Elite League Pairs Championship

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Elite League Pairs Championship
FormerlyBritish League Pairs Championship (1976-1987)
SportSpeedway
Founded2004
Ceased2011
CountryUnited Kingdom

The Elite League Pairs Championship was a motorcycle speedway contest between the top two riders from each club competing in the Elite League in the United Kingdom, staged from 2004 to 2011.[1]

History[]

The Championship was a reincarnation of the British League Pairs Championship, which ran from 1976 until 1987. After the eighth running of the competition in 2011 the Championship was discontinued. However a one off Championship was held for the top tier once again in 2017 and was called the SGB Premiership Pairs Championship and won by the King's Lynn Stars riders Chris Holder & Robert Lambert.[2][3]

Rules[]

In the Qualification Heats, riders are allocated starting gates. For the Semi-Finals, the group winners have first choice of gate positions (A&C or B&D). Gate A is on the inside of the track, whilst Gate D is on the outside. For the Final, the gate positions (A&C and B&D) are decided by the toss of a coin. A pair finishing third and second will score five points, whereas a pair finishing first and last will score only four. Race points scored over all Qualification Heats are used to determine the final group placings.

Winners[]

Year Winners 2nd place
2004 Swindon Robins
(Leigh Adams & Charlie Gjedde) 		Belle Vue Aces
(Jason Crump & Joe Screen)
2005 Swindon Robins
(Leigh Adams & Lee Richardson) 		Belle Vue Aces
(Jason Crump & Joe Screen)
2006 Belle Vue Aces
(Jason Crump & Simon Stead) 		Swindon Robins
(Leigh Adams & Sebastian Ułamek)
2007 Poole Pirates
(Jason Crump & Bjarne Pedersen) 		Reading Bulldogs
(Greg Hancock & Travis McGowan)
2008[4] Coventry Bees
(Hans Andersen & Chris Harris) 		Swindon Robins
(Leigh Adams & Mads Korneliussen)
2009[5] Poole Pirates
(Hans Andersen & Chris Holder) 		Eastbourne Eagles
(Lewis Bridger & Davey Watt)
2010[6] Coventry Bees
(Chris Harris & Krzysztof Kasprzak) 		Poole Pirates
(Chris Holder & Bjarne Pedersen)
2011 Poole Pirates
(Chris Holder & Darcy Ward) 		Belle Vue Aces
(Chris Harris & Rory Schlein)

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Year by Year". Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Stars Win Pairs Championship". 31 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Premier ship pairs" (PDF). Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Bees come good in Pairs", Sky Sports, 18 August 2008, retrieved 29 July 2012
  5. ^ "Pirates storm to Pairs title", Sky Sports, 11 August 2009, retrieved 29 July 2012
  6. ^ Chard Phil (2010) "Speedway: Middlo wants pairs rules change", Bournemouth Echo, 8 September 2010, retrieved 29 July 2012
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