SCOTT Nicholls insists that the Ipswich Evening Star Witches are ready for lift-off.The British speedway champion will skipper the team in the Sky Sports Elite League again after completing a 2004 deal to stay with the club.

SCOTT Nicholls insists that the Ipswich Evening Star Witches are ready for lift-off.

The British speedway champion will skipper the team in the Sky Sports Elite League again after completing a 2004 deal to stay with the club.

Nicholls admits that the Witches' nightmare 2003 season was "soul-destroying".

But the 25-year-old is looking ahead to a much more successful campaign.

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