2013 Elite League speedway season

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2013 Elite League speedway season
League 2013 Sky Sports Elite League
Champions Poole Pirates
Elite Shield Swindon Robins
Individual Rory Schlein
Highest average Tai Woffinden
Division/s below 2013 Premier League
2013 National League

The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013. [1]

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Lakeside vs Swindon during the 2013 season Lakeside Hammers 43 Swindon Robins 47.jpg
Lakeside vs Swindon during the 2013 season

Summary

The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012. [2]

Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki. [3]

League table

PosClubMHomeAwayFAPts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Birmingham Brummies 289401312261344121856
2 Swindon Robins 289203240351353121654
3 Wolverhampton Wolves 2810202130461319123251
4 Poole Pirates 287313400281291123646
5 Kings Lynn Stars 289302100671265127343
6 Lakeside Hammers 28111021101111257130743
7 Peterborough Panthers 288114210291293124540
8 Eastbourne Eagles 2894010002121240133937
9 Belle Vue Aces*287106031191204130932
10 Coventry Bees 2863141001121185137630
Key:
Championship 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; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Swindon Robins 52 – 42 Poole Pirates
Abbey Stadium

Leg 2

Poole Pirates 55 - 38 Swindon Robins
Wimborne Road

Grand final

First leg

Poole Pirates
Hancock 14
Ward 13
Grajczonek 10
Jonasson 9
Janowski 8
Newman 3		57 - 36 [4] Birmingham Brummies
Doyle 11
Harris 7
Barker 6
King 5
Covatti 3
Smolinski 2
Auty 2
Wimborne Road

Second leg

Birmingham Brummies
Doyle 12
Harris 10
Barker 7
Auty 7
Covatti 5
Smolinski 2
King 0		43 (79) - 47 (104) [5] Poole Pirates
Ward 14
Grajczonek 13
Janowski 6
Newman 6
Hancock 5
Jonasson 3

The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.

Knockout Cup

The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.

Riders' Championship

Rory Schlein won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 19 October. [6] [7]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rory Schlein ef 3 3 3923
2 Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 3 211x2
3 Flag of England.svg Craig Cook 3 ef 3 39x1
4 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen 3 1 2 283ef
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 3 3 2 191
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Batchelor 2 3 f/exc 270
7 Flag of England.svg Scott Nicholls 1 2 1 37
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Kildemand 2 2 3 f/exc7
9 Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren f 1 2 37
10 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris 2 2 2 06
11 Flag of Poland.svg Grzegorz Zengota 1 3 1 16
12 Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Bjerre 1 1 0 24
13 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davey Watt 2 0 ef2
14 Flag of England.svg Oliver Greenwood (res)0 1 12
15 Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Pedersen ef 11
16 Flag of England.svg Paul Starke (res)1 01
17 Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Buczkowski ef ef ef 00
18 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darcy Ward ef ef0

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of England.svg Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton9.93
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Chris Holder Poole9.73
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn9.68
Flag of Sweden.svg Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton9.53
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darcy Ward Poole9.44
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen Swindon9.24
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar Belle Vue9.12
Flag of Poland.svg Krzysztof Buczkowski Peterborough8.80
Flag of Denmark.svg Kenneth Bjerre Peterborough8.78
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Ty Proctor Wolverhampton8.76

Riders & averages

Belle Vue

Birmingham

Coventry

Eastbourne

King's Lynn

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2013 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "RESULTS: MONDAY OCTOBER 7". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  5. ↑ "RESULTS: TUESDAY OCTOBER 15". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "SPEEDWAY: Rory Schlein wins Elite League Riders' Championship at Swindon for second time". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
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