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MEETING PREVIEW: IPSWICH V SHEFFIELD (C2)

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10 July, 2017

The ‘Tru7.com’ Witches welcome Sheffield Tigers to Foxhall on a rare Wednesday night home fixture in the Championship (7.30pm).

The Witches had a busy weekend with two away meetings in the north of the country, picking up a narrow win at Berwick on Saturday before suffering the smallest of defeats at Newcastle on Sunday and collecting a point for their efforts.

The home side will operate rider replacement in place of Justin Sedgmen, who is concussed after a heavy fall on Monday whilst riding for Rye House. Danny King has been declared fit to ride after aggravating a shoulder injury in a fall at Newcastle. The home side switch back to their home riding order for the meeting after tweaking it for last weekend’s away meetings.

The Tigers were one of the pre-season favourites alongside the Witches and are well placed for a play-off spot, sitting fifth but with meetings in hand over the top four. Australian Josh Grajczonek leads the Tigers at number one whilst Kyle Howarth has enjoyed a good season so far, winning the British semi-final at his home track earlier in the season. They are joined by a successful Witches guest from earlier this season, Josh Bates. Josh Bailey guests for Rob Branford at reserve.

The sides met on the opening night at Foxhall in March with the Suffolk outfit running out 52-41 winners as Danny King recorded a maximum from five rides on the night.

Team Manager Ritchie Hawkins says there was a lot of positives from the weekend to build on this coming Wednesday.

“It is a very important meeting and we need to win and stop them from getting any points,” said Hawkins. “They are contenders and it is important to carry on our home form. There were a lot of positives from the weekend even though a lot of people will look at the negatives but there was a lot of positives that we can build on this Wednesday.”

Hawkins believes the previous meeting between the sides at Foxhall won’t have any bearing this time around.

“It was the first meeting of the year when we raced them at home so I don’t think it will have a lot of relevance to this meeting. They are a very good team and we will need to be at our best to get the win and we will try to win by more than six points.”

The boss says that making the top four is the only aim at the minute, with the position not holding any significance.

“We only need to get into the play-offs. If we can get to the play-offs by finishing top of the league, then great but you don’t get anything from it. If we make the play-offs, then dropping a point at Berwick and not getting a win at Newcastle won’t mean anything. We just need to get into the play-offs. People saying that those points could cost us, we just need to make the top four, that is the aim.”

Words: Henry Chard

 

Meeting Sponsor: Ipswich Sports Club

http://www.ipswichsportsclub.co.uk/

 

Ipswich ‘Tru7.com’ Witches:

1. Danny King (c) 8.88

2. Kyle Newman 5.88

3. Cameron Heeps 6.49

4. R/R for Justin Sedgmen 7.11

5. Rory Schlein 7.92

6. Nathan Greaves 4.59

7. Connor Mountain 2.86

Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins

 

Sheffield ‘Window Centre’ Tigers:

1. Josh Grajczonek 9.31

2. Todd Kurtz 5.00

3. Lasse Bjerre 7.68

4. Josh Bates 6.49

5. Kyle Howarth (c) 7.94

6. Josh Bailey (g) 2.48

7. Nathan Stoneman 2.00

Team Manager: Simon Stead

 

Referee: C. Durno

Parade: Wednesday, 7.30pm

Venue: Foxhall Stadium, IP4 5TL

 

Championship Table

Team Pl Pts
Edinburgh 20 44
Witches 22 44
Glasgow 17 42
Redcar 19 35
Sheffield 16 33
Peterborough 18 28
Newcastle 17 25
Workington 12 21
Scunthorpe 22 20
Berwick 23 10

 

Last five home results v Tigers:

25.03.17 W52-41

08.09.16 W59-34

23.04.16 W51-39

23.07.15 L43-47

17.07.14 D45-45

 

Sheffield’s last five:

CH Workington 44-46 Sheffield

CH Glasgow 55-37 Sheffield

CH Sheffield 51-42 Peterborough

CH Peterborough 45-48 Sheffield

CH Sheffield 51-41 Scunthorpe

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MEETING PREVIEW: IPSWICH V SHEFFIELD (C2)

Posted on

10 July, 2017

The ‘Tru7.com’ Witches welcome Sheffield Tigers to Foxhall on a rare Wednesday night home fixture in the Championship (7.30pm).

The Witches had a busy weekend with two away meetings in the north of the country, picking up a narrow win at Berwick on Saturday before suffering the smallest of defeats at Newcastle on Sunday and collecting a point for their efforts.

The home side will operate rider replacement in place of Justin Sedgmen, who is concussed after a heavy fall on Monday whilst riding for Rye House. Danny King has been declared fit to ride after aggravating a shoulder injury in a fall at Newcastle. The home side switch back to their home riding order for the meeting after tweaking it for last weekend’s away meetings.

The Tigers were one of the pre-season favourites alongside the Witches and are well placed for a play-off spot, sitting fifth but with meetings in hand over the top four. Australian Josh Grajczonek leads the Tigers at number one whilst Kyle Howarth has enjoyed a good season so far, winning the British semi-final at his home track earlier in the season. They are joined by a successful Witches guest from earlier this season, Josh Bates. Josh Bailey guests for Rob Branford at reserve.

The sides met on the opening night at Foxhall in March with the Suffolk outfit running out 52-41 winners as Danny King recorded a maximum from five rides on the night.

Team Manager Ritchie Hawkins says there was a lot of positives from the weekend to build on this coming Wednesday.

“It is a very important meeting and we need to win and stop them from getting any points,” said Hawkins. “They are contenders and it is important to carry on our home form. There were a lot of positives from the weekend even though a lot of people will look at the negatives but there was a lot of positives that we can build on this Wednesday.”

Hawkins believes the previous meeting between the sides at Foxhall won’t have any bearing this time around.

“It was the first meeting of the year when we raced them at home so I don’t think it will have a lot of relevance to this meeting. They are a very good team and we will need to be at our best to get the win and we will try to win by more than six points.”

The boss says that making the top four is the only aim at the minute, with the position not holding any significance.

“We only need to get into the play-offs. If we can get to the play-offs by finishing top of the league, then great but you don’t get anything from it. If we make the play-offs, then dropping a point at Berwick and not getting a win at Newcastle won’t mean anything. We just need to get into the play-offs. People saying that those points could cost us, we just need to make the top four, that is the aim.”

Words: Henry Chard

 

Meeting Sponsor: Ipswich Sports Club

http://www.ipswichsportsclub.co.uk/

 

Ipswich ‘Tru7.com’ Witches:

1. Danny King (c) 8.88

2. Kyle Newman 5.88

3. Cameron Heeps 6.49

4. R/R for Justin Sedgmen 7.11

5. Rory Schlein 7.92

6. Nathan Greaves 4.59

7. Connor Mountain 2.86

Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins

 

Sheffield ‘Window Centre’ Tigers:

1. Josh Grajczonek 9.31

2. Todd Kurtz 5.00

3. Lasse Bjerre 7.68

4. Josh Bates 6.49

5. Kyle Howarth (c) 7.94

6. Josh Bailey (g) 2.48

7. Nathan Stoneman 2.00

Team Manager: Simon Stead

 

Referee: C. Durno

Parade: Wednesday, 7.30pm

Venue: Foxhall Stadium, IP4 5TL

 

Championship Table

Team Pl Pts
Edinburgh 20 44
Witches 22 44
Glasgow 17 42
Redcar 19 35
Sheffield 16 33
Peterborough 18 28
Newcastle 17 25
Workington 12 21
Scunthorpe 22 20
Berwick 23 10

 

Last five home results v Tigers:

25.03.17 W52-41

08.09.16 W59-34

23.04.16 W51-39

23.07.15 L43-47

17.07.14 D45-45

 

Sheffield’s last five:

CH Workington 44-46 Sheffield

CH Glasgow 55-37 Sheffield

CH Sheffield 51-42 Peterborough

CH Peterborough 45-48 Sheffield

CH Sheffield 51-41 Scunthorpe

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