Speedway: Ipswich lose at Sheffield
They stay fifth in the league
The Witches failed to recreate their earlier season win against the Tigers - losing 51-39 at Sheffield last night.
Ipswich team manager Ritchie Hawkins reflected on Thursday’s defeat:
“I felt in the first half of the meeting we were right in it, and we could kick on and give ourselves a good chance by the end of the meeting, but we didn’t, and we went the other way. It is easy to see from the score chart where we were lacking, we didn’t have any back up for our top two...
“I think we will be stronger in the second half of the season but that needs to start now. The improvement needs to start from here on in and we have got a big second half of the season to reach the play-offs.
"I think we will be stronger now going forward, Keynan has been to most of the tracks now and is gaining experience and learning all of the time and I think he will kick on in the second half of the season as well as Danyon. Danyon isn’t far off making another step up, so going forward we will be stronger to back the top two up, who are clearly the best riders in the league at the moment.”
Ipswich stay fifth in the Premiership and lose ground on the top four as Sheffield add three points to their tally and strengthen their place in fourth.
The Witches host the Peterborough Panthers at Foxhall Stadium on Thursday 22nd June.