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Believe me....They only get paid for 3 points or they would be clambering to have a tac ride!

Please don't judge the Northern Junior League by the actions of the managers of these MDL sides. We do have some loyalty to our riders!

Double points does not earn the rider double money....at any club!

Dissapointing to see so many team changes from the first leg and riders who have never ridden for the club in the MDL being brought in to strengthen the sides.

Two local National League riders were included in the star studded field to help justify the extra cost of admission.

The strongest club in the league! He even asked me for sweets yesterday!

The Pioneer m/cycles supported Cubs travelled to Workington on Saturday and despite the weather forecast were greeted by bright sky and sunshine at the superbly run Northside Training Track for the match against the strong Northside Stars. The Cubs match was preceded by a full amateur meeting and two other NJL matches which , unfortunately, had consequences for the Cubs side. By the time the Cubs got on track Carl Basford , Alex Goldsbrough and ,guest for the match, Bailey Fellows had completed at least six rides and then Carl and Gav Parr ' guested' at very short notice for the Newcastle Gems against champions Halifax immediately prior to the Cubs match. The Cubs pair did tremendously well against the Dukes but this was not to be repeated against the home side of the Stars. Heat 1 set the pattern as, despite a good start, Gav fell on the first corner and was excluded.The rerun saw the strong home pairing of James Hitchen and George Rothery storm away to a 5-1 against a tired looking Carl. Heat 2 was the 125 boys with Alex and Bailey putting in a battling performance with Bailey grabbing a second place. Heat 3 saw another 5-1 to the Stars as the Cubs pair were slow away from the start. Race 4 saw a good performance from Alex and Bailey sharing the race 3-3 ( 17-7). Race 5 went the same way as the previous 500 races with a tired looking Cubs pair not in contention as the impressive Stars pair got their third 5-1. The final race saw a great effort from Bailey Fellows as he led from bend two and took the win for another 3-3 leaving the match result as Northside Stars 25 Redcar Cubs 11. A big thank you to Bailey for guesting for the Cubs and top scoring! Cubs scorer's Carl...1,0,0----1 Gav...fx,1,1----2 Alex...0,1',0---1&1 Bailey..2,2,3--7 Stars G.Prothery..3,2',3---8&1 J.Hitchen...2',3,2'---7&2 C.Pavitt.....3,3,2----8 G.Millar.....1,0,1-----2

Pay up ...Or he will demand a transfer and he knows which club has the most sweets to offer!

Sorry...check Redcar Cubs Facebook page!

If " Freeman passed them at the very end " how come it was a 5-1 to the Dukes? You been drinking again Tsunami?

2016 N.J.L. 4 Team Tournament Final. After great work by the track staff with the track looking excellent the four teams lined up as follows; Northside ' Hartburn Garage' Stars, Cleveland ' Pioneer m/cycles' Bays, Berwick ' Ferrow Decorators & A1 Cabs' Border Raiders Halifax ' Golden Fleece' Dukes. Heat 1 saw some close action contact between the 500 boys of the Stars and the Bays. After some argy bargy between James Hitchen and Gavin Parr , Parr bit the dust on the pits bend with the ref ( Mr. Michael Breckon ) deciding Hitchens lunge was the cause meaning a 3-3 heat result. Heat 2 saw a Kev Whelan win to give the Raiders a 4-2 advantage over the Dukes. A Heat 3 win for Joe Thompson got the Bays a 3-3 with the Stars 125 boys. Heat 4 saw all action Luke Harrison take another win for the Raiders over the Dukes pair of Palin and H.McGurk. Heat 5 saw a 5-1 from impressive George Rothery and James Hitchen over the Dukes Dicken and Davis. Heat 6 was a drawn race, 3-3 between the Raiders and Bays with a Whelan win, putting the team running totals; Stars 11, Bays 9, Raiders 10, Dukes 6.....anybody's title! Heat 7 saw the Dukes hit back with a 5-1 from H.McGurk and Palin over the Stars Pavitt and Millar. The eigth heat was the race of the meeting. Raiders sole rider Luke Harrison and Bays ace Joe Thompson never more than inches apart and swopping places every bend with Thompson just taking it with an inside pass exiting bend four, a fantastic race, 4-2 to the Bays. Race 9 was another race win for Whelan as Rothery fell whilst behind giving a 4-2 to the Raiders side over the Stars. Race 10: saw the Bays Lewis Millar come to life leading the race when Kean Dicken took an alarming lunge into the air fence exiting bend two resulting in an awarded 5-1 to the Bays and a delay to the meeting as the air fence required replacing. Luckily Kean escaped with minor bruising. The penultimate race saw Harrison again impress with a race win for the Raiders to the screams of their supporters, 3-3 with the Stars. With one race to go the scores were; Stars 17, Bays 18, Raiders 19, Dukes 12 The final heat was between the Bays and the Dukes and Joe Thompson and Jack Shimelt saw the Bays home with a 4-2 race win giving the 2016 Nothern Junior League 4 Team Tournament title to the Cleveland Bays. Bays 22, Raiders 19, Stars 17, Dukes 14. Bays G.Parr 1'2,2'----5 L.Millar 2,1',3---6 J.Thompson 3,3,3-9 J.Shimelt 0,1,1---2 Raiders M.McIlkenny 1,0,1--2 K.Whelan 3,3,3---9 L.Harrison 3,2,3--8 no third rider. Stars G.Rothery 3,3,0--6 J.Hitchen X,2',2--4 C.Pavitt 2,1,2---5 G.Millar 1',0,1'---2 Dukes K.Dicken 2,1,fx--3 S.Davis 0,0,1----1 J.Palin 1',2', 2---5 H.McGurk 2,3,0-5 Rider of the day awards went to Luke Harrison ( 125cc) and the Ronald Fletcher memorial shield to Kev Whelan ( both of Berwick) LikeShow More ReactionsCommentShare

2016 N.J.L. 4 Team Tournament Final. After great work by the track staff with the track looking excellent the four teams lined up as follows; Northside ' Hartburn Garage' Stars, Cleveland ' Pioneer m/cycles' Bays, Berwick ' Ferrow Decorators & A1 Cabs' Border Raiders Halifax ' Golden Fleece' Dukes. Heat 1 saw some close action contact between the 500 boys of the Stars and the Bays. After some argy bargy between James Hitchen and Gavin Parr , Parr bit the dust on the pits bend with the ref ( Mr. Michael Breckon ) deciding Hitchens lunge was the cause meaning a 3-3 heat result. Heat 2 saw a Kev Whelan win to give the Raiders a 4-2 advantage over the Dukes. A Heat 3 win for Joe Thompson got the Bays a 3-3 with the Stars 125 boys. Heat 4 saw all action Luke Harrison take another win for the Raiders over the Dukes pair of Palin and H.McGurk. Heat 5 saw a 5-1 from impressive George Rothery and James Hitchen over the Dukes Dicken and Davis. Heat 6 was a drawn race, 3-3 between the Raiders and Bays with a Whelan win, putting the team running totals; Stars 11, Bays 9, Raiders 10, Dukes 6.....anybody's title! Heat 7 saw the Dukes hit back with a 5-1 from H.McGurk and Palin over the Stars Pavitt and Millar. The eigth heat was the race of the meeting. Raiders sole rider Luke Harrison and Bays ace Joe Thompson never more than inches apart and swopping places every bend with Thompson just taking it with an inside pass exiting bend four, a fantastic race, 4-2 to the Bays. Race 9 was another race win for Whelan as Rothery fell whilst behind giving a 4-2 to the Raiders side over the Stars. Race 10: saw the Bays Lewis Millar come to life leading the race when Kean Dicken took an alarming lunge into the air fence exiting bend two resulting in an awarded 5-1 to the Bays and a delay to the meeting as the air fence required replacing. Luckily Kean escaped with minor bruising. The penultimate race saw Harrison again impress with a race win for the Raiders to the screams of their supporters, 3-3 with the Stars. With one race to go the scores were; Stars 17, Bays 18, Raiders 19, Dukes 12 The final heat was between the Bays and the Dukes and Joe Thompson and Jack Shimelt saw the Bays home with a 4-2 race win giving the 2016 Nothern Junior League 4 Team Tournament title to the Cleveland Bays. Bays 22, Raiders 19, Stars 17, Dukes 14. Bays G.Parr 1'2,2'----5 L.Millar 2,1',3---6 J.Thompson 3,3,3-9 J.Shimelt 0,1,1---2 Raiders M.McIlkenny 1,0,1--2 K.Whelan 3,3,3---9 L.Harrison 3,2,3--8 no third rider. Stars G.Rothery 3,3,0--6 J.Hitchen X,2',2--4 C.Pavitt 2,1,2---5 G.Millar 1',0,1'---2 Dukes K.Dicken 2,1,fx--3 S.Davis 0,0,1----1 J.Palin 1',2', 2---5 H.McGurk 2,3,0-5 Rider of the day awards went to Luke Harrison ( 125cc) and the Ronald Fletcher memorial shield to Kev Whelan ( both of Berwick) LikeShow More ReactionsCommentShare

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Northern Junior League 4T.T. Qualifying Group Two Report. Group Two consisted of Workington Meteors, Berwick ' Ferrow Decorators & A1 Cabs' Border Raiders, Newcastle Gems and a cosmopolitan side, the Cleveland ' Pioneer M/ Cycles' Bays made up of riders who couldn't be fitted into their own sides. A betting man would have had 20p on the Meteors and the Raiders going through but the Meteors had Kai Symonds-Walton in for the unavailable Kieran McCoy and the Raiders lost Ryan Morris at midnight and were unable to replace him. After 7 of the qualifying races it was even Steven then the 125 pocket rocket , Berwick's Luke Harrison won heat 8 from the Gems pair leaving the running totals as Meteors 11, Gems 11 Raiders 14 Bays 12. With just one ride each for the riders it was all to play for and Berwick's 500 boys took a 4-2 from the Meteors followed by a drawn heat 3-3 between the Gems and Bays. The final brace of 125 races saw Harrison again win for the Raiders taking a 3-2 advantage over the Meteors ( only 2 riders finished) with a last heat 3-3 between the Gems and the Bays , with Joe Thompson taking the win, leaving the final totals as; Meteors 15, Gems 17, Raiders 21, Bays 18. Meteors scorer's- D.Lamb 3,3,2-8, L.Ditchburn 1,0,0-1 K.Symonds-Walton ef,0,0-0 B.Fellows 2,2,2-6 Raiders-- M.McIlkenny 3,1,1-5 K.Whelan 2,3,3-8 L.Harrison 2,3,3-8 ( R.Morris did not ride) Gems --J.Embleton 2,2,3-7 D.Pate 0,0,ef-0 A.Freeman 3,2,2-7, J.Wright 1,1',1'-3 Bays--G.Parr 1,2,2-5 L.Millar 0,1',1'-2 J.Thompson 3,3,3-9, J.Shimelt 1,1,0-2

Northern junior league 4 T.T. Group one Report. Group One saw the Redcar' Cableline' Cubs against Halifax ' Golden Fleece ' Dukes, Northside 'Hartburn Garage' Stars, and Castleford ' Spensite' Castles. Four evenly matched sides fought out a very keenly contested group which saw the scores after 9 races as Cubs 15, Stars 15, Dukes 15 , Castles 8 meaning the last 3 races as crucial. with Cubs having clawed their way into contention with a 5-1 in that heat 9, heat 10 saw the Stars impressive pairing of George Rothery and James Hitchen take a 5-1 over the Castles duo of Jake Isherwood and Blair Smith . the final 2 races in the group were between the little wasps that are the 125 lads and the Dukes outstanding duo of Jordan Palin and Harry McGurk took a 5-1 over the Cubs lone remaining rider, Alex Goldsbrough with his partner , Elliot Kelly having withdrawn due to injuries received in an earlier fall. In the final qualifying race Castles duo of Dan Thompson and Sam McGurk took a 5-1 over Northsides Corbin Pavitt and Greg Millar leaving the final group scores as; Cubs 16, Stars 21, Dukes 20, Castles 14. Cubs scorers. C.Basford 1,2',3 -6 W.O'Keefe 0,3,2'-5 E.Kelly 2, Fx,Ns-2, A.Goldsbrough 0,2,1-3 Dukes-- K.Dicken 2,1,1-4 S.Davis 1',0,0-1 J.Palin 2',2',3-3 H.McGurk 3,3,2'-8 Stars-- G.Rothery 3,3,2',-8 J.Hitchen 2',2',3-7 C.Pavitt 3,1,1-5 G.Millar 1,0,0 1 Castles-- J.Isherwood 3,1,1-5 B.Smith 0,0,0 S.McGurk 0,3,2',-5 D.Thompson 1,ef,3-4