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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Wolverhampton | 10.43 |
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Swindon | 10.00 |
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Poole | 9.15 |
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Swindon | 9.15 |
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Poole | 8.76 |
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Wolverhampton | 8.66 |
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Lakeside | 8.56 |
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Coventry | 8.54 |
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Ipswich | 8.29 |
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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
Second leg
The Lakeside Hammers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 108-77.
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)
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.