PIRATES LINKING ACROSS CONTINENTS

Poole Speedway are again bringing something special that can be enjoyed by Poole fans and the wider speedway fraternity alike as they bring together four times World Champions Greg Hancock and one of the most exciting riders in history, Darcy Ward from their respective homes in the United States of America and Australia.
 

This cross-continents, video link up will be hosted on Wednesday 13th May by UK-based Nigel Leahy who will also be joined by Poole Speedway owner Matt Ford from his Chateau La Briance residence in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of France.

All four remember with great fondness the excitement of the closing months of the 2013 season and in particular the Pirates Grand Final second leg at Birmingham, as they went in search of the fourth Elite league title under Ford's reign. That meeting will be shown, through the kind permissions of Clean Cut Sports and ReRun Productions , from 7.30pm, on the Pirates' YouTube channel and Facebook page in association with speedwayportal.com, with the post-meeting reaction following thereafter when special memories of that season will be shared.

"It looks to be an exciting night on Wednesday. It is going to be a real international thing which of course makes social distancing even easier!" enthused Poole co-promoter Dan Ford, adding,  "we had a good few laughs last week when Darcy, Chris [Holder] and Davey [Watt] were on camera and I think we can be in for some more insights with Greg and Darcy on Wednesday. Those two were the main-stay of our first leg victory in 2013,  dropping just one point between them, performances that helped towards putting us in the driving seat for the second leg."

Hancock has now retired from racing with his attentions focussed on helping his wife Jenny fight her cancer battle whilst Ward's career was cut short in August 2015 following a track crash that shocked world speedway to the core.