PIRATES QUALIFY FOR BSN SEMI'S

Poole Pirates will be in the BSN Series Semi-final draw, irrespective of the outcome of this afternoon's Workington v Redcar tie in the Northern Section.

Workington suffered a heavy 61-29 defeat at Scunthorpe on Friday and for them to qualify they would need the minimum of 68-22 victory over the Bears, who themselves need only to score 31 points to guarantee they win the group, 

Curiously a resullt of 60-30 victory for Workington would leave the Northern section tied at the top with both Redcar and Scunthorpe having 5 group points with both having a race point differential of 5. Poole finished on 5 group points but a much better point differential of 22.