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These two Redcar Bears race jackets were being auctioned off at the end of season wake. The 2018 jacket is currently at £85 and the 2017 jacket at £75. If anybody wants to bid , send a PM to the Redcar Bears Facebook, or contact the speedway office you have till the end of the meeting on Thursday. Also being auctioned off is this replica Boro Bears jacket signed by Nigel Pearson and Kelvin Tatum . All the money raised for the jacket will go to the speedway riders benevolent fund. The current bid is £30.00.

Thursday’s rearranged Teesside Silver Helmet meeting , sponsored by Agilia Infrastructure Ltd , has a slightly different look to it from last week’s line up but what a quality field it is. Australian international star Sam Masters makes a rare appearance on a Championship track and he is joined by Glasgow star Paul Starke with Sheffield heat leader Kyle Howarth also joining the field.

Full line up; 1 Kevin Doolan
2 Jordan Stewart
3 Kyle Howarth
4 Kasper Andersen
5 Tero Aarnio
6 Ulrich Østergaard
7 Thomas Jorgensen
8 Paul Starke
9 Ben Barker
10 David Howe
11 Aaron Summers
12 Jye Etheridge
13 Sam Masters
14 Rafal Konopka
15 Jacob Bukhave
16 Charles Wright.

Saturday the 29th Sept sees another meeting at the Media Prima Arena with the NJL Riders Championship taking place at 1pm with a set of 125 support races. Entry is FREE although donations towards costs are welcome.

As the rain put paid to the Teesside Silver Helmet meeting, sponsored by Agilia Infrastructure Ltd, until next week we look forward to tomorrow evenings ‘End of Season Wake’ at the Blue Bell Hotel in Middlesbrough.

Bears riders in attendance will be Jonas and Mikkel B. Andersen, Jordan Stewart , Ben Barker and Thomas Jorgensen with a special guest appearance by former popular Bear Rafael Konopka. 

Their will be a raffle, a short auction of a race jacket or two and presentation of awards including the Bear of the Year award won by Ben Barker last season.

There are just a few tickets left which can be reserved by contacting Claire James or take the risk of paying on the door (£10).

Teesside Silver Helmet at Redcar has now been postponed until Thursday 27th Sept due to horrendous weather forecast .
We apologise for any inconvenience .

The Agilia Infrastructure Ltd sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet takes place this Thursday to celebrate 90 years of speedway on Teesside. The evening will include 22 hotly contested races with 16 riders taking part with the top two points scorers seeded direct to the final with a semi -final for the next four highest scorers. The will be two ‘ end of season ‘ type races with the competitors being kept secret till the last possible moment to protect them from their wives! Special guest’s for the evening will include Steve Wilcock , all time record appearance holder on Teesside and the voice from the box Bernard Gent a former announcer at Cleveland Park well know for his “Five loverly points” catchphrase along with former team manager and announcer Tony Coupland who always has a story to tell.

The full rider line up is ( subject to change):
1. Kevin Doolan Berwick & Australia
2. Jordan Stewart Redcar & Australia
3. Josh Pickering Edinburgh & Australia
4. Danny Maassen Germany
5. Terro Aarnio Newcastle & Finland
6. Ulrich Østergaard Peterborough & Denmark
7. Thomas Jorgensen Redcar & Denmark
8. Jonas B. Andersen Redcar & Denmark
9. Ben Barker Redcar & England
10. David Howe Berwick & England
11. Aaron Summers Berwick & Australia
12. Jye Etheridge Berwick & Australia
13. David Bellego Swindon & France
14. Rafael Konopka Poland
15. Jacob Bukhave Denmark
16 Charles Wright Sheffield & England
Reserves: David Wallinger ( Stoke)
Gav Parr ( Redcar )

The end of season wake will take place at the Blue Bell Hotel, Ladgate Lane in Middlesbrough the following evening. Tickets are just £10 to include food and can be reserved by contacting Claire James or on Thursday evening at the track.( subject to availability) Special room rates are available.

Redcar Ecco Finishing Bears promoter Kevin Keay will be appearing on BBC Tees this evening with a review of the Bears season. In what was a difficult year, the Bears ended the season well and Keay will appear at around 18:50 to give his thoughts on the season.

Redcar Ecco Finishing Bears ensured they would not finish bottom of the league table, with a hard fought 47-42 win over Sheffield on Friday night. 

It was a good all round performance from the Bears, with Thomas Jorgensen top scoring with 10 points on his move to the number one position. There were valuable contributions by the while side once again though in what has been a good end to the season. 

Sheffield battled hard throughout, none more so than ex Bear Charles Wright who rattled off four straight wins on his way to 17+1.

Redcar Bears = 47 

1. Thomas Jorgensen – R, 3, 3, 2, 2 = 10
2. Nike Lunna – 3, 2′, 1, 1 = 7+1
3. Dimitri Berge – X, 3, 3, 1, 1 = 8
4. Jonas B Andersen – 3, 0, 2′, 3 = 8+1
5. Ben Barker (C) – 3, R, 2, 1′ = 6+1
6. Coty Garcia (G) – 2, 2, 0, 0 = 4
7. Jordan Stewart – 0, 1, 3, 0 =4

Sheffield Tigers = 42 

1. Charles Wright (C) – 2, 2, 1′, 3, 3, 3, 3 = 17+1
2. James Shanes – 1′, 2, 2, 1, 0 = 6+1
3. Kasper Andersen – 2, 3, 1, R, 2′, 0 = 8+1
4. Todd Kurtz – R, 1, 1, 2, 1′ = 5+1
5. Kyle Howarth R/R – (CW-2), (TK-1), (KA-1), (JS-0)
6. Connor Mountain – 1, 0, 0 = 1
7. Broc Nicol – 3, 0, 0, 2 = 5

The Redcar Ecco Finishing Bears have to make a last minute change to the side as Mikkel Andersen has declared himself unfit after last weeks crash.
Coty Garcia has agreed to step into the number six position for tomorrow’s big match against Sheffield whilst another rider is being sought for the Workington fixture on Saturday.

Due to a last minute cancellation the Platinum Lounge is once again open for fans who wish to take advantage of its excellent facilities , free tea/coffee, match day programme and centre green visit for just £10 extra.
“Last weeks visitors all asked about a season ticket just for the view alone so it must be good.” said co- promoter Kevin Keay.

Bookings can be taken in the evening or ring the club hotline .

The Redcar Ecco Finishing Bears go into the crunch fixture with the Sheffield Tigers on Friday with a touch of controversy and a point to prove on what will be a titanic battle both on and off the track. With the winner of the fixture possibly avoiding the ‘wooden spoon’ position in the league table both sides are determined to get the win although the Bears do have the away fixture at Workington to add to their total.

Promoter Kevin Keay has registered a complaint against Sheffield using R/R for the missing James Shanes at Scunthorpe last Friday where the Tigers gained a valuable league point but accepts that it’s unlikely anything will be done about the result. “The rule is clear that they were not allowed a facility, just like Redcar had to contend with earlier in the season for Theo Pijper , but the rule has been ignored because he was representing Britain ( again not covered by the rules). Whilst I believe there should be such a rule in these circumstances there isn’t, so why should one side be handicapped but not Sheffield?. Yet another lack of clarity regarding the rule book” Stated co-promoter Kevin Keay. “We simply need to beat them on the track fair and square and then throw the rule book in the bin! It will be a tough task as Sheffield have a great record at the Media Prima Arena but we are improving week by week and with a full side, no mechanical mishaps and a little bit of luck we are more than capable of getting the league points we so desperately require.”

Following the big match the line- up for the Agilia Infrastructure Ltd sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet will be announced in the Bears bar with the rider draw being made live.

Redcar: Thomas Jorgensen, Nike Lunna, Dimitri Berge, Jonas B Andersen, Ben Barker, Mikkel B Andersen, Jordan Stewart
Sheffield: Charles Wright, James Shanes, Kasper Andersen, Todd Kurtz, Kyle Howarth, Connor Mountain, Broc Nicol