Bears fall to defeat at Glasgow

Redcar ‘ECCO Finishing Supplies’ Bears could not repeat the heroics of last night, falling to a 54-36 defeat away at Glasgow on Friday night.

It was however a stunning return to form for Bears skipper Ben Barker,  who scored an impressive 15+1. He had solid backup from Mikkel B Andersen with 6, his brother Jonas with 5+1 and Theo Pijper with 5. The Bears started the meeting off fairly slowly, and after 7 heats found themselves 12 points down. Against a strong Glasgow top end, it was always going to be a tough ask to come back from that but the Bears stuck at their task, with Barker reeling off 3 heat wins in his last three rides.

Claus Vissing was again the stand out rider for Glasgow, with 14 points supported well by Lewis Kerr with 11.

Glasgow = 54

1. Charles Wright (G) – 0, 2′, 3, 1′ = 6+2
2. Lewis Kerr – 3, 3, 3, R, 2 = 11
3. Clause Vissing – 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 14
4. Paul Starke (R/R) – 
5. Richie Worrall – 3, 2′, 2, 2, 1′ = 10+2
6. Jack Thomas – 2′, 1, 0, 3, 0, 0, 2′ = 8+2
7. James Sarjeant – 3, Ex, RS, F, 1, 1 = 5
8. Ryan MacDonald – DNR

Redcar = 36

1. Ben Barker – 1′, 3, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 15+1
2. Mikkel B Andersen – 2, 1, 2, 1 = 6
3. Tobias Busch – R, R, TS, R = 0
4. Jonas B Andersen – 2, 1, 1′, 1 = 5+1
5. Matej Kus – 2, 1, 1′, 0, 0 = 4+1
6. Theo Pijper- 1, 0, 2, 2, 0 = 5
7. Jordan Stewart – 0, 1′, 0, RS = 1+1

The Bears are next in action on Thursday night, when they take on the Lakeside Hammers at the Media Prima Arena.