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2006 Elite League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Sky Sports Elite League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Coventry Bees
domesticcup3	Craven Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Poole Pirates
domesticcup4	Elite Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Coventry Bees
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	Jason Crump
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Belle Vue Aces
highest average	Jason Crump
leagues below	Premier League
Conference League
prevseason	2005
nextseason	2007

Conference League

The 2006 Elite League speedway season was the 72nd season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

In 2006, the league consisted of eleven teams, after the newly named Reading Bulldogs, moved up from the Premier League. The Championship was won by the Peterborough Panthers by a single race point in the play-off final.

Peterborough and Reading battled each other throughout the season finishing level on points in the regular season table before Peterborough edged Reading in the Play off final. Peterborough had a strong all round squad and included Danish trio of Hans Andersen, Jesper Jensen and Niels Kristian Iversen, in addition to Australian Ryan Sullivan. Reading who had come up from the division below had recruited Greg Hancock as their main heat leader who finished 7th in the league averages which were headed once again by Australian stars Jason Crump and Leigh Adams.

Final table

Pos	Team	M	W	D	L	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	W	L	Tot
1	Peterborough Panthers	40	18	0	2	6	0	14	1942	1731	48	16	4	64
2	Reading Bulldogs	40	16	0	4	9	1	10	1934	1756	51	13	7	64
3	Swindon Robins	40	19	0	1	4	1	15	1893	1786	47	14	6	61
4	Coventry Bees	40	18	1	1	5	0	15	1856	1835	47	11	9	58
5	Belle Vue Aces	40	19	0	1	2	0	18	1880	1761	42	15	5	57
6	Wolverhampton Wolves	40	16	1	3	4	1	15	1827	1840	42	10	10	52
7	Poole Pirates	40	18	0	2	1	0	19	1880	1806	38	13	6	51
8	Ipswich Witches	40	17	0	3	2	0	18	1847	1837	38	8	12	46
9	Eastbourne Eagles	40	17	1	2	3	0	17	1791	1860	41	5	15	46
10	Oxford Cheetahs	40	11	0	9	1	0	19	1696	1989	24	2	18	26
11	Arena Essex Hammers	40	11	0	9	0	0	20	1658	2003	22	3	17	25

	= Qualified for Play Off finals

'A' Fixtures

'B' Fixtures

Play-offs

Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi-finals

Peterborough Panthers 52-40 Coventry Bees
Reading Bulldogs 51-43 Swindon Robins

Final

First leg Charlie Gjedde 13 Greg Hancock 12 Janusz Kołodziej 8 Travis McGowan 6 Zdeněk Simota 6 Mark Lemon 4 R/R Ryan Sullivan 15 Hans N. Andersen 14 Piotr Świderski 8 Richard Hall 6 Ulrich Østergaard 3 Jesper B. Jensen 1 Niels Kristian Iversen R/R Second leg Hans N. Andersen 14 Ryan Sullivan 12 Richard Hall 10 Niels Kristian Iversen 5 Piotr Świderski 4 Jesper B. Jensen 2 Ulrich Østergaard 1 Mark Lemon 12 Greg Hancock 11 Janusz Kołodziej 9 Travis McGowan 7 Charlie Gjedde 4 Zdeněk Simota 2 R/R

The Peterborough Panthers were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-94.

Elite League Knockout Cup

Scott Nicholls helped Coventry win the Knockout Cup

The 2006 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 68th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
13/04	Swindon	40-50	Reading
10/04	Reading	47-43	Swindon
06/04	Peterborough	57-37	Arena Essex
03/04	Wolverhampton	54-40	Oxford
31/03	Arena Essex	59-35	Peterborough
29/03	Oxford	43-47	Wolverhampton

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/07	Belle Vue	56-38	Arena Essex
07/07	Arena Essex	44-46	Belle Vue
07/07	Coventry	56-40	Ipswich
07/07	Reading	51-42	Poole
05/07	Poole	58-34	Reading
03/07	Wolverhampton	41-51	Eastbourne
01/07	Eastbourne	55-38	Wolverhampton
01/06	Ipswich	48-42	Coventry

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
29/09	Coventry	61-31	Eastbourne
28/09	Poole	43-34	Belle Vue
16/09	Eastbourne	46-44	Coventry
11/09	Belle Vue	53-41	Poole

Final

First leg Jason Crump 14 Kenneth Bjerre 9 Simon Stead 9 Phil Morris 7 Tom P. Madsen 3 James Wright 3 R/R Scott Nicholls 13 Martin Smolinski 8 Rory Schlein 8 Chris Harris7 Emil Kramer 3 Billy Janniro 2 Oliver Allen 2

Second leg Chris Harris 12 Scott Nicholls 9 Martin Smolinski 9 Rory Schlein 8 Troy Batchelor 8 Billy Janniro]5 Oliver Allen 5 Jason Crump 15 Simon Stead 12 Davey Watt 5 James Wright 4 Phil Morris 1 Joel Parsons 1 R/R

The Coventry Bees were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101-85.

Craven Shield

End of season competition for the highest nine league teams

First Round

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Wolverhampton	Eastbourne	Ipswich	33–38–37
Ipswich	Eastbourne	Wolverhampton	46–38–23
Eastbourne	Ipswich	Wolverhampton	42–33–33

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Swindon	Poole	Reading	36–35–37
Poole	Reading	Swindon	41–29–37
Reading	Poole	Swindon	37–40–31

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Coventry	Belle Vue	Peterborough	42–40–26
Peterborough	Belle Vue	Coventry	45–26–37
Belle Vue	Coventry	Peterborough	41–34–33

Final

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Coventry	Eastbourne	Poole	38–29–41
Eastbourne	Coventry	Poole	35–38–35
Poole	Eastbourne	Coventry	38–29–41

Riders' Championship

Jason Crump won the Riders' Championship for the third time. The final was held at Wimborne Road on 1 October.

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Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Abbey Stadium on 4 June and was won by Belle Vue Aces.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Swindon	31	Adams 20, Ulamek 11
2	Peterborough	26	Andersen 15, Iversen 11
3	Eastbourne	25	Pedersen N 15, Norris 10
4	Coventry	22	Nicholls 11, Schlein 11
6	Ipswich	17	Protasiewicz 10, Jansson 7
5	Wolves	13	Lindgren 11, Correy 2

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Belle Vue	21	Crump 16, Stead 5
2	Poole	21	Lindback 12, Pedersen B 9
3	Reading	19	Hancock 10, Zagar 9
4	Oxford	15	Wiltshire 13, Skornicki 2
5	Arena Essex	14	Kylmakorpi 12, Lanham 2

Final

Swindon 5 Belle Vue 4 - Adams, Crump, Stead, Ulamek

Leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
AUS Jason Crump	Belle Vue	11.21
AUS Leigh Adams	Swindon	10.47
DEN Hans Andersen	Peterborough	10.40
SWE Peter Karlsson	Wolverhampton	9.94
DEN Nicki Pedersen	Eastbourne	9.92
DEN Bjarne Pedersen	Poole	9.39
USA Greg Hancock	Reading	9.28
ENG Scott Nicholls	Coventry	9.05
ENG Mark Loram	Ipswich	8.92
DEN Jesper B Jensen	Peterborough	8.76

Riders & final averages

Arena Essex

8.08
7.78
6.87
6.70
6.53
6.48
6.41
3.77
3.68
2.88
1.40

Belle Vue

11.21
8.08
7.75
7.51
4.89
4.26
3.61
1.90

Coventry

9.05
7.93
7.84
7.13
6.59
6.16
5.83
5.54
4.54
4.00

Eastbourne

9.92
7.79
7.66
7.14
5.29
5.04
4.88
4.06
4.00
3.42

Ipswich

8.92
8.10
8.02
6.50
6.47
5.58
4.09
3.62
2.99

Oxford

9.76 (7 matches only)
7.98
6.97
6.61
6.27
5.10
4.15
4.12
3.84
2.29

Peterborough

10.40
8.76
8.23
7.82
5.55
5.28
4.72
4.67

Poole

9.39
8.38
7.65
7.22
6.09
5.47
4.09
3.63
2.77

Reading

9.28
8.13
7.60
7.52
7.01
6.39
5.52
5.43

Swindon

10.47
7.72
7.65
7.16
5.98
5.48
4.91
4.47
3.40

Wolverhampton

9.94
8.37
8.12
5.56
5.19
4.71
4.37
1.76

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"2006 league tables". Speedway GB.
Bamford, Robert. (2007-03-01). "Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007". NPI Media Group.
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"2006 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
"2006 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
"2006 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".
"2006 Elite League Pairs".

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