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Well I’ve told the kids not to worry because I’ve come up with a plan B. Byron burger and then Cinema to watch Duck Duck Goose. I shouldn’t have mentioned it to them though cos they’ve now joined in with Taps’ “Chief pi$$ing down” rain dance

Well I’ve finally found a good one after a thorough search that predicts dry days for Thursday and Friday.. https://m.accuweather.com/en/gb/ipswich/ip4-2/weather-forecast/330938 im going to ignore the more reliable Met Office and BBC forecasts and whole heartedly believe this one instead

A bit ropey admittedly but it’s still a few days away and the forecasts change on a daily basis so fingers crossed.

The morning of the first meeting for Peterborough after 5 long Winter months and only 7 replies since BCD started this thread? I know a few are not entirely happy with your team but I’d still expect more enthusiasm than this! The Showground is an superb place to watch your Speedway strong team or not. Difficult one to call this. Peterborough obviously have riders that know the Showground inside out but Lakeside look the stronger side and their riders have already had a meeting so levels things out. Very tight I reckon and I’ll go for the draw..

Still the concern for me is Lakeside having a couple of competitive meetings under their belts before we’ve turned a wheel in anger. Another blow last night with the Poole individual meeting being postponed as Covatti was due to ride. Would have given him much needed laps under his belt. I now make it that only Hume and King will have ridden competitive laps before Friday, as long as their meetings don’t fall to the weather.

Yes I was on the receiving end of some of those PM’s as well. Very very weird and tbh, creepy individual.

let’s hope we get some decent weather in the days leading up to Good Friday Taps! Really looking forward to it I’ve missed the Good Friday fixtures.

Tapes up a week tomorrow so time to start a meeting thread! A few things to look out for from a Witches point of view. How will Hartel start, how will Covatti and Hume return after their near season long injuries, and a chance to look at the track after the final tweaks were completed. Bit concerned that it looks like only a couple of the lads will have rode competitive laps, whilst the Lakeside boys will all have had two meetings in the Lee Richardson memorial, and a fixture against Peterborough. Will that give Lakeside the edge? With such a small group you lose a home fixture you’re probably out!

But they’ve already said they tried to arrange a Challenge with a Premiership side. My point is why stop at a Premiership side? If they wanted to give the riders a Challenge meeting before the real stuff they could have arranged something surely? As it turns out maybe it wouldn’t have happened anyway if the track work wasn’t completed who knows. The official line last week on press day was that there would be no practice due to the weather, not that the track work hasn’t been completed.

Have they not finished it yet?

No idea why they haven’t arranged a challenge for Thursday. Ok the weather has been poor of late but nobody knew that would be the case when the fixtures were sorted. CL admitted he tried to arrange a meeting with a Premiership team but none could agree. Did it have to be a Premiership team? Why not do similar to what Lakeside have done and started with the Billy Sanders memorial with a field including the 7 Witches? would have at least given them semi competitive laps before the real stuff starts Good Friday. Not exactly overloaded with fixtures this year either compared to previous years so it’s a strange decision.

Oh dear..

Agree. When you see the team written down like that it looks strong all over. As ever, the success or lack of will depend on keeping everyone fit and having a bit more luck than we had last year! If we can, then we stand as good a chance as any of winnng the title IMO. Genuinely wouldn’t swap our septet for any other.

Crikey how tall is the German lad!!

Quite fancy Scunny myself. Manzarez, and then Nielsen at reserve could be huge for them

Good luck to the Diamonds in their quest to complete the team. Fingers crossed they can pull a couple of rabbits out of the hat and look competitive at the very least.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/0/2646057 Tuesday and Wednesday looks dry so far. Unless the track isn’t ready? Last update we had was that the track work wasn’t completed because of the poor weather and we’ve heard nothing since..

So press and practice this Wednesday as well as the meet the riders evening. Fingers crossed for some dry weather so the lads can get some decent laps under their belts.

https://ipswichwitches.co/wayne-bavin-presenter-foxhall/

Agreed. Kevin Long is a big loss no doubt about it.

So Wayne Bavin on the mic it is. Hope he does well. P.S Hope you don’t mind me linking your tweet Mr Long

At first glance I thought nah not for me. But looking again I’m not so sure! Always so difficult to get a result at Edinburgh and I expect that to continue. Honestly haven’t a clue where to place them in the table. Ruml looks an exciting signing though I think he’ll be a hit.

Baracus?