THE result of Pirates' controversial clash with Elite League title rivals Coventry on June 1 has been upheld by the Speedway Control Bureau.

Poole triumphed 36-22 at a rain-soaked Brandon after the Sky-televised meeting had been curtailed following heat 10.

The Bees hierarchy had wanted the meeting to be stopped at an earlier stage, in which case the result would not have stood.

Team boss Gary Havelock instructed Bees riders Chris Harris and Joonas Kylmakorpi not to take part in the final race on safety grounds and the trio were fined £375 each – the maximum financial sanction available to referees.

Coventry subsequently revealed plans to submit evidence on the meeting to the SCB, with the club's ultimate aim to get the meeting restaged.

Bees chiefs Mick Horton and Neil Watson seven days ago met the SCB to answer a charge of non-compliance with speedway regulation SR 4.1.9. 

An SCB statement read: "This non-compliance arose when the Coventry team manager, for whom the Coventry promotion are jointly responsible, instructed the Coventry riders scheduled to ride in heat 10, Chris Harris and Joonas Kylmakorpi, not to participate. 

"This action had the effect of withdrawing from a meeting, as the riders failed to meet the two-minute time allowance facility on more than one occasion."

The SCB today revealed that the fines issued against Coventry on the night had been upheld and that the Brandon promotion had been fined an additional £3,000.

All parties concerned could appeal to the Auto-Cycle Union.

Pirates co-promoter Gordon Pairman, a member of the five-man Bureau, had declared prior to the summit that he would step outside if faced with a conflict of interest.