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Redcar SG Petch Bears away meeting against Sheffield, due to take place this afternoon has unfortunately been postponed due to the weather.

This meeting has now been re arranged for Monday 18th September, with a 7:45pm start. 

The S.G.Petch Bears head into tomorrow’s battle at Sheffield with numerous injury issues and struggling to find adequate cover.

Ben Barker has a fracture of the left wrist but insists he wants to ride and Jason Garrity appears to have no broken bones but is out with an arm/ shoulder injury.
Tobias Busch struggled at the home meeting with the injuries received last week but will ride through the pain barrier again as will Jonas Andersen with his bruised thigh/ hip.
The Bears intend to give it their best shot as they are only one point off a play off position with just the three fixtures remaining all away from home.

Redcar SG Petch Bears ended Sheffield Tigers 13 match winning run wit ha 48-42 win at the Media Prima Arena on Friday, but it did come at a cost!

On an eventful evening, Sheffield started the brighter of the two sides, and indeed after heat 8 had taken a 6 point lead. Heat 9 then saw drama, as Jason Garrity fell and then seemed to be hit by Kyle Howarths bike who was right behind him. Jason took a blow to his shoulder, and after treatment from the medics was forced to withdraw from the meeting and take a trip to hospital.

The Bears closed the gap slightly, and going into heat 13 were 4 points behind. In the first running of this heat, Kyle Howarth was excluded for knocking off Ben Barker. Barker picked himself up to finish behind Charles Wright for a Bears 5-1 in the re-run. He then spent some time with the medics, and it has emerged since the meeting he has a potential wrist injury.

Heat 14 saw the Bears take the lead with Tobias Busch and Jonas B  Andersen getting a 5-1 over Ryan Douglas and Jan Graversen, and they finished off wit ha 4-2 in heat 15 with the superb Charles Wright taking the victory and Barker coming home in third. A superb nights racing a superb comeback from the injury hit Bears to beat arguably the best team in the league.

Redcar Bears = 48 

1. Ben Barker – 3, 3, 3, 2′, 1 = 12+1
2. Ellis Perks – 0, 0, 1 = 1
3. Jason Garrity – 0, 3, Ex WITHDRAWN = 3
4. Jonas B. Andersen – 1, 2′, 3, 2′ = 8+2
5. Charles Wright – 2, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 14
6. Tobias Busch – EF, 1, 2, 3 = 6
7. Danny Ayres – 3, 0, F, Ex, 1, 0 = 4

Sheffield Tigers = 42 

1. Josh Grajczonek – 2, 1, 2, 1 = 6
2. Todd Kurtz R/R – (JGrav1′)(GW0)(RD2′)(JGrav0) = (3+2) 
3. Lasse Bjerre – 3, 2, 2, 3, 2 = 12
4. Ryan Douglas (G) – 2′, 1′, 0, 1 = 4+2
5. Kyle Howarth – 3, 2, 2, Ex, 0 = 7
6. Jan Graversen – 1′, 2, 1′, 3, 0, 1, 0 = 8+2
7. Georgie Wood – 1′, 1, 0, 1′ = 3+2

Sheffield Tigers have been forced into a late change ahead of tonight’s clash against the Redcar SG Petch Bears. Young Brit Josh Bates has suffered a shoulder injury in a fall at home, and will be replaced by Scunthorpe’s flying Aussie Ryan Douglas.

Last minute guest at the bug meeting tonight will be former Middlesbrough and Sheffield Tiger Mark ‘Felix’ Fiora. He is currently on holiday in the UK and intends to drop in and see the top class action at Redcar Speedway this evening.

Added to the line up for the Ecco Teesside Silver Helmet meeting are former Bears riders and fans favourites Aaron Summers, and Ty Proctor with Berwick rider and former Bear Jye Etheridge also joining the party.

The club are awaiting confirmation from several other riders including a previous winner of the prestigious Silver Helmet.
Due to the increased costs of running this meeting ONE pound will be added to the entrance fee for Adults only with a special edition programme also being produced.
Updates to follow when available. Also, the first 70 kids through the gate on the night will receive a free gift. 

New Alternative car parking spaces will be available for Friday’s meeting at the new motor cross circuit access to which will be via the gates in the centre of the existing speedway car park . This will be signposted within the car park and you are encouraged to allow an extra 5 minutes for your journey as a short walk is required.

The S.G.Petch Bears are pleased to announce that former Grand Prix star and multiple British Champion Scott Nicholls will be making his first ever appearance at Redcar in the Ecco Finishing sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet meeting on Thursday the 14th September.

It is hoped that another big name will be confirmed very shortly to add to the field in what should be a very competitive line up for the historic individual meeting.
Six Bears riders will also take part ( Danny Ayres will be riding for Cradley) and confirmation of other participants will follow shortly.

Kevin Keay will once again be appearing on BBC Tees Sport this evening, at around 18:50 to give the latest Bears news including some big news about the Ecco Finishing Silver Helmet.

Tune in if you can!

Redcar SG Petch Bears will be looking to make it 4 home wins on the bounce, as they look for revenge against the Sheffield Tigers at the Media Prima Arena on Friday (7:30pm start).

The Bears were comfortable winners over Ipswich last Thursday, and co-promoter Jitendra Duffill is pleased to see his side begin to dominate at home:

I’m starting to see us stamp our authority on the Media Prima Arena for the first time in years. We asked Terry the Track to make a couple of changes to our racing surface before the Glasgow meeting a few weeks ago and it seems to be paying dividends. The racing has been superb too. The atmosphere around the place last week was electric and it was fantastic to be a part of that. We made a good Ipswich side look average. We managed to run them close at their place but didn’t have an answer to King and Schlein in the big heats. It has to give us confidence that we would have beaten them convincingly  over 2 legs if that was a play off fixture! 

This weeks meeting will be another tough one for the Bears, coming up against an in-form Sheffield side who won at the Media Prima Arena a couple of weeks ago. It is a side packed full of riders who go well around the Teesside circuit, but Duffill is confident his side can get the 3 points to keep the pressure on Edinburgh for the final play-off spot:

We made it 3 out of 3 home wins last week, all against teams above us in the league. This week we aim to make it 4 but I believe this will be the toughest one yet. Sheffield have been the stand out team of the season and they were very impressive here a few weeks ago.  Having said that, I have watched our performances become stronger by the week since then and it gives me confidence that we can take another 3 points and keep the pressure on Edinburgh for that 4th play off spot.

The Bears are currently at full strength for the meeting, however Tobias Busch is still a bit of a doubt after  his fall in Denmark last week. We will update you if this changes. Sheffield are using rider replacement for the injured Todd Kurtz, but are otherwise at full strength. 

Redcar: Ben Barker, Ellis Perks, Jason Garrity, Jonas B Andersen, Charles Wright, Tobias Busch, Danny Ayres
Sheffield: Josh Grajczonek, r/r for Todd Kurtz, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates, Kyle Howarth, Jan Graversen, Georgie Wood