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2007 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	Coventry Bees
domesticcup3	Craven Shield
domesticcup3 winners	Coventry Bees
domesticcup4	Elite Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Peterborough Panthers
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	Nicki Pedersen
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Poole Pirates
highest average	Leigh Adams
leagues below	Premier League
Conference League
prevseason	2006
nextseason	2008

Conference League

The 2007 Elite League speedway season was the 73rd season of the top division of motorcycle 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 2007, the league consisted of eleven teams for the start of the season. However on 31 May, the Oxford Cheetahs issued a statement explaining their resignation from the league. Their results were expunged from the table and the season was completed with ten teams. It was the last time that Oxford Cheetahs would compete in the league for 15 years, following the refusal of the landlords to allow speedway at Oxford and the subsequent closure of Oxford Stadium in 2012.

Coventry bounced back to winning ways completing the league and cup double. English duo Scott Nicholls and Chris Harris were once again the main catalysts to the team's success. The United States pair of Rory Schlein and Billy Janniro also added valuable contributions to the Coventry team.

Once again the Australian pair of Leigh Adams and Jason Crump were the best riders during the season and finished first and second in the league averages.

Final table

	Oxford Cheetahs	withdrew

	= 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

Coventry Bees 55-38 Poole Pirates
Swindon Robins 50-42 Peterborough Panthers

Final

First leg Leigh Adams 12 Damian Baliński 9 Tomasz Chrzanowski 8 Charlie Gjedde 8 Lee Richardson 7 Sebastian Ułamek 3 Andrew Moore 2 Chris Harris 14 Scott Nicholls 8 Rory Schlein 9 Martin Smolinski 5 Steve Johnston 4 Billy Janniro 3 Oliver Allen r/r

Second leg Rory Schlein 16 Martin Smolinski 10 Scott Nicholls 9 Steve Johnston 9 Chris Harris 8 Billy Janniro 7 Oliver Allen r/r Leigh Adams 15 Damian Baliński 5 Tomasz Chrzanowski 5 Charlie Gjedde 3 Sebastian Ułamek 3 Andrew Moore 2 Lee Richardson 1

The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 102-83.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2007 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 69th 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
04/05	Lakeside	50-40	Belle Vue
30/04	Belle Vue	47-46	Lakeside
16/04	Wolverhampton	51-42	Reading
13/04	Oxford	45-45	Ipswich
13/04	Reading	56-34	Wolverhampton
12/04	Ipswich	52-38	Oxford

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/09	Eastbourne	41-49	Lakeside
14/09	Lakeside	59-33	Eastbourne
13/09	Swindon	55-37	Reading
16/08	Ipswich	49-44	Reading
13/07	Reading Racers	53-40	Ipswich
09/07	Coventry	53-40	Poole
14/06	Swindon	63-27	Peterborough

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/10	Reading Racers	38-54	Swindon
06/10	Lakeside	45-45	Coventry
05/10	Coventry	52-41	Lakeside
19/09	Poole	31-44	Coventry

Final

First leg Billy Janniro 15 Scott Nicholls 11 Chris Harris 9 Rory Schlein 9 Steve Johnston 7 Martin Smolinski 2 Oliver Allen r/r Leigh Adams 12 Sebastian Ułamek 11 Damian Baliński 7 Tomasz Chrzanowski 4 Andrew Moore 4 Charlie Gjedde 2 Lee Richardson r/r

Second leg Leigh Adams 16 Sebastian Ułamek 9 Tomasz Chrzanowski 9 Charlie Gjedde 7 Damian Baliński 3 Andrew Moore 0 Lee Richardson r/r Chris Harris 11 Steve Johnston 9 Rory Schlein 9 Billy Janniro 7 Scott Nicholls 7 Martin Smolinski 2 Oliver Allen r/r

The Coventry Bees were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98-85.

Craven Shield

End of season competition

First Round

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Poole	Lakeside	Reading	52–29–27
Peterborough	Reading	Poole	not held
Reading	Peterborough	Lakeside	31–37–40
Lakeside	Peterborough	Poole	36–43–29

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Ipswich	Wolverhampton	Coventry	43–23–42
Coventry	Ipswich	Wolverhampton	31–21–20
Wolverhampton	Coventry	Ipswich	35–49–24

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Swindon	Eastbourne	Belle Vue	48–39–21
Eastbourne	Swindon	Belle Vue	37–39–32
Belle Vue	Eastbourne	Swindon	38–38–34

Final

Team one	Team two	Team three	Score
Poole	Coventry	Swindon	35–40–33
Swindon	Poole	Coventry	35–28–45
Coventry	Swindon	Poole	35–50–23

Riders' Championship

Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at King's Lynn Stadium on 30 August.

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Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the King's Lynn Stadium on 7 April and was won by Poole Pirates.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Reading	22	Hancock 13, McGowan 9
2	Poole	21	Crump 13, Pedersen B 8
3	Coventry	21	Nicholls 11, Schlein 10
4	Eastbourne	18	Pedersen N 15, Bridger 3
5	Ipswich	8	Jansson 6, Louis 2

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Peterborough	24	Andersen 16, Iversen 8
2	Swindon	23	Adams 14, Ulamek 9
3	Lakeside	19	Shields 14, Kylmakorpi 5
4	Oxford	12	Jensen 12, Eriksson 0
5	Wolves	12	Karlsson 8, Hamill 4

Semi finals

Poole 6 Peterborough 3 - Crump, Iversen, Pedersen B, Andersen
Reading 6 Swindon 3 - McGowan, Adams, Hancock, Ulamek

Final

Poole 6 Reading 3 - Crump, Hancock, Pedersen B, McGowan

Leading final averages

Rider	Team	Average
AUS Leigh Adams	Swindon	10.77
AUS Jason Crump	Poole	10.71
DEN Nicki Pedersen	Eastbourne	10.55
DEN Hans Andersen	Peterborough	10.38
DEN Bjarne Pedersen	Poole	9.96
ENG Scott Nicholls	Coventry	9.60
USA Greg Hancock	Reading	9.54
SWE Peter Karlsson	Wolverhampton	9.22
ENG Chris Harris	Coventry	8.90
AUS Davey Watt	Eastbourne	8.52

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

7.38
7.03
6.75
6.25
6.22
5.54
5.46
4.98
4.00
3.04
1.65

Coventry

9.60
8.90
8.15
6.82
6.70
6.31
6.29
5.83

Eastbourne

10.55
8.52
6.77
6.64
6.29
5.49
5.34
5.33
5.18
4.17

Ipswich

7.89
7.25
6.82
5.90
5.72
4.07
4.00
3.50

Lakeside

9.50
8.17
7.86
7.32
6.14
5.36
5.14
5.01
4.77
4.43
4.33
4.00

Oxford (withdrew from league)

7.00
6.67
5.79
5.71
5.04
4.94
4.00
3.88
3.82

Peterborough

10.38
8.38
7.74
6.59
6.10
6.03
4.46
4.46

Poole

10.71
9.96
6.49
6.24
6.22
5.11
5.00
3.64
2.26

Reading

9.54
8.00
7.21
6.29
5.71
5.24
5.20
5.05
4.81

Swindon

10.77
8.48
8.31
7.62
7.19
6.10
4.59

Wolverhampton

9.22
8.35
7.80
7.74
5.20
4.37
4.35
4.28
4.13
2.44

References

"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
"Oxford Speedway Resignation". BSPA.
"2007 league tables". Speedway GB.
"Bees crowned champions".
"Coventry results 2007".
"Speedway riders, history and results".
"2007 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
"2007 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
"2007 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
"Elite League Riders' Championship".
"2007 Elite League Pairs".

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