Speedway: Witches miss out on silverwarepublished at 08:37 British Summer Time 2 October 2017
Brenner Woolley
BBC Radio Suffolk sport
Ipswich Witches, external were beaten 99-81 on aggregate by Sheffield Tigers in the Championship Grand Final, external on Saturday.
Already leading 53-37 after the first leg the South Yorkshire side won 46-44 at Foxhall Stadium.
The Witches were without the injured pair of Justin Sedgmen and Connor Mountain for both meetings.
"Given the circumstances I think the lads battled hard and I can't take anything away from any of them. They all gave it 100%," director Chris Louis told BBC Suffolk Sport.
"I can't take anything away from Sheffield - they were the better team.
"They topped the league and came here and did a great job, having put in the hard yards at Owlerton in the first leg."