Ipswich Witches 2027

[Aries]

Officials at Foxhall over the weekend apparently surveying the track. Measurements, markings etc. 

Looking forward to see how this progresses over the winter. 
 

Bob Ellis has been track curator for as long as I can remember. I hope he’s not going to just slip away without any acknowledgment from the club. There was a tiny comment at the end of one of the last match reports from Hurry about Bob’s last meeting, but he deserves a proper send off through the official channels for the decades of service he’s given and for very little reward. 
 

The likes of Kevin Long got one as did others, Bob should get the same. 

[Aries]

1 hour ago, Steve Irving said:

 

Unless he’s on a re-assessed 4.5 that I mentioned before, then he won’t fit. If he’s re-assessed at 6 or over, then it would make no sense to make Brennan surplus to requirements and sign Nilsson instead. 
 

If he’s in, then we’ve got him on a ringer average. 
 

I’ve also heard Nilsson from a couple of people as well BTW.

[TTT]

The more I think about it, I wouldn't be comfortable with Kemp as a No.4.

 

1. J. Doyle 8.62

2. P. Castagna 3.65

3. D. King 7.17

4. K. Nilsson 6.00

5. D. Bewley 8.56

6. W. Cairns 3.00

7. V. Foord (RS)

= 37.00

[TTT]

7 minutes ago, Aries said:

Unless he’s on a re-assessed 4.5 that I mentioned before, then he won’t fit. If he’s re-assessed at 6 or over, then it would make no sense to make Brennan surplus to requirements and sign Nilsson instead. 
 

If he’s in, then we’ve got him on a ringer average. 
 

I’ve also heard Nilsson from a couple of people as well BTW.

Unless it's budget related? Imagine a lot of Clubs would've been interested in Tom.

Mayfield would've spent a lot on Doyle, Bewley and Cairns.

[Aries]

On 11/1/2026 at 9:02 AM, Aries said:

This time last year Jacob Thorssell was heavilly linked, wasn’t his average rumoured to be an assessed 4.50??

Wouldn’t Kim Nilsson also be reassessed at that figure?

 

 

9 minutes ago, TTT said:

The more I think about it, I wouldn't be comfortable with Kemp as a No.4.

 

1. J. Doyle 8.62

2. P. Castagna 3.65

3. D. King 7.17

4. K. Nilsson 6.00

5. D. Bewley 8.56

6. W. Cairns 3.00

7. V. Foord (RS)

= 37.00

Using the assessed averages criteria above, Nilsson should be 4.5. 
 

I know people will say how can a GP rider be on such a figure, but there is nothing in those regulations that I can see that alters an assessed figure by qualifying for the GP series. Only that a rider riding two consecutive seasons would be assessed at 8, which he hasn’t. 
 

His old average has long since expired so he’d definitely be on a re-assessed figure.

Edited 9 hours ago by Aries

[Aries]

3 minutes ago, TTT said:

Unless it's budget related? Imagine a lot of Clubs would've been interested in Tom.

Mayfield would've spent a lot on Doyle, Bewley and Cairns.

Would Brennan be more expensive than flying Nilsson in regularly? His price would’ve gone up also being a GP rider. 
 

Not convinced. 

[Bagpuss]

Those people who know me will appreciate that I'm not looking at this from a 'Lynn v Ippo' perspective, but its pretty bonkers that he Nilsson can come in on a four and a half. He's Swedish Champion, a qualified GP rider and averaged over seven in his last three British seasons (admittedly a decade or so ago).

Definitely a loophole and fair play to whoever gets him if anybody.

[TTT]

10 minutes ago, Aries said:

Would Brennan be more expensive than flying Nilsson in regularly? His price would’ve gone up also being a GP rider. 
 

Not convinced. 

Depends on how much interest in a said rider.

Nilsson maybe a GP Rider but he's not GP standard so his demands would have to be realistic as Clubs can easily sign better riders if he's on a 6.00.

Got riders like Ellis, Brennan, Masters, D. Thompson etc. all on lower averages to name a few as well as a couple just above 6.00 like Blodorn and Lidsey.

[Aries]

12 minutes ago, Bagpuss said:

Those people who know me will appreciate that I'm not looking at this from a 'Lynn v Ippo' perspective, but its pretty bonkers that he Nilsson can come in on a four and a half. He's Swedish Champion, a qualified GP rider and averaged over seven in his last three British seasons (admittedly a decade or so ago).

Definitely a loophole and fair play to whoever gets him if anybody.

I agree and I could be totally wrong. Those regs could actually now be outdated as well so we’ll have to wait and see. The pieces of the jigsaw below the top 3 look tricky to put in place with very few options. 

[PersonalResponsibility]

2 hours ago, Bagpuss said:

Those people who know me will appreciate that I'm not looking at this from a 'Lynn v Ippo' perspective, but its pretty bonkers that he Nilsson can come in on a four and a half. He's Swedish Champion, a qualified GP rider and averaged over seven in his last three British seasons (admittedly a decade or so ago).

Definitely a loophole and fair play to whoever gets him if anybody.

Amazing to think that 3 years after Tarasenko signed for Glasgow in the Championship on a 5.00 average (while averaging nearly 8 in the Premiership), we still have loopholes in the average rules. Fair play to Ipswich though, they'd be daft not to sign him.

Edited 6 hours ago by PersonalResponsibility

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3 hours ago, TTT said:

The more I think about it, I wouldn't be comfortable with Kemp as a No.4.

 

1. J. Doyle 8.62

2. P. Castagna 3.65

3. D. King 7.17

4. K. Nilsson 6.00

5. D. Bewley 8.56

6. W. Cairns 3.00

7. V. Foord (RS)

= 37.00

I’d be less comfortable with Castanga at number 2 

[Baldyman]

I'm hopping for. Pollstad or a Nagl,, riders that are very quickly improving and would take and under 21 slot in the team 

[therefused]

31 minutes ago, Baldyman said:

I'm hopping for. Pollstad or a Nagl,, riders that are very quickly improving and would take and under 21 slot in the team 

cant see Nagel signing for any uk team. 

[TTT]

50 minutes ago, cowboy cookie returns? said:

I’d be less comfortable with Castanga at number 2 

I don't particularly want him, I just ran out of points to use.

I'm just more comfortable with a strong No.4 to a point where it would leave options like Castaga, J. Thompson, Edwards.

[WookieboyDon]

36 minutes ago, therefused said:

cant see Nagel signing for any uk team. 

Agreed. He'll be at Gorzow in Poland, Vastervik in Sweden and potentially Grindsted again in Denmark (although that isn't confirmed yet but his Danish sponsors will want him racing in the country again without a doubt). So he can't race in the UK due to the new regs.

Edited 5 hours ago by WookieboyDon

[Baldyman]

Hence why I said riders like a,,,, we always seem to band the same old tried and failed riders,, how about trying new upcoming, maybe they turn into number 1s in a few yeas 

[Baldyman]

Hence why I said riders like a,,,, we always seem to band the same old tried and failed riders,, how about trying new upcoming, maybe they turn into number 1s in a few yeas 

[TTT]

Would Reid Battye fit with Kim Nilsson (6.00)?

Young Rider with scope to improve.

[Bagpuss]

3 minutes ago, TTT said:

Would Reid Battye fit with Kim Nilsson (6.00)?

Young Rider with scope to improve.

I know it was his debut season but his away average for Berwick would concern me a bit......kind of feel he needs to develop a bit more in the Championship before taking on a top flight spot.

[Witches1998]

3 minutes ago, TTT said:

Would Reid Battye fit with Kim Nilsson (6.00)?

Young Rider with scope to improve.

According to the current regulations on assessed riders i still make nilsson a 4.50

Doyle, Kemp, King, Nilsson, Bewley, Cairns, Foord 

Current guess based on these forums rumours anyway 😂 fits 37