Aries

He’s still a good team manager whether he’s currently a manager or not. He seems to have had the respect of all the riders that have ridden under him the last few years and none have had a bad word to say about him. Two of them, Doyle and Ellis, have him as part of their team this coming season.

Hawkins IS a good team manager.

I thought (or hoped) I was reading too much much in to the wording of the Official club post on the update coming next week! Didn’t come across as any confirmation coming so perhaps it’s not the update we were all hoping for…

https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/16629633 Northamptonshire 🤔 Could Mayfield also be behind getting Northampton up and running as well as Ipswich?

Just suggested the same myself. HAS to be Monday with the staff signing on at Ipswich sports club on the Tuesday.

That was issued only a couple of days ago so that’s pretty conclusive that we’ll be running. Not sure they’d be asking all staff to attend on Tuesday for the signing on session if there were still doubts about the club taking part. The wording of their “update” on the sale was interesting to me though. Does that sound like a sale is “done” and it’s being announced next week? Or is it simply a further update on the potential sale? Either way, I expect that update on Monday. Every Tom Dick and Harry will know what’s going on after the staff meet up for the signing on session on Tuesday and it would all leak out from there as it usually does. So I expect the update, will be before that on Monday.

More likely just an inaccurate oversight. Wouldn’t be the first time that has happened with those Polish reports.

This is true also. Point taken.

Northampton would make more sense wouldn’t it? Norfolk boy, doesn’t like Foxhall, just can’t really see it but who knows.

Confused.com 😆 @InTheDeepStuff is usually reliable with info to be fair. Let’s see Edit: Maybe Northampton? Would give them the big star to get up and running

Don’t think Janowski was good anywhere last year was he? Seems to have been a rider in decline for a few years now.

Gotta love this forum sometimes 😁

Baldyman is right. It’ll no doubt be spun that it’s been a winter of concern that the club might not even run, so be grateful you have some speedway to watch. People ain’t daft though and that won’t wash. Yes we have one of the better attendances in the UK, but the Ipswich fans won’t turn out for any old dross. The season before we dropped to the Championship around 2010/11/12? We had a dreadful team and finished bottom. It was spot the supporter on the terraces so let’s not kid ourselves that the crowd will turn out regardless. Anyway, we don’t know the team yet so we’re getting ahead of ourselves a tad. Let’s give them a chance and see what they deliver.

Iversen could feature you’d guess. All very Lynny isn’t it 😂

No Rew in UK this year.

Depends who said newcomer is. The problem here, is you’re giving up eight points to Belle Vue before the tapes have even risen in heat one. Probably Sheffield too.

If you’re going for Brennan at 1 on a 7.05 average, and you can’t come up with anything better (with all due respect) than Jenkins as the senior reserve, then it’s pretty desperate stuff!

Ta. In that case, wouldn’t touch him with a barge pole

It doesn’t imply that at all in terms of getting the initial 25%. It simply say further declarations the 25% will no longer apply. I’d like to see the rule that simply says, a rider won’t get a 25% reduction on his average following a graduation out of the rising star scheme, if they’ve previously had a 25% reduction in a previous season.

Oh. Ipswich and Northampton to be this years Birmingham and Oxford then 🤦🏼‍♂️

No time for sentimentality either. Things change and the world is changing at a rapid pace generally. Time to move on.

Spot on 👍🏻 😂

You’re not getting Nicholls at reserve on 5.55 in any scenario, even with Brennan at 1 let alone Freddie! Not in a 37 point league. At the same time, if Noaksey is correct and we’ve gone strength in depth with Brennan at 1, we’re gonna need a far stronger rider at 6 than Jordan Jenkins that’s for sure.

FINALLY, things are drawing to a conclusion on both Ipswich, and Northampton. Now they can release fixtures, and get season tickets on sale.