Pirates prove too strong for Bandits

BANDITS boss Stewart Dickson admitted that his side were not at the races as they lost heavily to Cab Direct Championship leaders Poole.

- 

“T cannot fault the effort from the boys but we are just not strong enough to challenge the top teams in the league at the moment,” he admitted after an incident-packed affair.

Berwick were already trailing before three successive 5-1s by the home side left them 16 points adrift after seven heats.

Sam Hagon became their first race winner in heat eight and three heats later the former Poole star was part of the Bandits’ only heat advan-tage of the night, powering past Paul Starke to claim third in a race won by Craig Cook.