2005 Elite League speedway season
League | Sky Sports Elite League |
---|---|
Champions | Coventry Bees |
Knockout Cup | Belle Vue Aces |
Craven Shield | Oxford Silver Machine |
Individual | Nicki Pedersen |
Pairs | Swindon Robins |
Highest average | Nicki Pedersen |
Division/s below | Premier League Conference League |
The 2005 Elite League speedway season was the 71st season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1][2]
Season summary[]
In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four.[3]
Belle Vue Aces topped the regular season table and won the Knockout Cup. Their world champion rider Jason Crump was in superb form throughout the season. Fellow Australian Leigh Adams topped the league averages for Swindon for arguably the second consecutive season but it was Coventry Bees that experienced their first title success since the glory days of the late 1980s. Coventry had finished bottom of the table during the previous season and with the exception of finishing runner-up in 2003 had been starved of success. The club made a change that proved instrumental, they brought in Scott Nicholls from Ipswich and supported by Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris the team defeated Belle Vue in the Elite League Play off final.[4]
Final table[]
Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | |
1 | Belle Vue Aces | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 1766 | 1520 | 48 | 13 | 61 |
2 | Coventry Bees | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 1739 | 1605 | 46 | 13 | 59 |
3 | Peterborough Panthers | 36 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1709 | 1598 | 44 | 12 | 56 |
4 | Eastbourne Eagles | 36 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1658 | 1646 | 39 | 10 | 49 |
5 | Poole Pirates | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1666 | 1647 | 37 | 10 | 47 |
6 | Ipswich Witches | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 1661 | 1672 | 35 | 9 | 44 |
7 | Swindon Robins | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1617 | 1675 | 36 | 7 | 43 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 1682 | 1647 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
9 | Oxford Silver Machine | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1550 | 1773 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
10 | Arena Essex Hammers | 36 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1539 | 1804 | 22 | 3 | 25 |
= Qualified for Play Offs |
Play-offs[]
Semi-Final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.
Semi finals[]
- Belle Vue Aces 53-40 Eastbourne Eagles
- Coventry Bees 55-41 Peterborough Panthers
Final[]
First leg[]
Coventry Bees Sebastian Ułamek 11 Scott Nicholls 10 Morten Risager 9 Billy Janniro 8 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8 Chris Harris 5 Martin Smolinski 3 | 54 - 41 | Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 21 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 4 Simon Stead 4 Rusty Harrison 2 Jason Lyons 1 R/R |
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Second leg[]
Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 10 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 9 Simon Stead 7 Jason Lyons 4 Rusty Harrison 3 R/R | 42 - 47 | Coventry Bees Scott Nicholls 11 Chris Harris 9 Billy Janniro 8 Morten Risager 6 Sebastian Ułamek 5 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 Martin Smolinski 4 |
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The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 101-83.
Leading averages[]
Rider | Team | Average |
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Leigh Adams | Swindon | 10.42 |
Jason Crump | Belle Vue | 10.35 |
Nicki Pedersen | Eastbourne | 10.30 |
Scott Nicholls | Coventry | 9.45 |
Peter Karlsson | Peterborough | 9.48 |
Hans Andersen | Ipswich | 9.44 |
Mikael Max | Wolverhampton | 9.39 |
Greg Hancock | Oxford | 9.32 |
Bjarne Pedersen | Poole | 9.27 |
Lee Richardson | Swindon | 8.85 |
Elite League Knockout Cup[]
The 2005 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 67th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Belle Vue Aces were the winners of the competition.[5]
First Round[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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21/04 | Swindon | 60-36 | Poole |
20/04 | Poole | 51-41 | Swindon |
07/04 | Ipswich | 55-40 | Wolverhampton |
04/04 | Wolverhampton | 37-53 | Ipswich |
Quarter Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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15/06 | Arena Essex | 51-40 | Ipswich |
12/06 | Swindon | 55-39 | Coventry |
26/05 | Ipswich | 52-42 | Arena Essex |
21/05 | Eastbourne | 59-36 | Peterborough |
20/05 | Coventry | 51-41 | Swindon |
19/05 | Oxford | 49-41 | Belle Vue |
16/05 | Belle Vue | 59-35 | Oxford |
13/05 | Peterborough | 56-37 | Eastbourne |
Semi Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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21/09 | Arena Essex | 52-41 | Eastbourne |
18/08 | Swindon | 37-35 | Belle Vue |
27/07 | Belle Vue | 61-32 | Swindon |
23/07 | Eastbourne | 55-40 | Arena Essex |
Final[]
First leg[]
Eastbourne Eagles Nicki Pedersen 17 Adam Shields 10 Davey Watt 9 Dean Barker 5 Andrew Moore 5 Daniel Giffard 0 R/R | 46 - 44 | Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 16 Jason Lyons 9 Joe Screen 8 Andy Smith 7 Simon Stead 3 Rusty Harrison 1 R/R |
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Second leg[]
Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 16 Joe Screen 12 Jason Lyons 11 Simon Stead 5 Andy Smith 5 Rusty Harrison 4 R/R | 53 - 37 | Eastbourne Eagles Nicki Pedersen 11 Adam Shields 7 Davey Watt 6 Travis McGowan 5 Oliver Allen 4 Andrew Moore 4 R/R |
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The Belle Vue Aces were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97-83.
Team Lineups[]
Arena Essex Hammers[]
- Sergei Darkin
- Gary Havelock
- Paul Hurry
- Leigh Lanham
- Josh Larsen
- Mark Loram
- Phil Morris
- Roman Povazhny
- Tony Rickardsson
- Adam Skórnicki
- Piotr Świst
Belle Vue Aces[]
- Kenneth Bjerre
- Jason Crump
- Rusty Harrison
- Jason Lyons
- Joe Screen
- Andy Smith
- Simon Stead
- James Wright
Coventry Bees[]
- Daniel Davidsson
- Chris Harris
- Billy Janniro
- Andreas Jonsson
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi
- Scott Nicholls
- Morten Risager
- Adrian Rymel
- Rory Schlein
- Martin Smolinski
- Sebastian Ułamek
Eastbourne Eagles[]
- Oliver Allen
- Dean Barker
- Troy Batchelor
- Richard Hall
- Trevor Harding
- Andrew Moore
- David Norris
- Nicki Pedersen
- Adam Shields
- Davey Watt
Ipswich Witches[]
- Hans N. Andersen
- Karol Baran
- Kevin Doolan
- Kim Jansson
- Danny King
- Jason King
- Chris Louis
- Robert Miśkowiak
- Piotr Protasiewicz
- Mariusz Puszakowski
- Carl Wilkinson
Oxford Silver Machine[]
- Stefan Andersson
- Tomasz Bajerski
- Craig Branney
- Lukáš Dryml
- Freddie Eriksson
- Renat Gafurov
- Henka Gustaffson
- Billy Hamill
- Greg Hancock
- Niels Kristian Iversen
- Jesper B. Jensen
- Tobias Kroner
- Tom P. Madsen
- Travis McGowan
- Chris Mills
- Kjasts Puodžuks
- Paweł Staszek
- Luboš Tomíček Jr.
Peterborough Panthers[]
- Henning Bager
- Daniel Davidsson
- Aleš Dryml Jr.
- Lukáš Dryml
- Sam Ermolenko
- Ritchie Hawkins
- Billy Janniro
- Jesper B. Jensen
- Peter Karlsson
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi
- Paul Lee
- Chris Schramm
Poole Pirates[]
- Ricky Ashworth
- Matej Ferjan
- Edward Kennett
- Krzysztof Kasprzak
- Robert Kościecha
- Antonio Lindbäck
- Ray Morton
- Bjarne Pedersen
- Ryan Sullivan
- Antonín Šváb Jr.
- Grzegorz Walasek
Swindon Robins[]
- Leigh Adams
- Sebastian Aldén
- Oliver Allen
- Tommy Allen
- Jonas Davidsson
- Charlie Gjedde
- Mads Korneliussen
- Peter Ljung
- Ulrich Østergaard
- Lee Richardson
- Sebastien Tresarrieu
Wolverhampton Wolves[]
- Ronnie Correy
- James Grieves
- David Howe
- Steve Johnston
- Magnus Karlsson
- Freddie Lindgren
- Mikael Max
- Krzysztof Pecyna
- Adam Skórnicki
See also[]
- Speedway in the United Kingdom
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
- Knockout Cup (speedway)
References[]
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "2005 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ Bamford, Robert (2006). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2006. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-3692-9.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "2005 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
External links[]
- british-speedway.co.uk - Official league tables
- SGB Premiership
- 2005 in British motorsport