Parr: Let’s keep building momentum!
Redcar team boss, Gavin Parr has challenged his Bears side to keep building momentum ahead of Redcar’s Cab Direct Championship clash against Edinburgh tomorrow evening with tapes up at 19:30 at the ECCO Arena.
Parr, in buoyant mood after the Bears away win at Birmingham is confident ahead of the visit of the Monarchs, “ Our win at Birmingham was a close one but we need to take the momentum we gained last night into Friday and if we can get all 7 boys firing at once, we could give someone a good hammering!”
Despite the Bears sitting 7 points above the Monarchs in the Cab Direct Championship table, Parr is under no illusions of the threat Edinburgh pose, “ Craig Cook and Josh Pickering are great around Redcar, they love our track so we definitely won’t be taking anything for granted as we aim for the 3 league points.”
The former cycle speedway man also reserved special praise for Jason Edwards, who was Redcar’s star man in Wednesday’s win at Birmingham, “ Jason was the matchwinner at Birmingham, without doubt. He is also developing his all-round skills as he is feeling much more confident riding the outside, Jason has been developing riding the outside line over recent weeks and instead of being only good on the kerb, he’s now riding the outside as well as he rides the kerb!”
Redcar are looking to build on an impressive recent league run with the play-off chasers aiming to win their 4th league match from their last 5 fixtures. The Bears promotion will also be hoping that Charles Wright can continue his recent stellar run with the skipper hitting an astronomical 47 points from his last 4 matches with the Bears.
Redcar name an unchanged line-up from their win at Birmingham with Luke Harrison continuing to deputise for the injured Jake Mulford. Edinburgh also track a full 1-7 with Edinburgh’s Bastian Borke set to make his first appearance at the ECCO Arena. The Monarchs will be looking to their top 2 of Craig Cook and Josh Pickering to set the tone for the visitors as they chase a prized play-off spot whilst Max Clegg is set to make his full debut for the Monarchs.
Heading into tomorrow’s clash, Redcar hold a 4 point aggregate advantage after their 47-43 away win at Armadale in May. Any supporters who are unable to attend the ECCO Arena are reminded that the meeting will be live streamed at www.redcar-speedway.tv
Redcar “Agilia” Bears
1 Charles Wright (C) 8.13
2 Danyon Hume 5.20
3 Connor Bailey 4.79
4 Erik Riss 7.77
5 Danny King 8.05
6 Jason Edwards 4.11
7 Luke Harrison (G) 3.14
™: Gavin Parr
Edinburgh Monarchs
1. Craig Cook 8.94
2. Bastian Borke 5.00
3. Kye Thomson 5.98
4. Paco Castagna 5.18
5. Josh Pickering © 8.35
6. Dayle Wood 2.00
7. Max Clegg 4.67
™: John Campbell