DOYLE BACK FOR WITCHES’ TITLE BID

IPSWICH have announced former World Champion Jason Doyle will return next season after the long-term injury which wrecked his 2024 campaign.

Doyle crashed out at King’s Lynn in May and was soon ruled out for the remainder of the year, with the Witches then suffering further injuries to dent their challenge for the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership title.

The Australian plans to head back to his home country for a month this winter but will not be racing, and he plans to be back on the bike next February.

He said: “I wasn’t ready a month ago, but I am now. It is good that I didn’t rush anything and did everything the right way, the way the doctors said.

“If it was a broken bone, I would have been back pretty much straight away but when you know you are going to be unsafe on the bike, you need to do the right thing and make sure everything is 100 per cent.

“I have got a few more years left to push for that top spot and a lot more racing to do with Ipswich.

“Obviously other clubs speak to you, but I don’t want to leave any stone unturned. After two and a half years, I classify last year as a half-term with the club, we need to push on. The team that we have got for next year, I feel like we have got a chance to finally get that league trophy.”