Scunthorpe Scorpions V Redcar Bears (premier League) - Friday, July 19th (7.30pm)

[lucifer sam]

KLINDT TO MAKE SCORPIONS DEBUT

 

HENDERSON INSURANCE Scunthorpe Scorpions bring in new signing Nicolai Klindt into their line-up this week as the Scorpions are involved in two vital Premier League fixtures.

 

Danish international Klindt makes his debut at Ipswich on Thursday evening, and then makes his first home appearance in Scorpions’ colours on Friday (7.30pm), as Scunthorpe entertain the Redcar Bears at the Eddie Wright Raceway.

 

Klindt was, until recently, the track record holder at Ipswich’s Foxhall Heath circuit.

 

However, it appears that skipper Ashley Birks is set to miss the two meetings through injury, after fracturing his scaphoid in a guest appearance at Leicester last Saturday.

 

Promoter Rob Godfrey says: “We’re delighted to welcome in Nicolai Klindt. He adds real strength to our line-up; we have now a very powerful top five.

 

“I think Nicolai will see this as an opportunity to get himself going again and take it as a stepping stone to get back into the Elite League.

 

“I’m gutted that Ash got hurt the other day. I felt we had a good chance to get a win at Foxhall Heath with a full team, because we ride well there. We’ll still go there looking for points.

 

“Ash is 99.99% sure to be out of this week’s meetings. I’ll never say 100% with him, because he’s the sort of guy who will turn up on Thursday wanting to ride.

 

“He is talking about coming back as soon as possible. Fortunately he’s hurt his throttle hand, not his clutch hand. It’s still going to be painful when he rides, but it won’t be as bad.

 

“It’s a blow being without Ash because he’s been riding as our second heat-leader this season, but he’s only fifth in our rolling averages, so rider replacement is a poor replacement for him.”

 

Friday’s visit of the Redcar Bears sees the Scorpions out to avenge a 41-49 defeat to the Bears at the Eddie Wright Raceway earlier in the season.

 

“Everything went wrong that night”, recalls Godfrey.

 

“Lewis Blackbird has been superb for us since we brought him in, in May, but he had a rare off-night the last time Redcar were here, and it left us exposed at reserve.

 

“Lewis was a complete star for the Scorpions last Friday – he was brilliant. It may have been Josh Auty who passed Tyson Nelson on the line in Heat 15 after a miracle ride, but without Lewis we’d have never got as far as that final heat.

 

“We’re also taking measures to help get Ryan Douglas going. We’re helping him to sort out his machinery. Ryan has the potential, and we want to help him to unlock the key.

 

“We do owe Redcar one, because they put us out of the cup.

 

“Nicolai Klindt has ridden at the Eddie Wright Raceway a couple of times before, in the Kenny Smith Memorial meeting and also in a practice session. It may take him a couple of rides to get going on Friday. I don’t think it will take him long, because he is a quality rider.”

 

Redcar themselves have suffered a couple of injuries. Matej Kus is a doubtful starter on Friday, while Steve Worrall has been signed as a temporary replacement for Max Dilger.

 

Meanwhile, the Scorpions’ target remains a place in the play-offs.

 

Godfrey says: “Looking at the league table, we’re not actually that far behind sixth spot.

 

“The majority of our remaining meetings are away, but that means nothing this season – everyone is losing at home. You can actually score more points in away matches. A couple of big away wins, which are worth four league points, would change our situation very quickly.

 

“Our aim is definitely that sixth place, to get into the play-offs.”

 

 

Admission Prices for Friday:

Adult: £14.00

Student/OAP: £12.00

Child (10 - 16): £5.00

Child (0 - 9) Free (accompanied by paying adult)

Family Ticket £33 (2 adults, 2 Children 10-16)

Match Programme: £1.00

 

Teams for Friday (English unless stated):

 

Henderson Insurance Scunthorpe Scorpions: 1. Josh Auty, 2. Thomas Jørgensen (Denmark), 3. Nicolai Klindt (Denmark), 4. Ashley Birks or R/R, 5. David Howe, 6. Ryan Douglas (Australia), 7. Lewis Blackbird.

 

Redcar Bears: 1. Ulrich Ostergaard (Denmark), 2. Hugh Skidmore (Australia), 3. Matej Kus (Czech Republic) or R/R, 4. Micky Dyer (Australia), 5. Aaron Summers (Australia), 6. Carl Wilkinson. 7. Steve Worrall.

 

 

Redcar Bears at EWR

 

Ave Ave Best

Name Lge M R Pts BP (no BP) (w BP) Performance

Micky Dyer PL 3 17 30 2 7.06 7.53 13 from 5 rides (2013)

Matej Kus PL 3 15 27 0 7.20 7.20 17 from 5 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (2012))

Ulrich Ostergaard PL 5 22 39 3 7.09 7.64 18 from 6 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (2008))

Hugh Skidmore PL 14 66 103 7 6.24 6.67 11 + 1 from 5 rides (inc 6 pts T/R (2012))

Aaron Summers PL 11 50 69 3 5.52 5.76 10 + 1 from 6 rides (inc 4 pts T/R 2010))

Carl Wilkinson PL 84 375 686 66 7.32 8.02 16 + 1 from 6 rides (2010)

Steve Worrall PL 27 112 103 24 3.68 4.54 10 + 2 from 5 rides (2011 (for Scorpions))

 

Other Notes

 

Micky Dyer

First rode in British Speedway in the National League with Dudley in 2010.

His excellent form so far this season has seen him move in to the Top 5 of the Redcar side.

Recently named as a 'doubling-up' rider with Poole for the 2013 Elite League Season.

 

Matej Kus

Has ridden in 4 GPs and 4 Speedway World Cup Events.

2010 Czech Republic Champion.

Twice Czech Republic Under-21 Champion (2008 and 2009).

2008 Czech Republic Under-19 Champion.

 

Ulrich Ostergaard

Member of Peterborough's Elite League Championship Winning Team in 2006.

Named as a 'doubling-up' rider with Belle Vue for the 2013 Elite League Season.

 

Hugh Skidmore

2009 New South Wales State Champion.

Made his Premier League debut in 2009 for Sheffield.

 

Aaron Summers

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Championship and Premier Trophy Winning Teams in 2008.

Member of Edinburgh's Premier League Play-Off Winning Teams in 2008 and 2009.

Member of Coventry's Elite League Winning Team in 2010.

Member of Birmingham's Premier League Four-Team Championship Winning Team in 2010.

2004 Australian Under-16 Champion.

Named as a 'doubling-up' rider with Coventry for the 2013 Elite League Season.

 

Carl Wilkinson

Former Scunthorpe rider who has scored over 1200 points for the club.

Member of Boston's Conference League KO Cup Winning Team in 2000.

 

Steve Worrall

Former Scunthorpe Scorpion and Saint.

Member of the Saints' National League Winning Team in 2011.

 

Redcar Bears' 2013 Results

 

04 April 2013 TTT H L Redcar 37 Newcastle 58

06 April 2013 LC A L Redcar 39 Workington 56

07 April 2013 TTT A L Redcar 36 Newcastle 58 (agg: L:- 73 - 116)

11 April 2013 LC H W Redcar 45 Workington 44

13 April 2013 KOC A W Redcar 46 Berwick 44

18 April 2013 KOC H W Redcar 45 Berwick 44 (agg: W:- 91 - 88)

20 April 2013 PL A L Redcar 37 Leicester 53

25 April 2013 LC H W Redcar 48 Newcastle 42

28 April 2013 PL A L Redcar 42 Glasgow 48

02 May 2013 PL A W Redcar 53 Sheffield 39

03 May 2013 PL H W Redcar 60 Sheffield 35

09 May 2013 PL H W Redcar 36 Rye House 27

12 May 2013 PL A L Redcar 38 Newcastle 55

16 May 2013 PL H W Redcar 51 Plymouth 42

30 May 2013 CH H W Redcar 51 Dudley 42

06 June 2013 PL H W Redcar 49 Somerset 41

07 June 2013 PL A W Redcar 47 Edinburgh 46

08 June 2013 PL A L Redcar 40 Workington 50

13 June 2013 KOC H W Redcar 50 Scunthorpe 40

14 June 2013 KOC A W Redcar 49 Scunthorpe 41 (agg: W:- 99 - 81)

20 June 2013 PL H W Redcar 53 Berwick 40

27 June 2013 PL H L Redcar 41 Workington 49

04 July 2013 PL H W Redcar 47 Ipswich 45

11 July 2013 KOC H W Redcar 48 Rye House 42

13 July 2013 PL A W Redcar 45 Berwick 44

 

Redcar Bears' Results at EWR

 

30 March 2008 PT D Scunthorpe 45 Redcar 45

06 June 2008 PL L Scunthorpe 52 Redcar 41

19 June 2009 PL L Scunthorpe 49 Redcar 44

31 July 2009 KOC L Scunthorpe 50 Redcar 39

02 October 2009 YS L Scunthorpe 56 Redcar 34

05 April 2010 PT L Scunthorpe 50 Redcar 42

02 May 2010 PL L Scunthorpe 57 Redcar 34

09 September 2011 PL L Scunthorpe 52 Redcar 41

07 October 2011 PL Ph 2 L Scunthorpe 65 Redcar 25

27 April 2012 LC L Scunthorpe 54 Redcar 36

14 September 2012 PL L Scunthorpe 55 Redcar 38

14 June 2013 KOC W Scunthorpe 41 Redcar 49

 

(stats courtesy of John Eyre)

Edited July 17, 2013 by lucifer sam

[mrmiddlesbrough]

We will be lucky to scrape a point from this one after the so called new signing.

I'm sure we where supposed to be chasing the title ???

[lucifer sam]

Good luck to the Scorpions tonight.

 

All the best

Rob

[June]

Yea COME ON YOU SCORPS. WE NEED 3 BIG POINTS!

[montie]

a very tough meeting this for Scunny,to close to call,Shame no Birks as he has been brilliant around Scunny this year

[Bash]

Can anyone tell me if the meetings at Scunthorpe are filmed?

[scunny1]

Sorry Bash nobody films this season apart from Sky cameras now and again

[Bash]

Thanks

[EC Rides Again]

Another one point win for the Scorpions........ phew ! Maybe the last heat deciders will end soon as Ashley Birks was a big miss but will be back soon and Nicolai Klindt looked good after taking two heats to get used to the track. Also,why didn't Wilko push home for a point ?