2003 Premier League speedway season

Season summary

The League consisted of 18 teams for the 2003 season with the addition of the King's Lynn Stars who dropped down from the Elite League.

The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by Edinburgh Monarchs.

League

Final table

Fixtures and results

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2003 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 36th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Isle of Wight Islanders were the winners of the competition.

First round

Second round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Adam Shields 12 Paul Pickering (guest) 9 Sebastian Trésarrieu 8 Danny Bird 7 Glen Phillips 5 Gary Phelps 5 Tony Dart 0 Brent Werner 12 Sean Wilson 10 Andrew Moore 8 James Birkinshaw 5 Ricky Ashworth 5 Richard Hall 4 Ross Brady R/R Second leg James Birkinshaw 11 Andrew Moore 9 Richard Hall 8 Ricky Ashworth 8 Sean Wilson 7 Brent Werner 4 Ross Brady R/R Adam Shields 17 Paul Pickering (guest) 12 Danny Bird 6 Sebastian Trésarrieu 5 Glen Phillips 4 Stephane Trésarrieu 2 Gary Phelps 0 Isle of Wight were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95–91.

British League Cup

The British League Cup (BL Cup for short) was the supplementary competition for both the Elite League and Premier League for the 2003 season. See 2003 Elite League speedway season for the results and tables.

Riders' Championship

Sean Wilson won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 28 September at Owlerton Stadium.

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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Derwent Park on 19 July. The event was won by Workington (Carl Stonehewer and Simon Stead) who beat Newport (Frank Smart and Niels Kristian Iversen) in the final.

Fours

Swindon Robins won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 27 July 2003, at the Abbey Stadium.

Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

• Joonas Kylmäkorpi 9.69
• Leigh Lanham 9.67
• Kelvin Tatum 8.39
• David Ruud 7.76
• Henning Bager 6.96
• Joel Parsons 6.00
• Lee Herne 5.94
• Jason King 4.74
• Danny King 3.82
• Andy Galvin 3.65

Berwick

• Michal Makovský 7.81
• Paul Bentley 7.76
• David Meldrum 7.28
• Josef Franc 7.03
• Adrian Rymel 6.88
• Claus Kristensen 6.86
• Carlos Villar 5.23
• Rob Grant Jr. 4.22

Edinburgh

• Frede Schott 10.11
• Peter Carr 9.00
• Magnus Karlsson 7.58
• Rory Schlein 7.55
• Theo Pijper 6.33
• Wayne Carter 4.77
• Matthew Wethers 3.84
• Barry Campbell 2.78

Exeter

• Michael Coles 8.48
• Seemond Stephens 8.05
• Mark Simmonds 6.92
• Lee Smethills 6.71
• Scott Smith 6.34
• Krister Marsh 5.82
• Roger Lobb 5.11
• Corey Blackman 3.76

Glasgow

• George Štancl 9.38
• James Grieves 8.72
• Kevin Doolan 6.37
• Les Collins 6.21
• Christian Henry 5.19
• David McAllan 4.56
• Trent Leverington 4.22
• Ross Brady 2.40

Hull

• Paul Thorp 7.98
• Garry Stead 7.39
• Bjorn Hansen 6.58
• Shaun Tacey 6.28
• Neil Collins 6.26
• Lee Dicken 4.66
• Simon Cartwright 4.61
• Barrie Evans 3.87

Isle of Wight

• Adam Shields 9.99
• Danny Bird 8.95
• Ray Morton 8.87
• Sebastien Trésarrieu 6.34
• Glen Phillips 4.67
• Gary Phelps 4.18
• Chris Mills 4.05
• Mathieu Trésarrieu 3.38
• Stéphane Trésarrieu 3.33

King's Lynn

• Shane Parker 9.59
• Tom P. Madsen 9.54
• Davey Watt 9.44
• Tomáš Topinka 9.40
• Trevor Harding 5.49
• Adam Allott 5.47
• James Brundle 4.61
• Darren Mallett 2.86
• Mark Thompson 2.33

Newcastle

• Bjarne Pedersen 10.17
• Kenneth Bjerre 9.80
• Stuart Robson 8.69
• Kevin Little 7.73
• Richard Juul 5.49
• Lee Dicken 5.42
• William Lawson 4.93
• Kristian Lund 4.44
• Jamie Robertson 4.27
• Craig Branney 3.87
• Steffen Mell 2.71

Newport

• Craig Watson 9.17
• Niels Kristian Iversen 9.13
• Frank Smart 8.39
• Tony Atkin 6.98
• Carl Wilkinson 4.98
• Chris Schramm 4.76
• Joel Parsons 2.84
• Karl Mason 1.56

Reading

• Janusz Kołodziej 8.95
• Andrew Appleton 7.67
• Phil Morris 7.09
• Jonas Davidsson 6.19
• Scott Smith 5.80
• Paul Clews 5.30
• Danny King 4.32
• Shane Colvin 4.25
• Joel Parsons 3.79
• Danny Norton 1.27

Rye House

• Edward Kennett 7.82
• Scott Robson 7.62
• Brent Werner 7.07
• Nigel Sadler 6.32
• Brett Woodifield 6.14
• David Mason 5.14
• Mark Courtney 5.08

Sheffield

• Sean Wilson 9.48
• Andre Compton 8.54
• Ricky Ashworth 7.57
• Andrew Moore 7.54
• Scott Smith 6.86
• Ross Brady 5.79
• James Birkinshaw 5.13
• Richard Hall 4.93
• Ben Wilson 3.81

Somerset

• Mark Lemon 8.03
• Glenn Cunningham 7.10
• Marián Jirout 6.63
• Matt Read 6.40
• Steve Bishop 6.21
• Graeme Gordon 5.89
• Stephan Katt 5.33
• Rob Finlow 3.77
• James Mann 3.03
• Simon Dyminski 2.84
• Paul Candy 0.67

Stoke

• Jan Staechmann 8.92
• Robbie Kessler 8.00
• Paul Pickering 8.00
• Scott Smith 6.72
• Alan Mogridge 6.43
• Jon Armstrong 5.79
• Rob Grant Jr. 4.84
• Joe Cook 2.69
• Nick Simmons 2.55

Swindon

• Charlie Gjedde 9.60
• Oliver Allen 8.92
• Chris Neath 7.80
• Paul Fry 7.38
• Jamie Smith 5.84
• Malcolm Holloway 4.60
• Ritchie Hawkins 4.14
• Tommy Allen 2.80

Trelawny

• Chris Harris 9.33
• Matej Žagar 9.12
• Pavel Ondrašík 8.02
• Steve Masters 7.48
• Mirko Wolter 6.45
• Emiliano Sanchez 6.33
• Richard Wolff 4.77
• Simon Phillips 4.10
• Malcolm Holloway 4.10
• Tom Brown 2.60

Workington

• Carl Stonehewer 9.68
• Simon Stead 9.47
• Rusty Harrison 7.23
• Kauko Nieminen 5.70
• Blair Scott 4.85
• Aidan Collins 4.75
• Chris Collins 3.36

References

References

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