2008 Speedway Conference League

2008 Speedway Conference League

League	Conference League
Champions	Weymouth Wildcats
Knockout Cup	Plymouth Devils
Individual	Benji Compton
Pairs	Boston Barracudas
Fours	Weymouth Wildcats
Division/s above	2008 Elite League 2008 Premier League
← 2007 2009 →

The 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway. ^[1]

Summary

The title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the playoffs. ^[2]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Played	HW	HD	HL	AW	AD	AL	F	A	Pts
1	Plymouth Devils	14	7	0	0	2	0	5	709	569	20
2	Boston Barracuda-Braves	14	6	1	0	2	0	5	713	565	19
3	Redcar Cubs	14	7	0	0	1	1	5	657	614	18
4	Weymouth Wildcats	14	7	0	0	1	0	6	688	588	17
5	Scunthorpe Saints	14	7	0	0	1	0	6	637	629	17
6	Buxton Hitmen	14	6	0	1	1	0	6	605	669	15
7	Rye House Cobras	14	6	0	1	0	0	7	614	663	12
8	Sittingbourne Crusaders	14	1	0	6	0	0	7	472	798	2

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away	BB	BUX	PD	RED	RYE	SCU	SIT	WEY
Boston Barracuda Braves		63–29	64–30	46–46	54–39	60–33	62–25	64–28
Buxton Hitmen	42–47		48–44	52–40	65–26	53–38	61–31	46–44
Plymouth Devils	60–32	63–28		58–34	56–34	58–34	60–31	51–42
Redcar Cubs	46–44	56–32	47–43		56–37	49–43	60–32	53–37
Rye House Cobras	52–40	59–34	42–47	49–40		54–36	54–35	59–34
Scunthorpe Saints	46–43	50–41	51–39	49–39	58–34		62–30	48–45
Sittingbourne Crusaders	35–55	44–46	33–59	36–54	46–44	32–60		31–60
Weymouth Wildcats	54–39	64–28	49–41	56–37	62–31	52–29	61–31

Source: ^[3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

	Semi-finals							Grand Final
	Boston		44	48	92
	Redcar		46	45	91
								Boston		23	45	68
								Weymouth		67	46	113
	Weymouth		56	44	100
	Plymouth		38	46	84

Final

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25 October	Weymouth Wildcats Matt Wright 14 Lee Smart 12 Karl Mason 10 Jay Herne 10 Brendan Johnson 8 Andrew Bargh 7 Kyle Newman 6	67–23	Boston Barracuda-Braves Simon Lambert 7 Darren Rolph 6 Adam Allott 5 Darren Mallett 3 Chris Widman 1 Adam Lowe 0 Rhys Naylor 0	Wessex Stadium

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29 October	Boston Barracuda-Braves Simon Lambert 15 Darren Mallett 11 Adam Allott 7 Rhys Naylor 4 Darren Rolph 3 Adam Lowe 3 Chris Widman 2	45–46	Weymouth Wildcats Lee Smart 10 Karl Mason 9 Jay Herne 9 Brendan Johnson 8 Andrew Bargh 7 Matt Wright 2 Tim Webster 1	Saddlebow Road

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2008 Conference League Knockout Cup was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Plymouth Devils were the winners. ^[4]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
03/05	Rye House	59-33	Sittingbourne
11/05	Sittingbourne	42-47	Rye House
21/06	Weymouth	47-45	Plymouth
10/07	Plymouth	51-42	Weymouth
08/06	Boston	51-43	Redcar
14/06	Redcar	45-45	Boston
26/05	Scunthorpe	52-41	Buxton
08/06	Buxton	50-41	Scunthorpe

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
28/09	Boston	56-35	Scunthorpe
10/10	Scunthorpe	45-48	Boston
18/07	Plymouth	57-36	Rye House
10/08	Rye House	56-37	Plymouth

Final

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22 October	Boston Barracuda-Braves	50–39	Plymouth Devils	Saddlebow Road

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24 October	Plymouth Devils	59–33	Boston Barracuda-Braves	Plymouth Coliseum

Conference Trophy

• Plymouth 94 Boston 88

Riders' Championship

Benji Compton won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Rye House Stadium. ^[5]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	Benji Compton	Redcar	14
2	Byron Bekker	Scunthorpe	13
3	Darcy Ward	Boston	12
4	Danny Halsey	Rye House	12
5	Jay Herne	Weymouth	12
6	Ben Taylor	Buxton	9
7	Gareth Isherwood	Buxton	7
8	Rob Smith	Rye House	7
9	Dean Felton	Sittingbourne	6
10	Kyle Hughes	Plymouth	6
11	Gary Cottham (res)	Rye House	5
12	Simon Lambert	Boston	4
13	Tom Brown	Plymouth	3
14	Harland Cook (res)	Rye House	3
15	Scott Richardson	Scunthorpe	2
16	Richard Lawson	Redcar	2
17	Aaron Baseby	Sittingbourne	1
18	Kyle Newman	Weymouth	0

Pairs

The Pairs Championship was held at the Wessex Stadium, on 31 May. The event was won by James Cockle and Simon Lambert of the Boston. ^[6]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Redcar 18 Aaron Summers 12, Scott James 6 2 Sittingbourne 14 Jerran Hart 11, Dean Felton 3 3 Buxton 12 Jack Roberts 7, Ben Taylor 5 4 Weymouth 8 Jay Herne 6, Jon Armstrong 2

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Boston 17 James Cockle 12, Simon Lambert 5 2 Scunthorpe 14 Byron Bekker 11, Jon Bethell 3 3 Plymouth 14 Kyle Hughes 10, Paul Starke 4 4 Rye House 7 Gary Cottham 5, Terry Day 2

Semi finals

• Boston bt Sittingbourne
• Redcar bt Scunthorpe

Final

• Boston bt Redcar

Fours

Weymouth won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 October 2008 at Loomer Road Stadium. ^[7]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Redcar 19 James 6, McKinna 6, Cockle 5, Lawson 2 2 Sittingbourne 12 Scarboro 5, Baseby M 3, Baseby A 2, Felton 2 3 Plymouth 9 Starke 4, Pickard 3, Brown 2, Gough 0 4 Boston 7 Lowe 2, Rolph 2, Mallett 2, Allott 1

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Weymouth 15 Smart 6, Mason 4, Herne 3, Johnson 2 2 Scunthorpe 13 Hopwood 5, Richardson 4, Irving 2, Parnaby 2 3 Rye House 12 Franklin 4, Smith 3, Aldridge 3, Cottham 2 4 Buxton 7 Isherwood 5, Taylor 2, Whittington 0, Burnett 0

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Weymouth	13	Smart 6, Herne 3, Johnson 3, Mason 1
2	Redcar	12	Lawson 4, Cockle 3, James 3, McKinna 2
3	Sittingbourne	7	Baseby M 4, Felton 2, Scarboro 1, Baseby A 0
4	Scunthorpe	4	Hopwood 1, Irving 1, Widman 1, Parnaby 1, Richardson 0

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

1. "2008 tables". Speedway GB.
2. "Final table". Speedway archive.
3. "2008 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
4. "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
5. "Cats capture Compton". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. "2008 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
7. "2008 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.