BELLE VUE could be without recent signing Stan Burza for the remainder of the season due to a back injury.
Burza made his debut for the Aces at Poole last Monday but suffered a recurrence of the problem which ended his spell at Coventry when he was racing in his home country.
Belle Vue were beaten narrowly at Wolverhampton and face an important return fixture on Wednesday, and owner David Gordon said: "We want to make the Wolverhampton match another big night as they always bring a good number of supporters with them."
COVENTRY manager Peter Oakes felt a draw against Ipswich was a fair result after a dramatic day which included the Bees' promoter Allen Trump ferrying No.8 Ben Barker to the stadium from an earlier meeting - just in time for his first ride.
Oakes said: "There's some disappointment that we dropped a point, but it was probably a point gained given our problems team-wise. We certainly missed (injured) Simon Stead, and all credit to Ben to finish one meeting at 3.15pm and start another one 96 miles away so soon after!
"I was also pleased for Filip Sitera, because a few people might have wondered what we'd done when he came over. But it takes time for a new rider, he's only 20 and he showed why we've signed him."
EASTBOURNE manager Trevor Geer said a home defeat against Poole didn't come as a complete surprise given the Eagles' recent dip in form.
Geer said: "We were beaten by an awesome team. Chris Holder is something else. He is a future world champion.
"I thought before the meeting we would be lucky to get 40 points although at one point it looked like we would push them closer than that."
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Despite
a bright start to proceedings, Sussex speedway squad, Eastbourne Eagles were
ultimately powerless to prevent current Elite League leaders, the Poole
Pirates, seizing, in ruthless fashion their secon d victory of the campaign by
a 52-41 margin at the Arlington raceway on Saturday evening.
The
Eagles led the early exchanges, courtesy of a second race 4-2 from reserve
pairing Simon Gustafsson and James Brundle, but, the Pirates having turned the
2-point deficit into a similar advantage following back to back 4-2’s in heats
4 and 5 and with heat leader trio, paid maximum man Chris Holder, Bjarne
Pedersen and Davey Watt each in devastating form, numbering nine race wins
between, they were seldom troubled thereafter as they administered Eagles
biggest home defeat of the season.
Skipper
Lee Richardson offered the chief resistance for the Sussex side who in reply
could muster only four race successes, two of these being due to Richardson,
the second of which a 6-pointer with him having been nominated to take a
tactical ride in heat 12, one that signalled Pedersen’s only defeat of the
night and inspired the 6-3 that momentarily cut the visitors 12-point advantage
to just nine (42-33) at that stage.
BELLE VUE could be without recent signing Stan Burza for the remainder of the season due to a back injury.
