Ipswich Witches 2026

[Glen]

50 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Take a chill pill.  There's no way Ipswich won't be holding speedway in 2026, see you at the first fixture🙂.  The last thing the sport needs is vultures circling whilst not paying any money to support it 🙂

Interesting who are the riders signed ?

[noaksey]

Someone told me yesterday that the deal is as good as done between the parties with one matter to be completed 

Fingers crossed 

Edited 4 hours ago by noaksey

[SPEEDY69]

29 minutes ago, Glen said:

Interesting who are the riders signed ?

It doesn't matter yet. No fixtures, no tickets can be purchased, relax.

[therefused]

3 minutes ago, SPEEDY69 said:

It doesn't matter yet. No fixtures, no tickets can be purchased, relax.

no it doesnt matter its only basically February and 5 weeks until the season starts. 

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

3 minutes ago, therefused said:

no it doesnt matter its only basically February and 5 weeks until the season starts. 

Well done 

Just as well it's so close - enabled you to count on one hand without the need of your thumb 

[cowboy cookie returns?]

4 minutes ago, therefused said:

no it doesnt matter its only basically February and 5 weeks until the season starts. 

Could start the season in June and run the complete league programme before the end of August. Doesn’t matter if Ipswich open late only 8 home league fixtures & a couple of ko cup if you’re lucky 

[hasta la vista]

1 hour ago, Glen said:

Interesting who are the riders signed ?

Brennan and King

[Youhave2minutes]

1 minute ago, hasta la vista said:

Brennan and King

And Edwards

[cowboy cookie returns?]

1 hour ago, Glen said:

Interesting who are the riders signed ?

Brennan

King

Rew 

Edwards

Jenkins

and a couple of newbies. 
 

Or the owners have deep pockets & Emil is coming back.

[YeOldPitGate]

48 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Could start the season in June and run the complete league programme before the end of August. Doesn’t matter if Ipswich open late only 8 home league fixtures & a couple of ko cup if you’re lucky 

Spot on Cookie in fact if they had any sense they should probably kick off on the early May bank hol Monday but as ever with Speedway you run the risk even with a possible only 8 fixtures of running until back end of Sept.

[Steve Irving]

1 hour ago, hasta la vista said:

Brennan and King

His best mates that have kept him in the team all these years have now buggered off, and they STILL can’t get rid of him at Foxhall 😂

[Hamish McRaker]

On 1/27/2026 at 10:33 AM, Aries said:

I’m not sure that’s correct Phil. The BSPL can’t just take over and run it without Chris Louis’ agreement can they? And I’m not convinced the rest of the BSPL are in Louis’ good books at the moment! Think he’d rather close it down than help them run their league..

Also, would anyone who has worked hard to build a business over many years, be comfortable at handing the keys over and risk that business's reputation and value becoming damaged, without needing to have a very active continuing personal involvement? 

 

[Aries]

1 minute ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Also, would anyone who has worked hard to build a business over many years, be comfortable at handing the keys over and risk that business's reputation and value becoming damaged, without needing to have a very active continuing personal involvement? 

 

No. And he clearly no longer wants any involvement. 
 

It’s a sale, or no speedway. 

[foreverblue]

58 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

His best mates that have kept him in the team all these years have now buggered off, and they STILL can’t get rid of him at Foxhall 😂

Why would you want to get rid one of him, good rider and one of the nicest guys in the sport.

[Steve Irving]

1 hour ago, foreverblue said:

Why would you want to get rid one of him, good rider and one of the nicest guys in the sport.

Being one of the “nice guys of the sport” shouldn’t be a yardstick for anyone to sign him. There may have been value signing him at the start of last season due to his average dropping due to riding with a wrist injury. But a solid season has seen that rise over half a point again. Little value, and a poor signing and a strange one all things considered. You’d have thought with his mates disappearing (Hawkins due to his loyalty to Chris, his words), King would have seen lifting the big one finally as a natural conclusion to his time at the club and he’d follow the others out the door.

I guess with nobody else wanting him (understandably), a job is still a job I suppose. Not exactly out with the old, in with the new and a bright new dawn is it?

Death, taxes, and Danny King at Ipswich.

[Steve Irving]

4 hours ago, noaksey said:

Someone told me yesterday that the deal is as good as done between the parties with one matter to be completed 

Fingers crossed 

No offence intended but that’s not new news is it? Louis himself issued a statement over a fortnight ago now saying the same thing. Sale all agreed, just DD and paperwork to get through.

[Terry Tibbs]

Rumours.....talk to me! I can confirm that the rumours suggesting that Terry Tibbs has acquired the promotion rights at Ipswich Speedway to be just that rumours! Yes, Brother Louis Louis Louis and his assistant Richie Hawkeye did attend the offices of T Tibbs Motors (Chingford) Limited earlier this month to discuss a potential deal!

I offered young Christopher a substantial sum of ready's, plus my 2017 Mazz-a-rati which was recently serviced and passed it's MOT with only one observation, the free use of Krystof Stojanowski's caravan which I purchased from The Isle of Wight in 2009 and free oil massage whenever he and Hawkeye wanted from my beautiful Swedish wife Greta! 

Brother Louis was obviously tempted as he asked to see my full business plan for the day to day running of the club, I advised him that Main Man Rogers would be installed as Head of Operations, where he would be assisted by the vastly experienced Jimmy Lynch as Director of Speedway and his protégé Big Blayne Scroggins would be Team Manager, I even offered Richie Hawkeye the opportunity to be Main Man Rogers' assistant so that he could learn all about how to run a club successfully! 

After much pondering and signs he was up for the deal, Brother Louis Louis Louis asked for a few days to think about things, during which time Stojanowski's caravan was moved from Busty C's holiday village in Norfolk to become the VIP lounge at Buxton!  I think this news may have upset Brother Louis, as he sent Richie Hawkeye down to Chingford with a note declining my most generous proposal!  I tickled Richie Hawkeye's chin, gave him a little wiggly woo, even offered him a free place on the next Main Man Rogers how to promote speedway seminar but he said Brother Louis mind was made up, it was no! 

So that's it from me, thank you goodnight, much love Terence! 

 

 

 

[Terry Tibbs]

Rumours.....talk to me! I can confirm that the rumours suggesting that Terry Tibbs has acquired the promotion rights at Ipswich Speedway to be just that rumours! Yes, Brother Louis Louis Louis and his assistant Richie Hawkeye did attend the offices of T Tibbs Motors (Chingford) Limited earlier this month to discuss a potential deal!

I offered young Christopher a substantial sum of ready's, plus my 2017 Mazz-a-rati which was recently serviced and passed it's MOT with only one observation, the free use of Krystof Stojanowski's caravan which I purchased from The Isle of Wight in 2009 and free oil massage whenever he and Hawkeye wanted from my beautiful Swedish wife Greta! 

Brother Louis was obviously tempted as he asked to see my full business plan for the day to day running of the club, I advised him that Main Man Rogers would be installed as Head of Operations, where he would be assisted by the vastly experienced Jimmy Lynch as Director of Speedway and his protégé Big Blayne Scroggins would be Team Manager, I even offered Richie Hawkeye the opportunity to be Main Man Rogers' assistant so that he could learn all about how to run a club successfully! 

After much pondering and signs he was up for the deal, Brother Louis Louis Louis asked for a few days to think about things, during which time Stojanowski's caravan was moved from Busty C's holiday village in Norfolk to become the VIP lounge at Buxton!  I think this news may have upset Brother Louis, as he sent Richie Hawkeye down to Chingford with a note declining my most generous proposal!  I tickled Richie Hawkeye's chin, gave him a little wiggly woo, even offered him a free place on the next Main Man Rogers how to promote speedway seminar but he said Brother Louis mind was made up, it was no! 

So that's it from me, thank you goodnight, much love Terence!