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Poole StadiumWimborne Road, Poole, Dorset, BH15 2BP
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Date | Tapes Up | Competition | Season |
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Wednesday, April 24, 2024 | 7:30 pm | Cab Direct KO Cup, Quarter-Final, 1st Leg | 2024 |
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POOLE were held to a nine-point first leg advantage by Edinburgh on Wednesday to leave their Cab Direct KO Cup tie fascinatingly poised.
The Pirates won the first leg 49-40 with the Monarchs putting in a resilient display to keep themselves in the hunt ahead of next Friday’s return fixture at Armadale.
Home No.1 Richard Lawson scored 14 from five rides with Tom Brennan adding 11+1, and Lawson dropped his first point of the season at Wimborne Road to Josh Pickering who led the visitors’ scoring with 13.
Lawson said: “It was a shame that I couldn’t max out again, but Josh is a good rider to race against and he had the beating of me in Heat 13.
“We have had lots of battles in the past and only recently I denied him his maximum at Berwick so I guess he was keen to do it back to me.”
Edinburgh manager John Campbell said: “It was a battling display and I actually felt we maybe left a couple of points on the track at times, but we have to be happy with that and the second leg is finely poised.”
CAB DIRECT KO CUP, QUARTER-FINAL,1st leg
POOLE 49: Richard Lawson 14, Tom Brennan 11+1, Zach Cook 8+2, Ben Cook 8+1, Tobias Thomsen 4, Sam Hagon 2+1, Max Perry 2
EDINBURGH 40: Josh Pickering 13, Paco Castagna 6+1, Justin Sedgmen 6, Kye Thomson 5, Lasse fredriksen 4+1, Max James 4+1, Connor Coles 2
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