NEW Edinburgh signing Dan Thompson wants to “go all the way” to the league title in 2026.
The Monarchs snapped up the Great Britain star after his excellent season at Glasgow in 2025.
Thompson, 21, is the first name on the team sheet at Armadale and will be the new No1.
He rode three times in East Lothian last season and won 12 of his 14 races, totalling paid 39 points out of a possible 42.
The ex-British Under-19 Champion in 2023 is happy to be moving across Scotland and said: “I’m really pleased to be coming to Edinburgh, it’s a track I’ve done really well on this year.
“I think I only dropped a couple of points on my visits. It’s not somewhere I’ve always been strong at but I’ve gradually improved and I think I can really make a good home advantage of it. It's somewhere I enjoy coming to and it does seem like a really good club from what I’ve been told.
“Things went well for me this year, I moved forward again, got a league title with Ipswich and obviously just missed out with Glasgow.
“That’s the way it goes sometimes, it was unfortunate but we put everything into it. I’ll have another chance at it in the Championship next year with the Monarchs.
“Edinburgh were unlucky not to be in the final themselves and from what I’ve heard of the team for next season I think we can go all the way.”
On becoming the new No1 at Armadale, he added: “It doesn’t really bother me where I ride in the team, other riders might focus more on that than I do.
“It’s only a number on your back and if you want to be the best in the sport you’ve got to be racing the best guys and I think I am slowly getting to that stage. My average suggests so anyway. I’ll just take the challenge on and see how it goes!”
Words by Holeshot Media.
Images by Taylor Lanning.