Ipswich Witches

The Witches moved back up to the highest division for 1960 and 1961 and led by Peter Moore, finished fourth and sixth respectively.

[8] After very little action, except for some junior matches the club returned under the promotion of Joe Thorley and John Berry in 1969.

Australian Sanders remained one of the team's main scorers and he was supported by strong season scoring from American showman John Cook, Finn Kai Niemi and the English international pair of Jeremy Doncaster and Richard Knight.

[14] Following the death Billy Sanders in 1985 and Berry's subsequent decision to quit, the club struggled and almost closed before being saved by a consortium which included former rider John Louis but they dropped to the National League in 1989.

For the 1998 Elite League speedway season, Ipswich signed Tomasz Gollob and along with Rickardsson, Louis and Scott Nicholls the team dominated British speedway, winning the Elite League, the Knock-Out Cup and the end of season Craven Shield tournament.

[16] The team spent the entire decade in the Elite League finishing third in 2000 and 2004 (the latter resulting in elimination in the play off semi finals).

The early part of the decade saw Scott Nicholls as their leading rider alongside Louis, with other notable seasons from Mark Loram, Jarosław Hampel and Hans Andersen.

[22] Shortly before 2019, Ipswich decided to move back to the top division of British speedway, reaching the play off final of the SGB Premiership 2019 season.

[23][24] The 2020 season was cancelled in July 2020 as a result of the restrictions placed on sporting events by the COVID-19 pandemic rules, set by the UK Government[25] and in 2021, the Witches finished fifth in the SGB Premiership[26] The Witches signed Jason Doyle in 2022 and he spearheaded the team when they won the 2022 Pairs championship[27] and finished second in the SGB Premiership 2022, losing in the play-off semi final.

Jeremy Doncaster
Ipswich versus Oxford in 2007