BRING on August.

The peculiarities of the fixture list may have made June and July barren months for Pirates and their supporters but next month could prove a sizzler.

Neil Middleditch’s troops may have only raced five times since May but you would not have known it against Coventry tonight.

And ahead of a month in which Poole currently have seven meetings scheduled, the demolition of Gary Havelock’s septet can only be viewed in a positive light.

While the rest of the Elite League may not be quaking in their boots given the mostly-feeble efforts of the opposition, the emphatic triumph was a telling reminder the Elite League table could look significantly different once Poole have hosted Leicester, Wolverhampton and King’s Lynn early next month.

Pirates showed one change from the septet that had lost narrowly at Brandon on Friday, the fit-again Kyle Newman was restored at reserve following his recovery from a broken collarbone.

For Coventry, Polish ace Kacper Woryna returned, Adam Roynon deputised for the injured James Sarjeant and Ben Barker stood in for Jason Garrity.

Pirates number one Chris Holder was quickly off into the sunset in the opener and Coventry pair Krzysztof Kasprzak and Ben Barker had to keep their wits about them to keep out the hard-charging Adam Ellis.

Heat two saw Bjarne Pedersen earn the tag of standout performer after flying away off the inside. Newman pushed Woryna hard early on but the Bees rider quickly shored up the inside line and second spot was secure.

An explosive battle ensued in the next contest when Krzysztof Buczkowski and Hans Andersen blitzed past Chris Harris on turn three, only for the latter to clip Andersen soon after. Predictably, the race was awarded by referee Barbara Horley and Poole banked a 5-1.

Brady Kurtz and Newman increased to 10 points the home lead after they took control at the start of race four, Josh Bates only briefly threatening to improve on third place.

Heat five was a similar story. Once more, gate one provided a good platform and this time it was Ellis who ripped away. He was quickly joined by Pedersen on turn two and a third maximum in a row put the hosts firmly in command.

Desperate to stem the tide, Bees team boss Gary Havelock deployed the tactical and it was Harris that was tasked with the black and white helmet.

Kurtz suffered a spill on the first turn and with the Australian champion excluded for the re-run, matters went much worse than Buczkowski could have expected.

Having missed the gate and fought hard to get back in contention, the Pole pushed so hard that he pirouetted and fell to the shale on the final lap.

Although the Peterborough loan star remounted and completed the race, referee Horley chose to award the contest.

The Bees’ 8-0 haul allowed them to double their points tally and close to six the overall advantage. But if Poole had suffered bad luck, they swiftly regained it.

With Holder flying in front, Andersen’s efforts to pass Bates appeared in vain until the British under-21 champion ran wide on the final turn, allowing the Dane to sneak in for a point.

Kurtz and Newman then supplied the fourth Pirates maximum after running into some nice grip on the second turn. Woryna’s last-bend charge proved fruitless and Middleditch’s men held a comfortable 12-point advantage with eight races completed.

Bates did Poole a further favour when he lifted heading into turn four and fell spectacularly off the back of his machine. Thankfully, he was quickly on his feet but in the re-run Ellis and Pedersen easily squeezed out Woryna.

Krzysztof Kasprzak picked up Coventry’s second race win after passing an off-colour Andersen in heat 10 but the visitors remained hamstrung by a chronic lack of heat advantages.

Holder was again rapid in race 11 but the star turn was supplied by Ellis, who kept his cool in fine style despite having Harris and Danny King on his coattails throughout.

Pedersen completed his paid maximum with a crowd-pleasing move between Roynon and Woryna, before Kasprzak continued his one-man crusade by passing Andersen for first in heat 13, which was shared.

Kurtz came close to joining Buczkowski for yet another maximum in the penultimate outing but King proved too stubborn, even if the result was already well out of reach.

Pedersen’s superb run came to an end in the final showdown as Coventry bagged just their second heat advantage of the night.

RIDERS' SCORES AND HEAT DETAILS

PIRATES 56: 1 Chris Holder (3-3-3-1*-1) 11+1, 2 Adam Ellis (0-3-3-2*) 8+1, 3 Krzysztof Buczkowski (3-f-2-3) 8, 4 Brady Kurtz (3-fx-3-1) 7, 5 Hans Andersen (2*-1-1*-2) 6+2, 6 Bjarne Pedersen (3-2*-2*-3-0) 10+2, 7 Kyle Newman (1-2*-2*-1) 6+2. Team manager: Neil Middleditch.

COVENTRY 36: 1 Krzysztof Kasprzak (2-2*-3-3-3) 13+1, 2 Ben Barker (1*-0-0-0) 1+1, 3 Danny King (1-2-0-2) 5, 4 Josh Bates (1-0-fx-0) 1, 5 Chris Harris (x-6^-1-0-2*) 9+1, 6 Kacper Woryna (2-1-1-1-0) 5, 7 Adam Roynon (guest) (0-0-2) 2. Team manager: Gary Havelock.

Ht 1: Holder, Kasprzak, Barker, Ellis, 61.00 (3-3)

Ht 2: Pedersen, Woryna, Newman, Roynon, 60.87 (7-5)

Ht 3: Buczkowski, Andersen, King, Harris (exc), awarded (12-6)

Ht 4: Kurtz, Newman, Bates, Roynon, 61.47 (17-7)

Ht 5: Ellis, Pedersen, Woryna, Barker, 60.75 (22-8)

Ht 6: Harris (tactical), Kasprzak, Buckzkowski (fell), Kurtz (fell/exc), awarded (22-16)

Ht 7: Holder, King, Andersen, Bates, 60.59 (26-18)

Ht 8: Kurtz, Newman, Woryna, Barker, 61.31 (31-19)

Ht 9: Ellis, Pedersen, Woryna, Bates (fell/exc), 61.37 (36-20)

Ht 10: Kasprzak, Buczkowski, Andersen, Barker, 61.25 (39-23)

Ht 11: Holder, Ellis, Harris, King, 60.75 (44-24)

Ht 12: Pedersen, Roynon, Newman, Woryna, 62.15 (48-26)

Ht 13: Kasprzak, Andersen, Holder, Harris, 61.12 (51-29)

Ht 14: Buczkowski, King, Kurtz, Bates, 61.50 (55-31)

Ht 15: Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen, 61.47 (56-36)

ECHO STAR RIDER – BJARNE PEDERSEN

Pedersen would have gone home a happy man after a cool and collected display allowed him to avoid being beaten by an opponent – until heat 15.

The Danish veteran has plenty of experience in his locker and he used all of it against the Coventry reserves, Kacper Woryna and Adam Roynon.

A double-figure haul was just reward for the Wimborne Road favourite, who is on course to make a welcome return to the main body of the team.

Special mention goes to Adam Ellis who was good value throughout, while Chris Holder had plenty of pace.