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Good post. Also agree about Foxhall not having a great home advantage. It used to before the alterations as a lot of riders found it too narrow and were reluctant to open the throttle and have a good go. Nowadays since the changes, the shape allows for visiting riders to come and have a go without fear of running out of room. There's also not much dirt these days and looks fairly easy to ride. Still a degree of home advantage of course, that will always be the case.

The "ploughed field" days? I remember those well!! If Peterbrough keep the track like that for the rest of the season, then nobody else will come away with a bean either. They're probably kicking themselves that the track wasn't like that a little earlier.

Shame for Heeps that he hit the deep stuff and lifted in heat 15 as he was on his way to another away double figure score. He's started the season as he finished the last one, really well. Early doors I know, but the reserves are a bit of a concern as on paper they look one of the stronger pairings but both haven't got going. Neither has Tungate. Way too early to hit the panic button just yet but we need to start seeing an improvement from those three in the next few meetings before the PL starts.

Yep! On this evidence the only thing we'll be winning is a wooden spoon..

Perhaps he was peed off with the track? Shads mentioned earlier that he had a row with Len Silver about the track earlier in the meeting labelling it "dangerous".

All the best Rob!!

Has Kennett got a bit of a mental block about heat 15? I remember Shads mentioning after the Ipswich fixture that Kennett has an awful record in heat 15. Looked to have been flying up until then! Strange.

Well the Speedway Star has us (Ipswich) down as title winners. This evening will be a good test to see whether that prediction looks shrewd or foolish.

Ritchie Hawkins has declared himself fit and rides for the Witches.

And maybe Edinburgh aren't either seeing as Glasgow held their own in the two recent meetings. There isn't a stand out team this year, there are a fair few that all look evenly matched. Bodes well for a close entertaining season.

Heeps will do fine he'll be amongst the points no danger, it's Manzares who we'll need a better showground performance from. How is Lawson around the showground?

Ipswich Town playing almost straight after didn't help either. Very expensive day to do both so in the majority of cases where people had to choose, the Football would have won the day in all probability. Considering that, I thought the crowd was impressive! I was certainly expecting a lot less.

RIP Tich Read. I know there is a seperate thread on this forum mentioning his passing, but I thought I'd put this on the Ipswich thread. I don't want to have a pop at the "official" Ipswich website, just incase I've missed it. But I can't find a single mention of this former Witches favourite's passing? IF it isn't on there somewhere, then poor show.

Makes you wonder why they couldn't have arranged this meeting for the Easter Monday in the first place with no EL fixtures taking place. Much better looking line ups.

Garrity is a nutter! Could do with more like him in the sport in all honesty. Up to heat 10 and been far better than last Good Friday. Track tricky especially early on but been some good racing.

Here's hoping for a meeting! And some decent racing.

Gotta be honest I haven't a clue what forecasts you lot are watching! Every one I've seen for a few days, and still have seen today, are really poor.

Don't think it really matters anyway looking at the forecast for Friday. Time for the forecast to change of course but it certainly doesn't look promising. Can't say I'm overly bothered in all honesty as its turned in to a farce.

What a complete bloody farce! and people wonder why the crowds are whittling away

It's strange you say that because I went on there only yesterday and looked at Foxhall! The reason I did that was because I was tuned in to the Rye House twitter updates and on the heading they have an aerial view of the Rye track. That inspired me to have a look at a few others, Foxhall included and both Foxhall and Rye are surprisingly similar in shape, although Foxhall definitely has wider straights.

Meeting off.

Well yes that does complicate things slightly..

Could do a lot worse than book Ricky Wells for Foxhall leg on Good Friday. Superb around Ipswich and we know he's available that day as he's guesting for Ipswich in the return leg at the showground.

Postponed? Do me a favour!! I've been attending for more years than I care to remember and we've had FAR more rain than that and still got meetings on. First the track prep has turned to absolute s*** the last couple of seasons and now postponements after some morning rain?

Commendable from Len, would Jon Cook be so gracious if the shoe were on the other foot?