This was an exciting match from the very start, Poole’s Tom Collins fell whilst leading the first heat coming down hard on his shoulder and being excluded from the re-run for causing the stoppage, Maciej Ganczarek proved too strong for the Ipswich pairing of Josh Brooke & Leon Mower in the rerun.

Heat 2 saw Ipswich’s Jamie Chittock being excluded for bringing down Poole’s Sam Hearn and a 6-3 to Poole.  The next 4 heats were all shared 5-5.  Heat 7 saw the visitors edge ahead with a 6-4 to Macin Szymanski & Aaron Morgan, heats 8&9 were both shared 5-5 and at the interval Poole lead 46-42.

The first heat after the interval saw Ipswich hit back with a 6-4,  but heat 11 Poole scored the first 7-3 of the match with Szymanski & Morgan, Poole now lead 57-51.  Heat 13 saw Ipswich drop a 7-2 with Leigh Cossey being excluded for changing the race line and young Lewis Roberts was unable to split the strong pairing of Ganczarek & Collins.

Heat 16 saw Roberts out-gate Ganczarek, lead him for 2 laps and in the end the super fast pole needed to use excessive force to get past, with him out of the re-run, the home team pulled back some of the deficit with a 6-3. The final 2 heats both went Poole’s way with a 6-4 & a 7-3.  Final score Ipswich 81 Poole 95.

Star of the Ipswich team was once again 16 year old Lewis Roberts who seems to gather more confidence with every race.

Scorers

Poole
M Szynamski 20, G Galichowski 18, M Ganczarek 13, T Collins 13, A Morgan 12, S Hearn 10, O Sidwick 5, L Glover 4

Ipswich
L Roberts 15, R Williamson 14, J Chittock 11, L Grange 10, J Brooke 8, L Mower 8, L Cossey 8, I Grange 7

Elite Combination, Ipswich 74 Poole 60
In the combination match Poole had to give away 9 penalty points as two 1st team riders having to ride again and with Ipswich fielding 8 riders they were up against it, with both Ipswich reserves taking 3 rides apiece the home team won the mach 65-60 74-60 with the penalty added on

Poole
O Sidwick 14, L Glover 11, L Armes 10, M Nowak 9, A Smith 9, W Bristow 7

Ipswich
A Hill 12, C Rumbold 11, R Fellgett 9, M Hill 9, F Harris 8, W Clark 7, D Riley 5, L Jacobs 4