Ipswich Witches 2026

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

4 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

No idea on Pollestad but I think Cooper was only ever ending up at the two places he's signed for.

 

5 minutes ago, dontforgetthefueltapsbruv said:

We will never know for sure now

I refer the honourable gentleman to my previous answer 

[Arch Stanton]

30 minutes ago, hasta la vista said:

Neither Pollestad or Rushen were ever signing with Ipswich.

Some of the stuff on here is so fanciful.

Wrong.

Edited December 28, 2025 by Arch Stanton

[old bob at herne bay]

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As I and others have said before, and I will say again. 

What's the value of a speedway club for any potential buyer ? 

• A bunch of fixtures and fittings. 
• Goodwill (value  heaven only knows) in 2026 in a league of 5 or 6 or another number
• Forecasts of future gate receipts based on last years books
• expressions of interest from some of last seasons riders to race for the side  
• expressions of interest to past sponsors your team 
• support from  BSPL and Speedway Futures who really need you in their league

Against that you will have to fund

• BSPL joining fees and guarantee bond
• Riders signing on fees
• new air fence
• Advance rent for stadium
• truck load of shale
• insurance 

[PhilTheAce]

If anyone would know where rushen was always going i got to say it is asta la vista 😜

[Aries]

1 minute ago, PhilTheAce said:

If anyone would know where rushen was always going i got to say it is asta la vista 😜

Rushen sure, but Pollestad was Foxhall bound Phil. They’d even assigned him a mechanic.

[PhilTheAce]

2 minutes ago, Aries said:

Rushen sure, but Pollestad was Foxhall bound Phil. They’d even assigned him a mechanic.

Good news. Would love him over here. Let's hope the deal can still be finalised 

[Aries]

1 minute ago, PhilTheAce said:

Good news. Would love him over here. Let's hope the deal can still be finalised 

Don’t think so, sadly. Hopefully someone else picks him up, talented boy.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

12 minutes ago, PhilTheAce said:

If anyone would know where rushen was always going i got to say it is asta la vista 😜

Would you really expect him to say otherwise at this point...... (and rightly so)

[PhilTheAce]

7 minutes ago, Aries said:

Don’t think so, sadly. Hopefully someone else picks him up, talented boy.

Nice space at belle vue for him 😀

[Steve Irving]

38 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Maybe another local company is looking at it, involved in sponsorship of another local team but as yet not involved in speedway. 
 

Question is if it’s non speedway people looking at it how does that sit with the BSPL?

 

So you’ve heard who it is?

[Aries]

On 12/26/2025 at 10:22 AM, PhilTheAce said:

Does this team fit???? 

 

Musielak

Lawson

Klindt

King

Nki

Someone else

 

On 12/26/2025 at 12:35 PM, ArthurRudge said:

Surely, it's too late to assemble a decent team now?

TBF if Ipswich run and it’s a five team league, it’ll be easier to put together a half decent team than previous years because there’ll be riders still available due to having two less teams than this year.

The team Phil has named above, doesn’t look inspiring at first glance, but it would be very tough to beat at Foxhall. All have piled in the points there over the years, mostly due to the fact they’re all excellent trappers! You can add Luke Becker to that list also, another heavy scorer around Foxhall.

[cowboy cookie returns?]

9 hours ago, Steve Irving said:

So you’ve heard who it is?

I’ve only heard a rumour that was swirling around at football on Boxing Day when stood in the away end at Millwall. Not sure sure I believe it as it would be very left field

[Steve Irving]

2 hours ago, Aries said:

 

TBF if Ipswich run and it’s a five team league, it’ll be easier to put together a half decent team than previous years because there’ll be riders still available due to having two less teams than this year.

The team Phil has named above, doesn’t look inspiring at first glance, but it would be very tough to beat at Foxhall. All have piled in the points there over the years, mostly due to the fact they’re all excellent trappers! You can add Luke Becker to that list also, another heavy scorer around Foxhall.

Don’t think anyone will be particularly bothered who wins next year. Stewart Dickson said in the SS a few weeks ago that he doesn’t really want next season to be a sticking plaster, but I’m afraid that’s exactly what it’s going to be. It’s a case of just limping along, keeping the wheels moving at tracks and hope that something better is in the works for 2027 when the league can be taken more seriously. 

[old bob at herne bay]

4 hours ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

I’ve only heard a rumour that was swirling around at football on Boxing Day when stood in the away end at Millwall. Not sure sure I believe it as it would be very left field

Ed Sheeran 👍

[Neila]

1 hour ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Ed Sheeran 👍

Would be loose change for him, to be able to keep a local sporting club going 

[mikebv]

3 hours ago, Steve Irving said:

Don’t think anyone will be particularly bothered who wins next year. Stewart Dickson said in the SS a few weeks ago that he doesn’t really want next season to be a sticking plaster, but I’m afraid that’s exactly what it’s going to be. It’s a case of just limping along, keeping the wheels moving at tracks and hope that something better is in the works for 2027 when the league can be taken more seriously. 

I think being taken seriously isn't a measure that those who run the sport ever chase..

In the recent past we have had a plan to swap guests after the first leg of the top league play off final, meaning they ride for both teams, (eventually called off in the days leading up to the final)...

Last season a seven team league couldn't get completed on time so the play offs took place using a cut off date, only for the league to be completed, with the result rendering the play off semis being "wrong" when aligned to the rules of them...

And who can forget the play offs being changed for "commercial reasons" with the qualification positions being rode roughshod over, even after a full season of matches being completed with paying customers attending the qualifiers, "in good faith"...

Div Two last year saw three guests in a PO Semi and this is a sport that allows teams to swap and change divisions on a "whim" to suit their own agenda, rather than being down to any actual attainment level, or size of club...

And there will be a myriad of other examples where those in charge have made decisions which suggest it isn't taken too seriously...

To be honest though, I get why being "taken seriously" isn't something high on the agenda given the lack of rewards for being successful, and, given the sport is now pretty much down to the "die hards", (who show that "Any Speedway" served up is good enough for them), regardless of the credibility of the actual offering.. 

Therefore, you can see why promoters run the sport the way they do..

Many now attend with their priority being watching the entertainment on offer, and also to see a variety of teams turning up, unfortunately, "small leagues" take away one of the "few pulls" to keep them interested..

[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, old bob at herne bay said:

Ed Sheeran 👍

We can but dream

[YeOldPitGate]

17 minutes ago, mikebv said:

I think being taken seriously isn't a measure that those who run the sport ever chase..

In the recent past we have had a plan to swap guests after the first leg of the top league play off final, meaning they ride for both teams, (eventually called off in the days leading up to the final)...

Last season a seven team league couldn't get completed on time so the play offs took place using a cut off date, only for the league to be completed, with the result rendering the play off semis being "wrong" when aligned to the rules of them...

And who can forget the play offs being changed for "commercial reasons" with the qualification positions being rode roughshod over, even after a full season of matches being completed with paying customers attending the qualifiers, "in good faith"...

Div Two last year saw three guests in a PO Semi and this is a sport that allows teams to swap and change divisions on a "whim" to suit their own agenda, rather than being down to any actual attainment level, or size of club...

And there will be a myriad of other examples where those in charge have made decisions which suggest it isn't taken too seriously...

To be honest though, I get why being "taken seriously" isn't something high on the agenda given the lack of rewards for being successful, and, given the sport is now pretty much down to the "die hards", (who show that "Any Speedway" served up is good enough for them), regardless of the credibility of the actual offering.. 

Therefore, you can see why promoters run the sport the way they do..

Many now attend with their priority being watching the entertainment on offer, and also to see a variety of teams turning up, unfortunately, "small leagues" take away one of the "few pulls" to keep them interested..

You also missed off the jubilee cup where from memory leg 1 was staged at kings lynn and leg 2 is awaited in the same breath as "the godfather part 4" and 'the long good friday part 2"

[Bagpuss]

38 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

You also missed off the jubilee cup where from memory leg 1 was staged at kings lynn and leg 2 is awaited in the same breath as "the godfather part 4" and 'the long good friday part 2"

The meeting at Lynn was the second leg of the Play Off final:

https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/21410/leicester-poole-championship-final-2022

[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, Bagpuss said:

The meeting at Lynn was the second leg of the Play Off final:

https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/21410/leicester-poole-championship-final-2022

I'm getting muddled in my old age Bagpuss so the Jubilee cup is still as big a myth as bigfoot and ufo's ?