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He should be along the big boys this year with progression

Good to have the clarity re the team etc, so the Witches have gone strength in depth this time - will enjoy it anyway - nice to see Tobi finally a Witch about 2-3 seasons after he asked for a team spot! He should be good to watch at Foxhall! Awesome Richard Lawson will be a solid and reliable rider too. I always said Scotty would come back to finish his career as a Witch!

Any chance of fuel being reimbursed for travel cost for long distance travelers

Just in time for Xmas🤣

I agree... looks fairly decent and should be solid at home. Personally I would like to see King step aside as skipper - having lifted the big one last season - and perhaps give Brennan the extra responsibility, he could thrive on it.

I think it's not a bad team at all, no superstars although I think Emil and Jason were not quite the riders they had once been .

Have they got short arms as well as deep pockets though?

Ippo have "bike blockers" Nicholls, King & Lawson in their team at the expense of (ex future club legend) Jordan Jenkins!

Should have got Hellstrom Bangs in the line up! Usually someone drops out before the meeting, if that happens they should get straight on the blower. Would be a great watch around the NSS

And also ask why it isn't compulsory for every meeting to have at least three rides each for NDL and even lower, standard riders... Either during the meeting itself, to add something extra to the event, or afterwards... Expenses only, or even "pay to play" like so many other Motorsports do at that level... Track time is obviously the largest fundamental requirement for rider development, therefore, common sense says the more laps that these lads do, the more in control, and faster, they become... Once again, both leagues will be bringing over riders at reserve and second string level, to take places a UK rider should have been trained up to the required standard to take.. When will it actually dawn on the promoters that this doesn't help the sport long term in the UK, one iota, hence, we are where we are now, with riders having two jobs due to a complete lack of suitable resource .. And Guestfests taking part each week, destroying any authenticity of the competitions due to no "subs on the bench"... The Glasgow promotion seem very pro active, and honest, so it would be interesting to hear their views..

Captain Northampton?

dont think its a bad team by any means, good to see everything wrapped up now.

So is it a go or no go.

Using his dirt ometer in his garden saying box office

IPSWICH TRU7 GROUP WITCHES 2026 (in average order): Tom Brennan (Great Britain) 7.05 Richard Lawson (Great Britain) 6.83 Tobiasz Musielak (Poland) 6.63 Danny King – captain (Great Britain) 6.50 Scott Nicholls (Great Britain) 5.26 Philip Hellstrom-Bangs (Sweden) 4.50 Jason Edwards (Great Britain) Rising Star

So whats Bangs average? 4 or 4.5

Using his dirt ometer in his garden saying box office

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Would not have thought riding at 3 any more difficult than 4.

Flint definitely finished last season well,but he was riding at No4 all season,it will be harder if he has to ride at 3or 5 this season.

maybe so, would be good to hear from them though.

So we had 5 official teams now With Ipswich line up confirmed, leaving the Northampton situation to be confirmed one way or another. Surely the BSPL can release the fixtures based on the 5 teams we know as running with TBC slots for the 6th side should Northampton come to the table? The fans that attends meetings home or away need to arrange time off, accommodation etc so come on BSPL play ball a bit here the 2026 season starts this month.

It’s easy to work out - Mayfield have bought Ipswich, Mayfield are the license holders for the GPs. There’s now only one temporary GP track so, until the World Cup, the GP air fence won’t be needed. And Ipswich wouldn’t have been running that week so they can return it to Poland

So one can blame the other when it all goes wrong

I don’t understand all the cynicism here. GB was a joke of a team year after year but Painter, Blackwell, Allen, Stead, Vatcher plus the professional team around them involving fitness, psychology, physiotherapy and media profile have produced some world beating performances. No more pizzas and beer but pride in the job instead. And top class sponsors. It’s not been just a one day job either with qualifiers and finals in the same week resulting in the squad being together for 4 or 5 days. GB has team spirit, team uniforms and, allowing for 2025 being a hiccup, great results since it changed to the current management team. Olly and Simon have worked well together but they will acknowledge they are only one part of the whole set up. When domestic speedway in UK, especially the way the top league is going, is a clown show, and is working its way down and down, the national team has shown that we still have good people with great skills in this country. And Simon has been one of the key players. We should be thanking him and not making smart ass comments about his wish to devote more time to his family, his job and Sheffield speedway.