Ipswich Witches 2026

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43 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Perhaps he was, but didn’t want to wait any longer on Northampton so has taken a guaranteed ride at Ipswich to get his season sorted?

As long as Ipswich were interested in Richard, It made no sense for him to line-up for Northampton imo.

Just like any British Rider, You'd want to maximise earnings.

Option A - Ride a track that you know you can score big points on.

Option B - Ride a track that you've never ridden before and may not like it.

[dontforgetthefueltapsbruv]

1 hour ago, Gavan said:

Brennan , Nicholls, King , Lawson Musielek , Thorsell and Edwards 

Team Manager Paul Hurry

 

1 hour ago, False dawn said:

Respectful question:

Are we allowed to ask if this is insider information or just speculation.

I've heard this too via a source I would trust but the source of my source could be throwing out bait to see who blabs!!

It has been a very tight lipped ship this year

1 hour ago, Aries said:

The team Gavan named doesn’t fit anyway so he’s wrong. Brennan, Nicholls, King, Lawson, Musielak leaves 4.44 so even if Thorssell was reassessed down to 4.5, the team is over the limit. 

 

52 minutes ago, Aries said:

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/p25_issue_27.pdf
 

Every year there is a “Final” GSA declaration. The one for 2025 doesn’t have final written on them. Are these the final GSA’s or is there other fixtures still to be added to these totals?

I understand that the meetings raced after the cut off will not be included in the rolling averages for team building purposes

This is in direct contradtion to the regulations as written 

So anything could happen depends on who it suits and if their face fits.....

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46 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

maybe a stroke can be pulled similar to ablitt

We defo need more clarification on the conversion rates for PREM and CHAMP.

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A spearhead of Brennan, Lawson and Musielak is very good in a weakend League imo.

 

Musielak although coming off a bad season, Is still a much better rider than his GSA imo. Riding for Birmingham must have been a nightmare considering Perry Barr's dust bowl.

Lawson will score points almost everywhere and is a Track specialist around KL & LEI as well as Ipswich.

Brennan although not a No.1 (Yet) is only going to get better year on year.

[mikebv]

50 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

maybe a stroke can be pulled similar to ablitt

Supplementary Reg 31. (as of Feb 01/26)....

Any Swedish rider, who hasnt ridden in either of fhe UK two top leagues for a "few" years, (let's keep it ambiguous), and whose surname has two lots of consecutive consonants in it, comes in at an average of 4.50... 

[Witches1998]

I make that team fit totalling 36.90

1) Brennan 7.05

2) Nicholls 5.39 (CHAMP 8.08 /1.50)

3) King 6.50

4) Musielak 6.63 

5) Lawson 6.83

6) Thorsell 4.50

7) Edwards R/S

[Tapewrecker]

Think Jaimon Lidsey is worth a shot

[YeOldPitGate]

2 hours ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Only saw him on tv but Ward was different gravy when he had all his ducks in a row. Had 360 vision and knew what was going to happen several seconds ahead of his opponents, and team riding ability par excellence. 

Agreed would have been one of the few who could have made things difficult for Bartoz

[gazzac]

6 hours ago, M.D said:

He rode for Eastbourne in 1982 and was fantastic averaging well over 9, sadly his last season in Europe.

What a top three Eastbourne had that year, Ronnie, Kelly Moran and Gordon Kennett all averaging well over 9.

That was the era I really started watching, great times, I have a memory of a fantastic race between Kelly and Kenny Carter one lovely Sunday afternoon.