Bears bring the Tyne Tees Trophy home!

Redcar Agilia Bears bring the Tyne Tees Trophy back to Teesside, after beating our close rivals Newcastle 46-43 on Sunday night, winning the tie 97-82 on aggregate.

Going into the meeting defending a 12 point lead, the Bears started off well with a 4-2 in heat one. Tom Bacon was electric out the gate and led to the flag, with Michael Palm Toft finishing ahead of Steve Worrall. Newcastle hit back with a 4-2 in heat two, before two shared heats had the scores tied at 12 each.

A 5-1 in heat five saw the home side get their noses in front for the first time, before another 5 shared heats meaning going into heat 11 the Diamonds led 32-28. Heat 11 saw the tide turn in the Bears favour however. Palm Toft and Bacon combined for an excellent 5-1 to see the scores level. Heat 12 saw further drama, with Max Clegg retiring in lap two before a Barker and Bjerre tussle saw the Dane hit the deck in lap 3 and he was excluded by the referee resulting in a big 5-0 for the Bears. The Diamonds closed the gap slightly over the remaining 3 heats, but not enough the deny the Bears victory on the night.

Charles Wright continued his fine start to the season with another 13 points, with Nathan Greaves scoring an excellent 10+1 from reserve. It was a superb team effort all round though on an excellent night for Bears!

Newcastle Diamonds : 43 (82)
1. Steve Worrall – 2,2,3,1,3 = 11
2. Simon Lambert – 0,1′,2,0 = 3+1
3. Lasse Bjerre – 3,2′,2,Fx = 7+1
4. Matthew Wethers – 0,3,1′,2 = 6+1
5. Thomas Jorgensen – 2,3,1,3,1 = 10
6. Danny Phillips – 1,0,1′,0,0 = 2+1
7. Max Clegg – 3,1′,Xt,R = 4+1

Redcar Bears : 46 (97)
1. Michael Palm Toft – 1,1,3,0 = 5
2. Tom Bacon – 3,0,0,2′ = 5+1
3. Ben Barker – 2,2,1′,3,0 = 8+1
4. Jordan Stewart – 1′,1′,2,1 = 5+2
5. Charles Wright – 3,3,3,2,2 = 13
6. Nathan Greaves – 2,Fx,3,2′,3 = 10+1
7. Leon Flint (G) – 0,0,0 = 0