Published at 20:05, Thursday, 27 November 2014

Workington Comets have added a third Danish rider to their line-up for 2015.

Nicki Barrett

They have reached an agreement to sign 25-year-old Odense-born Nicki Barrett, who joined Peterborough Panthers midway through the summer and guested for the west Cumbrians last season.

Barrett has been loaned to Comets from parent club Berwick Bandits and joins on a 3.93 average, which means he will occupy one of the reserve spots.

He joins fellow countrymen Rene Bach and Kenneth Hansen in agreeing to ride at Derwent Park next year, as well as Australian Mason Campton who re-signed at the clubs end-of-season do.

Co-promoter and team manager Tony Jackson said: When he visited Derwent Park with the Panthers last season he proved to be very impressive at reserve and he clearly enjoyed the track.

However, there was some bad news for fans as it was also announced that last seasons number one Josh Grajczonek and popular reserve Simon Lambert wont be returning to the club.

The Comets management met with Grajczonek in October and he made it clear that while he wanted to come back to Workington in 2015, he needed to press on with his career and commit to riding in Poland, which meant until these deals were sorted he could not commit to Premier League racing.

The decision was made last night by the club to move on without Grajczonek.

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Workington Comets add third Danish rider to team