West Cumbrian Richard Lawson won high praise from his Poole team boss even though the Pirates lost at Glasgow.
The Tigers had moved clear in second place in the Cab Direct Championship by holding on for a 46-44 win over title holders Poole.
Poole boss Gary Havelock said: “There is no shame in losing at Glasgow. I thought our boys were brilliant. It was a fantastic effort.
“We had a slow start, the track was a little bit different to when we’ve been here before and it took us a few heats to get going, but Richard Lawson was amazing and Anders Rowe was great.
“It was a fantastic team effort to pull back twice from being ten points down and only lose by two. It’s disappointing but it is what it was.”
The Pirates recovered from ten points down with five races to go to force a last-heat decider, with the home side’s lead cut down to two.
But whilst Lawson won the race for the visitors after a frantic battle, second and third places for Benjamin Basso and Chris Harris over Steve Worrall were enough for the Tigers to take the victory.
Basso (12+1) and Harris (10+1) led the way for the home side, whilst Lawson was unbeaten after a last place in Heat 1 as he collected 12+3.
but it is what it was.”
Lawson has hit a rich vein of form and before his Poole exploits had top-scored in two guest appearances for King’s Lynn and Birmingham.
