2006 Speedway Conference League

2006 Speedway Conference League

League	Conference League
Champions	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout Cup	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Individual	Adam Roynon
Pairs	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Fours	Stoke Spitfires
Division/s above	2006 Elite League 2006 Premier League
← 2005 2007 →

The 2006 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway. ^[1]

Summary

The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions who won the playoffs. ^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Played	HW	HD	HL	AW	AD	AL	F	A	Bonus	Total
1	Plymouth Devils	14	7	0	0	4	0	3	719	561	7	29
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions	14	6	0	1	5	0	2	756	521	6	28
3	Rye House Raiders	14	6	0	1	3	0	4	705	581	5	23
4	Stoke Spitfires	14	4	1	2	3	0	4	599	657	3	18
5	Boston Barracuda-Braves	14	4	0	3	3	0	4	666	616	3	17
6	Buxton Hitmen	14	5	0	2	0	0	7	639	655	3	13
7	Mildenhall Academy	14	3	0	4	1	1	5	562	722	1	10
8	Newport Mavericks	14	1	0	6	0	0	7	460	793	0	2

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Grand Final
	Rye House		38	32	70
	Scunthorpe		52	62	114
								Scunthorpe		58	67	125
								Plymouth		36	25	61
	Plymouth
	bye

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2006 Conference League Knockout Cup was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners. ^{[3] [4]}

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/07	Scunthorpe	59-36	Stoke
26/07	Stoke	47-46	Scunthorpe
26/08	Rye House	50-43	Mildenhall
27/08	Newport	41-48	Plymouth

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
04/09	Scunthorpe	52-36	Rye House
23/09	Rye House	45-45	Scunthorpe

Final

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/10	Plymouth	51-42	Scunthorpe
22/10	Scunthorpe	48-24	Plymouth

Conference Trophy

• Scunthorpe 110 Plymouth 75

Riders' Championship

Adam Roynon won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Rye House Stadium. ^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	Adam Roynon	Buxton	15
2	David Mason (res)	Weymouth	12
3	Seemond Stephens	Plymouth	11
4	Lee Smart	Plymouth	10
5	Scott Courtney	Stoke	9
6	Mark Thompson	Mildenhall	8
7	Tai Woffinden	Scunthorpe	8
8	John Oliver	Boston	8
9	Ben Powell	Rye House	7
10	Adam Allott	Stoke	7
11	Andrew Bargh	Mildenhall	6
12	Gary Cottham (res)	Sittingbourne	6
13	Barry Burchatt	Rye House	4
14	Scott James	Buxton	3
15	Josh Auty	Scunthorpe	3
16	Wayne Broadhurst	Boston	2
17	Nicki Glanz	Newport	1
18	Karl Mason	Newport	0

Pairs

The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 28 August. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Benji Compton of the Scunthorpe. ^[6]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Scunthorpe B 22 Paul Cooper 12, Benji Compton 10 2 Stoke 20 Ben Barker 12, Adam Allott 8 3 Scunthorpe A 19 Richie Dennis 13, Josh Auty 6 4 Buxton 10 Scott James 8, Ben Taylor 2 5 Rye House 17 Robert Mear 9, Barry Burchatt 8

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Plymouth 25 Seemond Stephens 12, Lee Smart 13 2 Mildenhall 23 Mark Thompson 12, Andrew Bargh 11 3 Boston 17 John Oliver 14, Wayne Broadhurst 3 4 Cleveland 12 Paul Burnett 10, Jittendra Duffill 2 5 Newport 11 Karl Mason 8, Nicki Glanz 5

• Semi-Final 1: Scunthorpe bt Mildenhall 7-0 (Cooper, Compton, Bargh (ret), Thompson(Fx))
• Semi-Final 2: Stoke bt Plymouth 7-2 (Barker, Allott, Smart, Stephens(Fx))
• Final: 7-2 Scunthorpe bt Stoke (Cooper, Compton, Allott, Barker(Fx))

Fours

Stoke won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 24 June 2006 at Loomer Road Stadium. ^[7]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Stoke 18 Barker 5, Priest 5, Irving 4, Courtney 4, 2 Plymouth 16 Johnson 6, Stephens 5, Smart 4, Waldron 1 3 Boston 10 Mallett 4, Stoddart 3, Martin 2, Broadhurst 1 4 Newport 4 Blake 2, Mason 1, Lowe 1, Hurst 0, Legg 0

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Scunthorpe 19 Dennis 5, Carter 5, Auty 5, Woffinden 4 2 Mildenhall 12 Bargh 5, Thompson 3, Wright 3, Purchase 2 3 Buxton 12 Taylor 5, James 4, Roynon 3, Bethell 0 4 Rye House 5 Mear 2, Halsey 1, Burchatt 1, Cook 1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Stoke	16+3	Barker 6, Courtney 5, Priest 4+3, Irving 1
2	Plymouth	16+2	Johnson 6+2, Stephens 5, Waldron 3, Smart 2
3	Mildenhall	10	Wright 5, Thompson 4, Bargh 1, Purchase 0
4	Scunthorpe	6	Auty 3, Isherwood 2, Carter 1, Woffinden 0

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "2006 tables". Speedway GB.
2. "Final table". Speedway archive.
3. "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
4. "Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results". Scunthorpe Speedway.
5. "Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN   978-07524-4250-1.
7. "2006 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 July 2023.