Category: Bears News

The S.G. Petch Bears will have two riders representing the club at Glasgow on Sunday in the Championship Riders final but unfortunately one will not be Jason Garrity.
Due to his injuries Jason has given up his position and it will be taken by Teesside Silver Helmet winner Charles Wright.
Charles joins Ben Barker in a very competitive field and we wish them all the best in getting a rostrum place like the Bears David Bellego achieved in 2016.
Those fans who need their speedway fix are encouraged to call in and watch the N.J.L. 4 team tournament this Saturday at the Media Prima Arena which starts at 11am and it’s FREE to get in.

Redcar SG Petch Bears will have two representatives at this Sunday’s Championship Riders Final at Glasgow, with captain Ben Barker and Jason Garrity lining up to represent the Bears 3pm start.

In what is a cracking lineup, it is hard to pick a winner but the Bears pair will certainly be in there with a shout. Admission is £20 for Adults, Concessions £15 and Children 5-16 £5. There are 20 heats, plus race off and Grand Final. Good luck to Ben and Jason!

Lineup:

1. S Worrall
2. J Garrity
3. L Kerr
4. R Wells
5. D King
6. N Morris
7. C Harris
8. J Grajczonek 
9. K Howarth
10. C Cook
11. R Lawson
12. S Masters
13. R Worrall
14. R Schlein
15. B Barker
16. J Holder

Tonights away between at Sheffield has unfortunately been postponed due to the weather.

A restaging date will be announced when known. 

Redcar SG Petch Bears travel to Sheffield this evening, for their penultimate meeting of the 2017 season with a 7:45pm start.

Sheffield go into the meeting without Kyle Howarth, who is riding for Wolverhampton the Premier League. Chris Harris will guest in his place.

Tobias Busch returns to the Bears line up after missing the last couple of meetings riding in the German Championships (where he finished 3rd, congratulations to Tobias!). There are still question marks over Jason Garrity, who has been struggling with a nasty shoulder injury and Danny Ayres who has been ill over the weekend. If Jason is not fit, the Bears will run rider replacement. 

Sheffield: Josh Grajczonek, r.r for Todd Kurtz, Lasse Bjerre, Josh Bates, Chris Harris, Jan Graversen, Gerogie Wood
Redcar: Ben Barker, Ellis Perks, Jason Garrity or r/r, Jonas B Andersen, Charles Wright, Tobias Busch, Danny Ayres tbc

Unfortunately, due to heavy rain this afternoon the SG Petch Bears away meeting this evening has been postponed.

The Bears are next in action tomorrow night at Sheffield. 

The S.G.Petch Bears have suffered a set back in their challenge to reach a play off position with the withdrawal of Danny Ayres from the weekend’s fixtures through illness. Co-Promoter Jittendra Duffill said: “Whilst it is disappointing we won’t have Danny for these critical matches we wish him well and have been fortunate to secure the services of Liam Carr for the match at Glasgow. Liam is a very capable replacement and we thank him for stepping in at such late notice. The Bears are still full of optimism and know it’s a must win fixture if the club are to reach a top four spot.”

Rider replacement will be used for the still injured Jason Garrity with Nathan Greaves replacing the unavailable Tobias Busch. Ben Barker will once again ride through the pain barrier although he showed no signs of a handicap whilst winning the Erimus Insurance ‘best celebration’ award at the Ecco Finishing sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet meeting.

1 Richie Worrall 8.85
2 Dan Bewley r/r 5.94
3 Stuart Robson (G) 8.65
4 Jake Allen (G) 5.90
5 Aaron Summers (c) 8.27
6 Simon Lambert (G) 3.73
7 Tow Wooley (G) 2.38

1 Ben Barker (C) 8.18
2 Ellis Perks 5.41
3 Jason Garrity r/r 7.53
4 Jonas B Andersen 6.76
5 Charles Wright 7.30
6 Nathan Greaves (G) 4.66
7 Liam Carr (G) 4.18

On a wet night at the Media Prima Arena, home favourite Charles Wright took a well deserved victory as he won the Teesside Silver Helmet on Thursday night.

On what had been a nice day on Teesside, a heavy downpour an hour before the start of the meeting, and some drizzle throughout the first 8 heats contributed to a tricky surface for the start of the meeting. Terry the Track and his staff did a superb job to get the meeting on, and full credit to every single rider who got on with the meeting with no complaints to put on a good show for the crowd.

Despite the tricky conditions there was still some excellent action on track, with Paul Starke, Charles Wright and Ty Proctor impressing early on.  Bears asset, and popular Dane Jacob Bukhave was perhaps the surprise of the night – riding superbly for his 9 points and only missing out on the semi final on racewins. He surely put himself in the shop window for next season. Ellis Perks also finished on 9 and also just missed out on the semi final but it was another good night for the young Brit. 

After the completion of the qualifying heats, Richard Lawson and Charles Wright qualified directly to the final which left Aaron Summers, Ty Proctor, Paul Starke and Ryan Douglas in the semi final. Summers was clear in front, with Proctor and Douglas having a great battle for second spot. The Scunthorpe man Douglas made a great pass up the inside of Proctor, and as Proctor attempted to re-pay the favour he clipped his fellow Aussie causing him to fall. Paul Starke was following close behind and did well to miss the stricken Douglas, but the incident caused ex-Bear Proctor to be excluded with Summer and Douglas moving to the final.

In the final, Wright gated superbly and whilst Summers and Lawson chased him hard there was no catching the Bears man who took a deserved win.

The Bears are next in action away to Glasgow on Saturday, before travelling to Newcastle on Sunday and Sheffield on Monday.

1. Charles Wright – 3, 3, X, 2, 3 = 11 + 3 = 14 WINNER
2. Scott Nicholls – 2, 2, R, 2, 3 = 9
3. Aaron Summers – R, 3, 3, 2, 2 = 10 + 2 = 12 SECOND
4. Ellis Perks – 1, 3, 1, 3, 1 = 9
5. Ben Barker – 3, 1, 1, 1, 2 = 8
6. Joe Jacobs – 0, 0, 1, 1, 0 = 2
7. Jacob Bukhave – 2, 2, 2, 1, 2 = 9
8. Ben Morley – 1, 2, 1, 0, 0 = 4
9. Ashley Morris – 0, 0, 2, 0, 1 = 3
10. Ty Proctor – 3, 3, 0, 3, 1 = 10
11. Coty Garcia – 1, 0, 3, 1, 0 = 5
12. Ludvig Lindgren – 2, 1, 2, 0, 1 = 6
13. Richard Lawson – 1, 2, 3, 3, 3 = 12 + 1 = 13 THIRD
14. Ryan Douglas – 2, 1, F, 3, 3 = 9 + 0 = 0
15. Paul Starke – 3, 1, 3, 2, 2 = 11
16. Kevin Doolan – 0, 0, 2, 0, NS = 2

17. David Wallinger – 0 = 0
18. Shelby Rutherford –

Its sale time in the Redcar Bears club shop tomorrow with great reductions on all existing items and there is even a complete collection of Speedway Mails from the 1970’s available for just a few pennies each, plus old Teesside and Redcar race programmes from earlier seasons.

Tomorrows Ecco Finishing sponsored Teesside Silver Helmet programme will be a 20 page special edition available at £3 and with pre orders already coming in so don’t miss out on this collectors item.

Due to last minute withdrawals former Bears Kevin Doolan and Ben Morley step into the meeting at short notice to replace Jye Etheridge and Richie Worrell.
First race will be at 7:30 prompt so get there early to see the 22 heats plus a special ‘ second half match race.

Richie Worrall has withdrawn from tomorrow night’s Teesside Silver Helmet due to illness.

Ex Bear Ben Morley has been drafted in to replace him.