Sheffield Tigers Vs Ipswich Witches - Thursday 28th August

[flagrag]

1 hour ago, Rob B said:

Sheffield can run a Monday too, they have multiple times for TV meetings. 

Oh yes we all know that they can and the play off dates have been on the calendar too just pushing their luck  is my understanding 

Edited Friday at 06:34 PM by flagrag

[mikebv]

24 minutes ago, flagrag said:

Oh yes we all know that they can and the play off dates have been on the calendar too just pushing their luck  is my understanding 

Maybe with six teams the cut off dates could be delivered?

Or five maybe?

Or should we just have four to be on the safe side..??

 

[ShanoXtra]

14 hours ago, szkocjasid said:

It would be ideal if Ipswich met Sheffield in the play-offs. That way on Thurs 11th when Leicester are home to Belle Vue in the play-offs, Sheffield could race Ipswich in the league.

Hope Phil Morris doesn't read that lol!

Thursday the 11th would be the second leg of the 1st vs 4th play off. Ipswich would be in it.

[Aries]

 

[4thbender]

41 minutes ago, Aries said:

 

Let's just hope it doesn't rain: Hillsborough (South Yorkshire) weather - Met Office

[Roger Jacobs]

5 hours ago, Aries said:

 

Same riders, but a few changes to the line-ups …

I’m guessing Flint will be at #2, while Rowe moves to 6, and Etheridge (lowest average) is at 7.

For the Witches, I’m assuming:
Sayfutdinov, Thompson, King, Brennan, Doyle, Ellis, Edwards.

 

Edited Saturday at 02:38 PM by Roger Jacobs

[GeneralMelchett]

5 hours ago, 4thbender said:

Let's just hope it doesn't rain: Hillsborough (South Yorkshire) weather - Met Office

Weather forecast ain't great for next week is it! 

[racers and royals]

On 8/30/2025 at 1:20 PM, Roger Jacobs said:

Same riders, but a few changes to the line-ups …

I’m guessing Flint will be at #2, while Rowe moves to 6, and Etheridge (lowest average) is at 7.

For the Witches, I’m assuming:
Sayfutdinov, Thompson, King, Brennan, Doyle, Ellis, Edwards.

 

No Doyle on Wednesday- riding for Esbjerg in Danish League.

[InTheDeepStuff]

29 minutes ago, racers and royals said:

No Doyle on Wednesday- riding for Esbjerg in Danish League.

Ellis is supposed to ride for Fjelsted also on Wednesday providing his knee held up after Gniezno meeting yesterday 

[Jez]

Just hope the weather plays ball this week so we can get a completed fixture list and true end of regular season table 

[IainB]

7 hours ago, racers and royals said:

No Doyle on Wednesday- riding for Esbjerg in Danish League.

Any replacement? I was going to go along to this as a neutral but if Ippo ain't bothered if they win or not... why should I? 🤷‍♂️

[Hawk127]

45 minutes ago, IainB said:

Any replacement? I was going to go along to this as a neutral but if Ippo ain't bothered if they win or not... why should I? 🤷‍♂️

If correct, they cannot be bothered with a suitable replacement this sums up why the average punter cannot be bothered to regularly attend meetings. Sad to say that riders pick which paymaster calls the tune and ultimately not the club owners. The riders no longer consider the punters who wish to see a winning team unless it is  Polish club and many of these throttle jockeys fail to represent the UK that they ride for and as to representing the town, no chance.  It is no longer in a riders DNA to be honest with the fans/supporters.  It use to be a tribal type of following given the number of tracks representing on many occasions rural or non cosmopolitan populations and this was evidenced by the number of travelling supporters back in the day. You use to have local riders who were migrating from grass track and other disciplines to speedway, now nothing can be further from reality. You cannot solely blame the riders but a lot of anger should be directed at the sports masters who treat the punter with such disrespect. The riders want to make a living at all costs and the powers that be have no balls to stand up to other market forces so GB followers can go to hell and put up with what is on offer.

[Aries]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

Any replacement? I was going to go along to this as a neutral but if Ippo ain't bothered if they win or not... why should I? 🤷‍♂️

Hardly a case of not being “bothered” is it? It’s a rearranged fixture and the semi finals start next Monday so the fixture had to be squeezed in this week. They’ll have known riders had existing commitments Wednesday, but had little choice but to accept the fixture date.

Edited 2 hours ago by Aries

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 hour ago, IainB said:

Any replacement? I was going to go along to this as a neutral but if Ippo ain't bothered if they win or not... why should I? 🤷‍♂️

Harris and Howarth

[IainB]

3 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

Harris and Howarth

Is that confirmed?

[Aries]

https://ipswichwitches.co/raceday-guide-sheffield-a-3/
 

Harris guests for Doyle, Howarth for Ellis

[IainB]

26 minutes ago, Aries said:

Hardly a case of not being “bothered” is it? It’s a rearranged fixture and the semi finals start next Monday so the fixture had to be squeezed in this week. They’ll have known riders had existing commitments Wednesday, but had little choice but to accept the fixture date.

If you were bothered whether you wanted to win or not you wouldn't agree to re-stage a meeting without your number 1!

[1 valve]

1 hour ago, Hawk127 said:

If correct, they cannot be bothered with a suitable replacement this sums up why the average punter cannot be bothered to regularly attend meetings. Sad to say that riders pick which paymaster calls the tune and ultimately not the club owners. The riders no longer consider the punters who wish to see a winning team unless it is  Polish club and many of these throttle jockeys fail to represent the UK that they ride for and as to representing the town, no chance.  It is no longer in a riders DNA to be honest with the fans/supporters.  It use to be a tribal type of following given the number of tracks representing on many occasions rural or non cosmopolitan populations and this was evidenced by the number of travelling supporters back in the day. You use to have local riders who were migrating from grass track and other disciplines to speedway, now nothing can be further from reality. You cannot solely blame the riders but a lot of anger should be directed at the sports masters who treat the punter with such disrespect. The riders want to make a living at all costs and the powers that be have no balls to stand up to other market forces so GB followers can go to hell and put up with what is on offer.

To be clear. Doyle doesn’t have a choice where he rides as he is contracted to a Swedish team who have race night priority. 

[Roger Jacobs]

24 minutes ago, IainB said:

If you were bothered whether you wanted to win or not you wouldn't agree to re-stage a meeting without your number 1!

Ipswich have done the right thing by agreeing to a re-staging to give the best chance of the league fixtures being completed. Last week people were complaining that the play-offs could be decided on an incomplete table.

Which is the best scenario?

PS: Sayfutdinov is the Witches #1 ...

[Roger Jacobs]

1 hour ago, Hawk127 said:

If correct, they cannot be bothered with a suitable replacement this sums up why the average punter cannot be bothered to regularly attend meetings. Sad to say that riders pick which paymaster calls the tune and ultimately not the club owners. The riders no longer consider the punters who wish to see a winning team unless it is  Polish club and many of these throttle jockeys fail to represent the UK that they ride for and as to representing the town, no chance.  It is no longer in a riders DNA to be honest with the fans/supporters.  It use to be a tribal type of following given the number of tracks representing on many occasions rural or non cosmopolitan populations and this was evidenced by the number of travelling supporters back in the day. You use to have local riders who were migrating from grass track and other disciplines to speedway, now nothing can be further from reality. You cannot solely blame the riders but a lot of anger should be directed at the sports masters who treat the punter with such disrespect. The riders want to make a living at all costs and the powers that be have no balls to stand up to other market forces so GB followers can go to hell and put up with what is on offer.

What a load of twaddle!

Doyle is one of the most loyal non-Brits to British Speedway. It's not his fault the fixture has been rearranged and it coincides with a commitment he's contracted to elsewhere. It's a rock-and-a-hard-place for the Witches, who have managed to find guests for both missing riders.