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Was looking at an old declaration, I stand corrected (said the man with the built up shoe)

Bears couldn’t find a guest so are running R/R. I assume the Bears would have used Batch but he is riding “elsewhere”. Makes the task more difficult now.

He’s guesting at Poole, not sure about Plymouth.

Not sure if the Bears have a guest lined up or not for this one?

He’s also not very good at maths - claiming that Pearsons falls cost the team 4 points and would have resulted in a 46-44 defeat.

First the good points from a Redcar perspective. A WIN! and we have had precious few this year. A good solid team performance with 6 of the team getting at least a paid win. Good home debut from Gilkes, Bailey looked much better and Tate contributed well as a guest. The bad points were the delayed start (I know sometimes these things happen) and the amount of time it took with lots of grading/watering breaks meant the meeting felt disjointed. The racing too was very processional for the most part with most races decided by the end of lap 1. 3 late 5-1’s to Glasgow made the score closer than it looked like it was going to be and might prevent the Bears getting the bonus point. But given the season we have had so far, I’ll take the points. For Glasgow, Harris was excellent as always and Flint ended with 2 wins, but the rest didn’t offer much support and Worrall was very disappointing.Hope Pearson isn’t too badly injured too.

Some very good racing despite the score line and the delays caused by the tape issues. Very inconsistent refereeing didn’t help things but Scunthorpe were always well in control and always looked like comfortable winners. Few bright spots for the Bears, Wright battled as always and Bailey looked much better as the meeting went on. Gilkes had one excellent ride. Zischke had a fantastic first race then tailed off. Scunthorpe are strong at home and Howarth seems to have upped his performance. Could even afford an off night for Lambert and win easily.

Plus it was last lap and Wright was well in front, should have been awarded. Then a 5-1 in the re-run. Didn’t affect the overall result but poor refereeing imo.

Well I’m hoping the Bears put up a decent performance. Will be watching on the excellent Scunthorpe streaming service.

Pity there is no stream, always enjoyed the racing at Glasgow when I’ve watched it.

MPT for Barker now.

Dan T replacing Jason (fractured cheekbone) at Oxford. Jason has been one of the few bright spots for Redcar this year, hope he’s not out too long.

Oxford website says it’s Ben Barker again. With Edwards likely out, the choice of guest and Oxford strengthened by using R/R for Atkins not sure I will bother purchasing the stream.

Meeting was rained off.

My only issue was the amount of dust, totally unacceptable , particularly on the back straight. I agree about the racing generally, I’ve definitely seen a lot worse and it’s the fact the opposition are the team doing most of the passing that is skewing judgement I think. Apart from Charles we don’t have another rider who likes to blast around the outside and it’s frustrating seeing the opposition doing it. We have been used to winning most of our home matches over the years, losing only occasionally, but 4 home defeats out of 5 is a tough watch.

Another week, another home defeat. Well done to Berwick on a fully deserved win. Strong team performance all round really, special mention to Borke who was excellent at reserve. For the Bears it’s the same old story, Wright superb and only missed out on a max when Barker baulked him and his footrest caught the fence. Barker did ok, could have done with Riss this week, but the rest were very hit and miss and always look vulnerable. Track produced some good racing but the level of dust was totally unacceptable, even from Heat 1. Tried watching from my usual vantage point on the back straight and was covered after a couple of races, so had to slum it with the lads on the home straight for a bit . Yes it’s been warm and sunny for a bit but the track was far too dry at the start. Not good. Not a good night to be a Bears fan. Again.

No need for King Charles when you have King Edwards! After last nights home defeat that’s a welcome result, would have taken a win on aggregate but a 10 point win away is excellent. Brilliant from Jason (who scored 2 there a couple of weeks ago) and a good all round team effort (Knudsen aside). Just shows how inconsistent this team is.

Personally wouldn’t blame the track tonight for the defeat, thought it rode ok. Certainly Boughen, who has barely ridden here, had no trouble blasting around the outside. More to do with the make up of the home team imo. As for not doing celebration laps, Bears riders didn’t win enough races to celebrate really. Think the atmosphere was flat as Bears never really looked like fighting back and we have lost 3 out of 4 home meetings so far.

Don’t be fooled by the final score line (two late Bears 5-1’s made it look closer), this was a comfortable win for the Scorpions. A much better team performance than when they won by 6 points a few weeks ago. Very solid performance from the main body of the team and a superb showing from their guest, Boughen at reserve. Seems to have been struggling so far but he was brilliant tonight. So much speed for a 16 year old and he was a joy to watch. Definitely a star in the making. Bears benefited from a fantastic performance from Riss and the usual good show from Wright but the rest of the main body of the team scored 11 from 12 rides, which isn’t good enough to win at home. If Riss had been at 1 and out first race and Bailey not fallen off when 3rd on Heat 9 then Bears might have got something out of the meeting, but the better team won.

We quite often get controversial outcomes when there is a tight finish at Redcar. A lot of us were convinced Wright edged out Batchelor in Heat 13 last week but the result went the other way. I thought Mountain had won the race you mentioned too.

Harder for home meetings as Friday is normally a busy night in the championship, but still some decent options.

I think Scunthorpe’s riders have a liking for Redcar in comparison with the last 2 away tracks visited and given they won here a few weeks ago it's unlikely to be a stuffing. Be nice to have a home meeting where all 7 Bears click, not happened yet.

As long as it not Sedgmen! More seriously, Danny had a very unfortunate start to the season. Hopefully not out for too long.

Tate reared up coming out of turn 4, just after Danny came off and came off the back of the bike on the home straight. Came out for his second rude but came off again and was withdrawn. Don’t think it’s anything too serious hopefully.

The racing early on was processional but there were some cracking races later on, the races between Wright and Bachelor were superb (thought Wright won Heat 13 from my position). To suggest that this was some underhand tactic from Redcar is quite frankly laughable and makes you look a bit daft. Bears still having no luck with injuries, although Kings absence was slightly levelled out by Zischke withdrawing too (hope both are ok) but the team rallied and Bailey and Knudsen gave Wright excellent support. Special mention to Mulford who was much improved. Better signs for the team. For the Comets that’s the best I’ve seen Batchelor ride in a long time and Vissing had a couple of good rides but Cook faded after a good start and the rest were inconsistent. Makes the second leg interesting at least.