Bears ready to host U21 spectacle
The Redcar “Agilia” Bears play host tonight (19:30 start) to some of the country’s up and coming prospects in the British under 21 semi-final. The meeting was originally scheduled to be hosted at the home of Newcastle Speedway but the club are delighted to be hosting the rescheduled event and co-promoter Jamie Swales is looking forward to Thursday’s meeting, “What an exciting line-up of young talent we have on show in a meeting we never expected to be promoting. We were gutted for the lads when we heard about the original staging of the meeting getting cancelled at Newcastle, so when we saw we had a gap in our calendar this week it seemed only the right thing to do! It can be notoriously hard to draw a crowd for this type of event but we are hoping after the amazing racing our track has been producing recently, quite a few people will come and give the guys the support they deserve.”
The first meeting was held at West Row, the home of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers and the meeting was won by a certain Jordan Jenkins, the Redcar Bears rising star who has had a tremendous start to the 2021 campaign. Jenkins went through the card at West Row with a majestic 15 point maximum. Other qualifiers included Alex Spooner and Jack Parkinson-Blackburn whilst Jordan Palin missed out.
Thursday’s meeting has a 16 rider field which includes Berwick’s Kyle Bickley, Eastbourne’s Jason Edwards and Leicester’s Dan and Joe Thompson. Additionally, home fans will have the opportunity to cheer on Redcar Cub Kyran Lyden who gets the chance to impress after initially being a reserve at Mildenhall. Additionally, 6 riders will qualify for the final which will be held at a venue and a date which is still to be confirmed.
Tickets are £14 for seniors, £11 for concessions and £1.50 for children and they can be purchased at the following link.
British U21 Semi Final Tickets | Redcar Bears Speedway, Middlesbrough (eventgenius.co.uk)
16 rider field
1) Danny Smith
2) Mickie Simpson
3) Dan Thompson
4) Archie Freeman
5) Joe Lawlor
6) Sheldon Davies
7) Kyran Lyden
8 ) Joe Thompson
9) Kyle Bickley
10) Ben Trigger
11) Jason Edwards
12) Daniel Gilkes
13) Gregor Millar
14) Mason Watson
15) Tom Spencer
16) Sam Woolley
Reserves:
17) Alex Goldsbrough
18) Jack Shimelt