Sun 29 May 2011, Newcastle Stadium , Premier League
Following an immaculately observed minute silence in memory of Matej Ferjan, the local derby between the Diamonds and Redcar got off to a traditionally fractious start following Heat One Bears’ 2-4 in the opener.
Heat two initially came to an early halt when Richie Worrall was adjudged by the referee to have caused Bear Robert Branford to fall on bend one with the Diamonds’ controversial exclusion, then at the second time of asking Brandford hit the deck again all on his own on lap two causing the race to be halted again with his own exclusion this time.
The resultant 2-3 was followed by another Bears’ 2-4, taking the score to 6-11 with Czech Matej Kus, fresh back from the Prague Grand Prix, scorching to a big win as returnee Jason King fell when at the rear to end his race before Claes Nedermark took Heat four in style as Worrall held out Branford to pull Newcastle back to within three points.
Jason Lyons and Lubos Tomicek returned the gap to five in the fifth when King was excluded for exceeding the two minute allowance as the score moved on to 12-17.
Following a 3-3 in the sixth, Nedermark inspired a great 5-1 for Newcastle by again taking a superb win, but behind a great pass from Newman round former World Champion Gary Havelock to set the maximum in stone and tighten the match to 20-21.
Worrall was in a good third place in Heat Eight but rode too wide off bend two on the second lap, getting caught up in the structure to crash heavily and be excluded, whilst in the re-run Tomicek, a man on a mission having been dropped by Newcastle a month ago, shot off to take a big win for three points in another Redcar 2-4 to extend their lead once more to 22-25.
Two more Redcar 2-4s followed with Lemon looking sore and tentative as the pair from his repaired collar bone began to kick in, he missed the gate in the 10th and just couldn’t get back on terms as Redcar led 26-33.
Nedermark took his third win of the match in a stunning ride in Heat 11, to overhaul and beat Lyons for three well deserved points in a shared race, leaving the Diamonds still trailing by seven with four races to go.
Two more 3-3s followed, with Lemon taking his first win back from injury, but Nedermark missed the gate and could not find a way back into the race on the slick surface leaving the score at 35-42 with two races on the card left.
Heat 14 saw Stuart Robson make the best gate of the night to jump into lead which he held to the end, whilst Newman kept Peter Juul at bay to score an important point to score a 4-2 leaving Newcastle trailing by five with one to go meaning the match had slipped beyond their reach.
Team manager George English said: “For two of our lads it was always going to be a tricky affair to come back from injury, although Mark Lemon was showing signs of his best again late on especially after he replaced his ignition before his last ride which he won in good old fashioned style.
“We have to remember Jason King is some eight weeks behind the rest of the league and is still very rusty not having ridden since last season, but he was riding steadily and looked comfortable despite his nasty knee injury whilst Claes Nedermark was exceptional tonight taking three brilliant wins proving he could be a big star over here and we’re looking forward to more in the future.
“As for the result – well we’ll forget that one now and move onwards and upwards and remind the Bears revenge is sweet – beware!”
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