Jye Etheridge is Berwick Bandits’ fifth signing for the 2026 season and he rejoins the Borders club after spending 2025 at Workington Comets.
The racer resumes 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.
Etheridge arrived at Berwick in 2017 after short spells at Edinburgh and Redcar and he is a former captain and No 1 for the Bandits. He was voted the club’s Rider of the Year in each of his first three seasons.
The 31 from Newcastle, New South Wales, lives half a mile away from the Borders circuit and he showed he knows the fastest lines around the Shielfield Park raceway in 2025 with a paid 16 guesting for Edinburgh in the BSN Series.
He arrives on a 5.45 average to partner Peter Kildemand, Nick Morris, Victor Palovaara and Lasse Fredriksen and complete our top five for the new Championship campaign, leaving Berwick with 6.8 points to complete their starting seven.
Stewart Dickson. Bandits’ team manager, said: “We are well aware of what Jye brings to the engine room of the side and he was a name I had discussed with (club owner) Jamie Courtney and co-promoters Steve Dews and Sarah Bulman even before it became clear he didn’t figure in Workington’s plans for 2026.
“I believe we have assembled a top five which gives us strong pairings both home and away and a side capable of challenging in 2026.”
