Hume: Bike fitness is vital!
Redcar’s Danyon Hume believes being busy is massively important in the early stages of the season as the Bears new recruit looks to continue building momentum. The Bears host Berwick in the 1st leg of the KO Cup (R1) this Friday at the ECCO Arena with tapes up at 7:30pm. The Bears then travel north for the 2nd leg less than 24 hours later and they will be looking to take a sizeable lead to defend at Shielfield Park
Hume believes bike time in the early stages of the season is key, “Getting time on the bike in the early stages of the season is massive, spending more time racing than the opposition can also be a deciding factor early on. Additionally, getting back into the swing of things quickly is huge if we are to progress in these different competitions and spending time on track, racing others is the only way to do it! ”
Hume, who lifted the KO Cup with Poole 2 years ago believes last Friday’s defeat of a strong Newcastle select will help the both the team and himself ahead of Redcar’s first “competitive” meeting of the season, “Getting some laps in against Newcastle helped me as I was racing on a new engine for the first time and nerves were a big thing for me as before the challenge I had not had a proper ride since I broke my collarbone in August last year.”
The Bears second string also reserved special praise for Connor Bailey with the pair being teammates last season at Glasgow, “ Connor did really well last Friday, especially in the second half of the meeting. Connor is a positive guy and he has good equipment. To be honest though, we have a really good 1-7 this season which bodes well for our chances.”
Redcar are at full strength for the clash with the three heatleaders, Riss, Wright and King looking to continue their early season momentum by helping Redcar progress to the KO Cup quarter-finals.
Meanwhile, the visitors are at full strength for their first fixture of the season despite Jye Etheridge suffering a dislocated shoulder whilst racing in Sam Masters’ testimonial meeting at Wolverhampton last Sunday. Berwick also hand debuts to Connor Coles and the returning Rory Schlein who reversed his decision to retire after a year back in his native Australia.
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Redcar “Agilia” Bears
Erik Riss 8.24
Connor Bailey 4.32
Charles Wright © 7.40
Danyon Hume 5.68
Danny King 8.05
Jason Edwards 3.80
Jake Mulford 2.00
TM: Gavin Parr
Berwick Bandits
1 Thomas Jørgensen 9.53
2 Jonas Knudsen 5.00
3 Leon Flint 7.00 ©
4 Jye Etheridge 6.29
5 Rory Schlein 8.18
6 Connor Coles 2.00
7 Nathan Stoneman 2.00
TM: Gary Flint