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Results for third round at Redcar: Heat 1 - Kieran Douglas, James Hitchen, Ryan Morris, Kieran Taylor(retired lap 3) - 71.2 Heat 2 - Kyle Bickley, William O'Keefe, Archie Freeman, Jack Wright - 60.3 Heat 3 - Bickley, Hitchen, Freeman, Taylor - 60.3 Heat 4 - Douglas, O'Keefe, Morris, Wright - 70.1 Heat 5 - Douglas, Freeman, Hitchen, Wright - 71.7 Heat 6 - Bickley, Morris, O'Keefe fex, Taylor n/s Final - Bickey, Hitchen, Douglas, Morris - 64.0 Bickley was a class above but full credit to all riders. Douglas rode well, and O'Keefe also rode well until his nasty fall. Great to see Jack Wright at nine years old too. Well done to all involved.

Terrible performance by the bears but fair play to Leicester, they really wanted that tonight. You just can't afford to have your number 1 not only not score, but never not look like scoring. Only really dyer and Skidmore can come out with any credit. Most entertaining Parton the meeting was the scrap between summers and Doolan!

I believe this was a one off individual championship, with the winner getting a place in the MDL riders championship

Winner - Danny Phillips second - Ryan McDonald Third - Rob Shuttleworth Heat One - Phillips, Kevin Keay, Tom Fenwick - 56.9 Heat Two - Shuttleworth, Luke Ruddick, McDonald, Sam Darrock - missed the time. Heat Three - McDonald, Keay, Darrock - 59.9 Heat Four - Phillips, Fenwick, Shuttleworth, Ruddick - 57.7 Heat Five - Fenwick, Shuttleworth, McDonald - 60.4 Heat Six - Phillips, Ruddick, Keay, Darrock - 58.0 Fenwick withdrew before final with engine problems. Final - Phillips, McDonald, Shuttleworth, Keay - 57.9 Phillips was a class above to be honest, and came fom behind in heat four and the final. McDonald and Shuttleworth both rode well ad thought that Ruddick got better with every race.

Have to admit I'm further round on second bend and was not paying attention when he fell. Have no problem with his reaction mind, if the crowd give someone stick they should expect it back - all part of the fun.

Pretty bizarre meeting that had a bit of everything. Actually really enjoyed it. Start of the meeting and newcastle clearly didn't like our tapes. A 3-0 followed by a 0-5. Tully having a right go at the crowd on turn one for no real reason. Track was better than recent weeks too. Lindgren was superb for diamonds again, seems to have a real liking for the place. Diamonds probably let own slightly by boson having a poor meeting. For the Bears Wilkinson was fantastic. Best meeting in a bears jacket for me. Just wish we could have picked him in heat 15 too. 0 points from Ulrich pretty much cost ujs the meeting. Clearly not 100% fit, but still scores decent points for belle vue.. An entertaining night all round though - first ti e. a while I really enjoyed the meeting. Edit - also a very decent crowd tonight, no doubt swelled by plenty of our neighbours but good to see.

Should be a very close meeting this one. Think Newcastle will miss Henry, has gone pretty well at SMTP in the past. Mr Worrall will be guarenteed a warm welcome Think we will have to be at the top of our game to get something from this though. Hopefully the track enables the riders to be fully attack and be confident. Will need Kus to hit the ground running I feel if we are to get the win. Fingers crossed, but hopefully a close Redcar win

Redcar Cubs 9 - 8 Northside (abandoned after 3 heats) Redcar Danny Phillips F F = 0 Kevin Keay 1 2 = 3 Matt Williamson 3 3 = 6 Northside Max Clegg 3 2 = 5 Rob Shuttleworth 2 1 = 3 Heat 1 - Clegg, Shuttleworth, Keay, Philips fex, 1-5 1-5 58.6 Heat 2 - Williamson, Keay, Shuttleworth n/s 5-0, 6-5 59.2 Heat 3 - Williamson, Clegg, Shuttleworth, Phillips fex 3-3, 9-8 awarded. Action packed 2 and a bit heats.great battle between Clegg and Philips in heat 1 with Phillips passing Clegg bend 3 lap 1. Unfortunately on same bend second lap Phillips slid off, leaving Clegg and Shuttleworth nowhere to go with all 3 falling. Clegg hit the fence pretty hard but after lengthy treatment got up. Frightening crash on second bend of heat three. Phillips and Williamson gated, with Phillips on inside. Both cubs got rather too close, with Phillips appearing to lock up lightly and hit williamsons back wheel. Phillips went head first into fence with Williamson also having an awkward looking fall. Good to see both get up.

I'd pay good money to watch Craig cook every week. He was outstanding tonight. I always had the impression he was a bit of a gater but also came from behind twice tonight and was super quick. Special mention for Wilko, who rode the race to his life to keep cook behind him for 3 laps in heat 15. Have to admit, cook and vissing aside didn't think Edinburgh were particularly good but they kept going till the end and think most people fancied an Edinburgh 5-1 in the last heat. Ulrich had an off night with mechanical gremlins, and maybe feeling a knock or two, but you need your number 1 to be getting more than 3 points at home.Skidmore again very solid and Wilko was great all night. Trump card at reserve. Didn't really fancy us to get much to it so will take the point.

Bit of a strange meeting I thought, not the most exciting of meetings strangely despite the close scoreline. Track is just very poor at the moment, really hard to pass if you miss th gate. Think the track ha got into the riders heads now, summers certainly seems to be very unhappy. Sad really as on paper have a very solid team but can't see too many wanting to stay. Summer had an off night tonight, but everyone else chipped in. Dilger was looking great until his fall while Wilko battled very hard for hs points. Dyer grew better as the night wore on, excellent pass in heat 14 and great ride in 15. For the rockets, josh g was excellent. A great choice of guest. Aspgren was quick and mellgren looked good when he gated. Expected more from Nelson after his showing earlier in season. Set up nicely for second leg, think rye definitely have the edge though.

I'm afraid not Will endeavor to find out though, think they might be on the Northern Junior League facebook page. Stayed to watch the meeting but for some reason didn't fill in my program as normal.

Yes, I did read a piece in the media that his confidence was knocked last year and he wanted to build it back up again this year just riding in second halves and the like and can't really fault them for that.

I stand by what I said, from my angle it looked like definite contact as Heeps moved to block Ulrich. You're right, the referee didnt give it and as we all know ref's never get anything wrong.. That being said, no rider deserves that kind of abuse and he was superb all evening. Thankfully for us he was not at reserve.

Redcar Cubs 17 Danny Phillips 9 Rob Shuttleworth 5+1 Sam Dorrack 3+1 Border Raiders 6 Luke Ruddick 3 Kyle Deans 1 Stefan Farnaby 2 Heat 1 - Phillips, Ruddick, Dorrack, deans 4-2, 4-2 Heat 2 - Shuttleworth, Dorrack, deans, farnaby fex 5-1, 9-3 Heat 3 - Phillips, Shuttleworth, Ruddick, farnaby 5-1, 14-4 59.1 Heat 4 - Phillips, farnaby, Shuttleworth fex, Ruddick r 3-2, 17-6 Apologies for lack of heat time for first heat. Must only be a matter of time before Phillips finds a nl spot

Turned out to be a very decent meeting, with plenty of talking points. Track was better but still far from ideal. Would have take. A bears win at the start, and then especially with dyer withdrawing so a happy fan tonight. That said, could possibly have been the full points. First major talking point was dyers crash in heat 3. Looked horrendous from our spot. Tungsten was in front coming out of 2nd bend with dyer on his tail. Tungsten then hit some grip, wheeled and came off, leaving dyer nowhere to go. Thankfully dyer only hit to gates bike, but caused him to stop almost immediately, somersaulting spectacularly over the handlebars. Thought it must be a collarbone at least. Ambulance on track instantly and was looked at for a good 10 minutes before carted into the back on a stretcher. County ambulance called and turns up, and then dyer walks out of ambulance, takes his place in rerun and wins it. Remarkable stuff. Did well towin a second race two before taking medical advice and withdrawing, hopefully nothing too serious. Other main talking point was heat 15. Official explanation was that the silencer dislodged itself during the race. Have to admit, thought the exclusion for that was a touch harsh, you can't expect him to stop mid race and re attach it! Also though heeps should have been excluded, as he seemed to make contact with Ulrich entering the bend when he fell. But have to be happy with the win. Ulrich I thought as excellent, unlucky in the first and last heats. Skidmore did his job, whilst a mixed bag from Aaron, either wins or lasts! Dilger was excellent,rode very well for his points and Wilko too.slightly disappointed in barker, never really seemed quick but team rode well.heeps was sensational, the fact he was not at reserve probably won us the meeting. Tungate recovered well from his spill, whilst I though lanham deserved more than he got. Was quick throughout but just outgated. Reserves did struggle a bit however.

Fingers crossed we have no issues with the track this week, as this could be a really good meeting. Looking forward to seeing Ipswich, they have a bunch of riders who go well round here. Barker is more than capable of going unbeaten, whilst Tungate used to fly round here and Lanham has a knack of picking points up. Interesting to see how Ellis gets on, always good to see a young brit progressing. I put the jinx on Ulrich last week saying he was bang on form again and he duly had a poor night. I believe he blew a couple of engines though so if they are now sorted I expect him to return to his previous form. The rest of the side looks solid, although I believe that with the new averages Summers goes back above Kus meaning not everyone is eligible for r/r now. Does weaken us slightly. My main concern is the track though, we really need to start getting it right and more consistent for the riders. Each week they are turning up and it's different and I think its evident it's really getting to them. Already whispers that riders wont be back next year due to the poor track which is a real shame as it's the best side we have put together in my opinion and our best chance to get into the playoffs. Will go for a close win for the Bears tonight - weather shouldnt be an issue for any Witches fans travelling, i'll update this if it changes.

Fair to play to Worky, they really attacked the track tonight whilst we were more tentative. Harrison's pass on Ulrich was particularly good. Bach was gating superbly and both Lawson and Harrison looked good. Howarth chipped in with some important points along with Aarnio. Bears gave too many points away, Wilko fell twice in posts scoring positions whilst Ulrich never looked comfortable. Only really Skidmore and Dilger seemed to show any fight. Track was poor again though, another hour of track grading after heat two is just not good enough. A decent crowd as well, so no doubt the owners are happy with all the extra pounds. He'd to be too critical of riders when track changes every week. A few of them looked visibly unhappy, and rumours of riders nt wanting to come back because of track which is disappointing as it is the best side we have put together since we reformed. Fair play to comets tonight though, track is same for both sets of riders.

Rain has stopped in central boro, and starting to dry up. Brightening up too, although still plenty of clouds around. Assuming no more rain then we should be fine imo.

pretty solid drizzle in middlesbrough town centre for the last couple of hours, no worse than anything we had last thursday though. latest forecast i seen is that its due to pass us by in around in hour - if that is accurate then we should be fine. if anything gives the track a good natural watering.

Should be a good meeting tonight, comets normally go well around here but we are in decent form and would fancy our chances against anyone. Ulrich has really stepped up in recent weeks and is looking more like a true number 1 in this league but the whole side is looking solid. Every rider had at least a paid win last week so shows the strength in depth, and Wilko at reserve is scoring well. Dilger riding himself back fit and into form. Lawson has a tendancy to go well here alongside Bach and Harrison so should be a stern test. Predict a Bears win, but a close one with the Comets maybe sneaking a point.

Fair play to all 13 riders tonight, started to rain about 7:20 and never stopped all night. Conditions deteriorated through the night but all riders gave it a go. Bears looked very solid throughout, no real weak link. Ulrich was superb after a duff first ride, really attacked the track and pulled off a superb ride to beat the very fast Kennet. Backed up well by pretty much everyone, Wilko had great meeting and Dilger was looking back on form. For bandits Kennet looked untouchable. Bellego had a good meeting along with wethers. Disappointed in aspegren. Hard to judge on the conditions though. Bears looking very solid though, next week v Worky should be a cracker.

Not sure what to think approaching this meeting - we are certainly on a good run at the moment and confidence is high. Would be confident of a Bears win, although can see Berwick putting up a good fight. I think we have the edge at reserve, with Wilko putting in some decent scores and Max slowly getting back up to speed. A big factor will be how Kennett takes to the track. He could either go unbeaten or score 6. Our top end has been going well though, so should be capable of taking the fight to him. Will go for a 8 point Bears win, and hopefully a cracking meeting.

Seems strange to say this after a win, but quite disappointed with that. No disrespect to scunny, but after losing Howe and already 16 down the second leg should have been a foregone conclusion. No doubt the track played its part (never seen such big blue grooves), but towards the end scunny just seemed more up for it. For the bears, Ulrich looked untouchable for four heats although faded. Skidmore and dyer both rode well alongside summers who had to work very hard for his points as his gating was shocking. Really disappointed with Wilko though, good win in first ride but then nothing, including the compulsory fall. For scunny, firstly best wishes to David Howe. Looked a very awkward tumble, would imagine collarbone/shoulder injury. Led well by Auty and birks grew into the meeting. MPT was hit and miss, looked very quick most of the meeting but not sure how he stayed on bike in second ride. Douglas struggled but blackbird battled hard and possibly deserved more points. Think the act Scunthorpe celebrated like they won after heat 15 shows they fancy there chances in second leg. Should be close.

Had no further rain in MBoro to speak off, so all systems go tonight I would suggest!

Agree, could be a cracking meeting this. I'm guessing we will be running r/r for Matej? On a good run of form at the moment and would expect us to get a win but feel we will need a decent margin to take to Scunny tomorrow. Wilko should again be trump card at reserve and hopefully Max will be starting to ride himself back fit and into the points. Heavy rain in MBoro town centre at the moment, however from forecasts I have seen should clear up during afternoon so fingers crossed.