SHEFFIELD have made skipper Kyle Howarth a full asset of the club.
It means the Manchester-born rider will be returning to Owlerton for a seventh consecutive season when the 2023 campaign gets underway next spring. Tigers co-promoter Damien Bates said: "You can't go wrong with Kyle. He's a fully committed rider with a great attitude, he's fantastic to watch around Sheffield, he's a good team man both on and off the track and he's hugely popular with our supporters. "He's part of the furniture at Sheffield now and it's hard to imagine a Sheffield side without him in it. We've been looking at adding him to our assets list for a couple of years now, but for one reason or another it hasn't happened. "But investing in assets is vital for any club's future and so it made sense to get a firmer hold of someone like Kyle. He had what I'd say was another solid enough season in the Premiership in 2022. Having said that, I still think there's even more to come from him. "The way the team is being built, I actually think it will help Kyle over the course of the season and I think we'll get even more out of him in 2023."