GARY Havelock produced his 'real' form for the first time at Poole this season as they bounced back from their 48-24 Monmore Green drubbing on Monday to slay the Wolves in a meeting sponsored by the Daily Echo last night.

Havvy - as he is universally known in speedway circles - reeled off three straight heat wins in impeccable style as Meridian Lifts Pirates fought tooth and nail to edge a 33-27 lead after 10 races.

It was more race triumphs for Poole's captain in just over three minutes of racing round the Wimborne Road circuit than in his previous four home meetings.

He was quite clearly back in the groove.

And, although Havvy was outgated and beaten by Mikael Karlsson in heat 12, the Pirates man tried everything round the outside line for four whole laps to reel the Wolves rider in before having to accept defeat.

Havvy also got paid second when he came in third behind team-mate Tony Rickardsson in the final race won by Mikael Karlsson, again.

By then, however, Pirates had already secured their triumph - following Tomasz Chrzanowski's heat 14 win - and held onto their 100 per cent winning record at home in the league.

Wolves - many pundits' tip as the 2002 league champions - are the only other side in the top flight to be unbeaten at home this term.

So this was another morale-boosting result for Poole against a side who had drawn 45-45 in the KO Cup on the same track last month.

Havelock finished the meeting with 12 paid 13, top-scoring for Pirates alongside Rickardsson, who was again in impressive form.

Rickardsson was content to team-ride with Havelock in heats 13 and 15 to peg Peter Karlsson behind them both times once Mikael had got out of the gate first.

You just knew, however, that if Rickardsson had really wanted to win those races he would have given up on the team-riding and pursued Mikael with everything he had got.

But 3-3s to Pirates in both races were all they needed to achieve overall victory, mainly because Havelock and Grzegorz Walasek had completed most of the spadework in heats one, six and 10.

They plundered a 4-2 first time out when Havelock outgated Mikael Karlsson before his machine broke down and a vital 5-1 in race six when Walasek got out in front and was joined by his skipper in a maximum romp over Jesper Jensen and Daniel Nermark.

Walasek, returning from a broken ankle, showed no hangover from the injury as he scorched wide outside of Chris Neath in the re-run of heat eight to win it.

Then the Pole was unlucky to finish third in heat 10 after he and Havelock, who had gated brilliantly, had pegged Peter Karlsson back in third for three-and-a-half laps.

Hans Andersen produced an electric win over the Karlsson brothers in heat 12 after making a few changes to his bike set up to keep Pirates six points ahead.

The Dane had finished last in his opening two outings, but then changed his engine set up and finished with a second and a first over the two Grand Prix stars.

With Chrzanowski coming from behind twice wide on the fourth bend to pass Peter Karlsson in heat seven, which the Pole and Rickardsson got a 5-1 out of, only Bjarne Pedersen and Mariusz Staszewski looked out of sorts for Pirates.

But with Wolves - already hindered by the loss through injury of Paul Hurry (broken scaphoid) - being mainly a three-man team, Poole always seemed to have something spare without ever being totally in control of the meeting.

David Howe (13 paid 14) was top scorer on the night, with Mikael Karlsson (12 paid 13) and Peter Karlsson (nine paid 10) keeping Wolves in the hunt until late on.