2009 Elite League speedway season
League | Sky Sports Elite League |
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Champions | Wolverhampton Wolves |
Knockout Cup | Lakeside Hammers |
Elite Shield | Eastbourne Eagles |
Individual | Leigh Adams |
Pairs | Poole Pirates |
Highest average | Freddie Lindgren |
Division/s below | 2009 Premier League 2009 National League |
The 2009 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 13th since its establishment as the Elite League in 1997.[1]
Summary[]
The first fixtures of the season took place on 30 March and the season ended on 12 October. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions from 2008.[2]
Leigh Adams had a stellar season, he once again topped the league averages and became the Australian Champion for the 10th time. He also won the Elite League Riders Championship and nearly led Swindon to a title success, before losing in the play off final to Wolverhampton Wolves. Wolves continued their success of recent years courtesy of heavy scoring throughout the season by Freddie Lindgren, Peter Karlsson and their new signing Tai Woffinden.[3]
Lee Richardson top scored for the Lakeside Hammers during the season and the team claimed their first top tier trophy in their history when winning the Knockout Cup.[4]
League table[]
Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/- | Pts | |||||||
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3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | |||||||
1 | Swindon Robins | 32 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1602 | 1331 | 79 | |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1580 | 1361 | 75 | |
3 | Lakeside Hammers | 32 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 1511 | 1437 | 54 | |
4 | Coventry Bees | 32 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1451 | 1456 | 52 | |
5 | Peterborough Panthers | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1463 | 1484 | 47 | |
6 | Ipswich Witches | 32 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 1431 | 1498 | 41 | |
7 | Eastbourne Eagles | 32 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 1393 | 1527 | 36 | |
8 | Poole Pirates | 32 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 1391 | 1526 | 32 | |
9 | Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 1373 | 1575 | 32 |
Key: | |
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Championship play-offs | |
Relegation play-offs | |
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points
Championship play-offs[]
Semi-finals[]
Leg 1[]
Coventry Bees | 45 – 45+8 | Swindon Robins |
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Rory Schlein 11 | Leigh Adams 10 |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 56+4 - 40 | Lakeside Hammers |
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Ty Proctor 12+4 | Jonas Davidsson 15 |
Leg 2[]
Swindon Robins | 47 (100) - (88) 43 | Coventry Bees |
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Matej Zagar 12 | Chris Harris 14 |
Lakeside Hammers | 44 (84) - (106) 46 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
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Jonas Davidsson 13 | Adam Skornicki 12+2 |
Grand final[]
First leg[]
Wolverhampton Wolves | 54 - 38 | Swindon Robins |
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Freddie Lindgren 14+1 | Matej Zagar 9+1 |
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Second leg[]
Swindon Robins | 52 (90) - (95) 41 | Wolverhampton Wolves |
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Leigh Adams 12+1 Matej Zagar 12+1 |
Freddie Lindgren 16+1 |
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Wolverhampton were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 95-90.
Leading averages[]
Rider | Team | Average |
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Freddie Lindgren | Wolverhampton | 10.43 |
Leigh Adams | Swindon | 10.00 |
Hans Andersen | Poole | 9.15 |
Matej Žagar | Swindon | 9.15 |
Chris Holder | Poole | 8.76 |
Peter Karlsson | Wolverhampton | 8.66 |
Lee Richardson | Lakeside | 8.56 |
Chris Harris | Coventry | 8.54 |
Scott Nicholls | Ipswich | 8.29 |
Krzysztof Kasprzak | Belle Vue | 8.23 |
Elite League Knockout Cup[]
The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.[6]
First Round[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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29/05 | Ipswich | 45-48 | Belle Vue |
20/04 | Belle Vue | 53-40 | Ipswich |
Quarter Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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26/03 | Peterborough | 43-47 | Coventry |
27/03 | Coventry | 53-37 | Peterborough |
26/03 | Swindon | 57-36 | Wolverhampton |
06/04 | Wolverhampton | 53-40 | Swindon |
27/03 | Lakeside | 57-38 | Eastbourne |
28/03 | Eastbourne | 50-43 | Lakeside |
24/06 | Poole | 44-49 | Belle Vue |
27/06 | Belle Vue | 54-41 | Poole |
Semi Finals[]
Date | Team One | Score | Team Two |
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21/08 | Coventry | 51-39 | Belle Vue |
05/10 | Belle Vue | 48-42 | Coventry |
12/06 | Lakeside | 49-41 | Swindon |
11/06 | Swindon | 44-46 | Lakeside |
Final[]
First leg[]
Lakeside Hammers Adam Shields 15 Lee Richardson 12 Stuart Robson 10 Jonas Davidsson 9 Kauko Nieminen 8 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 Tom P. Madsen 1 | 59 - 36 | Coventry Bees Edward Kennett 12 Ben Barker 11 Rory Schlein 5 Josh Auty 4 Oliver Allen 2 Chris Harris 2 Jordan Frampton 0 |
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Second leg[]
Coventry Bees Chris Harris 11 Edward Kennett 9 Ben Barker 9 Josh Auty 6 Ricky Wells 4 Oliver Allen 2 | 41 - 49 | Lakeside Hammers Adam Shields 16 Kauko Nieminen 11 Jonas Davidsson 7 Lee Richardson 6 Stuart Robson 6 Tom P. Madsen 3 |
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The Lakeside Hammers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 108-77.
Team Lineups[]
Belle Vue Aces[]
- Henning Bager
- Steve Boxall
- Tomasz Chrzanowski
- Jason Crump
- Kevin Doolan
- Billy Forsberg
- Charlie Gjedde
- Josh Grajczonek
- Patrick Hougaard
- Krzysztof Kasprzak
- Ulrich Østergaard
- Joel Parsons
- Morten Risager
- Richard Sweetman
- Luboš Tomíček Jr.
- James Wright
Coventry Bees[]
- Oliver Allen
- Josh Auty
- Ben Barker
- Jordan Frampton
- Chris Harris
- Klaus Jakobsen
- Edward Kennett
- Robert Ksiezak
- Scott Nicholls
- Rory Schlein
- Filip Šitera
- Martin Smolinski
- Ricky Wells
Eastbourne Eagles[]
- Lewis Bridger
- Lukáš Dryml
- Simon Gustafsson
- Ricky Kling
- Daniel Nermark
- David Norris
- Chris Schramm
- Davey Watt
Ipswich Witches[]
- Troy Batchelor
- Jarosław Hampel
- Jerran Hart
- Danny King
- Tobias Kroner
- Leigh Lanham
- Robert Miśkowiak
- Scott Nicholls
- Morten Risager
- Kozza Smith
- Dawid Stachyra
- Piotr Świderski
- Carl Wilkinson
Lakeside Hammers[]
- Jonas Davidsson
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi
- Robert Mear
- Chris Mills
- Phil Morris
- Kauko Nieminen
- Lee Richardson
- Stuart Robson
- Adam Shields
- Piotr Świderski
Peterborough Panthers[]
- René Bach
- Henning Bager
- Kenneth Bjerre
- Lee Complin
- Aleš Dryml Jr.
- Kenneth Hansen
- Niels Kristian Iversen
- Mads Korneliussen
- Andrew Tully
- Claus Vissing
- Karol Ząbik
Poole Pirates[]
- Hans N. Andersen
- Karol Baran
- Steve Boxall
- Daniel Davidsson
- Aleš Dryml Jr.
- Paul Fry
- Chris Holder
- Paul Hurry
- Łukasz Jankowski
- Leon Madsen
- Chris Neath
- Bjarne Pedersen
- Tomasz Piszcz
- Joe Screen
- Carl Stonehewer
- Ben Wilson
Swindon Robins[]
- Leigh Adams
- Troy Batchelor
- Ryan Fisher
- Cory Gathercole
- Paul Hurry
- Mark Lemon
- Travis McGowan
- Jurica Pavlic
- Morten Risager
- Simon Stead
- Krzysztof Stojanowski
- Richard Sweetman
- Matej Žagar
Wolverhampton Wolves[]
- Lee Complin
- Joe Haines
- Chris Kerr
- Freddie Lindgren
- Peter Karlsson
- Jesper Kristiansen
- Ty Proctor
- Hynek Štichauer
- Adam Skórnicki
- Tai Woffinden
See also[]
- Speedway in the United Kingdom
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
- Knockout Cup (speedway)
External links[]
References[]
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "2009 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Knockout Cup Final history". Reader Exacteditions .com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "Greensheet Averages". Speedway GB.
- ^ "2009 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
- ^ "British Elite League Cup in Lakeside". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
- ^ "2009-10-23 British Elite League Cup in Coventry". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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