HAWKINS: FULL FOCUS ON FINAL

IPSWICH manager Ritchie Hawkins says his side will be raring to go when they contest the first leg of the ROWE Motor Oil Premiership Grand Final at Leicester next Monday.

The Witches booked their place in the title decider three weeks ago but then had to wait until their opponents were determined, although they did race a re-arranged league match at Sheffield last week.

Hawkins says their Final place is the culmination of the efforts of recent seasons, and he’s determined to see them lift the silverware.

He said: “We have worked hard for a number of years to get into this position, and we have had the core of this group together for two or three years now and we are fully focused on the Final, there is no doubt about that. All our concern is on that, that is a given and we look forward to it.

“We have a break now, which is the same for both sides which is good. A lot of the boys have big meetings abroad or in the Championship or in the Speedway of Nations and that is good competitive action, and we are looking forward to Leicester.”