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Sure. LOL

No bank holiday fixtures! No Good Friday meeting and no May bank holiday Monday... Louis has sacrificed the windfall of the bank holiday fixtures, to make sure the Witches double uppers don't miss meetings. Press and practice March 9th, and there are 4, possibly 5 Saturday home meetings.. New website and club crest unveiled mid February.

Looking on the bright side, NBJ could well develop in to a good PL #1 this year. The team you start with isn't always the team you finish with so there could be scope to strengthen further down the line

Oh dear. They've ballsed that team building right up IMO.

Is it only Peterborough and Redcar that could fit in PK?

Hope so! Would be fantastic to see PK back at Foxhall again. Been a thorn in our side over the years with many a maximum.

Rumours gaining momentum that sponsor to top riders like Chris Holder (TrucksRUs etc Ipswich-based Nicholls Group) joining @ipswichspeedway Tweet from Elvin King. TrucksRUs was the rumoured sponsor on here a while ago wasn't it?

It's all go @ipswichspeedway Fixtures, Bank Hols, branding, sponsors @rhr_211 golf h/cap cut. 2 pages in @EADTsport24 & @ipswichstar24 Thur Tweet from Mike Bacon.

More than likely. I'd rather they took their time to help avoid the constant clashes and missing riders than rush them. There's an increasing number of riders who ride both leagues these days so the problem is intensifying.

All gone a bit quiet on this front. Wonder what they're waiting for? Can't be any hitch as Louis labelled Sackers "partner sponsor" in a tweet last week.

6 grand? The alterations at Ipswich a few years ago allegedly cost in the region of 20k

https://twitter.com/chrislouisiwsc/status/686968683684589568

My point was he shouldn't be written off just because he's an American with no BL experience. Manzares has proven that it would be foolish to do so.

TBF Manzares put just over a point on his 5 point average in his first season, and the poster above thinks this kid is better. So we'll see..

Who is making this "fuss" about Ipswich anyway? A few have put Ipswich in the top 6 which lets be honest is not the most outrageous prediction in the world is it. But I haven't seen any such fuss being made about the team at all. Oh and Gav, I'd have Paco over Clegg too

Tungate is one of the most frustrating riders I've seen. He clearly has the speed and talent to go far IMO, but he doesn't seem to have the right attitude, desire or fire in his belly to achieve what he's capable of. His confession in the Ipswich Star a couple of season's ago that he sometimes goes to away meetings and just can't be bothered was appalling. You're simply not going to succeed in any kind of sport with that attitude no matter how talented you are. Maybe he'll realise that before it's too late. I hope so.

I see Tungate won the opening round of the Aussie championships. Top scored with 14 in the heats and then won the final. Seems like he did it the hard way too coming from the back in a few races! Well done Rohan! http://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/15233/aussie-champs-round-kurri-16 And I know this is an Ipswich 2016 thread and he isn't an Ipswich rider in 2016, but he's still a Witches asset.

Five point average or thereabouts. He'll be our biggest average jumper.

Paco will make a mockery of a his 3 pointish average. Vault me.

Quite right too!

Jye? If he even manages to hold his 5 point average then he'll have done very well imo.

Its a strange one with Ellis! Last winter he was gutted that his proposed return to Ipswich was vetoed at the 11th hour and said so via his Twitter and in the speedway star. He definitely wanted PL in 2015 so what's changed? It surely must be his decision because I find it impossible to believe that no PL club wanted him! That just can't be the case.

Ideally you'd want him starting at reserve. A tough ask starting in the main body in your first year of pro racing. Over a point under the limit and quite a tail..

The main reason Chris Louis said on local radio a few weeks back why it's highly unlikely to happen.

At a loose end so thought I'd have a read of the 2015 thread. Crikey some shockers here LOL particularly from SCB "relies heavily on gating" and "doesn't actually do a lot of passing"! The 6 point prediction if he "stays at reserve all season" proved a little off too Put nearly 3 and a half points on his average whilst being one of the most entertaining riders we've seen at Foxhall for years. Not bad for "some shi te Italian"