Edinburgh Monarchs have given up their bid to hold onto Swedish rider Thomas Jonasson.

Jonasson has joined Swindon for the 2010 season but admits he leaves Edinburgh with some regrets.

"Vetlanda is of course my home club but after that I love Edinburgh and I hope that one day I can ride for the Monarchs again," he said.

“But the problem is the fixtures. There are too many in the Premier League. For financial reasons I must ride in Poland, and I am just not well enough organised to ride in the UK in as many fixtures (including weekend ones) as Edinburgh have.

“Therefore I have agreed that in the UK I will ride in the Elite League only and it will be for Swindon“.