The victory was duly delivered with a resounding 57 points to 33 victory, with Scott Nicholls and Chris 'Bomber' Harris leading the way with 16 points and 14+2 bonus respectively.
Althougth the Witches managed 6 heat winners on the night the Bees made the points count when they won the heats, and the margin of vistory would have been even greater but for Ipswich rider Robert Miskowiak who got 3 of their 6 heat wins.
Belle Vue's Kevin Doolan, a guest replacement for the injured Olly Allen weighed in with 6 points + 2 bonus.
The Bees scores for the night were:
1. Scott Nicholls - 3,2,3,3,2,3 = 16
2. Kevin Doolan (g) - 2*,0,3,1*,0 = 6+2
3. R/R - CH,BJ,SN,KD
4. Martin Smolinski - 1,2,2,3 = 8
5. Chris Harris - 3,3,2,3,1*,2* = 14+2
6. Billy Janniro - 1*,1*,0,2*,2* = 6+4
7. Steve Johnston - 2,1,2*,2* = 7+2
The Bees challengers for 2nd place in teh table, Poole Pirates, also won tonight away at Reading securing a 51-39 win to maintain their 2nd spot. Leaders Swindon slipped up away at Arena Essex losing 52-41.
With tonights result the current Elite League table looks like this...
| M | W | D | L | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | AP | Tot | ||||||
| 1 | Swindon | 29 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1505.5 | 1162.5 | 43 | 10 | 53 | ||||
| 2 | Poole | 29 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 1439 | 1195 | 39 | 9 | 48 | ||||
| 3 | Coventry | 26 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 1300 | 1063 | 39 | 8 | 47 | ||||
| 4 | Peterborough | 26 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 1244 | 1106 | 34 | 5 | 39 |