Bears in thrilling draw at Workington
Redcar SG Petch Bears picked up an excellent two league points, with a thrilling 45-45 draw at Workington on Saturday night.
It was a meeting which swang both ways throughout the night, with neither team holding more than a 4 point advantage at any point. The Bears took an early lead and were 4 up after the opening four heats. Jason Garrity lowered the colours of Craig Cook in heat 1, whilst Jonas B Andersen and Charles Wright notched a 5-1 in heat 3.
The meeting then swung in favour of the Comets, and by heat 8 they were the side 4 points ahead. Craig Cook and impressive reserve Matt Williamson winning heats for the Comets. The SG Petch Bears hung on though, and started to slowly claw back that deficit with heat wins from Barker, Garrity, Wright and Andersen.
This left the scores tied going into a last heat decider, and the Bears guaranteed at least 1 league point. Craig Cook and Ty Proctor faced Jason Garrity and Charles Wright. Garrity gated, but was passed by Cook. Wright had the better of Proctor and a 3-3 meant a draw on the night and 2 league points for the Bears.
Jason Garrity top scored for the Bears with 12, but it was an excellent night from the top 4 with Wright scoring 10+3, JBA scoring 9 and Barker 8+1.
For the Comets, Craig Cook scored 14 and was upported well by Williamson with 9 from reserve and Proctor with 8.
The Bears are next in action at home against Berwick on Thursday, with a prompt 7:30 start.
Workington Comets = 45
1. Craig Cook – 2,3,3,3,3 = 14
2. Mason Campton – 1*,2*,2*,FX = 5+3
3. Ty Proctor – 1,3,2,2,0 = 8
4. Adam Roynon – 0,XT(MW-1),1*,2 = 3+1
5. Thomas Jorgensen – 2,2,1*,0 = 5+1
6. Matt Williamson – 3,1,(RS-0),3,2,0,FX = 9
7. Rob Shuttleworth – 1,R,0,(MW-3),(MW-0) = 1
Redcar Bears = 45
1. Jason Garrity – 3,2,3,2,2 = 12
2. Coty Garcia – 0,0,1,(RH-0) = 1
3. Charles Wright – 2*,3,1*,3,1* = 10+3
4. Jonas B Andersen – 3,1,2,3 = 9
5. Ben Barker – 3,1,3,1* = 8+1
6. Richard Hall – 2,0,0,0,1,1 = 4
7. Ellis Perks – 0,1,0,(RH-1) = 1