2013 Elite League speedway season

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2013 Elite League speedway season
League2013 Sky Sports Elite League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
Elite ShieldSwindon Robins
IndividualRory Schlein
Highest averageTai Woffinden
Division/s below2013 Premier League
2013 National League

The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013.[1]

Summary[]

The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.[2]

Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki.[3]

League table[]

Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts
3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Birmingham Brummies 28 9 4 0 1 3 1 2 2 6 1344 1218 56
2 Swindon Robins 28 9 2 0 3 2 4 0 3 5 1353 1216 54
3 Wolverhampton Wolves 28 10 2 0 2 1 3 0 4 6 1319 1232 51
4 Poole Pirates 28 7 3 1 3 4 0 0 2 8 1291 1236 46
5 Kings Lynn Stars 28 9 3 0 2 1 0 0 6 7 1265 1273 43
6 Lakeside Hammers 28 11 1 0 2 1 1 0 1 11 1257 1307 43
7 Peterborough Panthers 28 8 1 1 4 2 1 0 2 9 1293 1245 40
8 Eastbourne Eagles 28 9 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 12 1240 1339 37
9 Belle Vue Aces* 28 7 1 0 6 0 3 1 1 9 1204 1309 32
10 Coventry Bees 28 6 3 1 4 1 0 0 1 12 1185 1376 30
Key:
Championship play-offs
  • Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing.

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; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs[]

Semi-finals[]

Leg 1[]

Wolverhampton Wolves44 – 46Birmingham Brummies
Monmore Green Stadium
Swindon Robins52 – 42Poole Pirates
Abbey Stadium

Leg 2[]

Birmingham Brummies55 – 38Wolverhampton Wolves
Poole Pirates55 - 38Swindon Robins

Grand final[]

First leg[]

Poole Pirates
Hancock 14
Ward 13
Grajczonek 10
Jonasson 9
Janowski 8
Newman 3		57 - 36[4]Birmingham Brummies
Doyle 11
Harris 7
Barker 6
King 5
Covatti 3
Smolinski 2
Auty 2

Second leg[]

Birmingham Brummies
Doyle 12
Harris 10
Barker 7
Auty 7
Covatti 5
Smolinski 2
King 0		43 (79) - 47 (104)[5]Poole Pirates
Ward 14
Grajczonek 13
Janowski 6
Newman 6
Hancock 5
Jonasson 3

The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.

Leading averages[]

[6]

Rider Team Average
England Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton 9.20
Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn 9.12
Australia Darcy Ward Poole 9.07
Sweden Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton 8.94
United States Greg Hancock Poole 8.77
Slovenia Matej Žagar Belle Vue 8.64
Denmark Kenneth Bjerre Peterborough 8.45
Denmark Hans Andersen Swindon 8.34
Denmark Peter Kildemand Swindon 8.25
Australia Troy Batchelor Swindon 8.21

Knockout Cup[]

The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.

Team Lineups[]

Belle Vue Aces[]

Birmingham Brummies[]

  • England Chris Harris
  • England Danny King
  • England Ben Barker
  • Australia Jason Doyle
  • England Josh Auty
  • Germany Martin Smolinski
  • Italy Nicolas Covatti

Coventry Bees[]

Eastbourne Eagles[]

  • Denmark Bjarne Pedersen
  • Sweden Simon Gustafsson
  • Australia Adam Shields
  • Finland Timo Lahti
  • Australia Cameron Woodward
  • Czech Republic Lukas Dryml
  • Russia Denis Gizatullin

Kings Lynn Stars[]

  • Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen
  • Australia Rory Schlein
  • Denmark Mads Korneliussen
  • England Simon Stead
  • Denmark Nicolai Klindt
  • Sweden Sebastian Alden
  • Australia Kozza Smith

Lakeside Hammers[]

  • Sweden Peter Karlsson
  • Australia Davey Watt
  • England Lewis Bridger
  • Poland Piotr Swiderski
  • Sweden Kim Nilsson
  • England Robert Mear
  • England Richard Lawson

Peterborough Panthers[]

  • Denmark Kenneth Bjerre
  • Sweden Linus Sundstrom
  • Denmark Kenni Larsen
  • Poland Norbert Kościuch
  • United States Ryan Fisher
  • Denmark Patrick Hougaard
  • Australia Dakota North

Poole Pirates[]

  • Australia Darcy Ward
  • Australia Chris Holder
  • Poland Maciej Janowski
  • Poland Robert Miskowiak
  • Poland Dawid Stachyra
  • Australia Rohan Tungate
  • England Kyle Howarth
  • United States Greg Hancock *Injury replacement for Chris Holder (26th July)

Swindon Robins[]

  • Denmark Hans N. Andersen
  • Australia Troy Batchelor
  • Denmark Peter Kildemand
  • England Edward Kennett
  • Australia Nick Morris
  • Poland Kacper Gomolski
  • England Ashley Birks

Wolverhampton Wolves[]

  • England Tai Woffinden
  • Sweden Freddie Lindgren
  • Poland Adam Skornicki
  • United States Ricky Wells
  • Australia Ty Proctor
  • Australia Sam Masters
  • Sweden Jacob Thorssell

See also[]

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References[]

  1. ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ^ "2013 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "RESULTS: MONDAY OCTOBER 7". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ^ "RESULTS: TUESDAY OCTOBER 15". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ^ "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.
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