2014 Elite League speedway season

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2014 Elite League speedway season
League Elite League
Champions Poole Pirates
Elite Shield Poole Pirates
Riders Championship Troy Batchelor
Knockout Cup not held
Highest average Niels Kristian Iversen
Division/s below 2014 Premier League
2014 National League

The 2014 Elite League speedway season was the 80th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2014. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2013. [1]

Contents

Teams

Summary

This season saw the first team line-up change since 2011, with the Leicester Lions replacing the Peterborough Panthers who dropped down a division. Ahead of the season the BSPA announced a new rule called the "Fast Track Scheme" which means every side has to use two British youngsters at reserve who have passed through the National League - the third tier of British speedway. [2]

Poole Pirates won their second consecutive Elite League title, defeating Coventry Bees 90–71 in the Grand Final. [3] Poole continued their success, their sixth league title in eleven years. Darcy Ward, Maciej Janowski, Przemysław Pawlicki and Josh Grajczonek all returned for Poole and they were backed up by Kyle Newman and Václav Milík Jr. [4]

Final league table

Pos.ClubMHomeAwayFA+/−Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Poole Pirates (Q)32122024143415421333+20970
2 King's Lynn Stars (Q)32114013405415281346+18270
3 Coventry Bees (Q)32103035202714891406+8364
4 Swindon Robins (Q)32103033104814651407+5855
5 Eastbourne Eagles 321231000041214301460−3047
6 Lakeside Hammers 321031201131114351445−1045
7 Wolverhampton Wolves 32642402031113981524−12637
8 Belle Vue Aces 32831400111413721524−15234
9 Leicester Lions 32531700031313501564−21425
Birmingham Brummies Club folded, results expunged

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV BIR COV EAS KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 51–3936–5652–4039–5445–4556–3551–3941–3950–39
Birmingham Brummies 50–4046–4452–4430–6037–56n/an/an/a46–44
Coventry Bees 52–4046–4460–3242–4849–4148–4247–4341–4948–42
Eastbourne Eagles 50–4362–3061–3049–4048–4252–3745–4554–3759–31
King's Lynn Stars 52–3860–3253–4360–3252–4348–4247–4348–4249–41
Lakeside Hammers 58–3269–2154–3555–4145–4752–4235–2647–4453–30
Leicester Lions 50–43n/a40–5049–4142–4748–4145–4545–4744–46
Poole Pirates 53–4048–4249–4152–3744–4650–4059–3456–3449–41
Swindon Robins 57–36n/a26–3646–4450–4055–3748–4045–4746–47
Wolverhampton Wolves 45–4558–3547–4361–3247–4248–4256–3745–4552–38
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV BIR COV EAS KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 56–3940–5347–4348–4242–3355–3854–3848–4455–38
Birmingham Brummies n/an/an/a42–48n/an/an/an/an/a
Coventry Bees 52–39n/a60–3352–3855–3550–4240–5053–4058–34
Eastbourne Eagles 57–35n/a49–4449–4450–4055–3650–4053–4055–35
King's Lynn Stars 50–40n/a61–3139–2459–3551–3941–4944–4354–39
Lakeside Hammers 59–31n/a39–5647–4347–4359–3645–4556–3857–35
Leicester Lions 56–36n/a54–3845–4439–5148–4241–4937–5247–45
Poole Pirates 57–3760–3247–4856–3548–4253–3759–3156–3548–42
Swindon Robins 42–33n/a60–3156–3652–4157–3547–4346–4359–36
Wolverhampton Wolves 48–45n/a44–4656–3737–5344–4650–4236–5951–41
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.


Play-offs

Draw

Semi-finals Grand final
          
3 Coventry Bees 495099
4 Swindon Robins 41 45 86
3 Coventry Bees 34 37 71
1 Poole Pirates 375390
1 Poole Pirates 454792
2 King's Lynn Stars 44 43 87

Semi-finals

29 September 2014 Report Coventry Bees 4941 Swindon Robins Brandon Stadium
Referee(s):
Chris Durno


29 September 2014 Report King's Lynn Stars 4445 Poole Pirates King's Lynn Stadium
Referee(s):
Graham Flint


6 October 2014 Report Swindon Robins 4550 Coventry Bees Abbey Stadium
Referee(s):
Dan Holt


16 October 2014 [a] Report Poole Pirates 4743 King's Lynn Stars Poole Stadium
Referee(s):
Christina Turnbull

Grand final

17 October 2014 [b] Report Coventry Bees
Howarth 10
Harris 8
Garrity 5
Hansen 5
Andersen 3
Sarjeant 2
Barker 1
3437 Poole Pirates
Newman 9
Pawlicki 8
Janowski 6
Batchelor 5
Milik 5
King 4
Williamson 0
Brandon Stadium
Referee(s):
Peter Clarke


20 October 2014 Report Poole Pirates
Janowski 14
Newman 11
Pawlicki 8
Milik 8
Batchelor 6
Morris 5
Compton 1
5337 Coventry Bees
Howarth 9
Harris 7
Garrity 6
Andersen 6
Sarjeant 4
Fricke 3
Hansen 2
Poole Stadium
Referee(s):
Mick Bates

Knockout Cup

The Knockout Cup was not held during 2014.

Riders' Championship

Troy Batchelor won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at King's Lynn Stadium on 25 September. [7] [8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Batchelor 2 3 3 1 31233
2 Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski 1 3 2 2 21022
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 3 1 3 3 212x1
4 Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar 3 T/exc 3 3 312x0
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Bjarne Pedersen 2 3 3 2 1111
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen 3 2 2 2 090
7 Flag of England.svg Chris Harris 2 2 1 1 39
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Václav Milík Jr. 0 2 2 3 19
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Rory Schlein 3 2 1 1 18
10 Flag of England.svg Danny King 1 3 0 3 07
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dakota North 0 1 1 2 26
12 Flag of Sweden.svg Jacob Thorssell 1 1 2 1 16
13 Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson 1 1 0 1 25
14 Flag of Denmark.svg Peter Kildemand 2 0 1 ret -3
15 Flag of England.svg Robert Lambert 0 0 0 0 33
16 Flag of England.svg James Cockle 0 11
17 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Davey Watt 0 ret ret - -0
18 Flag of England.svg Scott Campos (res)0 00

Final Leading averages

[9]

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of Denmark.svg Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn9.62
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Darcy Ward Poole9.24
Flag of England.svg Lewis Blackbird Eastbourne8.95
Flag of Slovenia.svg Matej Žagar Belle Vue8.84
Flag of Poland.svg Maciej Janowski Poole8.70
Flag of England.svg Chris Harris Coventry8.69
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Leicester8.67
Flag of Denmark.svg Hans Andersen Coventry8.63
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Troy Batchelor Swindon8.46
Flag of Poland.svg Piotr Pawlicki Wolverhampton8.36

Riders & averages

Belle Vue

Birmingham

Coventry

Eastbourne

Kings Lynn

Lakeside

Leicester

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

Notes

  1. Postponed from 6 October 2014 due to a waterlogged track.
  2. Result stood after 12 heats, due to rain.

References

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  2. "Sky Sports - Sports News, Transfers, Scores | Watch Live Sport".
  3. "2014 league tables". Speedway GB.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. "Fixtures and Results". British Speedway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. "Fixtures and Results". British Speedway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  7. "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. "Troy Batchelor claims Elite League Rider crown at King's Lynn". Swindon Advertiser. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.