BRITISH SPEEDWAY OCTOBER 28

Date: Thursday October 28, 2021

(SPEEDWAY 1)

RORY Schlein raced to a paid maximum as Poole lifted the Championship KO Cup with a decisive aggregate victory over Edinburgh.
The Pirates won the second leg of the Final 57-33 at Wimborne Road having taken a five-point advantage into the meeting.
Schlein scored 12+3 from five rides with the Pirates’ other heat leaders also in strong form as Steve Worrall collected 13+1 and skipper Danny King added 11 from four. They now prepare for the league Grand Final against Glasgow.

Sam Masters scored 10 for the Monarchs as their season ended in Cup Final defeat along with their play-off semi-final exit.
Poole boss Neil Middleditch said: “I have managed a lot of different teams with the Pirates but let me tell you now, these lads are a real credit to the club. 

“They have that winning mentality and go into every meeting hungry to win it. And here we are, Knockout Cup winners and halfway to the double.”
Schlein added: “It was good to get the job done tonight, but I said to Danny (Ford) that this is just half of it and how much greater would it feel if we could turn Glasgow over and we could celebrate twice as much.”

Edinburgh manager John Campbell said: “We were not at the races, completely dominated by Poole and beaten by a far better team on the night.
“Drew Kemp was fine, he was competitive, Sam was competitive and Josh Pickering was competitive, Richie (Worrall) couldn’t get the bike going quickly enough.
“I feel sorry for Kye Thomson who is devastated that he has done so badly in a Cup Final, but he will bounce back.”

(SPEEDWAY 2)

GLASGOW and Poole have rescheduled dates for the Championship Grand Final which will now be resolved in the first week of November.
The clubs have been granted an extension to the season to race the deciding fixtures after bad weather again forced the postponement of Thursday’s first leg at Ashfield, and the meetings will now take place next Tuesday and Thursday.

Poole co-promoter Danny Ford said: “Clearly this is not an ideal situation to have to call the meetings off this week, but the weather has not been great, and the forecasts are far from encouraging.
“The Grand Final is the biggest meeting of the season for any club, and it is only right for it to be a memorable occasion.
“We have been monitoring the situation closely as both clubs felt that pushing through with these meetings for the sake of trying to beat the original deadline of the end of October would not be in the best interests of the fans and riders of both clubs.”

(FIXTURES)

FRIDAY OCTOBER 29:
CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL 2nd leg: Poole v Glasgow OFF (Now Thur Nov 4, 7.30pm)

SUNDAY OCTOBER 31:
NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE: Kent v Armadale (at Leicester) 3pm

TUESDAY NOVEMBER 2:
CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL 1st leg: Glasgow v Poole 7.30

THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4:
CHAMPIONSHIP GRAND FINAL 2nd leg: Poole v Glasgow 7.30