Ipswich Witches 2027

[mikebv]

1 hour ago, Bagpuss said:

Really looking forward to the Ippo v BV clashes next year, its an opportunity to get a bit of needle out into the media and get more interest around it.

Just as long as the crowd isn't too noisy...

And the race times can be heard after every race...

And I can stand in my usual place without anyone being in front of me...

[chun]

Who will Ipswich unveil next, Kurtz?

[Phannan]

3 minutes ago, chun said:

Who will Ipswich unveil next, Kurtz?

Unless they’re the Man City of speedway I can’t see it 

[Aries]

10 minutes ago, chun said:

Who will Ipswich unveil next, Kurtz?

The mascot apparently 😂

[Aries]

21 minutes ago, chun said:

Who will Ipswich unveil next, Kurtz

Edited 13 hours ago by Aries

[SUPERACE]

6 hours ago, TTT said:

Some of the salty comments in the Will Cairns announcement posts.

Saw one saying he was crap in the Final and that you're welcome to him lol.

I wish him well, im not bothered hes gone, just another rider, Dan though is different. 

[Aries]

The all new speedway forum as an avatar, wonder if that was @IainB work? Top work if it is fella.

I know it’s run through AI but you’ve got them Kevlars spot on! Look much better with the whole club badge on the front instead of just the witch. Just a little smaller and moved lower down to fit the TruGroup sponsor at the top and it’s a winner.

 

[Youhave2minutes]

1 hour ago, mikebv said:

Ipswich have won ONE title in 30 odd years ...

"Your biggest threat???"....

It’s such a giant league with six teams. 

[Steve Irving]

10 hours ago, mikebv said:

Ipswich have won ONE title in 30 odd years ...

"Your biggest threat???"....

What has the distant past got to do with 2026? They were the current champions, Louis would have had them challenging again in 2026 absolutely no doubt about it just like he had in recent years. They had chronic luck when they were romping away at the top before losing both Doyle and then Emil.

The year before they were 18 ahead going in to the second leg of the final against Sheffield when the heavens opened and it became a complete farce, a lottery which conspired against them.

They would have been your biggest threat in 2026 if either Louis hung around, or Mayfield had taken over in time to build a team and everyone knows it.

 

[mikebv]

1 minute ago, Steve Irving said:

What has the distant past got to do with 2026? They were the current champions, Louis would have had them challenging again in 2026 absolutely no doubt about it just like he had in recent years. They had chronic luck when they were romping away at the top before losing both Doyle and then Emil.

The year before they were 18 ahead going in to the second leg of the final against Sheffield when the heavens opened and it became a complete farce, a lottery which conspired against them.

They would have been your biggest threat in 2026 if either Louis hung around, or Mayfield had taken over in time to build a team and everyone knows it.

 

Sheffield were favourites...

Then Leicester ..

Then Belle Vue ..

And bookies don't often get it wrong, with Belle Vue's lack of middle order strength being mentioned on here by fans of other teams as the reason they would "struggle" ..

And Ipswich, even it they had kept Doyle, would still have had a huge Emil sized hole in their team to fill...

With no one of that level wanting to ride over here to fill it, so they would still have had a big challenge on their hands to retain their title..

[ouch]

2 hours ago, Aries said:

The mascot apparently 😂

Surely it should be Chase the money. 🤣

[ouch]

40 minutes ago, Steve Irving said:

What has the distant past got to do with 2026? They were the current champions, Louis would have had them challenging again in 2026 absolutely no doubt about it just like he had in recent years. They had chronic luck when they were romping away at the top before losing both Doyle and then Emil.

The year before they were 18 ahead going in to the second leg of the final against Sheffield when the heavens opened and it became a complete farce, a lottery which conspired against them.

They would have been your biggest threat in 2026 if either Louis hung around, or Mayfield had taken over in time to build a team and everyone knows it.

 

Ipswich don’t win = “complete farce”.

Again & again & again.

Gallant losers you are not despite the practice. 🤣

[foreverblue]

2 minutes ago, ouch said:

Ipswich don’t win = “complete farce”.

Again & again & again.

Gallant losers you are not despite the practice. 🤣

Wow another post and no mention of the cartel!!

[ouch]

34 minutes ago, mikebv said:

Sheffield were favourites...

Then Leicester ..

Then Belle Vue ..

And bookies don't often get it wrong, with Belle Vue's lack of middle order strength being mentioned on here by fans of other teams as the reason they would "struggle" ..

And Ipswich, even it they had kept Doyle, would still have had a huge Emil sized hole in their team to fill...

With no one of that level wanting to ride over here to fill it, so they would still have had a big challenge on their hands to retain their title..

They felt their team building was so unfair that they turned down Jason Doyle when he asked for a place though it would have been tricky to fit him in as they had the highest team average of all six teams at the start of the year - which was also unfair on them.🤪

[foreverblue]

16 minutes ago, ouch said:

They felt their team building was so unfair that they turned down Jason Doyle when he asked for a place though it would have been tricky to fit him in as they had the highest team average of all six teams at the start of the year - which was also unfair on them.🤪

The main thing that hurt Ipswich last season was that they had to build a team very late so they were always going to struggle. Belle Vue always looked competitive but turned into runaway winners due to a big improvement from certain riders which most did not foresee.

 

 

 

 

[ouch]

10 hours ago, foreverblue said:

The main thing that hurt Ipswich last season was that they had to build a team very late so they were always going to struggle. Belle Vue always looked competitive but turned into runaway winners due to a big improvement from certain riders which most did not foresee.

 

 

 

 

Though Ipswich stated as the strongest team at the beginning (inc RS) of the year they did slip back a bit by the end. Both Sheffield & Belle Vue filled the top two spots as they did in the play offs. Northampton and Kings Lynn brought up the rear and in the middle, separated by less than half a point were Ipswich and Leicester. 

Only 6.05 separated top and bottom at the end of the year compared to a colossal 12.70 in the highly uncompetitive 2025 season. Even the team that occupied second from bottom was a large 7.03 behind the excellent yet predictable winners. 

 

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/p25_issue_27.pdf

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/p26_issue_23.pdf

[Aries]

 

[foreverblue]

10 minutes ago, ouch said:

Though Ipswich stated as the strongest team at the beginning (inc RS) of the year they did slip back a bit by the end. Both Sheffield & Belle Vue filled the top two spots as they did in the play offs. Northampton and Kings Lynn brought up the rear and in the middle, separated by less than half a point were Ipswich and Leicester. 

Only 6.05 separated top and bottom at the end of the year compared to a colossal 12.70 in the highly uncompetitive 2025 season. Even the team that occupied second from bottom was a large 7.03 behind the excellent yet predictable winners. 

 

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/p25_issue_27.pdf

https://britishspeedway.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/10/p26_issue_23.pdf

Ipswich along with Northampton were always going to struggle without a top gp class rider in their team and Kings Lynn should have done better with Fricke but he had a poor season. 

[Aries]

https://ipswichwitches.co/aussie-ace-doyle-completes-tru7-group-witches-top-three-for-2027/

 

Pushed on a favourite league win in the UK, he admits one triumph stands above the rest. “I think it was Ipswich in 2025,”he said. “After not winning one for so many years, to go out there and win it after so many tries was definitely memorable. But they all have their own nice feeling.”

😁

Edited 7 minutes ago by Aries