Parr: There’s nothing to fear!
Redcar team boss, Gavin Parr believes there is “nothing to fear” ahead of Redcar’s Cab Direct Championship clash with Oxford tonight, with tapes up at 7:30 at Sandy Lane, the home of the Cheetahs.
Parr, who is in his 2nd full year as Redcar team boss, believes his side have nothing to fear ahead of another important league fixture, “ There is absolutely nothing to fear about going to Oxford. Yes, they are a good side but there is no reason why we can’t win on the night, and that’s what we are planning on!”
The exuberant Geordie thinks that the skipper, Charles Wright will have another big say on the outcome, with Wright riding at Sandy Lane for the Oxford Spires in the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership, “ With Charles’ inside knowledge, he can help with set-ups and that will help in our attempts to win tonight.”
Parr has also spoken about his desperation to turn the club’s fortunes around, “ I’m living off 2 or 3 hours sleep a night at the moment, we are all so desperate to turn things around. At the moment, this is a 24 hour job as we know the fans aren’t happy with our performances and we aren’t happy either! At the moment, I think we are half a rider short.”
The former Cycle Speedway international also reflected on Redcar’s 47-43 defeat at Berwick, with Parr impressed with the performance of Dan Thompson, who again guests for the Bears this evening, “ Dan (Thompson) rode like a heat leader at Berwick for us but on the other hand, our other guest, Ben Barker only scored 5. If Ben would have put in a performance like he usually does around Berwick then we would have won the meeting.”
Oxford operate rider replacement at number 3 with Henry Atkins out with a broken finger whilst Jordan Jenkins will be hoping to continue his recent improvement against his former side.
The Bears have well documented injury issues of their own to deal with as both Danny King and Jason Edwards both find themselves on the sidelines with their respective hand and cheekbone injuries. The promotion have once again drafted in the aforementioned Plymouth pair, Ben Barker and Dan Thompson with Thompson looking to continue his stellar start to the season with another big score for the Bears. Jonas Knudsen also returns to the Bears side after the Dane had a prior Polish commitment on Saturday.
Any fans who are unable to attend Sandy Lane are reminded that the meeting will be live streamed by BSN at watch.britishspeedway.co.uk
Oxford Cheetahs
1. Sam Masters 9.05
2. Cameron Heeps 4.77
3. Rider Replacement for Henry Atkins
4. Jordan Jenkins 5.89
5. Scott Nicholls (c) 8.54
6. Ashton Boughen 3.38
7. Luke Killeen 4.17
TM Peter Schroeck
Redcar Agilia Bears.
1- Charles Wright (c) 8.12
2- Jonas Knudsen 5.51
3- Connor Bailey 5.53
4- Dan Thompson (G) 5.32
5- Ben Barker (G) 7.87
6- Jake Mulford 3.20
7- Ben Trigger 2.25
TM Gavin Parr
