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2005 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Sky Sports Elite League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Coventry Bees
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Belle Vue Aces
domesticcup3	Craven Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Oxford Silver Machine
domesticcup4	Individual
domesticcup4 winners	Nicki Pedersen
domesticcup5	Pairs
domesticcup5 winners	Swindon Robins
highest average	Nicki Pedersen
leagues below	Premier League
Conference League
prevseason	2004
nextseason	2006

Conference League

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).

Season summary

In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four.

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.

League

Final table

10	Arena Essex Hammers	36	11	0	25	1539	1804	22	3	25

	= Qualified for Play Offs

'A' Fixtures

'B' Fixtures

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 Sebastian Ułamek 11 Scott Nicholls 10 Morten Risager 9 Billy Janniro 8 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8 Chris Harris 5 Martin Smolinski 3 Jason Crump 21 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 4 Simon Stead 4 Rusty Harrison 2 Jason Lyons 1 R/R Second leg Jason Crump 10 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 9 Simon Stead 7 Jason Lyons 4 Rusty Harrison 3 R/R Scott Nicholls 11 Chris Harris 9 Billy Janniro 8 Morten Risager 6 Sebastian Ułamek 5 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 Martin Smolinski 4

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.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/04	Swindon	60-36	Poole
20/04	Poole	51-41	Swindon
07/04	Ipswich	55-40	Wolverhampton
04/04	Wolverhampton	37-53	Ipswich

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/06	Arena Essex	51-40	Ipswich
12/06	Swindon	55-39	Coventry
26/05	Ipswich	52-42	Arena Essex
21/05	Eastbourne	59-36	Peterborough
20/05	Coventry	51-41	Swindon
19/05	Oxford	49-41	Belle Vue
16/05	Belle Vue	59-35	Oxford
13/05	Peterborough	56-37	Eastbourne

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/09	Arena Essex	52-41	Eastbourne
18/08	Swindon	37-35	Belle Vue
27/07	Belle Vue	61-32	Swindon
23/07	Eastbourne	55-40	Arena Essex

Final

First leg Nicki Pedersen 17 Adam Shields 10 Davey Watt 9 Dean Barker 5 Andrew Moore 5 Daniel Giffard 0 R/R Jason Crump 16 Jason Lyons 9 Joe Screen 8 Andy Smith 7 Simon Stead 3 Rusty Harrison 1 R/R

Second leg Jason Crump 16 Joe Screen 12 Jason Lyons 11 Simon Stead 5 Andy Smith 5 Rusty Harrison 4 R/R Nicki Pedersen 11 Adam Shields 7 Davey Watt 6 Travis McGowan 5 Oliver Allen4 Andrew Moore 4 R/R

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	Score
Arena Essex	Ipswich	53–40, 41–49
Poole	Ipswich	58–33, 50–47
Arena Essex	Poole	52–41, n–h

First Round Group B

Team one	Team two	Score
Wolverhampton	Swindon	58–36, 40–54
Oxford	Swindon	41–34, 46–44
Oxford	Wolverhampton	48–42, 45–51

Semi-final 1

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Peterborough	Coventry	Poole	38–36–34
Poole	Coventry	Peterborough	38–34–35
Coventry	Peterborough	Poole	34–34–40

Semi-final 2

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Eastbourne	Belle Vue	Oxford	37–26–27
Oxford	Belle Vue	Eastbourne	42–32–34
Belle Vue	Eastbourne	Oxford	34–36–38

Final

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Eastbourne	Oxford	Poole	41–40–27
Poole	Eastbourne	Oxford	35–34–39
Oxford	Eastbourne	Poole	36–39–33

Riders' Championship

Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 28 August.

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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.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Arena Essex	26	Rickardsson 15, Havelock 11
2	Wolves	19	Max 11, Howe 8
3	Eastbourne	18	Pedersen N 15, Norris 3
4	Poole	17	Sullivan 8, Pedersen B 9
5	Oxford	10	Hancock 10, McGowan 0

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Swindon	27	Adams 14, Richardson 13
2	Belle Vue	18	Crump 9, Screen 9
3	Wolves	19	Max 11, Howe 8
4	Ipswich	16	Andersen 9, Protasiewicz 7
5	Coventry	15	Nicholls 13, Jonsson 2
6	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 Adams	Swindon	10.42
AUS Jason Crump	Belle Vue	10.35
DEN Nicki Pedersen	Eastbourne	10.30
ENG Scott Nicholls	Coventry	9.45
SWE Peter Karlsson	Peterborough	9.48
DEN Hans Andersen	Ipswich	9.44
SWE Mikael Max	Wolverhampton	9.39
USA Greg Hancock	Oxford	9.32
DEN Bjarne Pedersen	Poole	9.27
ENG Lee Richardson	Swindon	8.85

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

10.06
8.14
6.43
6.21
6.05
5.94
5.66
5.09
4.96
4.48
4.20

Belle Vue

10.35
7.87
7.69
7.35
6.95
6.36
5.09
4.43
1.50
1.43

Coventry

9.45
8.76
7.20
7.20
6.79
6.43
6.22
6.00
4.20

Eastbourne

10.30
7.75
7.22
7.11
6.45
4.76
4.65
2.56

Ipswich

9.44
8.43
7.91
6.99
5.91
5.27
3.82
3.28
3.16

Oxford

9.32
7.95
7.45
6.36
6.24
6.22
5.09
4.15
4.00
3.06
2.67
1.28

Peterborough

9.48
8.19
7.38
7.21
7.10
6.62
6.05
2.95
2.05

Poole

9.27
8.13
7.78
7.38
6.26
5.28
4.35
3.69
2.13

Swindon

10.42
8.85
8.48
4.59
4.38
4.10
3.93
3.89
3.76
1.67

Wolverhampton

8.82
7.44
6.98
6.65
6.36
5.61
5.23

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"2005 league tables". Speedway GB.
"A Year in Summary : 2005".
Bamford, Robert. (2006). "Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2006". NPI Media Group.
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"2005 fixtures & results". Speedway Researcher.
"2005 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
"Elite League Riders' Championship".
"2005 Elite League Pairs".

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