Berwick progress to Knockout Cup Semi-Finals despite Workington fightback
Berwick Bandits secured their place in the MAXiCab Knockout Cup semi-finals with a 100-80 aggregate victory over Workington Comets after a dramatic two-leg quarter-final tie. The Bandits built a decisive advantage with a dominant first-leg performance at Shielfield Park before the Comets responded with a home win in the return fixture, although the deficit proved […]
Hume rooting for the Berwick Bandits as he eyes racing return in 2026
Danyon Hume has been forced to put his career on hold but has vowed to be back racing in 2026. The ever-smiling 29-year-old from Buckinghamshire fractured two vertebrae after a heart-stopping crash at Berwick last July. Hume was skippering the Bandits when he was sent cartwheeling down Shielfield Park’s home straight after colliding with the […]
Berwick Bandits capture Aussie talent Reid Battye
Berwick Bandits have completed their 2026 line-up with the capture of highly-rated Australian Reid Battye. The 24-year-old, who won the Northern Territory State Championship late last year, will be making his British debut with the Borders’ side. An accomplished all-round motorcycle racer, Battye competed in SuperSport and Superbikes both nationally and internationally before switching to […]
Double sponsorship boost for the Berwick Bandits
Berwick Bandits’ preparations for the 2026 Championship season – their 59th – has been given a double boost by the return of two major sponsors. Wooler-based R.E.D Campers have confirmed they will be the headline sponsors for a second season with another Northumbrian firm, STS re-signing as the club’s powered-by backer. R.E.D Campers is a […]
Jye Etheridge to skipper the Berwick Bandit in 2026
Jye Etheridge will lead his adopted home town Berwick Bandits in the 2026 Championship campaign. The Newcastle, New South Wales native captains the Bandits for a second time, returning to Shielfield Park for an eighth season after spending 2025 with Workington. Etheridge set up home in the Borders town shortly after joining the club in […]
Jack Smith returns to the Berwick Bandits for 2026
Jack Smith is returning for a second season with the Berwick Bandits. Smith, who celebrated his 27th birthday on Wednesday, is the sixth rider revealed by the Borders’ side taking his place alongside 2025 team-mates Nick Morris and Peter Kildemand and winter signings Jye Etheridge, Victor Palovaara and Lasse Fredriksen. He joined Berwick in May […]
Jye Etheridge unveiled as Berwick Bandits signing number five!
Jye Etheridge has been unveiled as Berwick Bandits’ fifth signing for the 2026 season. He rejoins after spending 2025 at Workington, resuming an impressive career with the Borders’ club which has seen him score 798 points in Berwick colours – 600 at Shielfield Park alone – during his previous seven seasons. Arriving in 2017 after […]
Lasse Fredriksen signs for the Berwick Bandits
Berwick Bandits continue to assemble a cosmopolitan side for 2026, Norwegian Lasse Fredriksen joining Dane Peter Kildemand, Swede Victor Palovaara and Australian Nick Morris in their confirmed starting line-up. The 28-year-old switches to Northumberland having spent 2025 at Plymouth following three years as an Edinburgh Monarch. Twice national champion, Fredriksen has been a regular in […]
Nick Morris becomes signing number two for the Berwick Bandits
Berwick Bandits have unveiled a second signing, Australian Nick Morris joining Peter Kidemand in the Borders side’s starting line-up for 2026. Morris re-signs after joining the Bandits in August last year as a replacement for injured skipper Danyon Hume. The 31-year-old was available after completing a two-year ban for doping offences and, despite initial race […]
Berwick Bandits sign Peter Kildemand for 2026
Berwick Bandits have unveiled their first signing with the news that Dane Peter Kildemand returns for a second season with the Borders’ side. The super stylish Dane re-signs on an 8.05 average after a 2025 season which saw the two-time GP winner return to British speedway after an eight-year gap. Kildemand ended the campaign in […]