Shaleshifter 177 Posted June 15, 2023 Making my way up to Teeside on Friday with a early start taking in the North Yorkshire moors and Whitby on route to the South- Tees motor sport park. Redcar will be a tough meeting for the Pirates on Friday. Revenge will definitely be on thier minds after loosing at home in the second leg of the knockout cup recently. The individual battles, between heat-leaders, second strings and reserves should ensure some great racing. Hoping for a Pirates win but it will be tough to come away with a victory. Thoughts? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lbw 869 Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Shaleshifter said: Making my way up to Teeside on Friday with a early start taking in the North Yorkshire moors and Whitby on route to the South- Tees motor sport park. Redcar will be a tough meeting for the Pirates on Friday. Revenge will definitely be on thier minds after loosing at home in the second leg of the knockout cup recently. The individual battles, between heat-leaders, second strings and reserves should ensure some great racing. Hoping for a Pirates win but it will be tough to come away with a victory. Thoughts? I will be heading up to Redcar as well to cheer on the Pirates to the win. Going to be an extremely tough meeting especially now as the Bears have Erik Riss back in the team so it probably won't be as comfortable as the previous unexpected 52'38 win! I think the new averages are in force as well?? If so I understand Kyle Newman goes to number 2 and Anders Rowe goes to number 6?? Not sure but I'm sure others will confirm on here. Either way the boyzzz have the inner strength to fight all the way to the end as we have already proven this season that you never write off the Pirates during a meeting. This is gonna be a thriller. As Shaleshifter says there will be some real battles going on and expect all points to be hotly contested by both teams. Big Ben, small things make big thigs happen!!!! C'mon the Boyzzzz! Let's Havvy Edited June 15, 2023 by lbw Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) 5 hours ago, lbw said: I will be heading up to Redcar as well to cheer on the Pirates to the win. Going to be an extremely tough meeting especially now as the Bears have Erik Riss back in the team so it probably won't be as comfortable as the previous unexpected 52'38 win! I think the new averages are in force as well?? If so I understand Kyle Newman goes to number 2 and Anders Rowe goes to number 6?? Not sure but I'm sure others will confirm on here. Either way the boyzzz have the inner strength to fight all the way to the end as we have already proven this season that you never write off the Pirates during a meeting. This is gonna be a thriller. As Shaleshifter says there will be some real battles going on and expect all points to be hotly contested by both teams. Big Ben, small things make big thigs happen!!!! C'mon the Boyzzzz! Let's Havvy What new averages? Only league meetings change the averages. The next changes should be effective July 1st after 23rd June cut off. Edited June 15, 2023 by Skidder1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yearbyred 1,107 Posted June 15, 2023 (edited) Poole favourites again for me, a team of 5 ex Bears and the other 2 members of the team are the Cook brothers who both love the track. Big winners on their last 3 visits so won’t be short on confidence. Meeting will be decided by the second strings and reserves, Pooles bottom 3 (r/r for Rowe last time) heavily outscored the Bears bottom 4 and if that happens again it will be a similar result. Bears were outgated last time around too and need to give themselves a chance this time. Having Riss back should help and hopefully a good meeting for BSN. Oh and it’s Teesside btw ( there is no River Tee - I’d insert a winky emoji but my phone won’t let me) Edited June 15, 2023 by Yearbyred 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Norfolk Bear 250 Posted June 15, 2023 Anders Rowe will be a big difference , he is very good at STMP, our tail is too inconsistent. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sidewinder 191 Posted June 15, 2023 37 minutes ago, Norfolk Bear said: Anders Rowe will be a big difference , he is very good at STMP, our tail is too inconsistent. Anders, a long way off the best gater, in the championship, but should be very good from the back. Especially against our tail. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yearbyred 1,107 Posted June 15, 2023 23 minutes ago, sidewinder said: Anders, a long way off the best gater, in the championship, but should be very good from the back. Especially against our tail. Good point really - Poole are probably stronger this time around with Rowe back and been riding well. Edwards has found it difficult at 4 but Bailey and Mulford have improved recently and will need to contribute against their opposite numbers. 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sidewinder 191 Posted June 15, 2023 5 minutes ago, Yearbyred said: Good point really - Poole are probably stronger this time around with Rowe back and been riding well. Edwards has found it difficult at 4 but Bailey and Mulford have improved recently and will need to contribute against their opposite numbers. The bottom line is, all their team, love racing at Redcar. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yearbyred 1,107 Posted June 15, 2023 16 minutes ago, sidewinder said: The bottom line is, all their team, love racing at Redcar. Not sure you can say that for all of our riders yet! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Skidder1 7,637 Posted June 15, 2023 10 minutes ago, Yearbyred said: Not sure you can say that for all of our riders yet! Lawson still isn't fully fit so this will be tight! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted June 15, 2023 Laguta is still riding for us at No1 right?? 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bellers101 347 Posted June 15, 2023 14 hours ago, Shaleshifter said: Making my way up to Teeside on Friday with a early start taking in the North Yorkshire moors and Whitby on route to the South- Tees motor sport park. Redcar will be a tough meeting for the Pirates on Friday. Revenge will definitely be on thier minds after loosing at home in the second leg of the knockout cup recently. The individual battles, between heat-leaders, second strings and reserves should ensure some great racing. Hoping for a Pirates win but it will be tough to come away with a victory. Thoughts? It was the Mickey Mouse cup not the KOC. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
slyfox 97 Posted June 15, 2023 19 minutes ago, Bellers101 said: It was the Mickey Mouse cup not the KOC. Dont speak to soon "Bellers". If we can see off Scunny in the semi its Poole again in the KO Cup Final. Seem to be seeing a lot of these 2 teams this season...... 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
szkocjasid 3,043 Posted June 15, 2023 If there was no play-offs I'd be mega excited for this match, as it would have a massive effect on the title race. However as both teams are 99.999% guaranteed to be in the play-offs I'm finding it hard to get excited for it. Obviously if I was going to watch I'd be different, wanting to see good racing etc. Honestly find matches involving Berwick, Birmingham, Edinburgh & Plymouth most interesting as one of the four must make the play-offs. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lisa-colette 6,035 Posted June 15, 2023 4 hours ago, ThinBlueWitch said: Seems like Erik is still really struggling with his health which is a worry. Hopefully he is on the mend soon and hasn’t rushed back too quick https://www.erikriss.com/2023/06/14/issue-8-back-in-business/?fbclid=IwAR24EZtnuySq-ntpYZmtrRuwgQWYyev2_mZdwDOaUcH7QKsudxxqiM9Hxno_aem_th_AdfaEgqqjrwomXbZ3cZ26ij3vgr_C0a-5lBieD_HhETLESUxwXytRBq8GcwA0vGZsJg Saw this on the Ipswich thread. If Erik still has blurred vision should he really be riding? You wouldn't be allowed to drive on the road like that. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
