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To be fair, they do the same amount of track grading every meeting, don’t think it was tactical, but I get your point.

Well done to the Tigers on a hard earned victory. Obviously gutted as a Bears fan and thought a draw would have been a fair result but not to be. Was a bit worried when I saw Lewis off one in Heat 15 and my fears proved correct. Hope Cook is ok after his horrible looking crash, Charles picked up drive and left him nowhere to go. Fair play to Tom Brennan and a brilliant choice of guest in Spud. Was a great servant to the Bears and a big loss to British speedway when he goes home. Charles and Jason picked a bad night to have their worst nights of the season and King did ok but he’s no Erik Riss (awaits 12 pages of Poole fans replies ) but what a night for Jordan Jenkins, simply fantastic. Despite losing it was cracking entertainment - bit of everything, good racing, bit of controversy (all 4 back anyone?), lead changes and a last heat decider. We may not have the strongest team but you get to entertained at Redcar.

Andersen says he’s fit, so will ride. See how that goes.

According to Bears press release Basso is out so R/R for him, Summers guesting for Ulrich and Cook back. Kasper no broken bones but late fitness test.

Danny King guesting for Riss. Nothing official on Kasper yet.

Strange meeting I thought. Never felt the Bears were riding well but ended up only 4 points down. Track obviously very tricky early on with numerous falls and spread out racing. Kerr came good in his last 2 rides and Lawson was a good guest. Best I have seen Castagna ride and Pickering as entertaining as usual.

Never quite sure what Bears team will turn up in these matches - can be quite inconsistent away from home. Will watch on the excellent stream that Edinburgh always provide and hope the Bears can keep it close.

Will be closer than it would have been with Bickley riding but r/r won’t be as good as a decent guest, so suspect a comfortable home win.

Never in doubt. Well done boys.

Never in doubt! Get in boys. #WEAREREDCARBEARS

Well not sure where you looked but Redcar Bears twitter gave the Bears line up 5 hours ago. R/R for Riss.

Obviously a good time to ride against a weakened Bandits team but still a good performance from the Bears. PS if we could have Berwick Kasper every week the Bears would be a threat to anyone.

I was pronouncing it like that in my head, honestly! Give me a T!!!

“That’s five lovely points for your Tiger boys” Also worked at Ayresome Park so we got a double dose of his presenting voice growing up. RIP Bernard Gent - you will be fondly remembered by many.

He made a really good gate in first run of heat 2 before it was stopped when Stoneman fell off (on his own, very lucky to be allowed back in imo) then missed the gate every other race.

Yes, very odd decision. We all thought Jenkins was ahead too.

Another excellent meeting at the Ecco arena with some fantastic racing. Kerr and Riss produced some fabulous round the boards passes and there were plenty of cracking races. Knudsen looks a great prospect - fast and stylish.

Yet another poor start by the Bears away from home, and against a strong Glasgow team that’s asking for trouble. Bears aren’t a bad team , second strings are a bit weak but the main issue is inconsistency, not many meetings where all the riders have contributed.

I think there is no unfortunately about it.

I know, I nearly became owner of Newcastle speedway earlier.

Is there a stream available for this meeting?

It was also a much better meeting than the scoreline suggests, with some absolutely cracking races. Hope it’s not the last we have seen of the Diamonds but reading this thread things look pretty bleak in that regard.

Bears still riding against the Diamonds on Friday, just been announced that a challenge match has been arranged. Hopefully see a good number of Diamonds fans there.

Sad but inevitable, looking on from the outside it seemed like the only outcome. The situation always seemed perilous and to try and run a season with the team assembled was a recipe for disaster.

Dislocated his shoulder not broke his collarbone. You would never have known watching his last rides.