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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.
The 2025 SGB Cab Direct Championship season will be the 78th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 8th known as the SGB Championship. [1] [2]Poole Pirates are the defending league champions, Knockout Cup champions and BSN Series champions.
Poole Stadium is a speedway and former greyhound racing venue located in the town centre of Poole, Dorset in England. [1] The stadium is owned by the Borough of Poole . [ 2 ] It was built in the early 1930s in an attempt to provide a source of entertainment to the residents of Poole during the Great Depression .
The 2004 Elite League speedway season was the 70th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association . [1] [2] Poole Pirates completed the
The Speedway Great Britain (SGB) Championship is the second division of speedway league competition in the United Kingdom, governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). It was introduced for 2017 following a restructuring of British speedway.
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.
The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021. [1]Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss of two teams.
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] Lewis would ride for Poole for 13 seasons, spanning the years 1950 to 1968 [5] and would become a club legend. [6]