Berwick Bandits have confirmed that Australian racer Nick Morris will join Peter Kildemand in the Borders side next season.
Morris re-signs after joining the Bandits in August last year as a replacement for injured skipper Danyon Hume and the 31-year-old was available after completing a two-year ban for doping offences.
Despite initial race rustiness, he was soon back among the points, especially around the pacy Shielfield Park circuit.
It is Morris’s second spell as a Bandit and he capped his 2017 stint by lifting the Premier League Riders’ Championship.
Morris (pictured by Keith Hamblin) doubled up with Sheffield on his return only for his season to end dramatically following a big crash racing in the Premiership play-off semi-final.
He is now fully recovered and preparing for the Australian season.
Stewart Dickson, Bandits’ team manager, said: “Considering the two-year lay-off and late start to the season, Nick did remarkably well in his short 2025 campaign.
“By the end of it he was somewhere near the Nick Morris we remembered from before his ban but, inevitably, his average dropped.
“Some may think he is a steal on such a low average of 6.86, and I wouldn’t argue, with a full winter preparation we expect him to hit the ground running in 2026.”
