Ipswich Witches

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The first ever Speedway meeting in this county took place in Ipswich at Portman Road, now the home of the Ipswich Town Football Club.

The present stadium at Foxhall Heath was purpose built for speedway in 1950 and meetings were held there from 1951 to 1965 when the track was concreted over for stockcar 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.

Stars of the club during the 70's and 80's include Billy Sanders, Tony Davey, Dennis Sigalos, John Cook and Jeremy Doncaster. In 1998 Ipswich tracked what was probably the worlds most successful ever team winning the Elite League, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield. In addition Ipswich riders won the World Championship (Tony Rickardsson), the British Championship (Chris Louis) and the British Under 21 Championship (Scott Nicholls). The team also included the Polish Superstar Tomasz Gollob who was third in the Word Championships, and to this day the name Gollob still brings many happy memories back for the fans.

Riders: (5) Karol Baran (9) Kevin Doolan (4) Kim Jansson (7) Danny King (3) Chris Louis (6) Robert Miskowiak (10) Mariusz Puszakowski (1) Piotr Protasiewicz (8) George Stancl (11) Carl Wilkinson (coming soon)