Berwick Bandits have made their second major signing of the week.
Nick Morris signed for the Borders’ club yesterday and will make his debut at Edinburgh next Friday (1 August), replacing Craig Cook at number one in a redeclared seven.
Dane Jonas Jeppesen put pen to paper on Monday as a replacement for injured skipper Danyon Hume and makes his debut in tonight’s Cab Direct Championship clash at Glasgow.
Club owner Jamie Courtney believes that the 31-year-old Australian and Jeppesen can push Berwick into the end of season play-offs.
“In previous years when we have suffered setbacks we have always tried to find replacements for injured and missing riders.
“But this season the stars have really aligned as first Jonas and then Nick were not only available but keen to join the Bandits’ cause.
“They are great replacements and will help us push on for that play-off place.”
It will be Morris’ second spell as a Bandit, having spent a hugely successful 2017 campaign with them which he topped off by winning the Premier League Riders’ Championship.
A Premier League winner with both Glasow and Scunthorpe and Elite League champion with Swindon, Morris’ career was put on hold after he chose not to take a drugs test at Birmingham in July 2023, later pleading guilty to a charge of failing to provide a specimen to anti-doping officials.
His ACU licence was suspended for two years, a ban which ended on 12 July this year.
The Canberra-born racer, who began his British career at Buxton in 2010,also rode for Leicester, Lakeside, Somerset, Wolverhampton and Birmingham.
He will join Peter Kildemand, Drew Kemp and Jeppesen in a solid looking spearhead with Sam Hagon, Dayle Wood and Jack Smith also among the points for the Bandits who, going into this weekend’s double meeting with Glasgow, are unbeaten at home in the league.
Words by Berwick Speedway – Images by Nia Martin/Steve Dixon
