GeneralMelchett Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, IainB said: There's going to be a lot of worried Witches fans in the dark at the moment at what should be a time of celebration for them. As had often been said the club belongs to the fans the owners are just passers through. Well this would be an interesting time for the fans to come good and buy the club 😉 In another sport - AFC Wimbledon announced recently that a fan owned model isn't sustainable in football at the level they operate at, I rather suspect it wouldn't in top tier speedway speedway either! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago (edited) 29 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Interesting news coming out of Poland! They are reporting high potential of Guy Nicholls taking over and that’s the reason behind him pulling out of sponsoring Sheffield. Let's hope he is approved as a BSPL promoter and assuming he is, I wonder what level he would want Ipswich to compete at? Edited 4 hours ago by SteveLyric2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneralMelchett Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 27 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Interesting news coming out of Poland! They are reporting high potential of Guy Nicholls taking over and that’s the reason behind him pulling out of sponsoring Sheffield. No idea if this has any truth / mileage or not but it would be interesting to see a proper sound business man operate a top tier club - you can't deny Tru7 are a proper operation. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 7 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said: Well this would be an interesting time for the fans to come good and buy the club 😉 In another sport - AFC Wimbledon announced recently that a fan owned model isn't sustainable in football at the level they operate at, I rather suspect it wouldn't in top tier speedway speedway either! You'd think that there'd be no better time with the worth of the stock being at an all time low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TigerIain Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 43 minutes ago, ShanoXtra said: Interesting news coming out of Poland! They are reporting high potential of Guy Nicholls taking over and that’s the reason behind him pulling out of sponsoring Sheffield. TruPlant pulled out of Sheffield what feels like a long time before Louis put Ipswich up for sale. It would seem strange then that Chris Louis announces that he is pulling out, and in such a way that questions the future is the Witches, if he is selling it to the main sponsor of the Witches. Anyway, if there is a potential buyer for Ipswich then lots hope it happens as the sport needs all the well supported clubs it can get. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BluPanther Posted 4 hours ago Report Share Posted 4 hours ago 14 minutes ago, GeneralMelchett said: No idea if this has any truth / mileage or not but it would be interesting to see a proper sound business man operate a top tier club - you can't deny Tru7 are a proper operation. And I guarantee he wouldn't do it, if it doesn't at least break even. We will hopefully know in the next few weeks, so fingers crossed it's positive news for the club... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeOldPitGate Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago (edited) 47 minutes ago, IainB said: You'd think that there'd be no better time with the worth of the stock being at an all time low. Given the current state of speedway if he's as shrewd as he seems he may well ask the other promoters to pay to him a sub to keep the club running if they still want a top league. As others have said these days what are you buying, not the riders, maybe a tractor, air fence and shale, all second hand probably 5-10k for the lot i reckon. Whoever takes it on is walking into an inferno currently raging in British speedway with the risk if it flops you are going to have to underwrite all the losses. Edited 3 hours ago by YeOldPitGate 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bash Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago Don’t think Guy Nicholls needs any tractors he has plenty of his own Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cowboy cookie returns? Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 3 hours ago, IainB said: Okay, so it seems that this is the overriding topic of the day and not the future of Ipswich Speedway... While Chris Louis is the owner of Ipswich Speedway he is most definitely in a position to make a "guarantee" that should there be no buyer for the club before the start of next season that the club will continue to run until a buyer is found. I would have preferred that he'd have made an assurance to fans in his statement, but as my words have been mis-quoted, I've written it out for you in black and white. He has said he isn’t running in 2026 & the club is for sale 100% clear as day. If someone buys the club it runs if no one does then no speedway at Ipswich. Simples 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IainB Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 14 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said: He has said he isn’t running in 2026 & the club is for sale 100% clear as day. If someone buys the club it runs if no one does then no speedway at Ipswich. Simples He said "stepping down from the club" but in what capacity? Many clubs are owned but not run by the owners. Leicester is owned by Cairns but run by Jen Crossland, Stewart Dickson and their team. Poole is owned by Matt Ford but run by Danny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spin king Posted 3 hours ago Report Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 hour ago, ShanoXtra said: Interesting news coming out of Poland! They are reporting high potential of Guy Nicholls taking over and that’s the reason behind him pulling out of sponsoring Sheffield. I mention this in an earlier post. For me it is a bit coincidental that Tru Group pull out sponsoring Sheffield citing they want to concentrate on Ipswich. Then Chris Louis put the club up for sale. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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