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This was taken from the Speedway GB Site http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.31246 BRITISH Champion Danny King says victory in Sunday’s Premier League Riders’ Championship would cap off a memorable year on a personal level. The Ipswich skipper heads to Sheffield as one of the meeting favourites with his British Final exploits having been followed by a Wild Card at Cardiff and a silver medal when representing GB in the World Cup Final. King said: “To win the PLRC has been one of my goals for a long time now and if I could do that then that really would be the only way I could make this unbelievable year even more memorable! “Sheffield is a track the majority of riders enjoy racing on – it’s a track you can build up plenty of speed on and on its day it serves up some great racing. “Hopefully that will be the case on Sunday because it’s always a well supported event and I think it’s consistently one of the best meetings of the season.”

We've been on last chance saloon for the past 2 months , its only because the pussy cats and Sheffield keep throwing points away that we have this be it slim chance . Changes were made far too late really for the Witches but if we do somehow sneak into the play offs don't there are any teams out there they really want to come to Foxhall . We are looking like a good 1-7 now shame its took so bloody long this season to get to this point . IMO i think we will fall just short but hey you go to keep your fingers crossed aint you .

Glad to be of service , Met office says same chance of rain on both days . Most Witches fans would be in agreement with you on that we'll probably mess up tonight any way and make it easy for the pussy cats .

Is Garrity riding ??? Fell in his 1st heat last night at Foxhall then pulled out of the meeting after his 2nd ride , has he aggravated the injury again or did he do it as the tigers were already getting smashed apart and no point in taking a chance as meeting was already lost . If he does not take his place who will be the replacement ?

Met office says there is under a 5% chance of Precipitation today , surprised it aint all ready been called off !!

Hope the locals are out in force for this one in support , troubling week for the Devils but well done to all the staff and everyone else that has helped Plymouth speedway show some mindless idiots that some cowardly act of vandalism will not beat them !

Covatti missing didn't know that . Makes the Witches task a little harder as they go in search of the much needed 4 points .

Right 1st part done now to try and get the 4 points away win. Big ask for the Witches.

Lets get this one started but until the result of tonight meeting at home to Sheffield is known think it will be very quiet on this one.

Anyou news if Garrity is going to be fit first this ?

You better check the Speedway GB site as its all change Beat me to it Blobby , yes you are correct read the same as you on the site PLAY-OFF PICTURE - HOW IT WORKS - Each team meets each other once home and once away. - The top six teams then progress to the play-offs to decide the Premier League Championship. - Every Play-Off tie will be raced on a knockout basis, with the first and second placed clubs progressing directly to the semi-finals. Quarter-finals: 3rd v 6th and 4th v 5th. Semi-finals: 1st v 4th/5th, 2nd v 3rd/6th. - In the event of a tie on aggregate in the Final, the outcome will be determined by Golden Heats Format.

Hansen already riding for Workington that night at Newcastle

Taken form the Witches website The ‘Tru7.com’ Witches are back in action at Foxhall on Thursday as they take on the Sheffield Tigers in a vital Premier League clash (7.30pm). The Witches have not been in action for three weeks since their annihilation of Workington at Foxhall with the away meeting at Redcar rained-off. Since then the play-off picture has become a little clearer as it looks like a shootout for the final two places between Sheffield, Peterborough, Workington and the Witches. A win for the Witches is imperative if they wish to keep their play-off hopes alive with the added importance of making sure the Tigers pick up nothing at Foxhall. The home side are at full strength for the clash. A win for the away side would all but confirm their spot in the end of season shoot-out but they will have to do better than their previous visit to Suffolk earlier in the season as they were defeated 51-39 in the League Cup. The Yorkshire side are led by local legend Simon Stead with Jason Garrity and Kyle Howarth providing support although there are injury doubts over Garrity and teammate Dimitri Berge ahead of Thursday's meeting. British under-21 champion Josh Bates will also be in action for the away side on what promises to be a thrilling night of action. Team Manager Ritchie Hawkins says the break for the team has been frustrating but believes the riders will be ready for Thursday's test. "We got on a good run before the break at home, so to have a three week break wasn't ideal but that is the way of the world at the moment," said Hawkins. "Luckily most of the boys have been racing in a lot of meetings and have been busy riding so they haven't had much of a break like we have as a team. "It's quite simple what we need; we need two wins this week and we need to win by more than six against Sheffield to stop them getting a point, anything less is not good enough." Hawkins says the team are in good enough form to grab the chance with both hands and make the play-offs with the pressure on the opposition to maintain their place in the top six. "It's time for them to stand up and be counted, they've got the opportunity to make the play-offs and we are in the form of a good play-off team so the opportunity is there for us to grab. We know what we have got to do we've just got to go out there and do it. "Sheffield and Peterborough are the two teams we can catch mathematically and they have both dropped down the table a bit so the pressure is on them to keep those spots. In contrast we were written off a long time ago by many . "The form we have been in at home I would expect us to beat anyone and we need to win by more than six it's quite simple. I'd expect us to beat them with a full strength team so we need to get that done and then move onto Redcar." Ipswich 'Tru7.com' Witches: 1. Danny King © 9.38 2. James Sarjeant 5.45 3. Nico Covatti 7.32 4. Morten Risager 6.88 5. Ben Barker 7.56 6. Joe Jacobs 4.78 7. Danyon Hume 3.00 Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins Sheffield 'Window Centre' Tigers: 1. Simon Stead © 8.43 2. Dimitri Berge 7.09 3. Kyle Howarth 6.95 4. Josh Bates 5.46 5. Jason Garrity 8.43 6. Arthur Sissis 3.79 7. Nathan Greaves 3.00 Team Manager: Eric Boocock

Scotman you can boo who ever you like you normally do !!

No theme needed we will just concentrate on what we are good at (mind you that's very debatable !!!) making some noise and showing our support for the Witches in this must win fixture. Come on you Witches fans bring the noise lets get the crowd going and fire up our riders . They have been brilliant at home lately (when was the last home meeting ? ) lets get behind them and make sure the Tigers are tamed .

He was talking sense up until that point

Choices had to be limited as who would want to guest for the panthers and cost their own team a play off place .

Do Somerset get any thing for finishing the regular season top of the pile ?

Been in good form this season

So I take it your allowed a guest for Cook as he'll be riding for Bell vue

No Cook for that one then

Next step to see if he can carry on . Looking at his average since he came over Tungate has improved it each year apart from last year i think . Two seasons ago he finished as the Witches No1 and was flying . Have said before i think Tungate alot comes down to his confidence , last season with all that went on probably didn't help the rise of Covatti and King being the Witches big hitter maybe took some of the limelight away from Tungate . He never looked like the rider that finished the season before . He gone from being the Witches no1 to a 2nd/3rd heat leader slot . All speculation yes and there are probably many other reasons why Tungate had a very average season last year . I will admit i was one of the Witches fans who was happy to see him go out to another club this year as well as Heeps who went to Rye house , but i dont begrudge him success far from it well done to Tungate for proving me wrong . Will he be back at Ipswich next season IMO i don't think so but you never know .

Best thing Tungate has done this season was moving away from Foxhall . Don't think there is any Witches fans out there that don't think he's got the talent far from it, His move to the Oaktree has really seen him come on , think he must be nailed on for your rider of the season ?

A must win match for the Witches any thing less than taking 3 points and stopping the Tigers from picking up a losing point and it's no play offs for the 2nd year running . Witches should be a full strength for this vital meeting , as for the Tigers not sure . Garrity missed the Tigers away loss to Glasgow Sunday 4th Sep with a hand injury he aggravated on the Friday night while riding for his EL club Coventry at Bell Vue . Weather forecast for this coming week looking good .

Still hopefully will be usable for the Devils . https://www.facebook.com/lee.trigger.3/videos/10154486704417485/ This shows just how much damage was done .