PIOTR Swiderski was Ipswich's star as they made it three away wins inside a week to leapfrog Poole into second place in the Elite League last night.The Pole stormed to three race wins and a trio of second places on his way to a scintillating match-clinching 15 paid 17 return at Wimborne Road.

PIOTR Swiderski was Ipswich's star as they made it three away wins inside a week to leapfrog Poole into second place in the Elite League last night.

The Pole stormed to three race wins and a trio of second places on his way to a scintillating match-clinching 15 paid 17 return at Wimborne Road.

Witches had gone into this clash buoyed by successes at Eastbourne and Wolves and a draw at Swindon earlier in the season.

And, with Swiderski leading their charge, they had sewn up an astonishing victory with one race to go in Dorset.

Poetically, it was the Pole, riding at reserve, whom took the chequered flag in heat 14 ahead of Magnus Zetterstrom and Adam Skornicki to ensure a notable Witches success.

Blocked off by Skornicki on the first bend, Swiderski re-grouped down the back straight to zoom past his fellow Pole and then picked off Zetterstrom on the finish straight first time round.

That propelled Ipswich into an unassailable 45-39 lead.

Chris Harris - guesting for injured Chris Louis - and Jarek Hampel put the icing on the cake with a comfortable 5-1 over startled Davey Watt and Krzysztof Kasprzak in the final race.

Earlier, fast-gating Witches had stormed into a fully deserved 22-14 lead after their riders had taken the chequered flag four times in the opening six races.

Poole dug deep to level at 30-30.

But the loss of Chris Holder, who pulled out with a back injury after two rides and five points, proved too big a handicap for Pirates.

It left Tobias Kroner and Swiderski's majestic 5-1 over Skornicki in heat 12 to restore their advantage.

Harris and Hampel's race 13 4-2 put Witches six clear before Swiderski tied up victory in the penultimate heat and propelled Ipswich only one point behind table-topping Swindon.