Bandits aim for weekend double over Redcar

Berwick Jewson Bandits’ team manager Stewart Dickson set the bar high for the Borders outfit this weekend, ordering three points at Redcar Bears on Friday night and the same again at Shielfield Park on Saturday (tapes-up 7pm).

Well, his men completed the first part of the job with a fine 47-43 victory at Redcar with Drew Kemp top scoring with 11 for the visitors in this Cab Direct Championship clash and Charles Wright accumulating 12 for Bears.

Dickson (pictured) remains angry that Berwick let a ten-point lead slip against Poole Pirates at Shielfield last weekend, eventually losing by two points after a frantic Heat 15 involving guest Josh Pickering, home skipper Rory Schlein, Richard Lawson and Tom Brennan.

Lawson pulled off a superb pass on Berwick’s skipper to secure the second place needed to give the visitors victory and Lawson guests for crocked Berwick No 1 Lewis Kerr at Shielfield Park on Saturday.

He has already guested in two Bandits’ winning causes in addition to being responsible for their downfall against Poole.

Redcar also call in outside reinforcements with Ben Barker guesting for broken hand victim Danny King while his Plymouth team-mate Dan Thompson lines-up at Berwick as the Bears’ Danish second string Jonas Knudsen is needed by his Polish club and misses out on a return to his former track.

Dickson said: “What is important is that our team all do their jobs.”

Bandits: Richard Lawson, Danyon Hume, Jye Etheridge, Drew Kemp, Rory Schlein, Freddy Hodder, Bastian Borke

Bears: Charles Wright, Dan Thompson, Connor Bailey, Jason Edwards, Ben Barker, Jake Mulford, Ben Trigger