Ipswich Witches 2026

[TTT]

46 minutes ago, FAST GATER said:

IMO  how well he scores and if he can stay injury free will detemine whether  this is his last season  !

Injury free season with Scotty rolling back the years around Foxhall seems like a fitting send off imo.

[YeOldPitGate]

4 hours ago, FAST GATER said:

Yet the oldest member of that team is lining up for the Witches in 2026 and Plymouth In the CL ,decade and a half past his best !

I'm not knocking him as a rider all i'm saying your not getting the Scott Nicholls who rode at the Cardiff gp at his peak.

[TTT]

6 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

I'm not knocking him as a rider all i'm saying your not getting the Scott Nicholls who rode at the Cardiff gp at his peak.

Being honest, I expect Scotty to struggle big time Away from Home.

However that won't matter to us as we don't have a Team that's capable of winning the League this year.

I'm confident Scotty will roll back the years around Foxhall though.

All about getting those Home wins and then looking ahead to 2027 where Mayfield won't be stuck behind the 8 ball.

Edited 1 hour ago by TTT

[Hawk127]

4 minutes ago, YeOldPitGate said:

I'm not knocking him as a rider all i'm saying your not getting the Scott Nicholls who rode at the Cardiff gp at his peak.

Agree and what the other team members will get is invaluable experience of a rider who has seen it done it and can make the difference to one or two riders in the team. A true professional who has served the sport well and never gives up. He may not be at his peak but in reality he can steady a ship if things start to go awry so a good signing and it will be good to see him one more time as Witch.
As to the rest of the team, give them a chance, no point in decrying what was and what is, a wheel has not been turned and Ipswich know as well as most what unfortunate injuries can do to what was suppose to be an unbeatable team. No one ever wants to see a rider injured but in a split second fortunes can change.

Fingers crossed for all participants but in reality racing as these guys do in various leagues across Europe, the risks are undeniable. Let’s just see how things pan out. 

[ShanoXtra]

Disappointed by Ipswich personally, having Jenkins in the plans for 2026 until Jan came and then changing him isn’t the club I thought we were.

Edited 56 minutes ago by ShanoXtra
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[89buttons]

I wonder if they may place Lawson at 2 to support Tom in some tough heat ones? Him and fricke did some serious damage for Leicester season before last riding 3 heats together and he’ll win a lot of heat 8’s home and away.

1. Brennan

2. Lawson

3. King

4. Nicholls

5. Musielak

6. PHB

7. Edwards

Can’t Scotty being fazed riding at 4 instead of 2

[Roger Jacobs]

9 minutes ago, TTT said:

Understandable imo.

King doesn't exactly go well at most tracks away from Foxhall where's Klindt can score points everywhere bar Sheffield imo.

Klindt had a couple of league meetings at reserve for KL last season, which helped to boost his away average. His best away scores in the 1-5 were at Brum and Oxford.

King didn't really have any major away performances, but an absolute stinker (0) at Leicester and two poor meetings (2 and 2+1) at Oxford.

[Steve Irving]

1 hour ago, Dave_minall said:

For a team who are competing in the top league in the UK, this image is very poor. I'd have thought now Mayfield are in charge they'd have a decent graphic designer at hand but clearly not 😂

They’ve literally just completed a takeover 48 hours ago ffs! Pretty sure graphic design wouldn’t have been on a list of priorities 🙄

Edited 45 minutes ago by Steve Irving

[Roger Jacobs]

17 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Disappointed by Ipswich personally, having Jenkins in the plans for 2026 until Jan came and then changing him isn’t the club I thought we were.

I'm guessing he was in Louis' plans, but he put the club up for sale, and the new promotion decided they would take a punt on Hellstrom-Bangs.

[ShanoXtra]

1 minute ago, Roger Jacobs said:

I'm guessing he was in Louis' plans, but he put the club up for sale, and the new promotion decided they would take a punt on Hellstrom-Bangs.

Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. 

[IainB]

5 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. 

Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. 

[Steve Irving]

7 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said:

Apologies, he was in the plans SINCE December. He sounded gutted, is rather have a bit of loyalty and chose him over any news riders, especially to then come out and say they basically don’t care about this season and gave Scotty a sent off season. Do the right thing and put Jenkins in, speedway is failing in a lot of ways for me. 

Was he? 
 

“I spoke briefly with their new promotion, but it seems a change in the rules has put a stop to me having a low enough average for them to fit me in”

This weeks Speedway Star. Doesn’t sound to me like they’ve promised him anything? And that’s also only his version of events. There’s always two sides to a story.

[Steve Irving]

5 minutes ago, IainB said:

Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. 

Why should they when all three can still comfortably outperform Jordan Jenkins? What a weird thing to say.

[ShanoXtra]

7 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Was he? 
 

“I spoke briefly with their new promotion, but it seems a change in the rules has put a stop to me having a low enough average for them to fit me in”

This weeks Speedway Star. Doesn’t sound to me like they’ve promised him anything? And that’s also only his version of events. There’s always two sides to a story.

Speedway star is clearly factual!!! I’ve got an email from Andrew Skeels on my phone apologies for miss information the paper has previously put out so don’t believe everything they say. Two sides to a story but I am willing to believe a Witches rider of a new promoter.

[Roger Jacobs]

10 minutes ago, IainB said:

Especially when you've got 3 39+ year olds "bike blockers" in your team, who really should be seeing out their days in the CL at this stage of their careers. 

You only need to look at  the Witches Facebook page to see the popular reaction to Nicholls.  He will bring paying customers into the stadium, and is worth the risk if he can score. It also ensures Hellstrom-Bangs starts at reserve.

[foreverblue]

2 hours ago, ouch said:

No Brady due to our famous Play Off injury jinx. The Worralls took four of his play off rides with Jye Etheridge taking one. Ouch!

Haha, I suppose losing Hans Andersen after one race in the final was a benefit to Peterborough!!

[ShanoXtra]

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[ShanoXtra]

19 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

Why should they when all three can still comfortably outperform Jordan Jenkins? What a weird thing to say.

Because when they retire and leave the sport people like Jordan are the new generation then people like you will probably say they aren’t good enough… so give them a chance in the here and now to become the future. Not look to the past. It’s not a weird thing to say.