{"id":1053,"date":"2024-01-12T09:33:44","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/?p=1053"},"modified":"2024-01-12T09:34:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T09:34:30","slug":"bastian-borke-on-joining-the-berwick-bandits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/bastian-borke-on-joining-the-berwick-bandits\/","title":{"rendered":"Bastian Borke on joining the Berwick Bandits!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Berwick Bandits latest Viking invader has been given the inside track on his new club by one of the Bandits\u2019 favourite Great Danes.<\/p>\n<p>Bastian Borke\u2019s switch from Edinburgh was confirmed last, the 21-year-old from Aarhus lining up at reserve in the much-changed septet for 2024.<\/p>\n<p>He has also switched clubs in Denmark where the move from Slangerup to Grinstead means that his team manager is Nicolaj Busk Jacobsen who made a big impression during a four-year spell with the Bandits which began in 2017 and spanned the aborted Covid season.<\/p>\n<p>In an interview for the club\u2019s YouTube programme Total Access, Borke said: <em>\u201cI\u2019ve known Busk since I was riding 85cc\u2019s back home, around the time that he first joined Berwick, and he always had good things to say about everything to do with Bandits, the track, the management and supporters,\u201d <\/em>Bastian explained.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI was able to see for myself that everything he told me was true when I rode there with Edinburgh last season.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI understand I might not be joining the biggest club in British speedway, but that family atmosphere is one that I\u2019m looking forward to. The fact that there is never any problems with payment at Berwick helps too!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1055\" src=\"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1526\" height=\"1971\" srcset=\"https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow.jpg 1526w, https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow-793x1024.jpg 793w, https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow-768x992.jpg 768w, https:\/\/speedwayhub.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/Buskfullflow-1189x1536.jpg 1189w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1526px) 100vw, 1526px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Bastian faces a busy season as he returns to Valsarna in Sweden and Rsezow in Poland in addition to Danish and Cab Direct Championship commitments.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOne of the other attractions of joining a Saturday club is that I will be racing in Poland on Tuesday, Denmark Wednesday and Sweden on Thursday,\u201d<\/em> Bastian explained.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLast year I had to dash over to Edinburgh on a Friday, this season I have the opportunity to catch my breath an extra day to prepare for Berwick.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cI\u2019ve only been to Shielfield Park once (a match-winning 9+2 for Edinburgh in July which is his highest British return), but it was a good night and I know it is a track that I am going to enjoy racing on. It\u2019s fast, has some good racing lines and really suits my style.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIn the UK each track is so specific and so different, but I felt that by the end of last season I had the hang of tracks of all size and shape and that definitely helped my racing on the continent too.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>Words by Berwick Speedway &#8211; Images by Taz McDougall<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Berwick Bandits latest Viking invader has been given the inside track on his new club by one of the Bandits\u2019 favourite Great Danes. Bastian Borke\u2019s switch from Edinburgh was confirmed last, the 21-year-old from Aarhus lining up at reserve in the much-changed septet for 2024. 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