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Poole Pirates are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions.
The sport of speedway in the United Kingdom has changed little since the first meetings in the 1920s. It has three domestic leagues, its own Speedway Grand Prix, and an annual entry into the Speedway World Cup / Speedway of Nations.
The 2004 Elite League speedway season was the 70th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). Poole Pirates completed the double for the second year running. They were the first team to achieve this since Oxford Cheetahs in 1986.
The 2003 Elite League speedway season was the 69th season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
The 2001 Elite League speedway season was the 67th season of top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and in 2001 was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
The 1999 Elite League speedway season was the 65th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the third known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Knockout Cup is a type of British motorcycle speedway competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929.
The 1952 National League Division Two was the seventh post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
The 1956 National League Division One was the 22nd season and eleventh post-war season of the highest tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
The 1955 National League Division Two was the tenth post-war season of the second tier of motorcycle speedway in Great Britain.
The 1990 National League was the 16th since its establishment as a second tier in 1975, a renamed British League Division Two, and the last before it was again renamed British League Division Two.
The 2011 Elite League speedway season was the 77th season of the top division of UK speedway and took place between 26 March and 20 October 2011. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions after winning in 2010.
The 2009 Elite League speedway season was the 75th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 13th since its establishment as the Elite League in 1997.
The 2012 Elite League speedway season was the 78th season of the top division of UK speedway and took place between March and October 2012.
The 1952 Southern League was the first season of the newly created regional third tier of speedway racing in the United Kingdom for Southern British teams. From the defunct National League Division Three of the previous season, only Poole Pirates did not join the new league. Ipswich Witches and Southampton Saints were new entrants.
The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021.
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References
- ↑ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB.
- ↑ "UK Speedway Champions". Speedway Champions.
- ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ↑ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
- ↑ "Roll of honour". Poole Pirates.
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