Shane Rides at Poole, Hull Cancelled
Posted 05/10/06

Glasgow captain Shane Parker was a late replacement last night for Reading as he stood in for Matej Zagar in the Craven Shield tie at Poole.

The three way tie - between Poole, Reading and Swindon, was the second leg of the three leg qualifier - was held on a wet track at Wimborne Road and didn't exactly go Shane's way.

In his opening race, Shane missed the gate and was unable to make any inroads into catching those ahead of him, coming in at the back. this was followed in heat 8 by a retiral after Shane appeared to clip the fence at the end of the second lap although this could have been down to bike problems. Ironically, Islanders Kryzstof Stojanowski guesting for Swindon fell later on in the heat and the race was awarded with only two riders deemed to have finished.

His third race saw Shane get second place by default after initial winner Craig Boyce was excluded for having a defective silencer on his bike and it was followed up by another second place in his final ride in heat 14.

Shane was originally going to be heading from Poole to ride at Sheffield this evening for a Hull select but this meeting has already fallen victim to the weather.