2005 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season February 2024 February 2024 Sky Sports Elite League Champions Coventry Bees Knockout Cup Belle Vue Aces Craven Shield Oxford Silver Machine Individual Nicki Pedersen Pairs Swindon Robins Nicki Pedersen Premier LeagueConference League 2004 2006 The 2005 Elite League speedway season was the 71st season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/p/compet.html Historic league tables Speedway Archivehttp://www.speedwaygb.co/history/leaguetables2005.php 2005 league tables Speedway GBhttp://www.speedwayplus.com/2005.shtml A Year in Summary : 2005 Speedway Plus 9 June 2023 Season summary In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four. Bamford Robert Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2006 NPI Media Group 2006 0-7524-3692-9 Belle Vue Aces topped the regular season table and won the Knockout Cup. Their world champion rider Jason Crump was in superb form throughout the season. Fellow Australian Leigh Adams topped the league averages for Swindon for arguably the second consecutive season but it was Coventry Bees that experienced their first title success since the glory days of the late 1980s. Coventry had finished bottom of the table during the previous season and with the exception of finishing runner-up in 2003 had been starved of success. The club made a change that proved instrumental, they brought in Scott Nicholls from Ipswich and supported by Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris the team defeated Belle Vue in the Elite League Play off final.https://wwosbackup.proboards.com/thread/807/nigel-death Speedway riders, history and results wwosbackup 1 August 2021 League Final table Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot1 Belle Vue Aces 36 24 0 12 1766 1520 48 13 612 Coventry Bees 36 23 0 13 1739 1605 46 13 593 Peterborough Panthers 36 21 2 23 1709 1598 44 12 564 Eastbourne Eagles 36 19 1 16 1658 1646 39 10 495 Poole Pirates 36 18 1 17 1666 1647 37 10 476 Ipswich Witches 36 16 3 17 1661 1672 35 9 447 Swindon Robins 36 17 2 17 1617 1675 36 7 438 Wolverhampton Wolves 36 14 2 20 1682 1647 30 10 409 Oxford Silver Machine 36 11 1 24 1550 1773 23 3 2610 Arena Essex Hammers 36 11 0 25 1539 1804 22 3 25 = Qualified for Play Offs 'A' Fixtures main FBR grey AE BV COV EAS IPS OX PET PP SWI WOL Arena Essex Hammers 43–47 42–51 43–47 57–39 41–49 48–42 61–30 53–42 52–41 Belle Vue Aces 63–30 49–41 49–41 50–43 63–28 58–38 55–37 40–32 53–42 Coventry Bees 53–40 38–53 52–41 47–49 51–43 44–51 47–43 54–40 55–39 Eastbourne Eagles 52–42 53–37 42–51 48–45 55–39 51–40 44–46 56–40 45–45 Ipswich Witches 53–41 48–41 51–42 41–50 56–38 45–45 44–49 55–40 51–44 Oxford Silver Machine 46–48 43–52 40–54 50–41 48–46 49–46 49–41 41–49 50–45 Peterborough Panthers 52–39 52–39 52–43 52–43 40–55 48–42 40–50 55–41 47–43 Poole Pirates 55–40 53–41 57–36 50–44 47–43 54–41 52–41 54–40 46–44 Swindon Robins 53–38 46–44 49–41 48–44 49–44 46–43 46–44 45–45 48–42 Wolverhampton Wolves 49–47 40–50 48–45 46–47 47–43 55–38 55–40 56–38 57–33 complete https://www.speedwayresearcher.org.uk/2005fixtures.pdf Speedway Researcher 2005 fixtures & results 4 June 2024 'B' Fixtures main FBR grey AE BV COV EAS IPS OX PET PP SWI WOL Arena Essex Hammers 41–51 42–51 43–47 49–41 47–46 39–54 51–44 52–42 36–60 Belle Vue Aces 47–48 51–44 59–35 64–29 52–43 36–39 53–42 52–41 58–38 Coventry Bees 54–42 49–42 58–37 44–46 54–39 53–43 49–44 51–45 48–41 Eastbourne Eagles 56–37 46–43 43–46 58–38 57–35 48–42 46–40 55–39 49–41 Ipswich Witches 64–30 43–47 40–54 55–38 54–40 46–46 51–45 42–42 50–42 Oxford Silver Machine 49–41 41–54 42–52 49–41 45–47 43–47 46–44 51–42 47–43 Peterborough Panthers 61–32 48–42 48–42 62–31 50–43 52–30 48–42 53–43 51–39 Poole Pirates 52–38 53–41 46–47 50–40 44–46 46–44 44–46 50–40 52–43 Swindon Robins 58–35 53–39 47–43 44–46 52–41 54–38 47–43 53–39 48–42 Wolverhampton Wolves 63–31 39–51 38–55 49–41 59–34 45–45 55–41 54–42 53–40 complete Play-offs Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs. Semi-finals Belle Vue Aces 53-40 Eastbourne Eagles Coventry Bees 55-41 Peterborough Panthers Final First leg 19 September 2005 Coventry BeesSebastian Ułamek 11Scott Nicholls 10Morten Risager 9Billy Janniro 8Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8Chris Harris 5Martin Smolinski 3 54 - 41 Belle Vue AcesJason Crump 21Joe Screen 9Andy Smith 4Simon Stead 4Rusty Harrison 2Jason Lyons 1R/R Brandon Stadium Second leg 26 September 2005 Belle Vue AcesJason Crump 10Joe Screen 9Andy Smith 9Simon Stead 7Jason Lyons 4Rusty Harrison 3R/R 42 - 47 Coventry BeesScott Nicholls 11Chris Harris 9Billy Janniro 8Morten Risager 6Sebastian Ułamek 5Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4Martin Smolinski 4 Belle Vue Stadium The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 101-83. Elite League Knockout Cup The 2005 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 67th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Belle Vue Aces were the winners of the competition.https://edinburghspeedway.blogspot.com/2014/07/elite-league-ko-cup-2005.html 2005 Elite League Knockout Cup Speedway archive First round Date Team one Score Team two21/04 Swindon 60-36 Poole20/04 Poole 51-41 Swindon07/04 Ipswich 55-40 Wolverhampton04/04 Wolverhampton 37-53 Ipswich Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two15/06 Arena Essex 51-40 Ipswich12/06 Swindon 55-39 Coventry26/05 Ipswich 52-42 Arena Essex21/05 Eastbourne 59-36 Peterborough20/05 Coventry 51-41 Swindon19/05 Oxford 49-41 Belle Vue16/05 Belle Vue 59-35 Oxford13/05 Peterborough 56-37 Eastbourne Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two21/09 Arena Essex 52-41 Eastbourne18/08 Swindon 37-35 Belle Vue27/07 Belle Vue 61-32 Swindon23/07 Eastbourne 55-40 Arena Essex Final First leg 1 October 2005 Eastbourne EaglesNicki Pedersen 17Adam Shields 10Davey Watt 9Dean Barker 5Andrew Moore 5Daniel Giffard 0R/R 46 - 44 Belle Vue AcesJason Crump 16Jason Lyons 9Joe Screen 8Andy Smith 7Simon Stead 3Rusty Harrison 1R/R Arlington Stadium Second leg 3 October 2005 Belle Vue AcesJason Crump 16Joe Screen 12Jason Lyons 11Simon Stead 5Andy Smith 5Rusty Harrison 4R/R 53 - 37 Eastbourne EaglesNicki Pedersen 11Adam Shields 7Davey Watt 6Travis McGowan 5Oliver Allen4Andrew Moore 4R/R Belle Vue Stadium The Belle Vue Aces were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97-83. Craven Shield End of season competition First Round Group A Team one Team two ScoreArena Essex Ipswich 53–40, 41–49Poole Ipswich 58–33, 50–47 Arena Essex Poole 52–41, n–h First Round Group B Team one Team two ScoreWolverhampton Swindon 58–36, 40–54Oxford Swindon 41–34, 46–44Oxford Wolverhampton 48–42, 45–51 Semi-final 1 Team one Team two Team three ScorePeterborough Coventry Poole 38–36–34Poole Coventry Peterborough 38–34–35Coventry Peterborough Poole 34–34–40 Semi-final 2 Team one Team two Team three ScoreEastbourne Belle Vue Oxford 37–26–27Oxford Belle Vue Eastbourne 42–32–34Belle Vue Eastbourne Oxford 34–36–38 Final Team one Team two Team three ScoreEastbourne Oxford Poole 41–40–27Poole Eastbourne Oxford 35–34–39Oxford Eastbourne Poole 36–39–33 Riders' Championship Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held in Swindon on 28 August.https://www.historyspeedway.nstrefa.pl/wbindmligii.php Elite League Riders' Championship Speedway History 9 June 2023 Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 DEN Nicki Pedersen 1 3 3 2 3 12x32 ENG Scott Nicholls 0 3 3 2 2 10223 SWE Peter Karlsson 3 1 3 1 210314 DEN Bjarne Pedersen 3 1 2 3 312 x05 DEN Charlie Gjedde 3 1 1 3 3 111 6 ENG Lee Richardson 2 0 3 2 3 100 7 USA Greg Hancock 2 3 2 0 2 9 8 AUS Jason Crump 2 2 0 2 2 8 9 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 0 3 1 3 1 8 10 USA Billy Hamill 3 2 0 - - 5 11 ENG Mark Loram 2 2 0 1 0 5 12 CZE Aleš Dryml Jr. 0 1 0 3 0 4 13 ENG David Howe 1 2 0 0 1 4 14 AUS Davey Watt 1 0 2 1 0 4 15 SWE Freddie Lindgren 0 0 2 1 1 4 16 ENG Simon Stead 1 0 1 0 1 3 Pairs The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the East of England Arena on 27 March and was won by Swindon Robins for the second consecutive year.https://speedwayupdates.proboards.com/thread/10176/elite-league-pairs-peterborough-2005 2005 Elite League Pairs Speedway Updates 20 May 2023 Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Arena Essex 26 Rickardsson 15, Havelock 112Wolves 19 Max 11, Howe 83 Eastbourne 18 Pedersen N 15, Norris 34 Poole 17 Sullivan 8, Pedersen B 9 5Oxford 10 Hancock 10, McGowan 0 Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Swindon 27 Adams 14, Richardson 132 Belle Vue 18 Crump 9, Screen 93 Wolves 19 Max 11, Howe 84 Ipswich 16 Andersen 9, Protasiewicz 7 5Coventry 15 Nicholls 13, Jonsson 26 Peterborough 14 Karlsson 10, Ermolenko 4 Semi finals Belle Vue 5 Arena Essex 4 - Rickardsson, Screen, Crump, Havelock Swindon 7 Wolves 2 - Adams, Richardson, Max Howe Final Swindon 6 Belle Vue 3 - Adams, Crump, Richardson, Screen Leading final averages Rider Team Average AUS Leigh AdamsSwindon10.42 AUS Jason CrumpBelle Vue10.35 DEN Nicki PedersenEastbourne10.30 ENG Scott NichollsCoventry9.45 SWE Peter Karlsson Peterborough9.48 DEN Hans AndersenIpswich9.44 SWE Mikael Max Wolverhampton 9.39 USA Greg HancockOxford9.32 DEN Bjarne PedersenPoole9.27 ENG Lee Richardson Swindon 8.85 Riders & final averages Arena Essex 22em SWE Tony Rickardsson 10.06 ENG Mark Loram 8.14 ENG Gary Havelock 6.43 ENG Leigh Lanham 6.21 POL Roman Povazhny 6.05 RUS Sergei Darkin 5.94 ENG Paul Hurry 5.66 POL Adam Skórnicki 5.09 USA Josh Larsen 4.96 POL Piotr Świst 4.48 ENG Phil Morris 4.20 Belle Vue 22em AUS Jason Crump 10.35 DEN Kenneth Bjerre 7.87 ENG Joe Screen 7.69 ENG Simon Stead 7.35 AUS Jason Lyons 6.95 ENG Andy Smith 6.36 ENG James Wright 5.09 AUS Rusty Harrison 4.43 ENG Steve Masters 1.50 ENG Krister Marsh 1.43 Coventry 22em ENG Scott Nicholls 9.45 SWE Andreas Jonsson 8.76 FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.20 POL Sebastian Ułamek 7.20 USA Billy Janniro 6.79 AUS Rory Schlein 6.43 DEN Morten Risager 6.22 CZE Tomáš Topinka 6.00 SWE Daniel Davidsson 4.20 Eastbourne 22em DEN Nicki Pedersen 10.30 ENG David Norris 7.75 AUS Davey Watt 7.22 AUS Adam Shields 7.11 ENG Dean Barker 6.45 ENG Oliver Allen 4.76 ENG Andrew Moore 4.65 DEN Steen Jensen 2.56 Ipswich 22em DEN Hans N. Andersen 9.44 ENG Chris Louis 8.43 POL Piotr Protasiewicz 7.91 POL Robert Miskowiak 6.99 SWE Kim Jansson 5.91 POL Mariusz Puszakowski 5.27 ENG Danny King 3.82 AUS Kevin Doolan 3.28 POL Karol Baran 3.16 Oxford 22em USA Greg Hancock 9.32 USA Billy Hamill 7.95 DEN Niels Kristian Iversen 7.45 AUS Travis McGowan 6.36 DEN Jesper B. Jensen 6.24 SWE Henka Gustaffson 6.22 SWE Stefan Andersson 5.09 DEN Tom P. Madsen 4.15 POL Tomasz Bajerski 4.00 CZE Luboš Tomíček Jr. 3.06 ENG Chris Mills 2.67 GER Tobias Kroner 1.28 Peterborough 22em SWE Peter Karlsson 9.48 CZE Aleš Dryml Jr. 8.19 DEN Jesper B. Jensen 7.38 FIN Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.21 CZE Lukáš Dryml 7.10 USA Sam Ermolenko 6.62 DEN Henning Bager 6.05 SWE Daniel Davidsson 2.95 ENG Paul Lee 2.05 Poole 22em DEN Bjarne Pedersen 9.27 POL Krzysztof Kasprzak 8.13 AUS Ryan Sullivan 7.78 SWE Antonio Lindbäck 7.38 SVN Matej Ferjan 6.26 ENG Edward Kennett 5.28 ENG Ricky Ashworth 4.35 ENG Ray Morton 3.69 SWE Tobias Johansson 2.13 Swindon 22em AUS Leigh Adams 10.42 ENG Lee Richardson 8.85 DEN Charlie Gjedde 8.48 SWE Jonas Davidsson 4.59 DEN Mads Korneliussen 4.38 FRA Sebastien Tresarrieu 4.10 SWE Sebastian Aldén 3.93 SWE Peter Ljung 3.89 ENG Oliver Allen 3.76 ENG Tommy Allen 1.67 Wolverhampton 22em DEN Mikael Max 8.82 SWE Freddie Lindgren 7.44 ENG David Howe 6.98 AUS Steve Johnston 6.65 USA Ronnie Correy 6.36 SWE Magnus Karlsson 5.61 POL Krzysztof Pecyna 5.23 See also Speedway in the United Kingdom List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway) References Category:SGB Premiership Category:2005 in British motorsport