Swales: It’s anyone’s to win!
Redcar co-promoter Jamie Swales believes Friday’s Silver Helmet is anybody’s to win with a stellar line up set to descend on the ECCO Arena to contest the 2022 Teesside Silver Helmet. The annual end of season event marks the last professional meeting of the season at the ECCO Arena with tapes up at 19:30.
Swales is happy with the line-up, stating, “ The big name riders that I asked to do the meeting all wanted too and it is a really competitive field. At the time of writing (48 hours prior to the meeting) we have had no withdrawals which is great so I am looking forward to a good night of speedway.”
The co-promoter also believes Redcar’s Lewis Kerr is more than capable of retaining his crown, “ Lewi has a good chance of retaining his crown, he is really good around Redcar and he has beaten most of the line-up around Redcar.”
Swales also believes that Redcar’s German star, Erik Riss is fired up after a controversial exclusion in last years staging, “ Erik will be really fired up for this one, he believes he was cost a place in the final last year by a bad refereeing decision so he is hopeful of putting it right tomorrow evening.”
Swales also believes that the meeting will be a great learning curve for two of Redcar’s assets in Jordan Jenkins and Jason Edwards, “ This meeting will be great for both of them, I know that Jason hasn’t been in great form recently but he has had a really good season and he has shown that he can do it around the ECCO Arena. A lot of the riders who are in the meeting, Jason and Jordan have beaten them at home this season.”
Swales also explained why the Redcar skipper, Charles Wright will not be amongst the 16 names vying for the title tomorrow evening, “ Even before Charles had that crash at Belle Vue he was unlikely to ride in this meeting as he is due to go in for his long awaited shoulder operation very soon after the meeting. Charles’ concussion ban has passed so he could ride in the meeting but he does not want to risk further damage so close to his surgery. He also wants to give himself a long recovery period ahead of next season.”
The line-up that has been assembled is a fantastic one to end the season at the ECCO Arena with Redcar favourites Jordan Jenkins, Jason Edwards, Lewis Kerr and Erik Riss all out to claim the top spot on the rostrum. Former Redcar riders Thomas Jorgensen, Theo Pijper and Aaron Summers will also be hoping to claim a place on the rostrum.
Other big names in the field include Ryan Douglas, Chris Harris, Luke Becker, Tom Brennan and Sam Masters who will all be gunning to end their season with success.
Teesside Silver Helmet
1. Thomas Jørgensen
2. Sam Masters
3. Lewis Kerr
4. Theo Pijper
5. Luke Becker
6. Simon Lambert
7. Chris Harris
8. Tom Brennan
9. Marius Hillebrand
10. Jordan Jenkins
11. Ryan Douglas
12. Jacob Hook
13. Erik Riss
14. Jason Edwards
15. Paul Starke
16. Aaron Summers
Res Ben Rathbone
Res Archie Freeman