2001 Premier League speedway season

Season summary

The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2001 season with the addition of a new teams, the Trelawny Tigers.

The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Newcastle Diamonds.{{cite web |url=https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/history/leaguetables1991-present|title= BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)|website=Official British Speedway website|access-date=11 September 2021}}

League

Final table

Fixtures and results

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2001 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 34th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Hull Vikings were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Seemond Stephens 15 Mark Simmonds 10 Michael Coles 8 Jason Prynne 6 Krister Marsh 5 Lawrence Hare 2 Bobby Eldridge R/R Paul Thorp 12 Garry Stead 12 Paul Bentley 9 Ross Brady 6 Mike Smith 3 Jamie Smith 2 David Walsh R/R Second leg Paul Bentley 12 Jamie Smith 12 Paul Thorp 11 Garry Stead 11 Ross Brady 11 Mike Smith 4 David Walsh R/R Seemond Stephens 15 Mark Simmonds 7 Michael Coles 6 Jason Prynne 1 Krister Marsh 0 Lee Dicken (guest) 0 Bobby Eldridge R/R Hull were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–75.

Premier Trophy

North Group

** South Group**

Semi-final

Final

Young Shield

• End of season competition for the top eight league teams First round

Semi-final

Final

Riders' Championship

Carl Stonehewer won the Riders' Championship for the second successive season. The final was held on 9 September at Brandon Stadium.

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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Derwent Park on 14 July. The event was won by Workington Comets for the third successive season.

Group A

• Reading (Gjedde & Castagna)
• Sheffield (Wilson & Kessler)
• Exeter (Coles & Simmonds)
• Newport (Masters & Cunningham)
• Swindon (Fry & Kristensen)

Group B

• Workington (Stonehewer & Karlsson)
• Newcastle (Pedersen & Olsen)
• Isle of Wight (Morton & Bird)
• Arena Essex (White & Lanham)
• Edinburgh (Carr & Eriksson)

Final

• Workington (Stonehewer & Karlsson) bt Newcastle (Olsen & Pedersen)

Fours

Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 5 August 2001, at the East of England Arena.

Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

• Leigh Lanham 8.84
• Colin White 8.08
• Troy Pratt 7.67
• Shaun Tacey 7.20
• Lee Dicken 5.47
• Luke Clifton 4.00
• Andy Galvin 3.40
• Brent Collyer 3.24
• Lee Herne 2.91
• Barrie Evans 2.63

Berwick

• Adrian Rymel 7.05
• Scott Lamb 6.96
• Scott Robson 6.84
• Michal Makovský 6.73
• David Meldrum 6.58
• Wayne Carter 5.49
• Bevan Compton .27
• Josef Franc 5.25
• Will Beveridge 4.76
• David McAllan 2.88

Edinburgh

• Peter Carr 10.01
• Jan Andersen 8.03
• Robert Eriksson 7.83
• Daniel Andersson 7.01
• Christian Henry 5.15
• Blair Scott 5.08
• Ben Shields 4.73
• Derek Sneddon 3.77
• Rory Schlein 1.29

Exeter

• Michael Coles 9.19
• Mark Simmonds 8.05
• Lawrence Hare 7.74
• Seemond Stephens 7.62
• Bobby Eldridge 5.28
• Krister Marsh 5.02
• Matt Cambridge 4.13
• Jason Prynne 3.37
• David Osborn 0.47

Glasgow

• James Grieves 8.47
• Les Collins 8.07
• Emiliano Sanchez 7.25
• Mark Courtney 6.53
• Stuart Swales 5.33
• Henning Bager 4.92
• Simon Cartwright 4.33
• Aidan Collins 4.00
• Derek Sneddon 3.66
• Scott Courtney 1.71

Hull

• Paul Thorp 9.03
• Paul Bentley 8.49
• David Walsh 8.06
• Garry Stead 8.00
• Ross Brady 6.98
• Lee Dicken 6.58
• Jamie Smith 5.27
• Mike Smith 4.83
• Justin Elkins 3.05

Isle of Wight

• Ray Morton 9.42
• Danny Bird 8.79
• Adam Shields 8.61
• Davey Watt 6.47
• Sebastien Trésarrieu 6.46
• Scott Swain 6.16
• Glen Phillips 4.42

Newcastle

• Bjarne Pedersen 10.16
• Andre Compton 8.13
• Jesper Olsen 8.11
• Kevin Little 7.58
• Richard Juul 5.26
• Rob Grant Jr 5.02
• James Birkinshaw 4.25
• Grant MacDonald 3.11

Newport

• Anders Henriksson 8.95
• Glenn Cunningham 7.55
• Steve Masters 7.47
• Emil Lindqvist 6.92
• Scott Smith 6.32
• Chris Neath 6.30
• Krister Marsh 4.57
• Carl Wilkinson 4.50
• Tommy Palmer 4.48
• Nick Simmons 3.48
• Rob Finlow 1.88

Reading

• Armando Castagna 9.05
• Charlie Gjedde 8.94
• Phil Morris 8.42
• Dave Mullett 7.77
• Paul Clews 7.39
• Shane Colvin 5.38
• Tommy Palmer 3.51
• Chris Schramm 2.82
• Brendon McKay 0.94

Sheffield

• Sean Wilson 10.39
• Simon Stead 9.98
• Robbie Kessler 8.83
• Scott Smith 7.18
• Lee Complin 5.50
• Adam Allott 4.86
• Andrew Moore 4.81
• Lee Redmond 4.64
• Lee Hodgson 3.19

Stoke

• Jan Staechmann 8.85
• Paul Pickering 8.21
• Tony Atkin 7.26
• Mark Burrows 6.11
• Jon Armstrong 4.79
• Wayne Broadhurst 4.47
• Dean Felton 3.91
• Will Beveridge 3.41
• Grant MacDonald 3.06
• Neil Painter 1.37

Swindon

• Paul Fry 8.27
• Claus Kristensen 7.77
• Oliver Allen 7.73
• Alan Mogridge 7.63
• Martin Dixon 7.11
• Alun Rossiter 7.10
• Mark Steel 6.20
• Ritchie Hawkins 4.52

Trelawny

• Chris Harris 7.82
• Pavel Ondrašík 6.64
• Brett Woodifield 6.59
• Mark Courtney 6.21
• Graeme Gordon 5.55
• Kenny Olsson 5.00
• Richard Wolff 5.00
• Steffen Mell 4.20
• Gary Phelps 4.00
• Simon Phillips 3.55
• Lee Herne 3.28

Workington

• Carl Stonehewer 10.29
• Peter Ingvar Karlsson 9.03
• Neil Collins 7.67
• Mick Powell 7.51
• Rusty Harrison 7.25
• Lee Smethills 4.39
• James Mann 3.03
• David McAllan 2.66
• Craig Branney 1.55

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