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Some comments from Redcar promoter re Eastbourne which I thought were worth sharing. Hear a lot about the negative stuff so worth highlighting the good. Duffill also had words of praise for Eastbourne after what has been an excellent two meetings: “It takes 2 teams to make a great meeting and I have a lot of respect for the Eastbourne team and their promotion who were excellent opposition and were nothing but gracious and complimentary in their defeat. We witnessed true sportsmanship this evening and I can’t thank them and their supporters enough for that.”

No - injured his back and R/R being used. Obviously harms the Bears chances.

Delighted for the team and the promotion that they made it to the final. Hopefully we have a fully fit team for both legs.

Bears obviously missed Charles - Allen gave it all he had but didn't get the points haul that Wright would have. Eastbourne were down a couple of riders too and that may affect them more tomorrow on their home track. Tense meeting where gating was at a premium but still a few good races. Lawson good and Kennett & Kerr blew hot and cold. Phillips will be more popular in Eastbourne than he is on Tyneside. For the Bears nice to see Jordan back to better form and Riss had 4 good gates out of 5. All the rest battled well. Should be a nail biter tomorrow.

Adam Ellis guesting for the Bears at Eastbourne. Eagles using the same team in both legs.

Teams for Friday (assuming Toft is fit) taken from Bears press release Redcar: Jake Allen, Kasper Andersen, Michael Palm Toft, Jordan Stewart, Erik Riss, Tom Woolley, Nathan Greaves Eastbourne: Edward Kennett, r/r for Georgie Wood, Kyle Newman, Lewis Kerr, Richard Lawson, Danny Phillips, Jason Edwards

From Bears website:- Wright has now been given an automatic 9 day suspension that is compulsory after being concussed, meaning that he will be out of action for the Bears until at least Monday 9th September. Unfortunately, this means that he will miss Championship League Rider’s Championship at Sheffield, as well as the Bears KO Cup fixtures against Eastbourne and league match at Scunthorpe. The Redcar management are currently seeking guests for all 3 meetings. Possibly looking for 2 guests now if Tofty is not fit.

Confirmed that Charles suffered concussion and will miss the next 3 Bears meetings under 9 day rule. Bears looking for guests for both legs of the KOC semi finals. Big blow for the Bears, just hope we can get decent guests.

First meeting I've been to in a few weeks - Jordan did struggle in his first 2 rides but after he changed bikes he looked a lot better. Was involved in 2 great races after that - not too concerned about his form. Another rider deserves a mention - Andersen, been a cracking signing.

Shame that a cracking meeting had the edge taken off it by the injury to Charles. If it is concussion then he will miss the Riders Championship on Sunday, which he must have been one of the favourites for. Hopefully fit for next week - would be such a shame for him to be absent for the KOC semi finals.

This aged well.

Seems to be at least one on this thread that I can see (it’s not you Boothers!). I’m struggling to see how employing a more local 2 point reserve to replace a rider who is struggling to score any points is one of the great acts of sporting sabotage.

Looks a lot more cloud and showers around than earlier. But it’s very hit and miss.

Couldn’t the Leicester promotion just bring over some supporters from their other team, Sheffield, to boost the crowds?

Good win for the Bears - MPT was superb, Riss very good and Wright his usual self. Andersen chips in with useful points and if Jordy hadn’t got injured (hope he’s ok after a very nasty looking crash) might have won by more. Lawson was excellent value for the Eagles and featured in all the best races, Kennett started well but faded and I was impressed with Edwards who won a very good battle with Greaves.

Think most Bears fans would be happy if could replicate the Cup result and come away with a point. Tough meeting though as Glasgow are on good form.

I enjoyed the meeting too - some excellent races and the patched up Brummies team gave a good show (helps having a couple of ex Bears riding as guests). Paco was very entertaining to watch. Bears look a very solid team now and we have yet to have Riss ride at home. Biggest cheer of the night reserved for Woolley getting his point. Loved seeing the kids having a great time with Smoggy (who always does an excellent job)

No thread for the meeting tonight but you missed a good Brummies performance albeit with a couple of the guests scoring well. Paco was excellent value and very pleased with his wins and Agertoft had one good ride and showed flashes of being a decent prospect.

Ty Proctor will now guest in place of Adam Ellis, with Ulrich Ostergaard guesting in place of Tero Aarnio. Rider replacement will operate for Ashley Morris. No rain yet but forecast for this afternoon.

Hard to tell how a lot of the Bears will ride the track as it will be the first time a lot of them will have ridden there in a while or even at all. Losing Charles is a big blow - just hope Allen rides the Brummies track as well as he rides Redcar.

I'll re-phrase that for you - Charles looks to have a bad injury whilst riding for Peterborough tonight and looks unlikely to be fit for Wednesdays meeting. Hope you are fit soon, Charles.

Cheers boz - cheque is in the post. Whatever you do don't edit the post

Another mistake on your part - I’ve not edited my profile for years, it’s always said guess. You are just wrong. You are entitled to your opinions but I’m not having you put factually incorrect statements on here.

Seeing as though you quoted me I can only assume this is a reply to me? If it is it contains a number of errors. As far as I know I don't state "all" as my profile. I have a picture of a Middlesbrough Tiger as my profile pic and tend only to post about Redcar related issues. Don't ever try to hide that Redcar is the team I support. The edit I made to the Riss post was because of poor English and not about the number of meetings Riss wouldn't be available for. Not sure about the "know it all part" - I just stick up for the team I support If I think they are being unfairly criticized or ,in some cases, people are talking cr@p.

And apparently I was implying things Redcar didn’t make a gaff, they knew the rules and decided it was worth taking looking at the longer term rest of the season. Im still not sure why the Redcar promoters would include the line “ to beat your weakened injury hit team, who, incidentally have been pretty woeful away from home of late.“ as it would surely wind the “Scunny” promotion (and fans) up? Unless of course it’s not real !!! PS - I’d suggest registering on the Bears forum and reading the actual comments from the Bears promoter to see there is no blame laid at anyone’s door for the situation tomorrow.