Speedway: Ipswich move to fourth after victory over Peterborough
They're aiming for a top 4 victory
The Ipswich Witches made it four wins in a row with a narrow 43-47 victory away at Peterborough last night in the Premiership.
The Panthers brought in Chris Harris as a new signing a day before the fixture to give them a boost but lost Vadim Tarasenko on the day of the meeting due to family reasons with rider replacement being used in his absence.
Ipswich started strongly but were soon pegged back by Peterborough who then built a six-point lead by heat 10.
The Suffolk side ended strongly though to pick up an important two league points as well as the bonus point, edging the Witches into the top four.
Emil Sayfutdinov top scored with a sublime 15-point maximum.
Witches team manager Ritchie Hawkins reflects on Monday’s win: “It is another victory and that is what we needed, and it was a really close meeting. Emil was exceptionally fast and was a joy to watch again.
"It was brilliant to see Erik back, from that first heat you could see him grow into the meeting and I also thought our reserves did brilliantly as well.
“It was great to see Erik score well and it is something for him to now work on, progress from and keep going. It should do him the world of good with his confidence and it was vital for us and needed. Danny scored steady points and to have Erik scoring points in the side with him really helps and that made a massive difference.
“All we can do is keep winning and getting as many points as we can on the board and hope someone else slips up. That hasn’t happened yet, but we just need to keep winning and we are home and away against King’s Lynn now and we need to take five points and that is all we can do.”
The Ipswich Witches host the King’s Lynn Stars at Foxhall Stadium on Thursday 10th August in the Premiership.