Ipswich Witches 2026

[RoundTheBoards]

4 hours ago, KevtheRev said:

The longer this goes on the more worrying this becomes.

Maybe certain riders are wanted by Ipswich but they are being held back for Northampton or wherever.   Ipswich are then threatening to pull out if they are not being allowed to sign riders, which would be understandable.

There's no asset system anymore, so no one is being held back.  

I was told at weekend, that Ipswich news should be released middle of this week  (I assumed to go in Thursday's Speedway Star) but things seem very hush-hush.    Sources who are normally happy to spill the beans, are staying very silent, as if sworn to secrecy.  Apparently there are no problems, and I can only think the new promotion was absolutely everything to be in place before they reveal anything.    I don't know why they can't confirm the sale has been completed, even if the team isn't totally finalised yet.  Are they planning a spectacular reveal of everything?

Again, I can't even get them to confirm any team names, but I'll have a guess at:

Tom Brennan    7.05
Richard Lawson    6.83
Tobiasz Musielak    6.63
Danny King    6.50
Scott Nicholls    5.25
Jonas Jeppesen    4.34
Jason Edwards     R/S
             =   36.60

[Aries]

17 minutes ago, Haza said:

Thinking back to much better and happier times late 90s early noughties  both Ipswich and Northampton would have been given a 31st January deadline to  give a definite intention to race if not by that date that would have been it until the following season but we are in very desperate times in 2026 even if it’s at best a 6 team league unless there is a rabbit out of the hat signing  the top 4 in the league already  sorted . 

To be fair, Ipswich committed to racing this year at the AGM in early January and were confirmed starters. There’s nothing that’s been said that that commitment was dependent on a sale of the club being completed.

[Aries]

3 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

There's no asset system anymore, so no one is being held back.  

I was told at weekend, that Ipswich news should be released middle of this week  (I assumed to go in Thursday's Speedway Star) but things seem very hush-hush.    Sources who are normally happy to spill the beans, are staying very silent, as if sworn to secrecy.  Apparently there are no problems, and I can only think the new promotion was absolutely everything to be in place before they reveal anything.    I don't know why they can't confirm the sale has been completed, even if the team isn't totally finalised yet.  Are they planning a spectacular reveal of everything?

Again, I can't even get them to confirm any team names, but I'll have a guess at:

Tom Brennan    7.05
Richard Lawson    6.83
Tobiasz Musielak    6.63
Danny King    6.50
Scott Nicholls    5.25
Jonas Jeppesen    4.34
Jason Edwards     R/S
             =   36.60

If Thorssell isn’t happening, there’s 4.60 left for rider seven. Your suggestion, or Jenkins, seem to be the only options. I was told yesterday the other six in your team was done. And the source is as good as it gets.

MAYBE, they’ll have a rethink if the planned seventh rider is now off the table.

[Tapewrecker]

21 minutes ago, RoundTheBoards said:

There's no asset system anymore, so no one is being held back.  

I was told at weekend, that Ipswich news should be released middle of this week  (I assumed to go in Thursday's Speedway Star) but things seem very hush-hush.    Sources who are normally happy to spill the beans, are staying very silent, as if sworn to secrecy.  Apparently there are no problems, and I can only think the new promotion was absolutely everything to be in place before they reveal anything.    I don't know why they can't confirm the sale has been completed, even if the team isn't totally finalised yet.  Are they planning a spectacular reveal of everything?

Again, I can't even get them to confirm any team names, but I'll have a guess at:

Tom Brennan    7.05
Richard Lawson    6.83
Tobiasz Musielak    6.63
Danny King    6.50
Scott Nicholls    5.25
Jonas Jeppesen    4.34
Jason Edwards     R/S
             =   36.60

Foot of the table side

[Hamish McRaker]

34 minutes ago, Aries said:

To be fair, Ipswich committed to racing this year at the AGM in early January and were confirmed starters. There’s nothing that’s been said that that commitment was dependent on a sale of the club being completed.

Was it "Ipswich" that made the commitment, as legally at that time, the owner was probably C.Louis who had made his intentions (or rather his non-intentions) very clear.

In which case did the BSPL knowingly make that announcement without being on safe and solid ground, taking a risk on the sale proceeding to satisfactory completion and keeping fingers crossed behind their backs?

[RoundTheBoards]

4 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Was it "Ipswich" that made the commitment, as legally at that time, the owner was probably C.Louis who had made his intentions (or rather his non-intentions) very clear.

In which case did the BSPL knowingly make that announcement without being on safe and solid ground, taking a risk on the sale proceeding to satisfactory completion and keeping fingers crossed behind their backs?

Ipswich Speedway Promtions Ltd committed to run at the AGM.  Just the same as King's Lynn Speedway Ltd did  (and the companies which promote Belle Vue, Leicester and Sheffield).

Any could be sold at any time,  but they all committed.

[Aries]

23 minutes ago, Hamish McRaker said:

Was it "Ipswich" that made the commitment, as legally at that time, the owner was probably C.Louis who had made his intentions (or rather his non-intentions) very clear.

In which case did the BSPL knowingly make that announcement without being on safe and solid ground, taking a risk on the sale proceeding to satisfactory completion and keeping fingers crossed behind their backs?

No idea. All we know is the BSPL issued a post AGM statement confirming Ipswich’ participation in the 2026 season.

[Aries]

46 minutes ago, Tapewrecker said:

Foot of the table side

Would be lucky to even make it to the foot of the table.

[Tapewrecker]

11 minutes ago, Aries said:

Would be lucky to even make it to the foot of the table.

Not coming to the tapes then?

[Steve Irving]

Champs to chumps in the blink of an eye. Quite an amazing turnaround really.

[Tapewrecker]

4 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Champs to chumps in the blink of an eye. Quite an amazing turnaround really.

A wheel ain’t been turned yet!

[Steve Irving]

1 minute ago, Tapewrecker said:

A wheel ain’t been turned yet!

Doesn’t need to be does it? You don’t need to be Nostradamus to predict where this prospective team finishes. It currently finishes bottom of the five. Everyone can see it, just like everyone could see Birmingham and Oxford would be finishing at the bottom last year.

The one caveat, is nothing has been confirmed team wise and we await to see who the final rider is,,

[Tapewrecker]

9 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Doesn’t need to be does it? You don’t need to be Nostradamus to predict where this prospective team finishes. It currently finishes bottom of the five. Everyone can see it, just like everyone could see Birmingham and Oxford would be finishing at the bottom last year.

The one caveat, is nothing has been confirmed team wise and we await to see who the final rider is,,

So that is the deffo six mentioned is it? Beings you said waiting to hear the final rider.

Edited 1 hour ago by Tapewrecker

[Pinny]

End of Feb and the top tier of British Speedway still hasn't confirmed how many teams will be running.

Final nail in the coffin.

[Aries]

2 minutes ago, Tapewrecker said:

So that is the deffo six mentioned is it? Beings you said waiting to hear the final rider.

It’s Brennan, Lawson, Musielak, Nicholls, King, Edwards and one other. Those are “signed” but we don’t know whether they were signed on the provision that Thorssell was also signing and if that’s now not happening, whether that will cause them to have a rethink. My guess is probably not but we’ll see.

[IainB]

Just now, Aries said:

It’s Brennan, Lawson, Musielak, Nicholls, King, Edwards and one other. Those are “signed” but we don’t know whether they were signed on the provision that Thorssell was also signing and if that’s now not happening, whether that will cause them to have a rethink. My guess is probably not but we’ll see.

Yes, King Edwards just about sums that team up🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔 😂

[Aries]

5 minutes ago, IainB said:

Yes, King Edwards just about sums that team up🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔🥔 😂

Don’t worry Iain they have a cunning plan and are just lulling everyone in to a false sense of security! The cavalry will arrive in the Summer 🤪

[IainB]

1 minute ago, Aries said:

Don’t worry Iain they have a cunning plan and are just lulling everyone in to a false sense of security! The cavalry will arrive in the Summer 🤪

I hope so... for everybody's sake🙏

[TTT]

Mayfield haven't tried hard enough when it comes to Team Building imo, They could've put out a much better 1-7 than rumoured but the vast majority of the blame lies with Chris Louis for leaving the Club playing catch up.