Redcar Bears Speedway — ECCO Arena, Middlesbrough
Redcar Speedway will open their season on Thursday 5th April with the ‘Julie Lewis Memorial’ meeting . This will be an individual event which will feature all the Bears riders plus invited guests over a traditional 20 heat,5 rides each top scorer wins format.
The Bears can first be seen on track at the Media Prima Arena on Saturday 31st March at the press and practice session with a ‘meet the riders evening’ in the Bears Bar the evening before.
Tickets for the Tatum-Pearson Roadshow are now only available direct from Redcar Speedway as on line sales are now exhausted. They can be purchased at Thursday’s quiz night or reserved by calling the club hotline.
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We will be holding a staff meeting in the Bears Bar on Thursday 1st February, starting at 7:30pm. This is for all current and potential staff, so if you fancy helping out the Bears in 2018 please pop down!
Light refreshments will be provided.
Bears promoter Kevin Keay heads off to B.S.P.A. HQ tomorrow in order to speak with fellow championship bosses regarding a provisional fixture list for 2018. Redcar have expressed an interest in hosting a ‘shared event’ and are looking to open the season with the Julie Lewis Memorial event with a possible challenge match the following week.
“We have enquiries about a Premiership team coming to the Media Prima Arena but it’s early days yet and as some teams are still putting together their sides nothing is definite yet.” In the mean time, despite the recent weather, work is taking place at the stadium to improve all aspects of the facilities and it is hoped that all three outstanding signings may be announced at the next social event, a quiz night on Thursday 25th January.
Redcar Speedway are pleased to announce that Kelvin Tatum and Nigel Pearson are hosting one night of their tour at the Bears Bar on Tuesday February 6th . These nights have proved popular throughout the country so be sure not to miss out! Tickets are £10, and are available from SportsTalkEvents, as well as through the club hotline or Kevin Keay at the Bears next Social Night on the 25th January.
Redcar Bears are delighted to announce the Jonas B Andersen, Mikkel B Andersen and Theo Pijper will join the Bears for the 2018 season – joining Ben Barker who was announced last month.
Jonas, who will enter his fourth straight season as a Bear, comes into the team on a 6.48 average. The Dane has been a very popular part of the Redcar setup over the last few season, and it would have been strange not seeing him lineup as a Bear for this season!
Mikkel B Andersen, 21, is the younger brother of Jonas and represented Denmark in the World U21 Team Cup final this year scoring a respectable 6 points. He has been on the Bears radar for a little while, and will come into the side on an assessed 5.20 average.
The final man named tonight is Dutchman Theo Pijper. Theo rode 9 meetings for Edinburgh last season, attaining a 4.23 average meaning he will start the season at reserve. Theo is looking forward to the new challenge in 2018:
“I feel it’s great promotion to be part of and any time I’ve been down I’ve been made very welcome. I have 2 completely new bikes so I’m committed and I have my determination and hunger back for racing – I hope it proves to both me and the team to be beneficial starting at reserve. If there’s one thing about me that’s the fact I’ll always give 110%. With a wife and 3 children getting points is how I make money so I aim for plenty of them – points make prizes!”
With four riders all signed up, that leaves 3 to go who will be announced in the new year. We would like to wish all our fans, riders and sponsors a very Merry Christmas and a prosperous New Year!
For a chance to win some fantastic new Redcar Bears merchandise, head over to Smoggy the Bears Facebook page for your chance to win.
The competition will end on Tuesday, with the winners announced on Wednesday!
You have to be in it to win it!
For a chance to win some new Redcar Bears merchandise, head over to Smoggy the Bears Facebook page tomorrow (Thursday) for your chance to win!
Also, don’t forget we have our Christmas Party on Friday 22nd December at the Bears Bar. Tickets are £6 each, and can be purchased from Claire James or Janice Jackson.
