BERWICK have laid the foundations for a huge season after clinching a lucrative sponsorship deal with builders merchants Jewson.
The Bandits are starting a fresh era under new boss Stewart Dickson at Shielfield Park this year.
After two injury-ravaged campaigns, the addition of a major new name behind the club is the perfect pre-season boost.
Delighted Berwick co-owner Scott Courtney said: “Over the past couple of years we have done extensive work renovating the track, surrounds and pits area and every time we needed top quality materials at affordable prices the answer was literally a few hundred yards from Shielfield Park at the Jewson Tweedmouth store.
“Having supported us for a good few years now, Jewson expressed an interest in becoming more involved for 2024 and we are delighted to have the deal signed and sealed.
“It is just one more good piece of news in what is a very upbeat and positive vibe around the club at the moment.
“It would be impossible to keep speedway on-track in Berwick, a town with a population barely over 12,000, without the support of so many businesspeople both local and nationally giving their generous backing."
The Berwick Jewson Bandits will make their first competitive appearance on 30 March when Workington Comets visit Shielfield Park in the first leg of the Border Trophy challenge series.
Founded in 1838 as a family-run timber, coal and builders’ merchant in Norfolk, Jewson now has over 500 branches in the UK and last year was acquired by the Danish STARK group in a £740million deal which saw them become part of a group with an annual turnover in excess of £7.5 billion.
Words by George Dodds.
Artwork by Berwick Speedway.