2000 Elite League speedway season

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2000 Elite League speedway season
League Sky Sports Elite League
Champions Eastbourne Eagles
Knockout Cup King's Lynn Knights
Craven Shield Coventry Bees
Riders Championship Ryan Sullivan
Highest average Leigh Adams
Division/s below Premier League
Conference League

The 2000 Elite League speedway season was the 66th season of the top tier of speedway in the United Kingdom. It was the fourth known as the Elite League and was governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). [1]

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Season summary

In 2000, the league decreased to nine teams with the Hull Vikings dropping back down to the Premier League after just one season. The league operated on a standard format without play-offs. [2]

Eastbourne Eagles claimed the millennium season league title but only finished two points clear of King's Lynn Knights. Martin Dugard topped scored for the Eagles but was well supported by their new signing Joe Screen from Hull Vikings. Three other English riders finished with averages in excess of 7 which was the crucial difference during the season. They were David Norris, Paul Hurry and Dean Barker. The King's Lynn Australian pairing of Leigh Adams and Jason Crump topped the league averages but did not have the back up that Eastbourne relied on. King's Lynn gained consolation when winning the Knockout Cup. [3]

Final table

PosMWDLFAPtsBonTot
1 Eastbourne Eagles 32241715441322491362
2 King's Lynn Knights 32222815641321461460
3 Ipswich Witches 321631314561409351146
4 Coventry Bees 32163131442142735843
5 Poole Pirates 30144141437142632840
6 Wolverhampton Wolves 32153141396146733639
7 Peterborough Panthers 32112191431142524731
8 Oxford Cheetahs 3191211296147719322
9 Belle Vue Aces 3153231248154013114

Oxford v Belle Vue not held.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2000 Speedway Star Knockout Cup was the 62nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition. [4]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
12/05Oxford45-45Poole
10/05Poole47-43Oxford

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
04/09Belle Vue40-44Coventry
02/08King's Lynn52-38Ipswich
09/06Peterborough52-38Poole
26/06Wolverhampton51-39Eastbourne
24/06Eastbourne44-46Wolverhampton
27/05Coventry49-41Belle Vue
25/05Ipswich48-42King's Lynn
10/05Poole47-43Peterborough

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
19/10King's Lynn63-27Wolverhampton
18/10Wolverhampton43-47King's Lynn
14/10Coventry47-43Peterborough
13/10Peterborough47-43Coventry
22/10
(replay)		Peterborough46-44Coventry
17/10
(replay)		Coventry45-45Peterborough

Final

First leg

King's Lynn Knights
Leigh Adams 14
Jason Crump 11
John Cook 11
Craig Boyce 8
Tom P. Madsen 6
Steve Masters 5
Travis McGowan 4		58 - 32 Coventry Bees
Lee Richardson 11
Greg Hancock 10
Billy Hamill 9
Scott Robson 2
Shaun Tacey 0
Stuart Robson 0
John Jørgensen 0
[5]
King's Lynn Stadium

Second leg

Coventry Bees
Billy Hamill 11
Greg Hancock 10
Scott Robson 9
Lee Richardson 6
Shaun Tacey 6
Stuart Robson 6
John Jørgensen R/R		48 - 42 King's Lynn Knights
Leigh Adams 11
Jason Crump 8
John Cook 9
Craig Boyce 7
Tom P. Madsen 3
Steve Masters 2
Travis McGowan 2
[5]
Brandon Stadium

King's Lynn Knights were declared Knockout Cup Champions, on aggregate score 100-80.

Riders' Championship

Ryan Sullivan won the Elite League Riders' Championship, held at the Brandon Stadium on 21 October. [6]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan 1 3 3 3 212x3
2 Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock 3 3 2 2 212x2
3 Flag of Denmark.svg Nicki Pedersen 2 3 0 3 1931
4 Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls 0 2 3 3 21020
5 Flag of England.svg Chris Louis 0 1 2 3 391
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Todd Wiltshire 3 3 0 2 190
7 Flag of England.svg Mark Loram 3 1 1 1 39
8 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 2 2 0 2 39
9 Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill 2 2 3 2 09
10 Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson 3 0 1 1 38
11 Flag of England.svg Paul Hurry 2 1 2 1 17
12 Flag of the United States.svg Sam Ermolenko 1 0 3 1 16
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 1 1 1 0 25
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Parker 1 0 2 0 03
15 Flag of England.svg David Norris 1 0 2 0 03
16 Flag of England.svg Matt Cambridge (res)0 0 00
17 Flag of England.svg Carl Downs (res)00

Leading final averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams Kings Lynn10.17
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump Kings Lynn10.15
Flag of England.svg Mark Loram Poole10.10
Flag of England.svg Martin Dugard Eastbourne9.67
Flag of England.svg Chris Louis Ipswich9.57
Flag of Poland.svg Tomasz Gollob Ipswich9.52
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ryan Sullivan Peterborough9.18
Flag of the United States.svg Greg Hancock Coventry9.00
Flag of England.svg Joe Screen Eastbourne8.82
Flag of the United States.svg Billy Hamill Coventry8.77

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

King's Lynn

Oxford

Peterborough

Poole

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2000 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Eastbourne". wwosbackup. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  4. ↑ "2000 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. 1 2 "Coventry Bees 2000 season" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 25 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "2000 Elite League Riders Championship". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 8 June 2023.
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