Ipswich Witches
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| Track Address | Foxhall Stadium Ipswich |
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| Country | England | ||
| Founded | 1950 | ||
| Team Manager | Pete Simmons | ||
| Team Captain | Chris Louis | ||
| League | Elite League | ||
| Website | Official Website | ||
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| 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 | ||
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| 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 |
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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
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[edit] 2008 Team
Chris Louis
Jarosław Hampel- Robert Miśkowiak
Tobias Kroner
Steve Johnston- Chris Schramm
- Piotr Swiderski
- Robbie Kessler (No. 8)
[edit] 2007 Team
- Chris Louis
- Robert Miśkowiak
Kim Jansson- Marcin Rempała
- Tobias Kroner
- Zbigniew Suchecki
- Chris Schramm
Jesper B. Jensen
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
- Mark Loram
- Chris Louis
- Robert Miśkowiak
- Kim Jansson
- Tobias Kroner
- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Carl Wilkinson
- Daniel King
[edit] External links
- Ipswich Witches
- Chris Louis
- Robert Miskoviak Polish language site
- Kim Jansson
- Marcin Rempala Polish language site
[edit] References
- ^ Oakes, P.(2006). Speedway Star Almanac. ISBN 0-9552376-1-0
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