2007 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season February 2024 February 2024 Sky Sports Elite League Champions Coventry Bees Knockout Cup Coventry Bees Craven Shield Coventry Bees Elite Shield Peterborough Panthers Individual Nicki Pedersen Pairs Poole Pirates Leigh Adams Premier LeagueConference League 2006 2008 The 2007 Elite League speedway season was the 73rd season of the top division of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archive Season summary In 2007, the league consisted of eleven teams for the start of the season. However on 31 May, the Oxford Cheetahs issued a statement explaining their resignationhttp://www.british-speedway.co.uk/news.php?extend.673.2 Oxford Speedway Resignation 2007-06-29 BSPA from the league. Their results were expunged from the table and the season was completed with ten teams. It was the last time that Oxford Cheetahs would compete in the league for 15 years, following the refusal of the landlords to allow speedway at Oxford and the subsequent closure of Oxford Stadium in 2012.http://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables2007.php 2007 league tables Speedway GB Coventry bounced back to winning ways completing the league and cup double.https://www.bbc.co.uk/coventry/content/image_galleries/bees_champions_2007_gallery.shtml Bees crowned champions BBC Sport 20 September 2024 https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/coventry2007.pdf Coventry results 2007 Speedway Researcher 26 October 2023 English duo Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris were once again the main catalysts to the team's success. The United States pair of Rory Schlein and Billy Janniro also added valuable contributions to the Coventry team.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/4912/coventry Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 1 August 2021 Once again the Australian pair of Leigh Adams and Jason Crump were the best riders during the season and finished first and second in the league averages. Final table M W D L W D L F A Pts BP Tot 1 Coventry Bees 36 16 1 1 12 0 6 1819 1463 57 16 73 2 Swindon Robins 36 18 0 0 8 1 9 1853.5 1451.5 53 14 67 3 Peterborough Panthers 36 18 0 0 7 1 10 1757 1501 51 12 63 4 Poole Pirates 36 16 1 1 6 0 12 1761 1514 45 13 58 5 Lakeside Hammers 36 13 1 4 3 1 14 1605 1690 34 8 42 6 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 13 1 4 3 0 15 1602 1685 33 8 41 7 Eastbourne Eagles 36 12 1 5 0 1 17 1624.5 1676.5 26 7 33 8 Reading Racers 36 10 0 8 1 1 16 1497 1779 23 3 26 9 Ipswich Witches 36 9 1 8 0 1 17 1464 1809 20 5 25 10 Belle Vue Aces 36 8 0 10 1 0 17 1439 1853 18 4 22 Oxford Cheetahswithdrew = Qualified for Play Offs 'A' Fixtures main FBR grey BV COV EAS IPS LH OX PET PP RR SWI WOL Belle Vue Aces 38–54 50–43 49–40 47–43 n/a 39–52 52–38 55–38 34–56 42–48 Coventry Bees 53–39 50–40 57–33 67–25 65–28 50–40 46–44 45–45 44–46 47–43 Eastbourne Eagles 62–29 43–50 45–45 55–38 43–31 44–50 49–41 55–38 56.5–38.5 57–35 Ipswich Witches 65–25 37–56 60–30 44–44 53–40 61–32 35–58 43–47 46–44 49–43 Lakeside Hammers 58–34 52–41 54–36 60–33 51–42 56–37 48–42 52–38 41–50 39–51 Oxford Cheetahs 49–51 28–64 59–34 n/a 39–53 43–46 34–58 40–50 31–59 n/a Peterborough Panthers 62–31 48–42 49–44 46–28 65–25 61–30 46–43 52–40 58–35 53–40 Poole Pirates 50–43 52–40 52–36 58–34 56–37 57–35 53–40 52–41 45–45 63–27 Reading Racers 48–42 39–53 54–38 60–32 55–35 54–36 56–37 42–51 39–45 49–41 Swindon Robins 68–24 54–40 55–38 68–24 63–29 n/a 52–37 46–44 65–28 58–34 Wolverhampton Wolves 54–39 43–49 51–42 63–29 49–44 60–32 55–38 49–43 54–39 51–42 complete https://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/archives07 British Speedway 2007 fixtures & results 29 May 2024 'B' Fixtures main FBR grey BV COV EAS IPS LH PET PP RR SWI WOL Belle Vue Aces 34–56 60–29 54–39 39–53 40–52 43–50 56–37 35–58 43–47 Coventry Bees 62–28 49–44 64–29 58–34 45–30 49–42 57–36 55–35 52–41 Eastbourne Eagles 55–37 40–53 47–46 43–49 42–51 53–37 58–35 53–37 50–39 Ipswich Witches 55–35 41–52 46–44 51–42 43–46 41–49 38–52 44–46 52–41 Lakeside Hammers 53–40 42–48 52–40 58–35 45–45 45–47 53–39 53–41 58–35 Peterborough Panthers 47–43 46–44 51–42 62–30 54–36 54–38 60–31 51–42 66–24 Poole Pirates 60–32 43–49 48–46 63–30 57–36 46–44 48–24 50–43 56–36 Reading Racers 46–47 44–49 46–44 50–42 41–49 50–40 39–51 35–57 49–33 Swindon Robins 65–28 51–42 56–36 64–26 62–28 51–42 47–46 57–36 57–36 Wolverhampton Wolves 57–33 42–51 45–45 55–38 52–38 38–54 47–45 59–31 44–45 complete https://www.speedwaygbarchive.co.uk/archives07 British Speedway 2007 fixtures & results 29 May 2024 Play-offs Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs. Semi-finals Coventry Bees 55-38 Poole Pirates Swindon Robins 50-42 Peterborough Panthers Final First leg 24 September 2007 Swindon RobinsLeigh Adams 12Damian Baliński 9Tomasz Chrzanowski 8Charlie Gjedde 8Lee Richardson 7Sebastian Ułamek 3Andrew Moore 2 49 - 43 Coventry BeesChris Harris 14Scott Nicholls 8Rory Schlein 9Martin Smolinski 5Steve Johnston 4Billy Janniro 3Oliver Allen r/r Abbey Stadium Second leg 1 October 2007 Coventry BeesRory Schlein 16Martin Smolinski 10Scott Nicholls 9Steve Johnston 9Chris Harris 8Billy Janniro 7Oliver Allen r/r 59 - 34 Swindon RobinsLeigh Adams 15Damian Baliński 5Tomasz Chrzanowski 5Charlie Gjedde 3Sebastian Ułamek 3Andrew Moore 2Lee Richardson 1 Brandon Stadium The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 102-83. Elite League Knockout Cup The 2007 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 69th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.http://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/07/elite-league-ko-cup-2007.html 2007 Elite League Knockout Cup Speedway archive First round Date Team one Score Team two04/05 Lakeside 50-40 Belle Vue30/04 Belle Vue 47-46 Lakeside16/04 Wolverhampton 51-42 Reading13/04 Oxford 45-45 Ipswich13/04 Reading56-34 Wolverhampton12/04 Ipswich 52-38 Oxford Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two15/09 Eastbourne 41-49 Lakeside14/09 Lakeside 59-33 Eastbourne13/09 Swindon 55-37 Reading16/08 Ipswich 49-44 Reading13/07 Reading Racers 53-40 Ipswich09/07 Coventry 53-40 Poole14/06 Swindon 63-27 Peterborough Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two15/10 Reading Racers 38-54 Swindon06/10 Lakeside 45-45 Coventry05/10 Coventry 52-41 Lakeside19/09 Poole 31-44 Coventry Final First leg 26 October 2007 Coventry BeesBilly Janniro 15Scott Nicholls 11Chris Harris 9Rory Schlein 9Steve Johnston 7Martin Smolinski 2Oliver Allen r/r 53 - 40 Swindon RobinsLeigh Adams 12Sebastian Ułamek 11Damian Baliński 7Tomasz Chrzanowski 4Andrew Moore 4Charlie Gjedde 2Lee Richardson r/r Brandon Stadium Second leg 26 October 2007 Swindon RobinsLeigh Adams 16Sebastian Ułamek 9Tomasz Chrzanowski 9Charlie Gjedde 7Damian Baliński 3Andrew Moore 0Lee Richardson r/r 45 - 45 Coventry BeesChris Harris 11Steve Johnston 9Rory Schlein 9Billy Janniro 7Scott Nicholls 7Martin Smolinski 2Oliver Allen r/r Abbey Stadium The Coventry Bees were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98-85. Craven Shield End of season competition First Round Team one Team two Team three ScorePoole Lakeside Reading 52–29–27PeterboroughReadingPoolenot held Reading Peterborough Lakeside 31–37–40Lakeside Peterborough Poole 36–43–29 Team one Team two Team three ScoreIpswich WolverhamptonCoventry 43–23–42Coventry Ipswich Wolverhampton 31–21–20Wolverhampton Coventry Ipswich 35–49–24 Team one Team two Team three ScoreSwindon Eastbourne Belle Vue 48–39–21EastbourneSwindonBelle Vue 37–39–32Belle Vue Eastbourne Swindon 38–38–34 Final Team one Team two Team three ScorePoole Coventry Swindon 35–40–33Swindon Poole Coventry 35–28–45Coventry Swindon Poole 35–50–23 Riders' Championship Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at King's Lynn Stadium on 30 August.http://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/wbindmligii.php Elite League Riders' Championship Speedway History 9 June 2023 Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 DEN Nicki Pedersen 3 3 3 3 2 14x32 ENG Chris Harris 0 2 3 2 3 10223 AUS Leigh Adams 3 3 2 2 3 13x14 AUS Davey Watt 3 1 2 3 3 12305 DEN Bjarne Pedersen 1 3 1 3 2 1016 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 2 2 0 1 3 8 07 AUS Troy Batchelor 2 0 3 1 2 8 8 DEN Hans Andersen 2 3 0 0 2 7 9 ENG Scott Nicholls 0 2 1 3 1 7 10 AUS Adam Shields 0 1 2 2 1 6 11 AUS Rory Schlein1 1 3 1 0 6 12 AUS Travis McGowan 3 2 0 0 1 6 13 SWE Freddie Lindgren 0 1 1 2 1 5 14 CZE Tomáš Topinka 2 0 2 1 0 5 15 ENG Chris Louis 0 0 1 0 0 1 16 ENG Chris Mills 1 0 0 0 0 1 Pairs The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the King's Lynn Stadium on 7 April and was won by Poole Pirates.https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/2181/el-pairs 2007 Elite League Pairs Speedway Updates 20 May 2023 Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Reading 22 Hancock 13, McGowan 92Poole 21 Crump 13, Pedersen B 83 Coventry 21 Nicholls 11, Schlein 104 Eastbourne 18 Pedersen N 15, Bridger 35 Ipswich 8 Jansson 6, Louis 2 Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Peterborough 24 Andersen 16, Iversen 82 Swindon 23Adams 14, Ulamek 93 Lakeside 19Shields 14, Kylmakorpi 54 Oxford 12 Jensen 12, Eriksson 05Wolves 12 Karlsson 8, Hamill 4 Semi finals Poole 6 Peterborough 3 - Crump, Iversen, Pedersen B, Andersen Reading 6 Swindon 3 - McGowan, Adams, Hancock, Ulamek Final Poole 6 Reading 3 - Crump, Hancock, Pedersen B, McGowan Leading final averages Rider Team Average AUS Leigh AdamsSwindon10.77 AUS Jason CrumpPoole10.71 DEN Nicki PedersenEastbourne10.55 DEN Hans AndersenPeterborough10.38 DEN Bjarne PedersenPoole9.96 ENG Scott NichollsCoventry9.60 USA Greg HancockReading9.54 SWE Peter KarlssonWolverhampton9.22 ENG Chris HarrisCoventry8.90 AUS Davey Watt Eastbourne 8.52 Riders & final averages Belle Vue 22em ENG Simon Stead 7.38 ENG Joe Screen 7.03 SWE Antonio Lindbäck 6.75 AUS Kevin Doolan 6.25 POL Adam Skórnicki 6.22 ENG James Wright 5.54 SWE Billy Forsberg 5.46 FIN Kai Laukkanen 4.98 AUS Joel Parsons 4.00 USA Ryan Fisher 3.04 ENG Adam Roynon 1.65 Coventry 22em ENG Scott Nicholls 9.60 ENG Chris Harris 8.90 AUS Rory Schlein 8.15 USA Billy Janniro 6.82 AUS Steve Johnston 6.70 DEN Morten Risager 6.31 ENG Oliver Allen 6.29 GER Martin Smolinski 5.83 Eastbourne 22em DEN Nicki Pedersen 10.55 AUS Davey Watt 8.52 ENG David Norris 6.77 ENG Dean Barker 6.64 POL Roman Povazhny 6.29 DEN Morten Risager 5.49 AUS Cameron Woodward 5.34 ENG Lewis Bridger 5.33 SWE Stefan Andersson 5.18 SWE Simon Gustafsson 4.17 Ipswich 22em ENG Chris Louis 7.89 DEN Jesper B. Jensen 7.25 POL Robert Miśkowiak 6.82 SWE Kim Jansson 5.90 GER Tobias Kroner 5.72 POL Zbigniew Suchecki 4.07 POL Marcin Rempała 4.00 ENG Chris Schramm 3.50 Lakeside 22em SWE Andreas Jonsson 9.50 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 8.17 AUS Adam Shields 7.86 FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.32 ENG Leigh Lanham 6.14 ENG Chris Neath 5.36 DEN Henning Bager 5.14 GER Christian Hefenbrock 5.01 ENG Paul Hurry 4.77 SWE Andreas Messing 4.43 SWE Ricky Kling 4.33 CZE Luboš Tomíček Jr. 4.00 Oxford (withdrew from league) 22em POL Piotr Protasiewicz 7.00 DEN Jesper B Jensen 6.67 AUS Steve Johnston 5.79 CZE Luboš Tomíček Jr. 5.71 SWE Freddie Eriksson 5.04 SWE Ricky Kling 4.94 ENG Andy Smith 4.00 SWE Eric Andersson 3.88 CZE Aleš Dryml Jr. 3.82 Peterborough 22em DEN Hans N. Andersen 10.38 DEN Kenneth Bjerre 8.38 DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 7.74 CZE Lukáš Dryml 6.59 POL Piotr Świderski 6.10 ENG Danny King 6.03 ENG Richard Hall 4.46 GER Christian Hefenbrock 4.46 Poole 22em AUS Jason Crump 10.71 DEN Bjarne Pedersen 9.96 ENG Edward Kennett 6.49 AUS Craig Boyce 6.24 AUS Troy Batchelor 6.22 AUS Jason Doyle 5.11 POL Piotr Świst 5.00 ENG Steve Boxall 3.64 AUS Craig Watson 2.26 Reading 22em USA Greg Hancock 9.54 SVN Matej Žagar 8.00 POL Janusz Kołodziej 7.21 AUS Travis McGowan 6.29 SWE Jonas Davidsson 5.71 CZE Zdeněk Simota 5.24 AUS Mark Lemon 5.20 POL Krzysztof Buczkowski 5.05 ENG Danny Bird 4.81 Swindon 22em AUS Leigh Adams 10.77 ENG Lee Richardson 8.48 DEN Charlie Gjedde 8.31 POL Sebastian Ułamek 7.62 POL Tomasz Chrzanowski 7.19 DEN Mads Korneliussen 6.10 ENG Andrew Moore 4.59 Wolverhampton 22em SWE Peter Karlsson 9.22 SWE Freddie Lindgren 8.35 ENG David Howe 7.80 USA Billy Hamill 7.74 SCO James Grieves 5.20 SWE Magnus Karlsson 4.37 NED Theo Pijper 4.35 SCO William Lawson 4.28 DEN Kenneth Hansen 4.13 ENG Carl Wilkinson 2.44 See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Speedway in the United Kingdom Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:SGB Premiership Speedway