West Cumbrian based racer Craig Cook has landed a new role with Leicester Lions in the Sports Insure Premiership.
He goes straight into the side to face Wolverhampton away tonight along with the Lions other new signing Richie Worrall.
The Lions have brought in Cook and Worrall as they rebuild again following the suspension of Nick Morris – with skipper Chris Harris making way along with recent signing Troy Batchelor.
Worrall, who rode for the club in the Championship in 2019 and 2022, joins from Peterborough with Harris heading in the opposite direction.
Lions manager Stewart Dickson said: “I’ve got to stress that I was very, very happy with the seven riders we had up until four weeks ago when the Nick situation arose. There were no changes on the horizon at that stage.
“Richie and Craig will form a new middle-order, and I know they are both very, very good around Leicester which obviously ticks a lot of boxes.
“Craig has been in good form with Edinburgh and has taken over the No.1 spot there, and when I spoke to him about coming to us, he was buzzing.
“Obviously there was an incident at Armadale on Friday, but he’s been declared fit to race on Monday and certainly he’s very much up for joining us.”
