Ipswich Witches 2026

[IainB]

23 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

If TTT leaves there will only be about eight of us rattling around in here.

@TTT is worth 8 of us though... I'm going to miss his posts on every clubs thread with his mock 1-7's 😉😂

[Youhave2minutes]

28 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

If TTT leaves there will only be about eight of us rattling around in here.

 

28 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

If TTT leaves there will only be about eight of us rattling around in here.

Count me in

[TTT]

57 minutes ago, CTRSports said:

Don't be so mean Iain

Kind Reageds

Iain

My last reply to your burner account IainB as I have a life outside of this forum unlike yourself.

I'm mindful of the fact that you're clearly not a mentally well person so I'm going to be polite in my final reply.

I hope that you can seek the specialist help that you need in order to overcome your mental illness because it's clearly got a strong hold over your day-to-day life.

Kind regards

TTT

[CTRSports]

17 minutes ago, TTT said:

My last reply to your burner account IainB as I have a life outside of this forum unlike yourself.

I'm mindful of the fact that you're clearly not a mentally well person so I'm going to be polite in my final reply.

I hope that you can seek the specialist help that you need in order to overcome your mental illness because it's clearly got a strong hold over your day-to-day life.

Kind regards

TTT

My names not Iain mate 

[Aries]

The club working very closely with Poland and taking advice on how to improve the track. Reps from Poland due in Uk soon to evaluate what can and can’t be done to improve racing. Finance not an issue. 

[SPEEDY69]

3 hours ago, Aries said:

The club working very closely with Poland and taking advice on how to improve the track. Reps from Poland due in Uk soon to evaluate what can and can’t be done to improve racing. Finance not an issue. 

Oh dear, slickfest here we come😁

[Roger Jacobs]

On 7/13/2026 at 7:58 PM, IainB said:

 

I’m iainb, and so’s my wife!

[Aries]

5 hours ago, SPEEDY69 said:

Oh dear, slickfest here we come😁

Was my initial thought too 😂

[Siggytastic]

36 minutes ago, Aries said:

Was my initial thought too 😂

Is that any worse than what we currently have where riders can't turn the bike? Dan T on his excellent vlog(which I love) said he retired from heat one for fear of injury so there has got to be something better than sacrificing the first few heats until the track settles down. It costs enough per heat as it is.

[Aries]

1 hour ago, Siggytastic said:

Is that any worse than what we currently have where riders can't turn the bike? Dan T on his excellent vlog(which I love) said he retired from heat one for fear of injury so there has got to be something better than sacrificing the first few heats until the track settles down. It costs enough per heat as it is.

I’m not really sure you can change too much re the surface because of the clay content and the stocks? The conditions Dan was talking about was due to them buggering about with the track because of Dicksons demands despite him being told by those that actually know about track prep, that it would make things much worse. Perhaps they’ll look again at uprooting the drains and lowering the inside to create artificial banking that Louis was going to do before he shelved the idea due to costs involved. Who knows.

They need to try something because for whatever reason, the track has gotten worse this year and the entertainment almost non existent. It’s never been the NSS, but it’s been better than this.

Edited 2 hours ago by Aries

[Bagpuss]

Finally got round to listening to Mr Coleman on Chat SGP today, very impressive guy judging by that and not frightened to say it how it is about British speedway. Hopefully he keeps ruffling feathers and gets his ideas across. 

[SPEEDY69]

1 hour ago, Siggytastic said:

Is that any worse than what we currently have where riders can't turn the bike? Dan T on his excellent vlog(which I love) said he retired from heat one for fear of injury so there has got to be something better than sacrificing the first few heats until the track settles down. It costs enough per heat as it is.

Yes, in my view. It's only some riders who can't handle it/turn the bike - "up your skills mate, this is speedway!" I've seen nothing wrong with the track at all and it's an easy one to blame. If the fastest/best rider makes the start then there shouldn't be any passing. Years gone by lots of overtaking was due to rider errors/fear/less skill, now it's predominently only when the fast guy misses the start. 

[Aries]

Link to the interview Bagpuss was referring to. Really good listen.

[YeOldPitGate]

1 hour ago, Aries said:

I’m not really sure you can change too much re the surface because of the clay content and the stocks? The conditions Dan was talking about was due to them buggering about with the track because of Dicksons demands despite him being told by those that actually know about track prep, that it would make things much worse. Perhaps they’ll look again at uprooting the drains and lowering the inside to create artificial banking that Louis was going to do before he shelved the idea due to costs involved. Who knows.

They need to try something because for whatever reason, the track has gotten worse this year and the entertainment almost non existent. It’s never been the NSS, but it’s been better than this.

For the days of Siggy, Cowboy Cook and T Rick those lads could pull some moves.

[GeneralMelchett]

3 hours ago, Siggytastic said:

Is that any worse than what we currently have where riders can't turn the bike? Dan T on his excellent vlog(which I love) said he retired from heat one for fear of injury so there has got to be something better than sacrificing the first few heats until the track settles down. It costs enough per heat as it is.

The track has seen a few riders all over the place in the first 1-2 or 3 heats then they grade it and it settles down, Poor old Jason Edwards seems to struggle to get going in heat 2 which ideally is a race we want him and Kevin to win!

[Aries]

26 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

For the days of Siggy, Cowboy Cook and T Rick those lads could pull some moves.

Siggy was my childhood idol. Can vividly remember crying all day long when he was forced to retire through his ankle injury! Was a serious threat to the Danish dominance of the 80’s before that incident. Beaten Nielsen in the run off of the most lucrative meeting ever allegedly at the time, the British Open in 82 which was the standard of the world final itself, then topped the British League averages on 10.99 in 83 and was on an upward trajectory.

Then came that accident in 84 that cut his career stone dead. We’ll obviously never know for sure but I’m convinced he would have stopped Nielsen and Gundersen from dominating the world Championship between them in the 80’s.