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This Thursday sees the Redcar SG Petch Bears face the Peterborough Panthers at the Media Prima Arena in Championship action, with a 7:30pm start.

The Bears will be looking to keep their good run of form going, which sees them sitting in 4th place in the table at the moment. A win would see them leapfrog Sheffield into 3rd and boost hopes of a play off place at the end of the season. 

Once again the Bears will be without broken scaphoid victim Jason Garrity. Rye House man Stuart Robson will come in to guest for him after impressing Bears promoter Kevin Keay while guesting against Scunthorpe on Sunday:

Seeing the way Stuart fitted in with the team on Sunday both on and off the track it made sense to bring him in again, he’s very good at passing on his experience to the other lads and his team riding ability is second to none.

Peterborough will also be without their number one Chris Harris for this meeting. Bomber, as he is affectionately known, is representing Team Gb in the World Cup after the sides brilliant win in Event 1 on Saturday. Glasgows Richie Worrall will replace him.
The Panthers have a team of riders who go well round the Media Prima Arena, with Ulrich Ostergaard performing well as a guest a couple of weeks ago and Jack Holder is in excellent form and perhaps unlucky not to be named in the Australia side for the world Cup. 

Its sure to be a close and exciting meeting, not to be missed!

Redcar: Stuart Robson, Jonas B Andersen, Ben Barker, Ellis Perks, Charles Wright, Coty Garcia, Danny Ayres
Peterborough: Richie Worrall, Bradley Wilson-Dean, Paul Starke, Ulrich Ostergaard, Jack Holder, Liam Carr, Tom Bacon.

Stuart Robson will once again appear on the no.1 race jacket for the S.G.Petch Bears this Thursday against the Panthers from Peterborough.
The Rye House senior statesman showed what a class act he still is at Scunthorpe scoring paid ten from his four rides for the Bears and was quickly booked to take the jacket again for Thursday.

“Seeing the way Stuart fitted in with the team on Sunday both on and off the track it made sense to bring him in again, he’s very good at passing on his experience to the other lads and his team riding ability is second to none” said promoter Kevin Keay.

Redcar SG Petch Bears continued their fine run of form with a 50-39 win over the Scunthorpe Scorpions on Sunday, giving the Bears the full 4 league points on offer.

It was another solid team performance, with 6 of the 7 Bears recording at least a paid win. Ben Barker top scored for the Bears with 11+2, with Ellis Perks scoring an excellent 9+1 from the number 4 position. The Bears actually started the meeting off fairly slowly, and found themselves four points behind after three heats to the fast starting Scorpions. A 5-1 in heat 4 levelled the scores, but it was not until three 5-1s in four heats from heats 7 to 10 that the Bears hit the front.

It was a tough night for the Scorpions, with Tero Aarnio withdrawing from the meeting after a crash with Charles Wright in heat 6. Our best wishes go to Tero for a speedy recovery. 

The win means the Bears tighten their grip on a top four place in a league, and was the third full 4 point haul away from home this season. We are next in action on Thursday, at home against Peterborough in Championship action with a 7:30pm start.

Redcar Speedway are trying something different with a singer/ comedian making an appearance in the Bears Bar on Wednesday 9th August.
It will be strictly over 18’s only at £5 per ticket on sale from the bar.

Redcar SG Petch Bears travel to Scunthorpe this afternoon to take on the Scorpions in Championship action, with a 5:30pm start.

The Bears won at the Eddie Wright Raceway 46-44 earlier in the season, and will be hoping for a repeat performance today! With Jason Garrity still out injured, ex Bear Stuart Robson comes in as a guest but otherwise both teams are at full strength, with Josh Bailey returning for Scunthorpe at the number 7 position.

After the main meeting, there is also the chance to see some of Britains top youngsters as a round of the British Youth Championship will be held.

Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Lewis Kerr, 2. Tero Aarnio, 3. Josh Auty, 4. Ryan Douglas, 5. Michael Palm Toft (captain), 6. Carl Wilkinson, 7. Josh Bailey.

Redcar Bears: 1. Stuart Robson (guest), 2. Jonas B Andersen, 3. Ben Barker, 4. Ellis Perks, 5. Charles Wright, 6. Coty Garcia, 7. Danny Ayres.

Tonights meeting against Sheffield has unfortunately been postponed due to rain. A restaging date will be advised once known. 

Redcar SG Petch Bears meeting at Sheffield, scheduled for tonight has unfortunately been postponed due to the inclement weather. A restating date will be announced once known. The Bears are at home tomorrow evening against Sheffield at the Media Prima Arena with a 7:30pm start. 

It is going to be a busy couple of days for the SG Petch Bears, as they firstly travel to Sheffield on Thursday to take on the Tigers (7:30pm start) before the return fixture at the Media Prima Arena on Friday (7:30pm start). 

Redcar start the meetings 1 place and 1 point above Sheffield in the league, albeit having raced 3 more meetings and they will be keen to pick up points to help maintain their place in the top 4. After a good week last week for the Bears, manager Jitendra Duffill knows this will be a tough test against a good Tigers side:

Sheffield were one of my tips for the play off’s this year and they have certainly lived up to the pre season hype so far. I see this as one of our biggest challenges to date and it will be a big test for us. Having said that, we come into this fixture with a lot of confidence. After a convincing win at home last week over league leaders Edinburgh nobody should faze us. The victory away at Berwick on Saturday was another great result for us as we must keep picking up points away from home to claim a play off spot.

The Tigers are led by Josh Grajczonek, and include ex-Bears Lasse Bjerre and Rob Branford in their ranks. Josh Bates has also had some excellent meetings at the Media Prima Arena in the past. As Jack Parkinson Blackburn is still missing for Sheffield, Nathan Stoneman will guest in his place on both Thursday and Friday.

For Redcar, boss Duffill has been delighted with the efforts of the whole side recently. In the absence of Jason Garrity, the Bears strength in depth has shone through with all riders scoring vital points:

It’s very pleasing for me to be getting contributions from everybody and we certainly look to have a lot of strength in depth. We will need more of the same as we must look to send Sheffield home empty handed on Friday. I’m sure that this is going to be a thrilling match and could go all the way to the wire.

Garrity will unfortunately be out for around 3-4 weeks with a wrist injury. Stuart Robson will guest in his place on Thursday with Rory Schlien replacing him at home on Friday. The rest of the side is unchanged. Duffill admits it is hard to get replacements who could match Garritys scoring:

Jason Garrity will be missing for 3-4 weeks as his injury has been confirmed as a broken Scaphoid. Finding guests to replace him is proving to be very difficult and there are few riders of equal ability available to cover his absence. I promise you that I am doing everything I can to find the best guests that I can.

Redcar (Thursday): Stuart Robson, Jonas B Andersen, Ben Barker, Ellis Perks, Charles Wright, Coty Garcia, Danny Ayres
Redcar (Friday): Rory Schlein, Jonas B Andersen, Ben Barker, Ellis Perks, Charles Wright, Coty Garcia, Danny Ayres

Sheffield (both fixtures): Josh Grajczonek, Todd Kurtz, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates, Kyle Howarth, Rob Branford, Nathan Stoneman.

The SG Petch Bears now have a rearranged home fixture against Peterborough Panthers on Thursday 6th July. Redcar would very much like to thank Ged Rathbone and his team for agreeing to fulfil this date ( from the rained off fixture of 8th June) as they may be missing Chris Harris (possible WTC commitment) but both clubs are struggling for fixture dates and this is the only blank Thursday Redcar have on their calendar.

The Ellis Perks race night will be rescheduled later in the season.