2010 Elite League speedway season

2010 Elite League speedway season

League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Coventry Bees
Knockout Cup	Poole Pirates
Elite Shield	Wolverhampton Wolves
Individual	Freddie Lindgren
Pairs	Coventry Bees
Highest average	Freddie Lindgren
Division/s below	2010 Premier League 2010 National League
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The 2010 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 14th since its establishment in 1997.^[1]

Summary[]

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Wolverhampton Wolves were the defending champions from 2009.^[2]

The negative side of play offs was experienced during the 2010 season when Coventry Bees claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners Poole Pirates, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Davey Watt and Jason Doyle had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of Krzysztof Kasprzak and Przemysław Pawlicki both hit great form on the night.^[3]

League table[]

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	+/-	Pts
			3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Poole Pirates	32	16	0	0	0	5	2	0	4	5	1667	1278		78
2	Wolverhampton Wolves	31	14	1	0	0	0	3	1	3	9	1472	1392		58
3	Peterborough Panthers	32	12	2	0	2	2	1	0	2	11	1495	1464		53
4	Coventry Bees	32	9	2	1	4	2	4	0	0	10	1469	1475		52
5	Lakeside Hammers	32	11	2	1	2	1	1	1	1	12	1447	1503		48
6	Swindon Robins	31	8	2	0	6	1	2	2	2	8	1436	1438		44
7	Eastbourne Eagles	32	9	3	2	2	0	1	0	3	12	1406	1533		41
8	Belle Vue Aces	32	10	2	1	3	0	1	0	2	13	1413	1539		40
9	Ipswich Witches	32	4	5	0	7	0	0	1	2	13	1386	1569		26

Key:
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[]

Leg 2[]

Grand final[]

First leg[]

	1	Krzysztof Kasprzak	3, 2, 3, X, 3	11
	2	Richard Sweetman	1, 1', 1	3+1
	3	Ben Barker	0, 3, 0, X	3
	4	Edward Kennett	2, 2', 2, 1'	7+2
	5	Chris Harris	2', 1', 1', 3, X	7+3
	6	Lewis Bridger	3, 2, 1, 2, 2	10
	7	Przemysław Pawlicki	2', 3, 3, 2	10+1
Manager: Alun Rossiter

	1	Chris Holder	2, 0, 3, 2, X	7
	2	Darcy Ward	X, 1, F, 0	1
	3	Artur Mroczka	1, 0, 0	1
	4	Bjarne Pedersen	3, 3, 4^, 3, 2	15
	5	Davey Watt	0, 3, 3, X	6
	6	Leon Madsen	0, 0, 1, 3	4
	7	Jason Doyle	1, 1, 2, 1, F	5
Manager: Neil Middleditch

Second leg[]

1 Chris Holder 1, 2, 1, 1, 0 5 2 Darcy Ward 3, 1', 2, 0 6+1 3 Artur Mroczka 2', 0, 0 2+1 4 Bjarne Pedersen 3, 2, 2, 0, 1 8 5 Davey Watt 3, 2', 3, 0 8+1 6 Leon Madsen 2, 3, 0, 1, 1 7 7 Jason Doyle 0, 1, 0, 3 4 Manager: Neil Middleditch 1 Krzysztof Kasprzak 2, 3, 2, 3, 3 13 2 Richard Sweetman 0, 1, 1, 1' 3+1 3 Ben Barker 1, 0, 0, 2' 3+1 4 Edward Kennett R/R 5 Chris Harris Fx, 3, 3, 3, 2', 2' 13+2 6 Lewis Bridger 1, 0, 0, 1 2 7 Przemysław Pawlicki 3, 2, 1, 3, 2', 2, 3 16+1 8 Aaron Summers Did not ride - Manager: Alun Rossiter

Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

Leading averages[]

^[4]

Rider	Team	Average
Freddie Lindgren	Wolverhampton	10.36
Leigh Adams	Swindon	10.28
Kenneth Bjerre	Peterborough	9.95
Scott Nicholls	Ipswich	9.20
Lee Richardson	Lakeside	9.10
Krzysztof Kasprzak	Coventry	8.97
Hans Andersen	Belle Vue	8.81
Chris Holder	Poole	8.81
Chris Harris	Coventry	8.68
Matej Žagar	Eastbourne	8.44

Elite League Knockout Cup[]

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.^[5]

First Round[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
12/04	Wolverhampton	56-39	Ipswich
08/04	Ipswich	43-46	Wolverhampton

Quarter Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
10/06	Swindon	49-41	Peterborough
17/09	Peterborough	58-37	Swindon
05/07	Belle Vue	50-40	Poole
21/07	Poole	57-35	Belle Vue
19/07	Coventry	48-42	Wolverhampton
30/09	Wolverhampton	51-43	Coventry
23/09	Eastbourne	53-41	Lakeside
24/09	Lakeside	45-45	Eastbourne

Semi Finals[]

Date	Team One	Score	Team Two
13/10	Poole	58-36	Peterborough
11/10	Peterborough	43-50	Poole
11/10	Wolverhampton	44-46	Eastbourne
10/10	Eastbourne	63-29	Wolverhampton

Final[]

First leg[]

Second leg[]

The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

Team Lineups[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

Coventry Bees[]

Eastbourne Eagles[]

Ipswich Witches[]

Lakeside Hammers[]

Peterborough Panthers[]

Poole Pirates[]

Swindon Robins[]

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

See also[]

• Speedway in the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References[]

External links[]

• British Speedway Promoters Association Website