Pirates: Doyle has unfinished business (From Bournemouth Echo)

Pirates: Doyle has unfinished business

7:00am Tuesday 19th January 2010 in

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JASON Doyle completed Pirates’ 2010 one-to-seven – and then admitted he had unfinished business at the Dorset club.

The Australian, who missed all bar one day of last season with a shoulder injury, also revealed he even feared the problem could have ended his racing career.

Doyle confirmed he had received offers from other clubs, but insisted Poole was the only team he wanted to ride for.

Now, after making a successful return from injury in the Aussie championships, he’s vowed to make up for lost time.

Doyle said: “I’m excited. I was always going to be going back to Poole. I didn’t want to go anywhere else.

“I’ve got unfinished business to make up for what happened to me and the club last year.

“I was worried about my arm, but it’s okay now. I had a big crash at Newcastle and didn’t feel anything at all.”

Pirates failed to adequately replace Doyle or Kyle Legault, who both sustained long-term injuries in March.

Poole quickly slumped to the foot of the Elite League and eventually finished second from bottom – their worst performance for years.

Doyle, who’d initially sustained his shoulder injury in a spill in Australia two months earlier, said: “It was totally my fault.

“If the same thing happened again, I’d get the injury fixed up straight away, like I should have done after my first crash because I let everyone down at Poole and don’t want to do it again.

“Two months after the operation, I thought ‘this isn’t going to happen’. I couldn’t even lift my arm above my head.

“It was a hard year off, but it made me realise speedway isn’t just a job, but that I love doing it.

“I want to make a name for myself.

“I just have to have a couple of good years, stay on the bike and do well for Poole.”