BJARNE Pedersen ignored the boos and insisted that he is a team rider after leading Pirates to victory over Belle Vue Aces.

The Pirates skipper topped the bill for the home side clocking up 14 points in the 50-43 victory - although the seven-point margin was not enough to secure the bonus point for Poole.

But the Dane bore the brunt of the Wimborne Road boo boys after inadvertently impeding team-mate Edward Kennett on his way to victory in heat five.

Pedersen nudged into Kennett coming out of the first corner and although the Dane went on to score the win, Kennett was unable to recover and trailed home in fourth place.

Although the captain took the chequered flag, some supporters had perhaps been watching too many Big Brother eviction shows and unexpectedly vented their anger.

But Pedersen shrugged off the criticism and maintained that his priority is team success rather than his personal points haul.

He told the Daily Echo: "I don't really care too much - what the crowd do is up to them. I'm trying to do the best job I can for Poole in every meeting and that is one race that didn't go so well.

"But if you look at how many bonus points I've scored this year, that tells you everything.

"I don't know who those supporters were, but if I didn't score 14 points, we would have lost the meeting.

"I know there have been a couple of problems with Eddie and me this year and there have been some fans criticising me on the internet.

"But I am going out to try and win every race. In my last two races, I had the time to look for my partner. But it's not always that easy - especially watching from the stands!"

Pedersen added: "I was going wide in the first corner, the bike lifted just a little bit and I touched Eddie. Of course, it shouldn't happen, but it did and sometimes there's nothing you can do about it."

It is not the first time that Pedersen and Kennett have inadvertently clashed and team boss Neil Middleditch hinted that he may look to reshuffle the Pirates line-up to avoid further incidents.

Middleditch said: "It's unfortunate that they seem to have that problem at the moment.

"We'll have a word and try and sort things out and we might look to change the pairings a little bit.

"I think it was just a bit of over-exuberance and Bjarne's bike picked up."

Asked about the crowd reaction, Middleditch replied: "There's been a bit of that here at times this season, but it's just one of those things.

"Bjarne knew he'd made a mistake, but nobody was hurt and we won the match. It certainly wasn't deliberate."

In truth, Belle Vue were considerably more competitive than their league position might have suggested with Davey Watt, in particular, having a storming night.

However, team-mate Adam Roynon - who ended up pointless from three rides - might have seen his chances of registering a point improved if he'd borrowed the tractor performing the track maintenance.

Pirates guest Krzysztof Kasprzak turned in a box office performance on his return to Wimborne Road as he bagged 11 paid 13 points and also hinted that he would like to return full-time, when his one-year loan spell at Lakeside Hammers expires.

Kasprzak said: "We will have to wait and see about that. I love the people here and I enjoy riding the track.

"It was great to be back riding for Poole again and I'm pleased I helped us win the meeting."

With Jason Doyle registering some vital points after his incident-packed meeting at Coventry on Monday and Craig Boyce turning in a solid show on the eve of his 40th birthday, Pirates eventually secured the win despite a late revival from the visitors.

Middleditch said: "Overall, I was happy with the win. I think Belle Vue's position in the league belies them because they have some quality riders.

"I knew it would be dangerous to under-estimate them and Davey Watt was their trump card - in fact, I think they were stronger with him in the line-up than they would have been with Antonio Lindback."