Ipswich Witches

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Ipswich Witches
Club Information
Track Address Foxhall Stadium
Ipswich
Country England
Founded 1950
Team Manager    Pete Simmons
Team Captain    Chris Louis
League Elite League
Website Official Website
Club Facts
Colours Blue, White and Black
Track size    305 meters
Track record time    57.5 seconds
Track record date    12 September 2002
Track record holder    Jarek Hampel
Major Team Honours
British League Champions
Elite League Champions
Craven Shield Winners
British League Knockout Cup Champions
Elite League Knockout Cup Champions
British League Div Two KO Cup Winners
 1975, 1976, 1984
1998
1998
1976, 1978, 1981, 1984
1998
1970, 1971

The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at the Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. Their 1998 team, which won the Elite League, the Elite League Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield is considered by many to have been one of the greatest speedway teams ever assembled.[citation needed] The current promoter John Louis is father of rider Chris Louis.

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[edit] History

The Foxhall Stadium was purpose built for speedway in 1950 and meetings were held there from 1951 to 1965 when the track was concreted over for stock car racing. Attendances approached 20,000 people and made stars of riders such as Syd Clarke, Junior Bainbridge, Tich Read and Peter Moore.

In 1969 John Berry built a new smaller track inside of the old one and re-opened the club with a team which was to include the current promoter John Louis. Speedway has been held at Foxhall continuously since then up to the present day.

In 1998 Ipswich won the Elite League, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield. In addition Ipswich riders won the World Championship (Tony Rickardsson), the British Speedway Championship (Chris Louis) and the British Under 21 Championship British Under 21 Championship (Scott Nicholls). The team also included the Polish star Tomasz Gollob who finished third in the World Championship.

[edit] Honours

[edit] Elite League/British League

Champions: 1975, 1976, 1984 & 1998[1]

[edit] Elite League/British League Knockout Cup

Winners: 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984, 1998

[edit] Craven Shield

Winners: 1998

[edit] British League Four-Team

Champions: 1992

[edit] British League Pairs

Winners: 1976, 1977

[edit] British League Div 2 Knockout

Winners: 1970, 1971

[edit] Inter League Knockout Cup

Winners: 1977

[edit] Notable Ipswich riders

[edit] 2008 Team

[edit] 2007 Team

Also Rode :

Jensen joined to replace Mark Loram in June, after he was ruled out injured for the season, with a severely broken thigh, sustained in the first meeting of the year. Ipswich finished the 2007 season ninth out of ten teams.

[edit] 2006 Team

[edit] External links

[edit] References

  1. ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0


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Ipswich Witches Squad 2007 (British Elite League)
Robert Miśkowiak • Chris Louis • Kim Jansson • Marcin Rempała • Tobias Kroner • Zbigniew Suchecki • Chris Schramm • Jesper B. Jensen


Also Rode : Mark Loram

Manager: Mike Smillie
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