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Following on from the headline news that the S.G.Petch Bears have a new promoter in Jitendra Duffill stand by for exciting news concerning the line up for the Ecco Finishing sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet meeting on Thursday 14 th September.

We have the first big name confirmed today, a rider who hasn’t ridden at Redcar in the past but has raced on tracks all over the world in the biggest meetings the sport has to offer and has numerous titles to his name.
To be revealed tomorrow!

The Bears can also confirm that they will be back at Newcastle for their last league fixture on Sunday 17 th September, the last day of the cut off for the play off qualification.
The Bears are at Glasgow the night before so a massive week of speedway action!

Supporters are now able to cast their vote for the 2017 SG Petch Bears rider of the year. Head over to the Front Page of the website to cast your vote now!

Winner will be announced at the end of season party on Saturday 21st October, to be held at Jurys Inn in Middlesbrough.

Redcar SG Petch Bears narrowly lost out to neighbours Newcastle 46-44 on Sunday night, giving them a league point in their battle for the top 4.

The Bears started off the meeting well, and took a 5-1 in Heat 2 with Danny Ayres and guest Nathan Greaves. The Bears held a narrow lead up until heat 6, with Ludvig Lindgren and Stuart Robson getting a 4-2 over Jason Garrity  and Greaves to tie up the scores. The scores remained tied until heat 10, where the excellent Steve Worrall and Robson combined for a 5-1 to give the Diamonds a 4 point lead.

  The Bears then turned the meeting around with two consecutive 5-1s to give themselves hope of a victory. Wright and Greaves got the maximum points in heat 12 and then Barker and Garrity combined for a vital win against Worrall and Robson. A Diamonds 4-2 in Heat 14 meant a last heat decider with the Bears 2 points ahead. The excellent Worrall and Lindgren came up against Garrity and Barker. The Diamonds pair made the gate, and whilst Garrity chased hard for a couple of laps the Diamonds held on to snatch the win. 

It was another solid effort by the whole team, with Garrity scoring 10+1 and Barker 8+2.

The Bears are next in action at home on Friday this week – against the in-form Sheffield Tigers.

Newcastle Diamonds = 46 

1. R/R for Robert Lambert – (AM – 3, LL – 3, SW – 3, SR – 0 = 9)
2. Stuart Robson – T/(AB – 0), 1, 3, 2′, 0 = 6+1
3. Ashley Morris – 3, 1, 1′, 1′, X = 6+2
4. Ludvig Lindgren – 3, 2, 3, 2, 3, 2′ = 15+1
5. Steve Worrall – 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 3 = 16
6. Ben Hopwood – 0, 0, 0, 1 = 1
7. Alfie Bowtell – 0, 1, 0, 0, 1 = 2
8. Josh Embleton – DNR

Redcar Bears = 44 

1. Ben Barker – 1′, 3, 2, 2′, 0 = 8+2
2. Jonas B Andersen – 2, 0, 2, 1′ = 5+1
3. Charles Wright – 2, 2, 1, 3 = 8
4. Ellis Perks – 0, 1′, 0, 2 = 3+1
5. Jason Garrity – 1′, 2, 3, 3, 1 = 10+1
6. Nathan Greaves (G) – 2′, 0, F, 2′ = 4+1
7. Danny Ayres – 3, 2, 1′, 0 = 6+1

Patched up Redcar SG Petch Bears put up a brave fight at Ipswich on Saturday, losing 51-39.

The Bears, without Ellis Perks and Tobias Busch, started the meeting off well. Guest Tero Aarnio and Charles Wright combined for a 5-1 in heat three to give the Bears a 2 point advantage. This lead remained until heat 6, where a good spell of heats for Ipswich gave them a six point lead.

The Bears continued to battle hard, but unfortunately had no answer to the Witches heat leaders in heats 13 and 15 which gave the home side the victory.

The Bears now travel to Newcastle this evening in what is a massive meeting. Nathan Greaves replaces Tobias Busch, with Ellis Perks back from international duty.

Ipswich Witches = 51

1. Danny King – 3, 3, 3, 2′, 3 = 14+1
2. Cameron Heeps R/R
3. Mark Riss (G) – 0, 2, 3, 3, 2 = 10
4. Kyle Newman – X, 1, 1′, 1, 3 = 6+1
5. Rory Schlein – 3, 3, 0, 3, 3, 2′ = 14+1
6. Nathan Greaves – 1, 2, 1, 0, 0 = 4
7. Connor Mountain – 1′, 0, 1, 1, 0 = 3+1

Redcar Bears = 39

1. Ben Barker – 0, 3, 1′, 0, 0 = 4+1
2. Jonas B. Andersen – 2, 0, 2, 2 = 6
3. Charles Wright – 2′, 2, 2, 3, 1 = 10+1
4. Tero Aarnio (G) – 3, 0, 1′, 2 = 6+1
5. Jason Garrity – 2, X, 2, 1 = 5
6. Max Clegg (G) – 0, 0, 0 = 0
7. Danny Ayres – 3, 1′, 2, F, 1, 1′ = 8+2

The Bears have managed to acquire the services of Edinburgh’s Max Clegg to Stan in for the injured Tobias Busch in tonight’s match at Ipswich. Jitendra Duffil has been rattling up the phone bill but come up with an ace in Clegg who won an individual meeting at Edinburgh last night.

We thank Max and Edinburgh for helping us out at such short notice said team manager Duffill, it’s been very difficult finding a rider with so many fixtures this evening but we are sure Max will do a great job. 

For tomorrow’s Tyne Tees derby the Bears bring in Nathan Greaves as cover for Busch.

The S.G.Petch Bears suffered a blow to their play off hopes last night as German Ace Tobias Busch crashed out in a meeting in Denmark last night. Early reports say nothing is broken but Busch has hip and ankle injuries that will rule him out if this weekends fixtures at Ipswich and Newcastle.At this moment no news of a guest replacement can be given.

The good news is that both Jason Garrity and Danny Ayres are expected to be in the side for both matches.

Redcar SG Petch Bears moved into fourth place in the table, and piled the pressure on Edinburgh, with a comfortable 55-37 win over Ipswich at the Media Prima Arena on Thursday night.

Bears skipper Ben Barker was again the star of the show with a superb 16+1, but it was a solid effort from the whole side with all 6 riders scoring at least a paid win. The meeting started well for the Bears with Barker and Ellis Perks scoring a 5-1 in the first heat. Three shared heats followed before the Bears really took charge of the meeting with three consecutive 5-1s to give themselves a 16 point lead. Despite Rory Schlein winning whilst on a tactical ride, the Witches lacked the strength in depth on the night to mount a comeback and the Bears recorded another impressive win.

Despite the scoreline, there was some breathtaking racing from both sides. Ben Barker and Danny King produced some superb racing in heat 5, passing and re-passing each other before the Bears captain made sure of the second place on the run to the line. Heat 11 also produced a great race, with Charles Wright and Kyle Newman giving it everything before Wright just pipped Newman on the line for the win. 

The Bears now have a couple of huge away meetings in their quest for that all-important fourth place, away at Ipswich on Saturday before the trip up the a19 on Sunday to face Newcastle.

Redcar Bears = 55

1. Ben Barker – 3, 2′, 3, 3, 2, 3 = 16+1
2. Ellis Perks – 2′, 1′, 2′, 2, 1, 0 = 8+3
3. Jason Garrity R/R 
4. Jonas B Andersen – 2, 3, 1′, 3, FX = 9+1
5. Charles Wright – 2, 2′, 2, 3, 1′ = 10+2
6. Tobias Busch – 3, 3, 1′, 0, 3 = 10+1
7. Mitchell Davey (G) – 0, 1′, 1, 3 = 5+1
8. Gavin Parr – DNR

Ipswich Witches = 37

1. Danny King – 1, 1, 1′, 3 = 6+1
2. Cameron Heeps R/R 
3. Kevin Doolan (G) – R, 0, 0, 0, 0 = 0
4. Kyle Newman – 3, 1, 2, 2, 2, 1′ = 11+1
5. Rory Schlein – 3, 1, 6^, 3, 0, 2 = 15
6. James Sarjeant (G) – 1′, 0, 0, 0, 2 = 3+1
7. Connor Mountain – 2, 0, 0, 1′ = 3+1

Redcar SG Petch Bears will be without Danny Ayres for this Thursday’s meeting against Ipswich for family reasons. Edinburghs Mitchell Davey will guest in his place. 

Promoter Kevin Keay said: “Our thoughts are with Danny and his family during this difficult period and we are grateful, once again, to Mitchell and Edinburgh for coming to our aide. We are confident of our ability to get the points we need to keep the pressure on at the top during this important period and we hope to see large numbers of Bears fans to cheer us on over the next three big matches”.

Redcar SG Petch Bears will be looking to keep the pressure on the top 4, as they take on high-flying Ipswich at the Media Prima Arena on Thursday night (7:30pm start).

The Bears kept their challenge going with an important win over fourth placed Edinburgh last week, and boss Jitendra Duffill was delighted with all seven of his side: 

We got off to a great start last week and it makes things so much easier when we don’t give the opposition a head start. Edinburgh fought back well but it was our strength in depth that saw our guests go home empty handed and I was pleased that we got contributions from everybody. Danny can feel a little unfortunate to lose a ride as he was doing his job well but Tobi was a little quicker and I had to make sure that we beat the Monarchs by at least 7 points.

Ipswich have had a fantastic season this year, and are now almost certain of a play-off place. The Bears however can take confidence from their 54-35 win over the Witches earlier in the season. With a couple of tricky away fixtures also coming up over the weekend, at Ipswich and Newcastle, Duffill is looking for a big effort from his side:

Another week and another top 4 team to test us! Ipswich are having a great season so far and this week isn’t going to be an easy one. Danny King and Rory Schlein are a powerful top 2 and the Witches will be keen to do much better than they did earlier this year. We still have a glimmer of hope of reaching the play offs and it’s up to us to put Edinburgh under as much pressure as possible. That means winning all of our remaining fixtures at home and I reckon we need at least 4 to 6 points on the road too. No easy task given the teams we have to achieve that against but challenging for league titles is never easy. This is the time we need to step it up and show ourselves as worthy contenders in what is probably going to be the most decisive week of our season so far!

The Bears are once again at full strength for the meeting – although will miss Ellis Perks for both away meetings who is away on Under 21 duty with Team GB. Tero Aarnio will guest in his place for both meetings. Ipswich come to Teesside with a very strong top 2 in Danny King and Rory Schlein, although they have some issues with injury and rider unavailability and so have a couple of guests. James Sarjeant will guest in place of Nathan Greaves who is on Premiership duty, whilst Kevin Doolan will guest for the injured Justin Sedgmen. The Witches will also operate r/r for the injured Cameron Heeps.

Redcar: Ben Barker, Ellils Perks, Jason Garrity, Jonas B Andersen, Charles Wright, Tobias Busch, Danny Ayres
Ipswich: Danny King, r/r for Heeps, Kevin Doolan, Kyle Newman, Rory Schein, James Sarjeant, Connor Mountain

Redcar SG Petch Bears kept their play-off hopes alive with a comfortable 52-41 win over fourth placed Edinburgh Monarchs at the Media Prima Arena on Thursday night.

The Bears started the meeting superbly, with three 5-1’s in the opening three heats to give them a commanding lead.  The Monarchs fought back however, with a Ricky Wells winning a tactical ride in heat 7 to bring the score back to within 5. That was as close as Edinburgh got however, with the Bears extending the gap to 7 and keeping it that way until heats 13 and 14. A great race in heat 13 saw Ben Barker pass Erik Riss for the win and give Bears a 4-2, before sponsors rider of the night Jonas B Andersen and Tobias Busch teamed up for a 5-1 in heat 14 to ensure the Bears won the meeting and Edinburgh would return back to Scotland with no points.

It was another great team effort from the Bears, with Ben Barker top scoring on 11 with Andersen scoring 10+1. The impressive Ricky Wells top scored for the Monarchs with 15, with Erik Riss scoring 8. The Bears are next in action at home next Thursday, with another tough meeting against the Ipswich Witches.

Redcar Bears = 52

1. Ben Barker – 3, 3, 2, 3, 0 = 11
2. Ellis Perks – 2′, 2′, 2, 1′ = 7+3
3. Jason Garrity – 3, 1, 1, 2 = 7
4. Jonas B Andersen – 2′, 0, 3, 3, 2 = 10+1
5. Charles Wright – 2, 2, 2, 1 = 7
6. Tobias Busch – 3, 0, 1′, 1′, 2′ = 7+3
7. Danny Ayres – 2′, 0, 1′, (TB – 2′) = 3+2

Edinburgh Monarchs = 41

1. Ty Proctor (G) – 1, 3, 3, F/X = 7
2. Mark Riss – 0, 2′, 3, 0 = 5+1
3. Ricky Wells – F/X, 6^, 3, 3, 3 = 15
4. Josh Pickering – 1, 1, F/X, (MC – 0) = 2
5. Erik Riss – 3, EF, 2, 2, 1 = 8
6. Max Clegg – 0, 1, 0, (MD – 0), 0 = 1
7. Mitchell Davey – 1, 1, 0, 0, 1 = 3