2009 Elite League speedway season

The 2009 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) is the 13th since its establishment in 1997.[1]

2009 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
Season2009
ChampionsWolverhampton Wolves
Knockout CupLakeside Hammers
Pairs ChampionshipPoole Pirates
Elite ShieldEastbourne Eagles
Riders Championship Leigh Adams
Division/s below2009 Premier League
2009 National League

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]

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

Leg 1
Coventry Bees45 – 45+8Swindon Robins
Rory Schlein 11 Leigh Adams 10
Wolverhampton Wolves56+4 - 40Lakeside Hammers
Ty Proctor 12+4 Jonas Davidsson 15

Leg 2
Swindon Robins47 (100) - (88) 43Coventry Bees
Matej Zagar 12 Chris Harris 14
Lakeside Hammers44 (84) - (106) 46Wolverhampton Wolves
Jonas Davidsson 13 Adam Skornicki 12+2

First leg
Wolverhampton Wolves54 - 38Swindon Robins
Freddie Lindgren 14+1 Matej Zagar 9+1

Second leg
Swindon Robins52 (90) - (95) 41Wolverhampton Wolves
Leigh Adams 12+1
Matej Zagar 12+1		 Freddie Lindgren 16+1

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

Leading averages

[3]

Rider Team Average
Freddie LindgrenWolverhampton10.43
Leigh AdamsSwindon10.00
Hans AndersenPoole9.15
Matej ŽagarSwindon9.15
Chris HolderPoole8.76
Peter KarlssonWolverhampton8.66
Lee RichardsonLakeside8.56
Chris HarrisCoventry8.54
Scott NichollsIpswich8.29
Krzysztof KasprzakBelle Vue8.23

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.[4]

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
Date Team One Score Team Two
23/10Coventry41-49Lakeside
14/10Lakeside59-36Coventry

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "2009 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. "Greensheet Averages". Speedway GB.
  4. "2009 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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