2009 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
ChampionsWolverhampton Wolves
Knockout CupLakeside Hammers
Elite ShieldEastbourne Eagles
IndividualLeigh Adams
PairsPoole Pirates
Highest averageFreddie Lindgren
Division/s below2009 Premier League
2009 National League

The 2009 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 75th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 13th since its establishment as the Elite League in 1997.[1]

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 30 March and the season ended on 12 October. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions from 2008.[2]

Leigh Adams had a stellar season, he once again topped the league averages and became the Australian Champion for the 10th time. He also won the Elite League Riders Championship and nearly led Swindon to a title success, before losing in the play off final to Wolverhampton Wolves. Wolves continued their success of recent years courtesy of heavy scoring throughout the season by Freddie Lindgren, Peter Karlsson and their new signing Tai Woffinden.[3]

Lee Richardson top scored for the Lakeside Hammers during the season and the team claimed their first top tier trophy in their history when winning the Knockout Cup.[4]

League table

PosClubMHomeAwayFA+/-Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Swindon Robins 32 15 0 0 1 5 3 0 5 3 1602 1331 79
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 32 15 1 0 0 4 2 1 4 5 1580 1361 75
3 Lakeside Hammers 32 9 4 2 1 2 1 1 4 9 1511 1437 54
4 Coventry Bees 32 7 5 2 2 2 2 1 3 8 1451 1456 52
5 Peterborough Panthers 32 10 4 0 2 0 2 0 3 11 1463 1484 47
6 Ipswich Witches 32 9 3 0 4 1 0 1 2 12 1431 1498 41
7 Eastbourne Eagles 32 9 0 1 6 0 1 2 1 12 1393 1527 36
8 Poole Pirates 32 5 3 2 6 1 0 1 3 11 1391 1526 32
9 Belle Vue Aces 32 4 6 0 6 1 1 0 1 13 1373 1575 32
Key:
Championship play-offs
Relegation 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; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Swindon Robins47 (100) - (88) 43Coventry Bees
Matej Zagar 12 Chris Harris 14

Grand final

First leg

Second leg

Wolverhampton were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 95-90.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.[5]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
29/05Ipswich45-48Belle Vue
20/04Belle Vue53-40Ipswich

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
26/03Peterborough43-47Coventry
27/03Coventry53-37Peterborough
26/03Swindon57-36Wolverhampton
06/04Wolverhampton53-40Swindon
27/03Lakeside57-38Eastbourne
28/03Eastbourne50-43Lakeside
24/06Poole44-49Belle Vue
27/06Belle Vue54-41Poole

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
21/08Coventry51-39Belle Vue
05/10Belle Vue48-42Coventry
12/06Lakeside49-41Swindon
11/06Swindon44-46Lakeside

Final

First leg

Second leg

The Lakeside Hammers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 108-77.

Riders' Championship

Leigh Adams won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 2 October.[8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1Australia Leigh Adams3 3 3 0 31223
2England Chris Harris2 3 2 3 313x2
3Australia Chris Holder3 1 3 3 313x1
4Sweden Freddie Lindgren2 3 3 2 11130
5England Edward Kennett3 3 1 1 2101
6England Scott Nicholls2 2 3 1 3110
7Slovenia Matej Žagar2 0 2 3 29
8Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen3 2 1 2 19
9Denmark Hans Andersen1 2 2 2 18
10Poland Robert Miśkowiak1 1 0 3 27
11Poland Adam Skórnicki1 0 2 25
12Denmark Mads Korneliussen1 2 1 0 04
13Australia Davey Watt1 0 1 1 03
14Sweden Jonas Davidsson0 0 2 0 02
15England James Wright0 1 0 01
16England Josh Auty0 11
17England Joe Haines (res)0 11

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Arlington Stadium on 8 August and was won by Poole Pirates.[9]

Pos Team Pts Riders
1Lakeside24Richardson 19, Davidsson 9
2Poole22Andersen 19, Holder 13
3Coventry21Harris 15, Kennett 10
4Eastbourne21Watt 20, Bridger 10
5Wolves19Lindgren 11, Karlsson 8
6Peterborough18Iversen 12 Bjerre 6
7Ipswich15Batchelor 8, Nicholls 7
8Swindon11Adams 9, McGowan 2
9Belle Vue8Wright J 4, Risager 4

Semi finals

  • Eastbourne 5 Lakeside 4 - Richardson, Watt, Bridger, Davidsson
  • Poole 5 Coventry 4 - Harris, Holder, Andersen, Kennett

Final

  • Poole 5 Eastbourne 4 - Watt, Holder, Andersen, Bridger

Final leading averages

Rider Team Average
Sweden Freddie LindgrenWolverhampton10.64
Australia Leigh AdamsSwindon10.33
Denmark Hans AndersenPoole9.77
Slovenia Matej ŽagarSwindon9.57
England Scott NichollsIpswich9.39
Poland Jarosław HampelIpswich9.30
Australia Chris HolderPoole9.19
Sweden Peter KarlssonWolverhampton9.19
England Lee RichardsonLakeside8.86
England Chris HarrisCoventry8.74

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2009 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "Knockout Cup Final history". Reader Exacteditions .com. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. ↑ "2009 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  6. ↑ "British Elite League Cup in Lakeside". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "2009-10-23 British Elite League Cup in Coventry". Speedway results.com. Retrieved 23 June 2021.
  8. ↑ "Elite League Riders' Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ↑ "2009 Elite League Pairs". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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