Berwick v Poole 27/06/26 KO Cup Semi- Final 2nd Leg 7-00pm

[Normski]

Bandits welcome Poole in tonight's 2nd Leg of the Semi-Final. An excellent performance at Poole on Wednesday sees the Bandits only 4pts down, as they hope to reach their 1st KO Cup Final since 1989 where funnily enough they beat Poole in the final. Both teams are using R/R Berwick have Fredriksen away on internation duty, whilst Bowes is injured. Poole also bring in Simon Lambert to guest for Will Cairns riding in an SGP2 qualifier. We all know that Poole normally ride Shielfield well, and they will be bolstered by Richard Lawson being available again after missing Wednesdays night's meeting for whatever reason hmmm. Berwick need all 6 riders to be performing tonight can see Jenkins being busy. Going to be tight but i can see us getting over the line 49-41 don't want a Super Heat.

 

 

 

[Arthur54]

It's going to be tight, but I think Berwick will shade it, Jenkins will be the trump card tonight with probably 7 rides 

[SteveLyric2]

22 minutes ago, Arthur54 said:

It's going to be tight, but I think Berwick will shade it, Jenkins will be the trump card tonight with probably 7 rides 

So Poole's visits in the past 2 seasons have seen a win and a loss, both by 2 points. The same tonight would suit the Pirates but with it being Cook's least favourite track and Rushen never having seen the place before, it'll be a real challenge.

[Steve Shovlar]

Got to admit Berwick are clear favourites here after Wednesdays inexplicably poor performance. Stupid dropped points, a lack of interest from certain riders and no Lawson probably cost us a place in the final.

With Jenkins at reserve and likely to take 7 rides, it will be a surprise if we manage to get through, especially as we are missing Will Cairns and Rushen has never been there. Excuses done.

Edited 1 hour ago by Steve Shovlar

[foreverblue]

19 minutes ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Got to admit Berwick are clear favourites here after Wednesdays inexplicably poor performance. Stupid dropped points, a lack of interest from certain riders and no Lawson probably cost us a place in the final.

With Jenkins at reserve and likely to take 7 rides, it will be a surprise if we manage to get through, especially as we are missing Will Cairns and Rushen has never been there. Excuses done.

I agree but with advice from Lawson with set up, he will be ok after a race and perform like we know he can, he was unlucky to get excluded on Wednesday but as he will get an extra ride from R/ R he will need to be at his best. Lawson missing  at home was a massive miss with Harris performing so poorly and then disappointingly on fire for BV at Ipswich.

[Bluekevin]

45-45 Stop all this negativity,  can see a full team performance. 

[Gambo95]

Expect Poole to go through.

Lambert getting more points than Cairns would get and having Lawson riding being the difference.

[Tim Templeton]

May the best team win.....

[lucifer sam]

1 hour ago, Steve Shovlar said:

Got to admit Berwick are clear favourites here after Wednesdays inexplicably poor performance. Stupid dropped points, a lack of interest from certain riders and no Lawson probably cost us a place in the final.

 

What actually happened there - it makes little sense. Poole definitely didn't benefit from Lawson being missing. Why did he miss the meeting in Denmark though an injury which doesn't seem serious at all (rode in England on both Monday and Thursday and looked fine around quite a tricky Ipswich track). If he wasn't injured, then why not ride for Poole on Wednesday?  All very weird!

[Tinker]

Come on Berwick. Would love to see them in the final. Need to make a good start and put Poole under pressure from the off.