SWASHBUCKLING Pirates moved 12 points clear at the top of the Elite League with a crunching 59-36 home victory over Belle Vue tonight.

Aces are second in the table, but in this form, Poole Castle Cover are well on course to sewing up top place ahead of the title play-offs in September and October.

Chris Holder, Bjarne Pederssen, Davey Watt and Leon Madsen all scored 10 points for the Dorset club, with 40-year-old Peter Karlsson top-scoring for Belle Vue with 12.

Pirates 59: 1 Chris Holder (2-1*-2*-2*-3) 10+3, 2 Darcy Ward (1*-2-2*-3) 8+2, 3 Bjarne Pedersen (3-3-2-2*-0) 10+1, 4 Jason Doyle (fell exc-2*-1*-2*) 5+3, 5 Davey Watt (3-2-2-3) 10, 6 Leon Madsen (3-0-1*-3-3) 10+1, 7 Artur Mroczka (2*-1-3-exc) 6+1. Team manager: Neil Middleditch.

Belle Vue 36: 1 Hans Andersen (0-0-6^-1-2) 9, 2 James Wright (3-2-1-0-0) 6, 3 Patrick Hougaard (exc unfair riding-3-0-0-1) 4, 4 Rider replacement for Tobias Kroner, 5 Peter Karlsson (2-3-6^-ret-1*) 12+1, 6 William Lawson (1-0-0) 1, 7 Ricky Ashworth (0-0-1-1-1-1-0) 4. Team manager: Chris Morton.

Referee: Dave Robinson.

League points: Pirates 3 Belle Vue 0.

Ht 1: Wright, Holder, Ward, Andersen, 59.73 (3-3).

Ht 2: Madsen, Mroczka, Lawson, Ashworth, 60.59 (8-4).

Ht 3: (2nd re-run) Pedersen, Wright, Hougaard (excluded unfair riding), Doyle (fell exc), 60.45 (11-6).

Ht 4: Watt, Karlsson, Mroczka, Ashworth, 60.46 (15-8).

Ht 5: Pedersen, Doyle, Wright, Andersen, 60.75 (20-9).

Ht 6: Karlsson, Ward, Holder, Lawson, 60.50 (23-12).

Ht 7: Hougaard, Watt, Ashworth, Madsen, 61.31 (25-16).

Ht 8: Mroczka, Ward, Ashworth, Wright, 60.84 (30-17).

Ht 9: Karlsson^ (tactical rider, double points), Pedersen, Doyle, Lawson, 61.42 (33-23).

Ht 10: Ward, Holder, Ashworth, Hougaard, 61.22 (38-24).

Ht 11: Andersen^ (tactical rider, double points), Watt, Madsen, Wright, 60.50 (41-30).

Ht 12: (re-run) Madsen, Pedersen, Ashworth, Hougaard, Mroczka (excluded, for delaying start while under starting orders), 60.91 (46-31).

Ht 13: Watt, Holder, Andersen, Karlsson (retired), 60.96 (51-32).

Ht 14: Madsen, Doyle, Hougaard, Ashworth, 61.22 (56-33).

Ht 15: Holder, Andersen, Karlsson, Pedersen, 61.12 (59-36).