Ipswich ‘Tru Mix’ Witches team manager Ritchie Hawkins hailed his team's 'professional' 52-38 win against Peterborough at Foxhall last night.
The home team were finally back to their full one to seven for this fixture, welcoming back Erik Riss after long-term illness.
The league’s bottom side kept things tight early on, but the hosts pulled clear mid-meeting for a comfortable victory which saw them pick up the points as well as the aggregate bonus point having won at Peterborough earlier in the season.
Danny King top scored with 12+1, while Dan Thompson scored five on his debut.
“I thought it was a professional job, you need to win against the team that is bottom of the league, and we didn’t leave ourselves in any trouble," said Hawkins.
"I was pleased with some of the performances which were an improvement on previous weeks, so I’m happy overall.
“I was really happy with Dan, to come out in heat two, make a start like that and win your first race on your home debut and get that straight out of the way showed that he has got a lot about him. It was very impressive and five points from your number seven is a good return.
“Danny has spent a lot of time testing this week and put a lot of work in and I thought he looked the best he has all season around here, certainly of late. Hopefully that has given him a good platform to build on going forward.
“It is good to have Erik back in the team and maybe he needs to just get laps under his belt now and get back into racing. He was lacking race sharpness and I’m sure in two weeks when we come back, he will be back to his old self.
"It was a good one for him to get out of the way tonight with less pressure. Now he has two weeks to build on that and get back up to speed for our next home meeting.
“When we come back, we will be starting the second half of the season and we are behind the game at the moment. We are going to need a big push now and to click into gear and build some momentum to get ourselves in the play-offs.”
IPSWICH 52: Jason Doyle 11+1 (Paid Maximum), Danyon Hume 6, Danny King © 12+1, Erik Riss 3+1, Emil Sayfutdinov 9, Keynan Rew 6+2, Dan Thompson (RS) 5. Team Manager: Ritchie Hawkins
PETERBOROUGH 38: Niels-Kristian Iversen 12+1, Ben Cook 4+2, Benjamin Basso 5+1, Richie Worrall 9+1, Vadim Tarasenko 5+2, Hans Andersen © 3, Sam Hagon (G) (RS) 0. Team Manager: Rob Lyon
REFEREE: G. Allen
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