Going Global, that means Europe then as there aren’t any riders in the USA or Australia who are unattached that would be of suitable standard……unless Wiltshire is coming out of retirement.
If Rew had wanted to stay he would have been in the team in place of Danny.
For his own reasons he wanted to move on although I’m not sure a move from Ipswich to Brum is going to help his development given the set up Ipswich have.
I think it’s only for a season anyhow so good luck to the lad.
It’s a sad day for UK speedway & a measure of how the sport is failing over here. The attendance has been poor since Covid & to be honest embarrassing when on live tv so probably the right decision.
Kenyan wasn’t offered a new contract as he wanted more than Louis was prepared to offer.
As some have already said the boy had his head turned by offers from elsewhere let just hope they are concrete offers.
A big shame really as another year at Ipswich in a settled environment alongside Emil & Jason would really have seen him kick on.
If he is Birmingham bound I can’t see that being an upgrade on Ipswich.
If Rew had stayed then one of Ellis or King would have gone & reading Kings interview I think it would have been him.
I’m quite excited to be going back into battle with the same guys. Obviously, Keynan is one change, for his reasons mostly, which is fine and it’s certainly not closing the door on his Ipswich career.
The next paragraph in Louis’ interview
After taking all the announcements that have come over the last couple of week in I have to say that the class of 25 looks great.
Yes I was one of those who wanted to see us part ways with King & retain Rew instead. However Emil Jason & Tom should take the pressure off the rest so hopefully they can enjoy their speedway.
Reading the interviews again last night I think it’s clear Danny was close to the exit door however something appears to have changed with Rew at the 11th hour & King kept his place.
If the rumours about Rew wanting more than Louis was willing to pay is correct, that was a misjudgment on Rews part trying to force more more than Louis was prepared to pay when Louis in effect had 8 riders to fill 7 places.
Hopefully we’ll see Rew back at Foxhall in the future & I wish him all the best. However I’m not certain if Belle Vue is the right place for him if that’s where he ends up.
Roll on March!!
It’s taken Ipswich years to pin Doyle down to Foxhall as for Emil Louis saw an opportunity & went over time to get his signature over the line. Question is was there any other competition for Emils signature prior to 2023 or was it only Louis who was prepared to fight to secure him.
Louis has certainly learned a lot over the past few years not that long ago our number one was a out of retirement Crump.
The issue here is the sport simply isn’t popular enough.
We have had 40 years of the product being watered down in terms of lowering points limits to try & even things out however that has been totally unsuccessful in halting the decline in attendance figures or the number of tracks operating.
Granted some tracks have been lost to housing but that’s not the case for the vast majority.
The only way to save this sport is a proper plan & a rebirth, it needs to become more popular to survive.