Fork Monarchs to win the SGB Championship Knockout Cup after an on-the-road, first-leg 47-42 victory at Armadale, writes Mike...
Speedway – Schlein puts skids under Monarchs
Rory Schlein has been a favourite of Edinburgh Monarchs fans since starting his glittering British speedway career at the West Lothian club.
But the Aussie-born racer could have made a decisive blow to keep Poole...
Speedway – Monarchs aim to KO Pirates
Edinburgh Monarchs welcome high-flying Poole Pirates to Armadale on Saturday (tapes-up 2.30pm) in the first-leg of the Knockout Cup Final. The second-leg is at Poole on Wednesday (7.30pm).
Poole won 50-40 at Armadale two months...
Speedway – Monarchs agree dates with Pirates
Edinburgh Monarchs and Poole Pirates have agreed dates for the SGB Championship Knockout Cup Final.
Monarchs host the first leg at Armadale on Saturday, October 23 (tapes-up 2.30pm) with the return at Wimborne Road on...
Speedway – Brummies topple leaders ahead of Armadale visit
Birmingham Brummies kept their SGB Championship play-off hopes alive by toppling leaders Poole 49-41 at Perry Barr in midweek and they visit Armadale on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm) to face fifth-placed Edinburgh Monarchs in a...
Speedway – Schlein real threat as Pirates visit
Former Edinburgh Monarchs star Rory Schlein (pictured after winning the Scottish Open) could come back to haunt his former paymasters when the West Lothian-based combine clash head-on with the current SGB Championship pace-setters Poole...
Speedway – ‘amazing’ win for Bandits over Pirates
Berwick Bandits were minus crocked Jye Etheridge and Dany Gappmaier and rising star Leon Flint was on the Continent racing. Tom Brennan, ex-Edinburgh Monarchs racer, Ricky Wells, and rider replacement filled the gaps.
However, the...
Speedway – Monarchs out to plunder Pirates
Poole Pirates visit Edinburgh Monarchs on Friday (tapes-up 7.30pm) in the SGB Championship and the home side have the chance for quick revenge.
The South Coast club extended their unbeaten run to nine matches by...
Speedway – Pirates aim to plunder Monarchs in KO Cup
New boys Poole Pirates will be Edinburgh Monarchs opponents in the first round of the Championship KO Cup.
Berwick Bandits have been drawn with Leicester Lions, last season’s league and play-off winners and success-hungry Glasgow...