1999 Elite League speedway season

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1999 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
ChampionsPeterborough Panthers
Knockout CupPeterborough Panthers
Craven ShieldPeterborough Panthers
Riders ChampionshipJason Crump
Highest averageJason Crump
Division/s belowPremier League
Conference League

The 1999 Elite League speedway season was the 65th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the third known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1]

Season summary[]

In 2000, the league increased to ten teams with the Hull Vikings and the Peterborough Panthers moving up from the Premier League, and the Swindon Robins dropping down. The league operated on a standard format without play-offs.[2]

Despite coming up a division Peterbrough completely rebuilt their team for the season. They brought in three Australians Jason Crump from Oxford Cheetahs, Ryan Sullivan from Poole Pirates and Craig Watson from Newport Wasps, in addition to recalling Zdeněk Tesař.[3] Poole ran Peterborough close, only losing the league by one point and losing in the cup final to them.

Final table[]

Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot
1 Peterborough Panthers 18 12 2 4 889 734 26 8 34
2 Poole Pirates 18 12 0 6 899 724 24 9 33
3 King's Lynn Knights 18 11 1 6 823 804 23 6 29
4 Coventry Bees 18 11 1 6 821 804 23 5 28
5 Ipswich Witches 18 11 0 7 815 710 22 4 26
6 Belle Vue Aces 18 9 1 8 848 773 19 5 24
7 Hull Vikings 18 6 1 11 785 834 13 3 16
8 Oxford Cheetahs 18 5 0 13 754 869 10 3 13
9 Eastbourne Eagles 18 5 1 12 745 879 12 1 13
10 Wolverhampton Wolves 18 4 0 14 736 884 8 1 9

Leading averages[]

Rider Team Average
Australia Jason Crump Peterborough 10.67
England Mark Loram Poole 9.80
Sweden Tony Rickardsson Kings Lynn 9.64
Australia Leigh Adams Kings Lynn 9.47
United States Greg Hancock Coventry 9.31
Poland Tomasz Gollob Ipswich 9.24
Australia Ryan Sullivan Peterborough 9.05
England Chris Louis Ipswich 8.96
United States Billy Hamill Coventry 8.91
England Joe Screen Hull 8.76

Elite League Knockout Cup[]

The 1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 61st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition.[4]

First Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
26/06 Eastbourne 47-43 Ipswich
17/06 Ipswich 51-39 Eastbourne
28/05 Belle Vue 53-37 Kings Lynn
26/05 Kings Lynn 55-35 Belle Vue

Second Round[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
08/10 Peterborough 56-34 Ipswich
03/09 Poole 59-31 Kings Lynn
02/09 Ipswich 44-46 Peterborough
13/08 Kings Lynn 46-44 Poole
12/07 Reading 46-44 Sheffield
30/06 Hull 49-41 Wolverhampton
28/06 Wolverhampton 48-42 Hull
19/06 Coventry 51-39 Oxford

Semi Finals[]

Date Team One Score Team Two
15/10 Peterborough 50-40 Hull
13/10 Hull 47-42 Peterborough
13/10 Poole 49-41 Coventry
09/10 Coventry 40-49 Poole

Final[]

The second leg of the final was due to be completed on 22 October but was abandoned after just two heats due to heavy rain.[5]

First leg[]

Poole Pirates49 - 41Peterborough Panthers

Second leg[]

Peterborough Panthers
Jason Crump 15
Ryan Sullivan 11
Zdeněk Tesař 8
6
5
Marián Jirout 4
David Howe 2		51 - 39Poole Pirates
Lee Richardson 13
Mark Loram 11
Gary Havelock 7
Bohumil Brhel (guest) 6
Oliver Allen 2
Matej Ferjan 0
Magnus Zetterström R/R
East of England Showground

Peterborough Panthers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 92-88.

Teams[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

  • England
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Scotland
  • United States Ronnie Correy
  • Australia Kevin Doolan
  • Australia
  • England
  • Finland
  • Finland Kai Laukkanen
  • Australia Jason Lyons
  • Denmark
  • United States Chris Manchester
  • Sweden Jimmy Nilsen
  • England Andy Smith
  • England Phil Morris
  • England
  • Australia
  • England Lee Smethills
  • England Simon Stead

Coventry Bees[]

  • Denmark Brian Andersen
  • England
  • Denmark Charlie Gjedde
  • United States Billy Hamill
  • United States Greg Hancock
  • England Leigh Lanham
  • England
  • Sweden Andreas Jonsson
  • Denmark
  • England Scott Robson
  • England Stuart Robson
  • England Shaun Tacey

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Hull Vikings[]

  • Denmark
  • United States Sam Ermolenko
  • England Ben Howe
  • England Paul Lee
  • Australia Mark Lemon
  • England Ray Morton
  • Australia
  • Australia Shane Parker
  • England Joe Screen5
  • England
  • England Garry Stead
  • England Simon Stead
  • England Paul Thorp
  • Australia Craig Watson
  • United States Brent Werner

Ipswich Witches[]

King's Lynn Knights[]

Oxford Cheetahs[]

Peterborough Panthers[]

Poole Pirates[]

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

  • England Andre Compton
  • England
  • Denmark Charlie Gjedde
  • England Chris Harris
  • Denmark Jesper B. Jensen
  • Denmark John Jørgensen
  • Denmark
  • Sweden Mikael Karlsson
  • Sweden Peter Karlsson
  • England
  • England Chris Neath
  • Denmark Nicki Pedersen
  • England
  • Czech Republic George Štancl
  • England
  • England
  • England
  • Australia Craig Watson
  • United States Brent Werner

See also[]

External links[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "1999 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ^ "HISTORY ARCHIVE". British Speedway. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
  4. ^ "1999 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ^ "1999 Speedway Star Knockout Cup final". Speedway Star. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
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