UPDATE: KASPRZAK INJURY

Former Poole Pirate Krzysztof Kasprzak is determined to be fit to take his place in the Coventry side when the Bees visit Wimborne Road on Wednesday (16th) evening.

A victim of a heat 5 crash during the British speedway curtain raiser meeting at King's Lynn, held in aid of the Speedway Riders' Benevolent Fund, the 31 year old Pole, who last rode for Poole in 2012, escaped with heavy upper arm bruising and ligament damage, a somewhat more favourable diagnosis than the initial fears of broken collar-bone..

"KK" has already had lazer treatment on the shoulder and he plans to see specialist Brian Simpson for more attention ahead of Wednesday's Elite Shield first leg.

The Pirates opening meeting comes just 48 hours after their Press and Practice session (Monday 14th) but both Hans Andersen and Krzysztof Buczkowski have made good starts to their season with a second and third, respectively, finish in the Ulrich Ostergaard Testimonial Meeting at Peterbourgh, a meeting won by Niels-Kristian Iversen. Andersen scored 13 points and Buczkowski 12 whilst Iversen went unbeaten.