Leaderboard

https://ipswichwitches.co/louis-update-on-2025/ Fair play to Louis, nice to see on the youngster development front. Also even MORE work to the track to try and improve the racing at Foxhall. He’s doing everything he possibly can within the restrictions he has to provide the best racing possible there. Proper Speedway man. Not many left these days unfortunately.

I’m amazed by the disservice Thomsen is getting here. It wasn’t his greatest ever season, but 10+2, 11+1 and 8+3, including a win over Masters (the highest averaging home rider in the league) at Oxford across the final three cup final meetings of the season is remarkable from reserve. Being British and possessing potential is one thing, but if I’m a Poole fan, I’m delighted with Thomsen’s return.

Thoughts with the people of Workington at this difficult time.

Perhaps he just doesn't want to...? Does there need to be a reason? Perhaps he feels Glasgow is a worthwhile of a club to travel for where Scunthorpe isn't. With all due respect Glasgow is much more professionally run and much more likely to be chasing for honours.

Always hoped he would sign for us, Shane is the main reason I fell in love with speedway as a kid and for those who don't know is my profile picture. Hope turns out to be a successful close to his old man

Piszcz on his way back?

I have never ever been so insulted, I actually think this is actionable.

😂👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Huge respect to Workington! Going out all over the world to get new riders in british speedway. Fraser Bowes signs for comets. Another new rider onto our shores

Heard he is Captain?

It would be indeed silly to offer him any amount of money!

precisely scunny are always top drawer at home and no team who manage that finishes near the bottom

I think you are giving them too much credit. They will finish near bottom with that team. Allen is a 3rd heat leader at best, Lambert and Mountain are 2nd strings, they have no rider of 2nd heat leader quality.

Just checked and I've got Tomato Ketchup, HP, Lea & Perrins, Henderson's, Tabasco, Light Soy and two bottles of Tropical Sun Hot Pepper sauce

As stated by 89Buttons, selective quoting at its most political. Their fine reply also highlighted that, although BV *had* to release a rider, Cook ... a constant improver, fan favourite, and winner of the Alan Wilkinson Team Man of The Year Award ... rightly can feel as if he's been dispensed with.

STOP REPLYING TO HIM/HER/THEM/WHAT or whatever the woke political term is that this Labour government want all of us to adhere to FFS!

Chris Louis has announced a series of speedway meetings to be held at Ipswich in 2025. “We know this motorcycle sport is quite popular in Poland so we decided to treat bike fans to it in this country by being the first to stage this unique sport. Believe it or not these bikes don’t have brakes” Louis continued. “Following our recent invention of the wheel we thought it only right to see them in action on a racetrack. We always look to innovate and this aligns itself with last year’s initiative where we had bears pooing in Foxhall Woods - a first for both bears and woods”.

I would have kept both personally but I do think Vinnie has a bit of maturing to do in my opinion before he reaches his full potential.

Above average Dane in my opinion and a never give up attitude, just what most fans like.

Why you talking about Ben cook on this thread for?

Not sure if Howarth would fit, would probably prefer him over Kerr

Many pints you had for breakfast?

Fraser has had a ride round Ashfield last season maybe we didn't like what we saw or maybe the track did not suit him but it will be good to see him riding at Glasgow when Comets visit

I to would pair up Lawson & Cook. Adds a little protection for Cook until he gets his feet under the table. If Cook performs to the levels expected / predicted, after a month or 2, then I'd partner him up with the weakest of the top 5. A strong 3&4 can be match winning, being partnered together 3 times home & away, individually in heats 12 & 14. It's the engine room of every team.

Take that back as I had guessed Scunny for Ace🤔

Glad he’s got fixed up after being unnecessarily dumped on the scrap heap. 😡

Correct chosen to fly in an average Dane in his 30s than use a young British rider.

Vinnie wanted to stay, and so did one of his main sponsors, if Poole had their way and the 38pt limit was imposed I reckon he would of been retained, but as it was 40 pt limit the Poole promotion went in a different direction.

For a start his Championship average is above many riders who have higher Premiership averages, such as: Sedgmen, Kerr, King, Worrall, Z Cook, Howarth, Wright & Zischke. So if he can beat them in the Champ, he should be able to beat them in the Prem. Then he showed what he can do on his best day with 16 points at Sheffield. His 2024 average for Oxford & Leicester was 5.40 (from 14 meetings). The reason he has a lower starting average must therefore be due to having low scores in final 6 meetings in 2023, which is not so relevant when judging his form ahead of 2025. I also said "but with Cook, you can never be sure what he'll do" but there's plenty of reasons for Leicester fans to be positive imo

Yea northside arena is surrounded by them, and you may see windy Miller coming out of one, got to be a certain age to get this 😆

Looks like Craig cook gone Leicester, Birmingham dodged a bullet there

German TV documentary about Celina Liebmann (30 minutes, in German laguage)

Didn’t think I’d ever find someone on here as irritating as that twerp laguta fan but he’s giving him a good run for his money! 🤣

I know you were talking about rew not exactly hard to see through your vagueness to find the repeated Ipswich jibe you spout daily - read Louis’ report, rew moved on due to his reasons and Louis hopes he’ll be a witch again in future 👍 An alternative narrative for you - ben cook was belle vue’s biggest improver last season, has improved every season the last few years and made great strides on the continent too last year and for his efforts got kicked to the kerb meanwhile lidsey drops a point and a half and is retained!? Lidsey will have been on higher wages at the start of the season no doubt and I can’t imagine Ben would’ve asked for more this season than lidsey will be getting, loan fee you say? can’t imagine that’s a great amount and will be offset by travel expenses with Ben being uk based and lidsey not. as much as I don’t want to see kings Lynn succeed as our old farm rivals…when they visit the NSS I sincerely hope Ben scores a match winning double figure haul. hope that helps.

The plan is where possible is to ride at Leicester Thursday travel upto the Manchester stay overnight with his parents, wash bikes and then travel up to Glasgow Friday lunchtime. Can also do the same for Edinburgh,Redcar and Scunthorpe away meetings on Fridays

A decent signing for Scunthorpe. Whether or not he’s capable of being an out-and-out number one, having spent the past two seasons in bridesmaid capacity to Lawson and Harris, is anyone’s guess. I thought he did okay for us. His season was obviously very disrupted, but even until that point, I often felt he failed to deliver when the chips were down in heats thirteen and fifteen, aside from the second meeting at Berwick.

https://ipswichwitches.co/louis-update-on-2025/ Put this in here as well because I guess it affects Birmingham, and probably Lynn too as they were the clubs at the bottom this year. He obviously knows the Birmingham team and is expecting them to be much more competitive which is good to hear. Also talks about clubs building in different ways (Lynn?) so it’s giving optimism to fans of every club.

Not sure about Kerr, good gater though.Injury prone.

Home for Kyle is now Marlborough in Wiltshire.

Maybe he's seen sense and decided to move to the bright lights of possilpark, a lovely part of the world 🙄. It does seem like one HL 3 2nd strings and 3 reserves, particularly away from home. But as mentioned scunny track specialists so win most/ all home meetings and the odd bonus point

4 horses, only count 3. Aces, Tigers & Witches. But question marks against all. Kurtz has GP's & Ekstaliga pressure to deal with for the first time.... Woffinden has neither for the first time in years, finances will be down. Doyle & Sayfutdinov are coming back from injury and are not getting any younger... Neither is Chris Holder. While Jack Holder seems to be the one the SGP promoters think is ready to challenge Zmarzlik. Focus could be shifting away from league racing.

Probably then gets the City Link from Edinburgh Airport to Buchanan Street.

Don’t rate Thomson, a one track rider and Spencer is no spring chicken and not even a heat leader in a weak NDL.

Waste of money! We had 2 like that last season!!

In that case that is a very solid top 5.

Given he only rode in the Croatian GP last season (and wasn't injured), semi retired seems a fairly good description.

Another pussy who gets injured and goes AWOL

He’s capable of 8 easy a meeting if not more

I think they mean 8 points each meeting not every two 😄