Ipswich ‘Tru Mix’ Witches team manager Ritchie Hawkins says his riders need to learn from their mistakes following last night's 55-35 defeat at Belle Vue.

The Witches produced just two heat wins - both of them from Emil Sayfutdinov - with the league points in the bag for the hosts in the first race after the interval.

"I didn’t feel we were as far off as the scoreline suggests," said Hawkins.

"We got ourselves in good positions at times and just made mistakes. They were very, very slight errors but the Belle Vue boys really took advantage and showed their home track knowledge.

"We’ve ridden here enough times now and certainly when we come back, we need to not make those mistakes again, because we’re going to get punished. We did last season and we have done again tonight.

"Emil got two race wins but (Jason) Doyley looked a bit down on power, he had an engine problem in one race, and he wasn’t as quick as normal tonight, but I’m sure that’s something he’ll very quickly rectify.

“Keynan (Rew) has done well all season, and he’s not far off scoring big points everywhere. For his first meeting here he did do well, and he’ll definitely come back here again with a lot more knowledge and confidence in himself, because he’s not done a bad job at all tonight.”

Belle Vue’s win, along with the aggregate point, takes them back to the top of the Sports Insure Premiership table, while the Witches are left in fifth place, two points adrift of fourth-placed Leicester ahead of their trip to face the East Midlands side on Thursday.

BELLE VUE 55: Dan Bewley 10, Tom Brennan 5, Jaimon Lidsey 12, Charles Wright 7+1, Brady Kurtz © 13+1, Norick Blödorn 7+1, Jake Mulford (RS) 1+1. Team manager: Mark Lemon.

IPSWICH 35: Jason Doyle 9+1, Ben Barker 3+1, Danny King © 3, Keynan Rew 5, Emil Sayfutdinov 10, Danyon Hume 2, Joe Thompson (RS) 3+3. Team manager: Ritchie Hawkins.