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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.

The S.G.Petch Bears will track former favourite Stuart Robson as a guest at Sheffield on Thursday evening with him also taking the no.1 slot at Scunthorpe on Sunday.
Rory Schlein will take the position for Redcar’s home meeting against Sheffield on the Friday night fixture at Redcar .

Promoter Kevin Keay stated: “The club had looked at a short term signing but simply couldn’t come up with a suitable rider for the 28 day period that Jason Garrity is expected to be missing. Jitendra has searched his phone book and done his research and come up with a plan to cover Jason’s absence and we thank both Stuart and Rory for turning out for us in this very important period for the Bears.
It is important to have a seven man side over this period as trying to use R/R simply puts too much pressure on men and machines with the number of fixtures some of the lads are having to do. Danny Ayres was due to ride seven days on the trot this week and with the travelling that’s a great deal of strain at any level.

We go into these fixtures full of optimism and need to grab some more away points to keep us in the top four”.

Redcar SG Petch Bears kept their good run of form going by beating Berwick 52-40 at Shielfield Park last night in front of a good number of travelling fans.

Charles Wright top scored for the Bears with 12, but it was a solid effort throughout the side with only 3 last places out of the 15 heats. Ben Barker was his spectacular self, with a great pass of Dany Gappmaier, on his way to 10+1. Jonas B Andersen also kept his good form up with a solid 9+1 – although this did include a horror crash in heat 11 with Berwicks Jye Etheridge. Jonas and Jye clashed going into the first bend, with both riders coming off hard and into the safety fence. Both ambulances were soon on track to treat the riders, with Jonas luckily being able to walk away after some treatment. Jye was not so lucky, and had to take a trip to hospital in the County ambulance. We are pleased to report today though, that Jye has escaped any serious injury and has suffered only severe bruising.

The Bears are next in action away at Sheffield on Thursday, with the return meeting at home on Friday.

Berwick Bandits = 40

1. Josh Grajczonek (G) – 3 3 2 3 = 11
2. Joe Jacobs – 0 0 2 1′ = 3+1
3. Dany Gappmaier – 2 0 1′ 0 = 3+1
4. David Howe – R 3 4! 3 1 = 11
5. Kevin Doolan – 2 3 2 0 3 = 10
6. Jye Etheridge – 1 0 Fn WITHDRAWN = 1
7. Alfie Bowtell (G) – 0 0 0 0 1 0 = 1

Redcar Bears = 52

1. Michael Palm Toft (G) – 1′ 2 1 1′ = 5+2
2. Jonas B Andersen – 2 1′ 3 3 = 9+1
3. Ben Barker – 3 2 3 2′ 0 = 10+1
4. Ellis Perks – 1 1′ 0 2 = 4+1
5. Charles Wright – 3 2 3 2 2 = 12
6. Coty Garcia – 2′ 1′ R 3 = 6+2
7. Danny Ayres – 3 1 1 1′ = 6+1

Redcar SG Petch Bears travel up to Berwick tonight to take on the Bandits at Sheilfield Park with a 7pm start.

With Jason Garrity still out injured for the Bears, Scunthorpes Michael Palm Toft will guest in his place. MPT scored 13+2 on his previous visit to Berwick this season.
Berwick have also been forced into a couple of changes, with Nick Morris getting injured last night at Peterborough and Lee Payne also out injured. Josh Grajczonek will guest for Morris whilst a guest will also take Paynes place.

Redcar will go to Berwick full of confidence after the win over Edinburgh on Thursday, and will be hoping to repeat their victory at Berwick a few weeks ago.