West Cumbrian Richard Lawson helped Poole retain the Championship KO Cup with a 52-38 home win over Redcar for a 21-point aggregate success.
The Pirates had done much of their hard work by winning at the Ecco Arena last Friday and finished the job at Wimborne Road with the silverware secured by a 5-1 from Lawson and Zach Cook in Heat 11.
Lawson, who started his senior career at Workington in 2009 top-scored for the home side with 13 from five rides, whilst Steve Worrall also won three races and Ben Cook kept up his impressive form with 9+3.
Erik Riss top-scored for the Bears with 11, who were unable to repeat their 2019 KO Cup victory, but they do have silverware to show for their 2022 campaign thanks to their Championship Pairs triumph at Oxford in August.
Former Workington rider Charles Wright won that for Redcar alongside Lewis Kerr but the ex-Comet missed-out last night with concussion. He also misses Belle Vue’s big Premiership showdown at Sheffield tonight.
Pirates skipper Danny King, who rode with a broken finger, said: “We are here to win trophies and we’ve done the first part of that but it doesn’t stop now.
“We have got a league title to win next week, and I will do whatever I have to if it helps the side. If I need to lend Drew (Kemp) an engine again then I will.
“Whatever needs to be done will be done by me because I am here to win trophies and that’s what we are all about.
“I really have to say a big thank you to Ben Cook. Me and Ben have such a great understanding on track and I love riding with him, and I think he feels the same. We just always seem to know where each other is, but I have to thank him this time because I was struggling out there.”
