Category: Bears News

Our final partner for the 2019 season is an old friend of ours. We would like to give a warm welcome back to SG Petch Middlesbrough who will be our 4th and final partner for the 2019 season and sponsors of the clubs Platinum Suite. This will now be renamed as the SG Petch Platinum Suite and will be used as the clubs newest hospitality facility.

SG Petch Middlesbrough are main dealers for Abarth, Fiat and Hyundai. Their name is not a new one to the clubs supporters, with their most recent involvement with the Bears being as main title sponsors in 2017.

Promoter Jitendra Duffill added, “It gives me great pleasure to welcome SG Petch back on board as our final partner sponsor for the season. I was really keen to get them back on board when I accepted my role last year and I’d like to thank Shaun Burke for all of his help and support. I can’t wait for the season to start now.”

This good news comes just before the Bears are due to reveal their new main sponsor for 2019 at a Speedway Race Night next Friday 8th March. This will take place in the Bears club house where Tom Bacon will also be making the trip to Teesside. Most of the Redcar side are expected to take to the track for the first time this season the day after for a pre season practice session.

https://www.sgpetch.co.uk/middlesbrough ?

Redcar Bears Speedway are very happy to announce that ex-Bear and current Team Manager Jade Mudgway has been appointed as the clubs co-promoter. Mudgway joins close friend Jitendra Duffill who was appointed as co-promoter in 2017 and replaced Kevin Keay as the clubs main promoter last November. Mudgway’s appointment is the latest in a string of major changes on Teesside over the winter but one that will give the Bears a more stable footing for the future.

Mudgway’s role at Redcar Speedway will not change with his primary job being Team Manager, but the move gives Redcar Speedway more security and offers support for Duffill who will continue to look after the day to day running of the club.

Commenting on the move, Duffill added, “I had been planning on making Jade my co-promoter since taking over from Kevin Keay last year. Jade’s role won’t really change but I feel it’s important to have 2 promoters at Redcar which will offer me some support when needed and also gives us the security of being able to run if I were to be unavailable through illness for example. Jade was the obvious choice to me. He is a close friend, is passionate about Redcar Speedway and he has plenty of ambition. His drive and influence were some of the main reasons I took the main promoters role last year.”

When asked about his appointment, Mudgway said, “I’m very happy to take on this role at Redcar. Myself and Jitendra share a massive passion for Redcar Speedway and I’m looking forward to working together and building the Bears into a force to be reckoned with on track”.

We’ve bundled some of the best bits of our VIP Club Packages together and slashed the price. ONLY 7 of these unique packages will be sold so act quick to avoid disappointment!

Reduced to £199, the package includes:

? Your name on a 2019 race jacket

? Your race jacket given to you at the end of the season

? Photo taken with the Bears team on press day

? Your signed, framed photo presented at the end of the year

?Joint heat sponsorship as the VIP Supporters Club

? Limited edition official team polo shirt

? Tyne Tees Trophy hospitality on 29th March, including entry, programme, food and drinks

‼️ Less than half the price of VIP Gold at £199

This is the only way to own a 2019 Bears race jacket and a signed photograph of our team taken with yourself. Don’t wait as we expect them to sell quickly! Email or call to purchase.

For more sponsorship information, please see our brochure here

Redcar Bears will be hosting a Speedway Race Night in their club house on Friday 8th March. The club will also be unveiling their new main sponsor on the night and their race wear for the 2019 season. New signing Tom Bacon will be in attendance and fans will get the opportunity to ask Tom and the clubs management any questions they may have.
Entry on the night is FREE but fans can make a voluntary donation on the door if they wish. Start time is 7.30.

? Friday 8th March
⏰ 7.30pm
? Speedway racing
✍? New sponsor and race bibs revealed
? Interview with Tom Bacon
?? Drink’s and cash prizes

Hi Bears fans. Our Knock Out Cup fixture away to Somerset on Wednesday 1st May has now been rescheduled to take place the following week on Wednesday 8th May.

Redcar Bears have secured their third partner sponsor for 2019, Darlington based Town & City Management Limited. Part of that partnership will include sponsoring the clubs main grandstand, much to the delight of club promoter Jitendra Duffill. ‘I’m absolutely delighted to welcome Sue Johnson of Town & City Management on board as a full partner sponsor for 2019. Sue and her husband Brian are big speedway fans and have been loyal Bears supporters for years. Town & City Management sponsored our grandstand in 2018 and it will continue to be named the ‘Town & City Management Grandstand’ in 2019. I’m very excited to have them on board for what is promising to be a very exciting year ahead,’ said Duffill. Director Sue Johnson added, ‘We are proud to be sponsors of the Redcar Bears and wish them well for the coming season’.

Town & City Management are an independent property and apartment block management company, specialising in Residential Leasehold Management throughout England. 

Welcome aboard Town & City Management! It’s fantastic to have you as a big part of our team.

We are very sorry to learn about the passing of Maurice Tate earlier this week. Maurice was the Start Marshall for Middlesbrough Speedway when we raced at Cleveland Park Stadium. Many of us have very fond memories of him and everyone at Redcar Speedway would like to offer their sincere condolences to his family and friends. RIP Maurice.

For those who haven’t seen the news, Ben Barker is holding a race night this Friday in the Bears Bar at 7.30. This is to raise funds for his testimonial. Come and show your support, they are always a lot of fun.

That’s right Bears fans, its the news you have all been hoping for, Smoggy Bear is back! Smoggy has come out of hibernation, just a few weeks before the start of the new speedway season and we could not be any more excited about it. We asked Smoggy if she had a message for her fans and she had this to say; “Hibernation complete. Fur all washed and fluffy. This teddy is ready. Lets go bigger, lets go louder, lets go SMOGGY!!”.

Smoggy’s Cub Club will be up and running again in 2019 for cub members old and new. Details on how to join will be posted in the near future.

Welcome home Smoggy, we’re absolutely thrilled to have you back!

Redcar Bears will continue to receive backing from Erimus Insurance and Media Prima in 2019. Both companies come on board as partner sponsors with the Bears in a newly restructured sponsorship programme for 2019.Dubai based Media Prima will continue as stadium sponsors whilst Teesside based Erimus Insurance remain on board as main sponsors of the clubs junior side the Redcar Cubs.

Both companies received praise from Promoter Jitendra Duffill who said, “I’m ecstatic to welcome Erimus Insurance and Media Prima back to the Bears and I can’t thank them enough for their continued support. Both Shaun Hughes and Graham Wilson are big, long time Bears fans and their continued support is hugely appreciated. We simply wouldn’t exist without the generosity of our sponsors.”

Shaun Hughes, Managing Director of Erimus Insurance commented, “Erimus Insurance are delighted to once again, renew their partnership with Redcar Bears and to continue to be the main sponsor of the Redcar Cubs. We sincerely wish Ben (Jitendra) and all of the riders and teams the best of luck in an exciting season ahead.”

Duffill also confirmed that a new main sponsor had now been found and will be unveiled at an upcoming function in the Bears club house. The Bears are still looking for a final partner to join them for 2019 with another soon to be announced and any company interested in working alongside the club, no matter how big or small, are urged to get in touch. Details can be found in the Bears new sponsorship brochure which can be found here.