Edwards: The confidence is building
Redcar star Jason Edwards has insisted that confidence is building in the Bears camp, despite the side’s slow start to the season as the “Agilia” Bears host Workington in the Cab Direct KO Cup tomorrow night with tapes up at 7:30 at the ECCO Arena.
Edwards, who has had a sterling start to the season is confident things will turn around soon for the Bears, “ We’ve had quite a few meetings on the bounce and although it sounds silly, we are gaining more and more confidence. Tomorrow night is the KO Cup and it’s time to pull our fingers out and start performing.”
The ‘Billericay Blaster’ has also stressed the importance of the cup fixture, in light of Redcar’s recent run, “ We need to get some race winners, ensure we don’t have any last places and that will make sure we win the meeting.”
Despite the side’s slow start to the season, Edwards highlighted that despite the results, the Bears are not far from hitting form, “ Jamie (Swales) was saying last week, we aren’t doing too badly and at home, we have been in the lead for 27/30 heats so we just need to sharpen things up at the business end of the meeting and that will stand us in good stead.”
Edwards is also keen to see how Bears reserve Jake Mulford performs, after having more bike time recently with meetings for the Middlesbrough Tigers, “ I know Jake thinks he has been struggling but he sometimes overthinks things but with him now having some meetings in the WSRA National League, he can use that to help him in Redcar meetings.”
The British youngster believes his time at Redcar is standing him in good stead, “ I’m absolutely loving riding at the moment. From racing at Redcar, I believe that I have improved my gating. Also, when Roy (Clarke) announces your name, you can hear the fans on the terraces, that doesn’t happen at a lot of clubs and it does make a difference. Also, I must say, I absolutely love riding for Redcar!”
Redcar welcome back Charles Wright into the side after his spill at home to Scunthorpe last week whilst Danny King has also recovered after his horror crash at Workington on Saturday. The visitors, Workington are riding a crest of a wave after recent results with Craig Cook currently on a 7 race unbeaten run whilst their Finn, Antti Vuolas has caught many eyes with his spectacular performances in the early stages of the season.
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Redcar “Agilia” Bears
1. Danny King 8.41
2. Jason Edwards 4.55
3. Connor Bailey 5.23
4. Jonas Knudsen 5.39
5. Charles Wright (C) 7.80
6. Jake Mulford 3.06
7. Ben Trigger 2.08
TM: Gavin Parr
Workington Comets
1 . Craig Cook (C) 8.52
2. Tate Zischke 5.00
3. Antti Vuolas 5.00
4. Claus Vissing 6.24
5. Troy Batchelor 7.16
6. Sam McGurk 2.00
7. Celina Liebmann 4.00
TM : James Denham