FREDRIKSEN SEALS MONARCHS RETURN

EDINBURGH have handed Norwegian racer Lasse Fredriksen a return to the Monarchs’ team for the 2023 Championship campaign.

Fredriksen finally made his debut for the Armadale club this year after a series of delays starting with the pandemic, and he is set to focus on club racing next year and pull out of international competitions.

He said: “I’m really pleased. It was my dream and my first choice for what I should do next summer.

“Last season I sometimes achieved what I wanted, and sometimes not, and overall I would like to have done a little better. I was struggling to find consistency, so that is what I am looking for in 2023.

“I have decided to pull out of international competitions for the time being and focus more on league racing with Monarchs and also Valsarna, my Swedish team.

“I found it hard when maybe I had matches over the weekend and had to travel overseas in between, and I finished up not doing well in any of them. Next year I won’t do that, though I hope to return to international meetings in the future.”