2016 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season February 2024 February 2024 2016 Elite League Champions Wolverhampton Wolves Elite Shield Poole Pirates Riders' Championship Freddie Lindgren Knockout Cup not held Jason Doyle 2016 Premier League2016 National League 2015 2017 The 2016 Elite League was the 82nd season of the top division of speedway leagues in Great Britain. The Elite League ran between March and October 2016. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title in 2015. The lineup of teams for 2016 stayed the same as in 2015, with the same eight teams competing. It was the last time that the competition would be known as the Elite League. thumb|right|250px|Freddie Lindgren Regulation changes At the annual Elite League AGM, which was held during October and November 2015, it was announced that speedway bosses would continue to give more opportunities to young talent. All 8 Elite League teams would continue to track two young British draft riders, who would start the season at reserve. However unlike recent years these riders would be given Elite League averages after four meetings, giving them the chance to move into the top five of the team if they performed well. As a result of the reserve riders being given averages the overall points limit that teams must adhere to was raised from 34 to 40.5.http://www.speedwaygb.co/news.php?extend.29729 BRITISH SPEEDWAY UPDATE 19 October 2015 10 November 2015 Speedway GB Speedway GB In February 2016, it was announced that Elite League teams could sign an eighth stand-in rider, who could race in positions 2 to 5. The rider must be foreign and new to the Elite League.Andy Mitchell http://www.bournemouthecho.co.uk/sport/14294967.Speedway__Poole_Pirates_to_hold_fire_on_eighth_man_option/?ref=rss Speedway: Poole Pirates to hold fire on eighth man option (From Bournemouth Echo) Bournemouthecho.co.uk 2016-02-23 2016-04-21 Lakeside Hammers signed Dennis Jonsson as their eight rider for the season.http://www.romfordrecorder.co.uk/sport/lakeside_snap_up_swede_1_4424054 Lakeside snap up Swede - Sport Romford Recorder 2016-04-21 Teams England right 300 Locations of the 2015 Elite League teams England 53.4667 -2.2333 Belle Vue right England 52.4081 -1.5106 Coventry right England 52.7543 -0.3976 King's Lynn right England 51.4750 -0.2400 Lakeside left England 52.6333 -1.1333 Leicester top England 50.7167 -1.9833 Poole right England 51.5600 -1.7800 Swindon left England 52.5833 -2.1333 Wolves left Results Teams faced each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings were called the 'A' fixtures, and the second were the 'B' fixtures. 'A' Fixtures main FBR grey BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL Belle Vue Aces 50–42 45–21 50–40 48–42 49–41 40–50 56–37 Coventry Bees 46–43 46–47 54–30 49–41 47–46 42–50 38–52 King's Lynn Stars 39–54 46–44 51–39 51–42 38–55 45–45 48–42 Lakeside Hammers 53–39 60–33 56–36 56–34 50–40 51–39 53–37 Leicester Lions 41–52 46–44 45–45 33–56 46–46 50–42 39–51 Poole Pirates 41–49 60–29 65–25 57–33 58–35 61–31 51–39 Swindon Robins 51–40 55–35 55–38 50–40 43–47 44–46 44–48 Wolverhampton Wolves 46–43 51–41 49–44 54–38 58–31 55–35 62–30 complete http://www.speedwaygb.co/results BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS Speedway GP 4 April 2015 'B' Fixtures main FBR grey BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL Belle Vue Aces 59–34 41–49 63–29 52–40 48–45 52–40 46–44 Coventry Bees 42–48 41–48 57–33 50–40 47–43 56–34 46–44 King's Lynn Stars 50–40 41–49 48–42 54–38 39–53 41–51 40–52 Lakeside Hammers 48–45 57–35 60–32 66–26 42–48 58–35 55–37 Leicester Lions 43–47 52–41 n/a 44–46 52–38 44–46 47–43 Poole Pirates 52–41 56–36 61–29 52–41 58–32 50–40 52–38 Swindon Robins 33–39 55–36 52–38 52–41 57–33 50–42 50–41 Wolverhampton Wolves 39–51 52–41 61–29 51–41 50–40 48–42 51–39 complete Final league table Leicester Vs King's Lynn (B Fixture) was not raced Pos. Position Club M Matches Home Away F Race points for A Race points against +/− Plus/minus Pts Total points W Home win; three points awarded D Home draw; one point awarded L Home loss; no points awarded 4W Away win by more than seven points; four points awarded 3W Away win by less than seven points; three points awarded D Away draw; two points awarded 1L Away loss by less than seven points; one point awarded L Away loss by more than seven points; no points awarded 1 Belle Vue Aces Q 28 12 0 2 4 3 0 3 4 1330 1178 +152 64 2 Poole Pirates Q 28 13 0 1 2 2 1 4 5 1394 1153 +241 59 3 Wolverhampton Wolves Q 28 13 0 1 3 1 0 4 6 1332 1210 +122 58 4 Lakeside Hammers Q 28 13 0 1 1 1 0 1 11 1323 1232 +91 47 5 Swindon Robins 28 10 0 4 3 1 1 0 9 1263 1267 -4 47 6 King's Lynn Stars 27 7 1 6 2 1 1 1 8 1112 1323 -211 36 7 Coventry Bees 28 9 0 5 1 0 0 2 11 1201 1348 -147 33 8 Leicester Lions 27 5 2 6 0 1 0 1 12 1103 1347 -244 21 Elite League play-offs Draw Semi-finals Grand final 4 Lakeside Hammers 41 28 69 1 Belle Vue Aces 49 63 112 2 Poole Pirates 51 35 86 3 Wolverhampton Wolves 39 55 94 1 Belle Vue Aces 36 50 86 3 Wolverhampton Wolves 54 42 96 Semi-finals 21 September 2016 Lakeside Hammers 41 49 Report Belle Vue Aces Arena Essex Raceway Mick Bates 21 September 2016 Poole Pirates 51 39 Report Wolverhampton Wolves Poole Stadium Chris Gay 28 September 2016 Belle Vue Aces 63 28 Report Lakeside Hammers National Speedway Stadium Craig Ackroyd 28 September 2016 Wolverhampton Wolves 55 35 Report Poole Pirates Monmore Green Stadium Phil Griffin Grand final 3 October 2016 Wolverhampton WolvesKyle Howarth 12Freddie Lindgren 9Jacob Thorssell 9Tai Woffinden 8Sam Masters 8Max Clegg 4Peter Karlsson 4 54 36 Report Belle Vue AcesCraig Cook 10Steve Worrall 8Scott Nicholls 6Richie Worrall 6Matej Žagar 5Max Fricke 1Joe Jacobs 0 Monmore Green Stadium Chris Durno 5 October 2016 Belle Vue AcesMatej Žagar 10Max Fricke 9Joe Jacobs 9Craig Cook 8Richie Worrall 7Steve Worrall 4Scott Nicholls 3 50 42 Report Wolverhampton WolvesFreddie Lindgren 14Tai Woffinden 11Peter Karlsson 8Sam Masters 3Kyle Howarth 3Jacob Thorssell 2Max Clegg 1 National Speedway Stadium Willie Dishington Riders' Championship Freddie Lindgren won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 8 October.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/9385/2016-elite-league-riders-championship Elite League Riders' Championship WWOS Backup 9 June 2023http://www.leicesterspeedway.com/news.php?extend.30912 LINDGREN WINS ELRC Leicester Speedway 9 June 2023 7 September 2023 https://web.archive.org/web/20230907053646/http://www.leicesterspeedway.com/news.php?extend.30912 dead Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 SWE Freddie Lindgren 3 2 1 3 3 12x32 DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 2 3 3 3 011323 ENG Chris Harris 1 0 2 3 39214 ENG Edward Kennett 3 3 3 2 314x05 SWE Kim Nilsson 1 3 3 2 11016 ENG Danny King 2 3 0 2 1807 ENG Kyle Newman 2 2 1 1 288 ENG Robert Lambert 1 1 2 3 189 ENG Paul Starke 2 F/exc 2 1 2710 AUS Nick Morris 0 1 3 F/exc 2611 DEN Patrick Hougaard 0 1 F/exc 2 3612 ENG Adam Ellis 3 2 FX 0 0513 ENG Scott Nicholls 1 2 0 0 2514 AUS Sam Masters 3 1 1 0 0 515 AUS Rohan Tungate EF 0 2 1 1416 ENG Tom Bacon (res) 0 0 1 1 0217 ENG Joe Jacobs - - - - -018 ENG Conor Dwyer (res) 0 0 f=fell, exc=excluded, ret=retired ef=engine failure t-touched tapes Final Leading averages http://www.speedwaygb.co/files/downloads/el16_issue_final_3.pdf Greensheet Averages Speedway GB Rider Team Average AUS Jason Doyle Swindon 9.58 DEN Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn 9.04 AUS Chris Holder Poole 8.95 SWE Andreas Jonsson Lakeside 8.45 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak Coventry 7.91 SVN Matej Žagar Belle Vue 7.48 ENG Craig Cook Belle Vue 7.37 ENG Danny King Coventry 7.22 SWE Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton 7.21 AUS Sam Masters Wolverhampton 7.18 Riders and final averages Belle Vue Aces 22em SLO Matej Žagar 7.48 ENG Craig Cook 7.37 AUS Max Fricke 7.08 ENG Scott Nicholls 6.59 ENG Steve Worrall 5.95 ENG Richie Worrall 5.82 ENG Joe Jacobs 5.14 Source:http://www.bellevueaces.co/team.aspx Official Belle Vue Speedway Bellevueaces.co 2016-04-21 7 March 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307042551/http://www.bellevueaces.co/team.aspx dead Coventry Bees 22em POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 7.91 ENG Chris Harris 6.58 ENG Danny King 7.22 ENG Jason Garrity 6.00 ENG Adam Roynon 4.80 ENG Josh Bates 4.76 POL Kacper Woryna 4.65 ENG Ben Barker 4.54 ENG James Sarjeant 3.81 Source:http://www.coventrybees.co/bees16 Official Buildbase Coventry Speedway Website: 2016 COVENTRY BEES Coventrybees.co 2016-04-21 https://web.archive.org/web/20160328154614/http://coventrybees.co/bees16 2016-03-28 dead King's Lynn Stars 22em DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 9.04 ENG Robert Lambert 7.08 DEN Mads Korneliussen 6.04 ENG Simon Lambert 5.47 AUS Troy Batchelor 5.26 AUS Rory Schlein 5.12 ENG Lewis Rose 5.00 DEN Nicklas Porsing 4.99 DEN Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen 4.15 GER Kai Huckenbeck 3.67 ENG Carl Wilkinson 3.47 Rory Schlein replaced Mads Korneliussen on 7 July in the King's Lynn Stars team. Nicklas Porsing replaced Rory Schlein on 1 September in the King's Lynn Stars team. Lakeside Hammers 22em SWE Andreas Jonsson 8.45 ENG Edward Kennett 7.16 SWE Kim Nilsson 6.88 ENG Lewis Bridger 6.09 ENG Ben Morley 6.00 ENG Richard Lawson 5.83 POL Piotr Świderski 5.20 ENG Lewis Kerr 4.80 ENG Robert Mear 3.65 Source:http://www.lakesidehammers.co/2016-hammers-2/ Meet the 2016 Lakeside Hammers team February 23, 2016 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20160304052550/http://www.lakesidehammers.co/2016-hammers-2/ March 4, 2016 Leicester Lions 22em DEN Nicolai Klindt 6.36 DEN Patrick Hougaard 6.22 POL Szymon Wozniak 5.91 SWE Ludvig Lindgren 5.67 POL Grzegorz Walasek 5.45 AUS Davey Watt 5.40 ENG Paul Starke 4.94 ENG Josh Auty 4.90 AUS Aaron Summers 4.69 POL Sebastian Ułamek 3.52 Source:http://leicesterlions.co/riders/ Riders » Leicester Lions Speedway Leicesterlions.co 2016-04-21 Aaron Summers replaced Grzegorz Walasek on 12 April in the Leicester Lions team. Davey Watt replaced Sebastian Ułamek on 11 May in the Leicester Lions team. Ludvig Lindgren replaced Davey Watt on 13 June in the Leicester Lions team. Poole Pirates 22em AUS Chris Holder 8.95 DEN Hans N. Andersen 7.15 DEN Bjarne Pedersen 6.91 AUS Davey Watt 6.80 POL Krzysztof Buczkowski 6.02 AUS Brady Kurtz 6.44 ENG Adam Ellis 5.60 ENG Kyle Newman 5.52 Source:http://www.poolepirates.co/team.html Poole Pirates Speedway Poolepirates.co 2016-04-21 Bjarne Pedersen replaced Davey Watt on 26 April in the Poole Pirates team. Antonio Lindbäck replaced Hans Andersen on 19 September in the Poole Pirates team. Swindon Robins 22em AUS Jason Doyle 9.58 AUS Nick Morris 6.41 AUS Rohan Tungate 6.05 AUS Josh Grajczonek 5.95 AUS Justin Sedgmen 5.43 ENG Charles Wright 4.84 ENG Stefan Nielsen 3.67 Source:http://www.swindonrobins.co/team16.php Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: 2016 SWINDON ROBINS Swindonrobins.co 2016-04-21 September 2026 InternetArchiveBot Wolverhampton Wolves 22em ENG Tai Woffinden 8.41 SWE Fredrik Lindgren 7.21 AUS Sam Masters 7.18 SWE Jacob Thorssell 7.06 FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi 6.68 DEN Mikkel Bech 6.26 SWE Peter Karlsson 5.91 ENG Kyle Howarth 5.13 ENG Max Clegg 4.15 ENG Ashley Morris 2.81 Source:http://www.wolverhamptonwolves.co/team16.php Wolverhampton Wolves Speedway: 2016 WOLVERHAMPTON WOLVES Wolverhamptonwolves.co 2016-04-21 Peter Karlsson replaced Mikkel Bech on 3 June in the Wolverhampton Wolves team. Tai Woffinden replaced Joonas Kylmäkorpi on 11 August in the Wolverhampton Wolves team. See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Notes References Category:SGB Premiership Elite League