WATCH: Barker looking forward to new challenge with Bandits


Barker, who is a GB international, says the Border club has been chasing him for some time now, and it only took a ‘five minute telephone call’ with director George Hepburn to seal the deal.
Barker faces a near 550 mile trip, one way, for home meetings, but says the prospect of making the journey from his Cornwall home is not daunting in any way.
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Hide AdBarker will lead the team, skippered by Kevin Doolan, into the new season which begins at Berwick this Saturday with the traditional Tyne-Tweed Trophy clash against the Newcastle Diamonds - the return leg will be at Brough Park on Sunday.