Richard Lawson must wait for his Redcar Bears debut after Tees Tweed Trophy first leg against Berwick was rained off
New No 1 Richard Lawson must wait for his Redcar Bears debut after last night’s Tees Tweed Trophy first leg against Berwick was rained off.
The meeting will be restaged at South Tees Motorsports Park tonight (7.30pm) but Lawson will be absent because he is required by parent club Lakeside for their Elite League clash against Swindon.
Lawson had started the season in good form, notching paid eight points for Lakeside in their narrow defeat at Poole on Wednesday.
Promoter Brian Havelock quickly set to work finding a suitable guest to fill the gap for this evening’s 2014 Bears curtain raiser and has recruited Newcastle’s former Boro Bear Stuart Robson.
The Ecco Finishing Bears won’t have long to wait before welcoming Lawson into the fold however - they race the second leg of their TTT clash at Berwick tomorrow, then open their Premier League Cup campaign at Newcastle on Sunday evening.
Last night’s meeting was called off after heavy rain both overnight and during the day left parts of the STMP track unrideable.
The decision to restage was taken early in the afternoon.
“The first and second bends were okay on the high parts,” said Havelock, “but from halfway down they were unrideable.
“We’d had heavy rain overnight and then more during the day which left us with no chance.”
Team manager Jitendra Duffill said this week he expects the matches against Berwick to be a good yardstick of how they might perform during the season ahead.
BEARS: Luke Crang, Jan Graversen, Richard Hall, Stuart Robson (guest), Hugh Skidmore, Aaron Summers, Carl Wilkinson.
BANDITS: Claus Vissing, David Bellego, Kevin Doolan, Liam Carr, Matej Kus, Matthew Wethers, Steen Jensen.
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