Tigers roar as the Bears are blunted
The Redcar “Agilia” Bears suffered their first league defeat of the season against a strong
Glasgow Tigers side as the Tigers put in a strong all round team performance to put the
Bears to the sword.
The opening heat set the tone for the evening as the Tigers pairing of Cook and Nicol flew
from the tapes for a maximum advantage in heat 1. Heat 4 saw the Bears rising star Jordan
Jenkins make the gate before he was eventually usurped by Ricky Wells and the Tigers’
impressive guest Danyon Hume. Heat 6 saw an electrifying tussle between Charles Wright
and Ulrich Ostergaard with the former using the outside line to take the chequered flag.
Heats 7 & 8 saw the Scottish outfit march into a 16 point lead with back to back maximum
heat advantages. Jade Mudgway used a tactical substitute in the form of Charles Wright in
heat 9 and the decision was justified as Wright passed Justin Sedgemen on the back
straight of lap 1 after picking up drive and the captain was joined at the front by Michael
Palm-Toft for the Bears first 5-1 of the evening to keep the Teessiders in with a shout of a
league point. Heat 10 saw a rare occurrence as “Mr Maximum” Craig Cook’s colours were
lowered by Jake Allen who rode fantastically to keep Cook behind him.
After a break for track grading Bears reserve James Sarjeant joined the party by defeating
Ricky Wells for third place to help the Bears to a 4-2 heat advantage with Charles Wright
once again taking the victory from the tapes. The twelfth heat of the evening saw an
excellent race as Danyon Hume, Jake Allen and James Sarjeant had a titanic battle for 2nd
place, a battle which was won by Jake Allen. Heat 13 saw the Tigers effectively clinch the
win as Charles Wright was passed on the back straight of the final lap by Craig Cook who
took his tally to 11 for the evening. The Bears’ hopes of a league point were extinguished
after a 5-1 reverse in heat 14 as Sam Jensen and Justin Sedgmen combined to hold off the
challenge of Anders Rowe. The final heat of the evening was a shared heat as Craig Cook
took a tapes to flag victory whilst Wright and Allen packed the minor places.
The man of the match for the Bears was Charles Wright who picked himself up from a
disappointing heat 1 to score 14 points overall and heading into matches against Berwick
away and Glasgow at home the form of the captain will be extremely important to the Bears
chances.
Glasgow Tigers = 52
- Craig Cook 3, 3, 2, 3, 3 = 14
- Broc Nicol 2, 2, 3, 1*, 0 = 8+3
- Ulrich Ostergaard 2, 2, 1, 3 = 8
- Justin Sedgmen 0, 0, 0, 2* = 2+1
- Ricky Wells 3, 3, 0, 0 = 6
- Sam Jensen 3, 2*, 2, 3 = 10+1
- Danyon Hume (G) 0, 2, 2, 0 = 4+2
Redcar Bears = 38
- Charles Wright 1, 3, 3^, 3, 2, 2 = 14
- Jordan Stewart R/R (=3)
- Jake Allen 3, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1* = 11+1
- Anders Rowe 0, 1, 0, 0, 1 = 2
- Michael Palm Toft 0, 1, 2, 1 = 4+2
- James Sarjeant 1, 0, 1, 1, 1, 0 = 4+2
- Jordan Jenkins 2, 1, 0 = 3
- Danny Phillips = Did not ride