Ipswich Witches 2026

[cowboy cookie returns?]

Mayfield being a successful business probably saw lack of return on Bangs. We have all followed this sport long enough to know that a 28 day replacement for ‘illness’ means he ain’t coming back.

Kennett is cheaper no flight costs. Allows mayfield to see the year out with lower costs & with crowds still holding up.

The real issue is if in a year or two nothing has changed in British Speedway then mayfield will probably walk away. They won’t allow the rest to ruin their chance of making the sport in general & Ipswich especially more attractive. 
 

Kennett for bangs maybe the first sign things aren’t what they expected, the real test will be this winter & the team they put together for 27

[ouch]

History shows how fickle the Ipswich support can be and the last thing we need is them dropping out of our league again due to insufficient support. 

We really need Mayfield to come to the party and help us push on. What we have done with Northampton in this short space of time and our program of producing number ones for teams to use plus the whole Brits thing is not an easy burden to take on alone. I had high hopes for Mayfield at Ipswich and was looking forward to a GP or two there instead of us carrying the can. I’m still hopeful they will join the party.  

[Neila]

Last time Kennet rode in a professional league was for Plymouth a few years ago, but only completed 3 laps then was " injured " for the rest of the year, Plymouth got to use RR or guest riders all year, maybe this is the plan for the witches 🤔😜. Maybe @lewy has something to say about this 🤣

[ShanoXtra]

22 minutes ago, ouch said:

History shows how fickle the Ipswich support can be and the last thing we need is them dropping out of our league again due to insufficient support. 

We really need Mayfield to come to the party and help us push on. What we have done with Northampton in this short space of time and our program of producing number ones for teams to use plus the whole Brits thing is not an easy burden to take on alone. I had high hopes for Mayfield at Ipswich and was looking forward to a GP or two there instead of us carrying the can. I’m still hopeful they will join the party.  

Manchester is contracted to run a double header GP next year and then that’s it. So don’t fear that you’ll be carrying Britain’s GP on your back for much longer! Mayfield’s ideal scenario is one at Manchester and one elsewhere, although nothing confirmed as to where that may be! 

[TB1]

1 hour ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

Mayfield being a successful business probably saw lack of return on Bangs. We have all followed this sport long enough to know that a 28 day replacement for ‘illness’ means he ain’t coming back.

Kennett is cheaper no flight costs. Allows mayfield to see the year out with lower costs & with crowds still holding up.

The real issue is if in a year or two nothing has changed in British Speedway then mayfield will probably walk away. They won’t allow the rest to ruin their chance of making the sport in general & Ipswich especially more attractive. 
 

Kennett for bangs maybe the first sign things aren’t what they expected, the real test will be this winter & the team they put together for 27

The only thing I can see is new riders coming through or cloning of existing ones! Failing one or both of the above, I'm afraid the ship goes down with only brave hardy souls on board!

[Hawk127]

I think the article in the Star this week sums up where Mayfield Sports are and anyone looking at the sport through rose tinted glasses is not going to survive. Five years seems to be the time frame, change or that is it. I have some sympathy regarding the comments on the lower tier of the major events despite the many protests over the lack of streaming but if the previous sponsors were allegedly loosing money on the GPs then something has to give to get the sport out of survival mode and on to a sound financial footing. Otherwise it is back to amateur status. Adopt that view and then the Kennet scenario makes sense in the short term. For now Ipswich continue.