Newcastle Diamonds boss George English is on a mission for revenge when the Redcar Bears face their North-East rivals in Premier League action at the South Tees Motorsport Park this Thursday evening at 7.30pm.

The Bears won at Brough Park, Newcastle on the evening of Sunday 12th August by 55 points to 38 - the largest away victory in the club's history.

However, on that occasion the Diamonds' Danish star Jonas Raun was absent on international duty and Paul Clews was making a racing comeback not having ridden since October 2006.

'We are back to full strength as Paul is getting match fit and Jonas really revels at the Redcar track. So I am confident we can do very well especially having witnessed the Bears being thumped by the Isle of Wight Islanders.' said a confident English.

Bears team manager Brian Havelock retorts; 'I told the boys after the match against the Islanders that we had just seen the potential league champions but that we had to get that one out of the system. We'll have dusted ourselves down and be ready for the Diamonds don't you worry. The lads know how much this fixture means to the Bears' fans and motivation will not be an issue.' After a season riddled by injuries to the bulk of the squad Brian will be pleased to track a full strength septet so an evenly balanced and competitive match is in store.

REDCAR BEARS:
1. Gary Havelock (C)
2. Josh Auty
3. James Grieves
4. Chris Kerr
5. Mathieu Tresarrieu
6. Daniel Giffard
7. Jack Hargreaves
NEWCASTLE DIAMONDS:
1. Christian Henry (C)
2. Jonas Raun
3. Josef Franc
4. Paul Clews
5. Carl Wilkinson
6. Sam Dore
7. Sean Stoddart
Thursday's fixture also witnesses the awarding of the Jake Brudenall Memorial Trophy for the winner of the nominated heat 15 and the Bill Lloyd Memorial Trophy for the 'Man of the Match'.

Jake, a personal friend of office administrator Julie Lewis and junior team manager Jason Pipe, was actively involved in the supporters' away travel club in the days that the sport was staged at the defunct Cleveland Park Stadium while Bill was a dedicated Bears, Teessiders and Tigers fan from the early 1960s. The respective 2006 recipients were Gary Havelock and Daniel Giffard.