2009 Elite League speedway season

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2009 Elite League speedway season
League Sky Sports Elite League
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]

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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

PosClubMHomeAwayFA+/-Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Swindon Robins 3215001530531602133179
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 3215100421451580136175
3 Lakeside Hammers 329421211491511143754
4 Coventry Bees 327522221381451145652
5 Peterborough Panthers 32104020203111463148447
6 Ipswich Witches 3293041012121431149841
7 Eastbourne Eagles 3290160121121393152736
8 Poole Pirates 3253261013111391152632
9 Belle Vue Aces 3246061101131373157532
Key:
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
Rory Schlein 11 Leigh Adams 10
Brandon stadium, Brandon
Wolverhampton Wolves 56+4 - 40 Lakeside Hammers
Ty Proctor 12+4 Jonas Davidsson 15
Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Leg 2

Swindon Robins 47 (100) - (88) 43 Coventry Bees
Matej Zagar 12 Chris Harris 14
Abbey Stadium, Swindon
Lakeside Hammers 44 (84) - (106) 46 Wolverhampton Wolves
Jonas Davidsson 13 Adam Skornicki 12+2
Arena Essex Raceway, Purfleet

Grand final

First leg

Wolverhampton Wolves 54 - 38 Swindon Robins
Freddie Lindgren 14+1 Matej Zagar 9+1
Monmore Green, Wolverhampton

Second leg

Swindon Robins 52 (90) - (95) 41 Wolverhampton Wolves
Leigh Adams 12+1
Matej Zagar 12+1		 Freddie Lindgren 16+1
Abbey Stadium, Swindon

Wolverhampton were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 95-90.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. [5]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
29/05Ipswich45-48Belle Vue
20/04Belle Vue53-40Ipswich

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
26/03Peterborough43-47Coventry
27/03Coventry53-37Peterborough
26/03Swindon57-36Wolverhampton
06/04Wolverhampton53-40Swindon
27/03Lakeside57-38Eastbourne
28/03Eastbourne50-43Lakeside
24/06Poole44-49Belle Vue
27/06Belle Vue54-41Poole

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
21/08Coventry51-39Belle Vue
05/10Belle Vue48-42Coventry
12/06Lakeside49-41Swindon
11/06Swindon44-46Lakeside

Final

First leg

Second leg

The Lakeside Hammers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 108-77.

Riders' Championship

Leigh Adams won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 2 October. [8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams 3 3 3 0 31223
2 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris 2 3 2 3 313x2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder 3 1 3 3 313x1
4 Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren 2 3 3 2 11130
5 Flag of England.svg Edward Kennett 3 3 1 1 2101
6 Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls 2 2 3 1 3110
7 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar 2 0 2 3 29
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 1 2 19
9 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen 1 2 2 2 18
10 Flag of Poland.svg Robert Miśkowiak 1 1 0 3 27
11 Flag of Poland.svg Adam Skórnicki 1 0 2 25
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Mads Korneliussen 1 2 1 0 04
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davey Watt 1 0 1 1 03
14 Flag of Sweden.svg Jonas Davidsson 0 0 2 0 02
15 Flag of England.svg James Wright 0 1 0 01
16 Flag of England.svg Josh Auty 0 11
17 Flag of England.svg Joe Haines (res)0 11

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Arlington Stadium on 8 August and was won by Poole Pirates. [9]

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Lakeside24Richardson 19, Davidsson 9
2Poole22Andersen 19, Holder 13
3Coventry21Harris 15, Kennett 10
4Eastbourne21Watt 20, Bridger 10
5Wolves19Lindgren 11, Karlsson 8
6Peterborough18Iversen 12 Bjerre 6
7Ipswich15Batchelor 8, Nicholls 7
8Swindon11Adams 9, McGowan 2
9Belle Vue8Wright J 4, Risager 4

Semi finals

Final

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton10.64
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Leigh Adams Swindon10.33
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen Poole9.77
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar Swindon9.57
Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls Ipswich9.39
Flag of Poland.svg Jarosław Hampel Ipswich9.30
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder Poole9.19
Flag of Sweden.svg Peter Karlsson Wolverhampton9.19
Flag of England.svg Lee Richardson Lakeside8.86
Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Coventry8.74

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

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References

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  2. ↑ "2009 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Knockout Cup Final history". Reader Exacteditions .com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "2009 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  6. ↑ "British Elite League Cup in Lakeside". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "2009-10-23 British Elite League Cup in Coventry". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
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