Ipswich Witches
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| Ipswich Witches | ||
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| Club information | ||
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| Track address | Foxhall Stadium Ipswich |
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| Country | England | |
| Founded | 1950 | |
| Team manager | Pete Simmons | |
| Team captain | Leigh Lanham | |
| League | Elite League | |
| Website | Official Website | |
| Club facts | ||
| Colours | Blue, White and Black | |
| Track size | 305 metres | |
| 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 KO Cup Elite League KO Cup British League Div 2 KO Cup Inter-League KO Cup |
1975, 1976, 1984 1998 1998 1976, 1978, 1981, 1984 1998 1970, 1971 1977 |
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The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at the Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They hold meetings on most Thursdays from March until October which normally commence at 7.30pm. Their 1998 team won the Elite League, the Elite League Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield. The current promoter, John Louis, is the 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] 2009 Team
Piotr Swiderski
Daniel King- Jarek Hampel
- Leigh Lanham
Tobias Kroner- Dawid Stachyra
Kozza Smith (DU)- Carl Wilkinson (DU)
- Jerran Hart (No 8)
Morten Risager
(DU) Riders doubling-up between Premier and Elite League
[edit] 2008 Team
- Jarosław Hampel
- Robert Miśkowiak
- Tobias Kroner
- Steve Johnston
- Chris Schramm
- Piotr Swiderski
- Rory Schlein
- Carl Wilkinson (No 8)
Also Rode:
- Chris Louis
- Jan Graversen (as No 8)
- Robbie Kessler (as No 8)
[edit] Notable Ipswich riders
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[edit] External links
[edit] Bibliography
- Dave Feakes & Colin Barber (2002). Ipswich Speedway the first 50 years.
