Ipswich Witches 2026

[Byker Biker]

46 minutes ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Well I guess they could ask their own fans when the crowds have gone to a new low, as my own family are belle vue fans and are saying they have little interest in this farce. Question BV promotion should be asking is are they alone ???? And if they ain’t well where does the blame lie?? 

They're possibly waiting to see who goes to Ipswich or Northampton in the event that a particular rider has a preference.

It does make your latest posts relevant though, it's far worse than the village fete committee I accused them of being previously.

[89buttons]

3 hours ago, TTT said:

Bang on.

Mayfield Sports not only have the Money but they've also got leverge when it comes to GP Riders who are middle of the pack who normally need a favour via a Wildcard to get back in the following season.

I'm confident that we'll have 50% of Team GB's eventual World Cup line-up in Ipswich race suits this year.

How about 3/4…?

woffy 8.45

lambert 7.81

brennan 7.05

rew 6.19

jenkins/jeppesen 4.46/4.34

3 pointer - Mitch mcdairmaid or gusts be my choices

edwards r/s

36.96/36.84

👀😂

Gotta love an elongated silly season 😅😅

[TTT]

25 minutes ago, 89buttons said:

How about 3/4…?

woffy 8.45

lambert 7.81

brennan 7.05

rew 6.19

jenkins/jeppesen 4.46/4.34

3 pointer - Mitch mcdairmaid or gusts be my choices

edwards r/s

36.96/36.84

👀😂

Gotta love an elongated silly season 😅😅

I was going to say that tbh but I've got a feeling that they'll round Lambert's GSA up to 8.00 tbh.

[Aries]

42 minutes ago, 89buttons said:

How about 3/4…?

woffy 8.45

lambert 7.81

brennan 7.05

rew 6.19

jenkins/jeppesen 4.46/4.34

3 pointer - Mitch mcdairmaid or gusts be my choices

edwards r/s

36.96/36.84

👀😂

Gotta love an elongated silly season 😅😅

You’ve missed out King. 

[Aries]

18 minutes ago, TTT said:

I was going to say that tbh but I've got a feeling that they'll round Lambert's GSA up to 8.00 tbh.

Little difference. I don’t think it’ll happen either but Lambert on 8.00 would be a far better signing than say Fricke on 9.89.

Not saying Fricke is a poor signing by Lynn either btw. Just there’s far more scope for an average increase in Lambert’s figure than Fricke’s and that’s the name of the game. 

[TTT]

3 minutes ago, Aries said:

You’ve missed out King. 

King is an interesting one and I don't think he's a lock tbh.

It's a fitting send off for all of Louis, Hawkins and King to depart together after winning the PREM imo.

Got to go for Rew @ No.4 imo and if the Becker rumour is true then he's the No.3 with Brennan @ No.5.

[TTT]

1 minute ago, Aries said:

Little difference. I don’t think it’ll happen either but Lambert on 8.00 would be a far better signing than say Fricke on 9.89.

Not saying Fricke is a poor signing by Lynn either btw. Just there’s far more scope for an average increase in Lambert’s figure than Fricke’s and that’s the name of the game. 

100% agree, Fricke's a good signing but his GSA is inflated due to him take an R/R Ride in Heat 8's alot last year.

Where's Lambert's is only that low because he's only shown up for the Play-Offs in recent seasons, Can easily put a 0.75-1.00 point on a 8.00 Assessed GSA imo.

[Aries]

4 minutes ago, TTT said:

King is an interesting one and I don't think he's a lock tbh.

It's a fitting send off for all of Louis, Hawkins and King to depart together after winning the PREM imo.

Got to go for Rew @ No.4 imo and if the Becker rumour is true then he's the No.3 with Brennan @ No.5.

Pretty sure King will be there. Godfrey said on the podcast last week that King had been quite vocal about the fact he wouldn’t do one league, and needed two leagues otherwise he’d retire. So he has two clubs he could have signed for. The latest podcast this week, name dropped Riss, Wright, Kerr and Lawson in at Northampton. Nobody else so far. 
 

King will be at Ipswich. Louis probably done his mate one last favour before buggering off. 

Edited 4 hours ago by Aries

[Youhave2minutes]

3 minutes ago, Aries said:

Pretty sure King will be there. Godfrey said on the podcast last week that King had been quite vocal about the fact he wouldn’t do one league, and needed two leagues otherwise he’d retire. So he has two clubs he could have signed for. The latest podcast this week, name dropped Riss, Wright, Kerr and Lawson in at Northampton. Nobody else so far. 
 

King will be at Ipswich. Louis probably done his mate one last favour before buggering off abroad in the sun

[TTT]

Are we looking at one of these.

 

Team A (Wolves Trio Rumour)

 

1. T. Woffinden 8.45

2. J. Jeppesen 4.34

3. L. Becker 6.88

4. K. Rew 6.19

5. T. Brennan 7.05

6. J. Jenkins 3.46

7. J. Edwards (RS)

TM Pete Adams

 

Team B

 

1. R. Lambert 7.81

2. R. Tungate 5.89

3. D. King 6.50

4. K. Rew 6.19

5. T. Brennan 7.05

6. J. Jenkins 3.46

7. J. Edwards (RS)

TM Olly Allen

[Youhave2minutes]

6 minutes ago, Youhave2minutes said:

10 minutes ago, Aries said:

 

King will be at Ipswich. Louis probably done his mate one last favour before buggering off abroad in the sun with the Thai girls.😂

 

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by Youhave2minutes

[TTT]

7 minutes ago, Aries said:

Pretty sure King will be there. Godfrey said on the podcast last week that King had been quite vocal about the fact he wouldn’t do one league, and needed two leagues otherwise he’d retire. So he has two clubs he could have signed for. The latest podcast this week, name dropped Riss, Wright, Kerr and Lawson in at Northampton. Nobody else so far. 
 

King will be at Ipswich. Louis probably done his mate one last favour before buggering off. 

It's an interesting one because Becker hasn't been name dropped for Northampton.

If we had Brennan, Becker, King and Rew for example then it only leaves 10.38 meaning no room for a No.1 as the No.6 has to be a minimum 3.00.

[Aries]

1 minute ago, TTT said:

It's an interesting one because Becker hasn't been name dropped for Northampton.

If we had Brennan, Becker, King and Rew for example then it only leaves 10.38 meaning no room for a No.1 as the No.6 has to be a minimum 3.00.

Perhaps Becker is giving UK a miss, same as Rew. Only two there that I’m confident will be in the line up, are Brennan and King. 

[TTT]

3 minutes ago, Aries said:

Perhaps Becker is giving UK a miss, same as Rew. Only two there that I’m confident will be in the line up, are Brennan and King. 

Only way it makes sense, That'll rule out the Wolves Trio rumour entirely which bring us onto the new rumour of Lambert @ No.1.

Olly Allen as TM? He'd snap up King and he'd be working with Lambert and Brennan before the World Cup.

[mikebv]

2 hours ago, THE DEAN MACHINE said:

Well I guess they could ask their own fans when the crowds have gone to a new low, as my own family are belle vue fans and are saying they have little interest in this farce. Question BV promotion should be asking is are they alone ???? And if they ain’t well where does the blame lie?? 

The Aces will end up advertising prices for the two GP meetings, the PCMM, and Season Tickets all pretty much at the same time....

It must impact at least one of the  three, if not two...

With, you'd suspect, the GP's being the one least impacted...

Crowds could be a real issue this year...

[Aries]

11 minutes ago, mikebv said:

The Aces will end up advertising prices for the two GP meetings, the PCMM, and Season Tickets all pretty much at the same time....

It must impact at least one of the  three, if not two...

With, you'd suspect, the GP's being the one least impacted...

Crowds could be a real issue this year...

Every track in the top flight will take a hit on the attendances they’ve had previously I think that’s a given. It’ll be interesting to see how much of a hit though. The one team that I can see getting away with it to a degree, is Lynn. They now have the top rider in the league which they haven’t had for an awful long time, and the two young lads at reserve should pique their interest.

The league set up will please nobody though and it’s been an incredibly damaging winter that has left a bad taste in the mouth that’s for sure.

Edited 3 hours ago by Aries

[Phannan]

Would the witches accept Kurtz if he promised to try every meeting? 🙄

[Steve Irving]

On 12/12/2025 at 11:43 PM, flagrag said:

Ipswich-  All change from title winning team with just a couple staying with a familiar face or two returning but will have a great new No1 won’t can master the track may push him on further in the GPs

 

 

On 1/28/2026 at 10:49 PM, flagrag said:

The latest I heard early this week was the proposed new owners were waiting on signing a number 1 before completing the payment for the sale transaction but do have most of the team signed 

You said back in December they’d already signed one Flagrag. What happened?

[YeOldPitGate]

4 hours ago, SteveLyric2 said:

...but he is a fairly good DJ....!!😁

And world class at swearing.

[IainB]

1 hour ago, mikebv said:

The Aces will end up advertising prices for the two GP meetings, the PCMM, and Season Tickets all pretty much at the same time....

It must impact at least one of the  three, if not two...

With, you'd suspect, the GP's being the one least impacted...

Crowds could be a real issue this year...

 

55 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

And world class at swearing.

I would suspect cash flow is also going to be an issue, you'd assume season ticket sales were used to pay for up front costs, rider sign on fees etc.

Edited 1 hour ago by IainB