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Poole Speedway is promoted by local businessman Matt Ford and son Danny Ford, [1] who took over promoting rights of the club in 1998. The team is managed by past rider and former Great Britain team manager Neil Middleditch. Poole Stadium (known as Wimborne Road when speedway takes place) has been home to the club since it was founded in 1948.
Lewis, born in Bournemouth, raced on local grasstracks before being offered a contract by Poole Pirates manager Sid Hazzard in 1949. He began his British leagues career riding for Poole during the 1950 Speedway National League Division Three season. [3] The following season in 1951, he was part of the team that secured the league title. [4]
Peter Arthur Smith (born 11 July 1942, in Hanworth, England) is a former international motorcycle speedway rider [1] from England, who spent his entire career with the Poole Pirates. [2] [3] He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team and two caps for the Great Britain team. [4]
Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki. [3]
Poole Pirates dominated the season again and completed the 'double double' meaning winning the league and cup for two consecutive seasons. This had not been achieved since Oxford Cheetahs during the 1985 and 1986 seasons.
Holden rode for Southampton Saints (1950-1951 and 1957), [2] Poole Pirates 1951–1956 and 1958) and England (1952). He won the Division 3 championship with Poole in 1951 [3] and the following year won the Division 2 title with Poole.
Neil Middleditch (born 7 January 1957 in Wimborne, Dorset) is a former motorcycle speedway rider, who rode for England and was the team manager of Great Britain. [1] He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team [2] and was the team manager of the Great Britain national speedway team from 2001 to 2008, a position he resumed from 2011 until 2013.
Craig Vincent Boyce (born 2 August 1967 in Sydney, Australia) [1] is a former motorcycle speedway rider who primarily rode for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. After retiring from riding, Boyce became manager of the Australian national team until 2012.