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2007 Premier League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Rye House Rockets
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	King's Lynn Stars
domesticcup3	Premier Trophy
domesticcup3 winners	King's Lynn Stars
domesticcup4	Young Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Redcar Bears
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	James Wright
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Isle of Wight Islanders
domesticcup7	Fours
domesticcup7 winners	Isle of Wight Islanders
highest average	Magnus Zetterström
league above	2007 Elite League
leagues below	2007 Conference League
prevseason	2006
nextseason	2008

The 2007 Premier League speedway season was the second 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

The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2007 season with the addition of the Birmingham Brummies from the 2006 season.

The top four teams at the time of the fixture cut-off date to compete for the championship in the play-offs. Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore the Isle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.

Rye House Rockets won the title.

League

Final table

Key:
Premier League Play-Offs

Pos		rowspan=2	Club		rowspan=2 width=30	M		colspan=3	Home		colspan=3
Kings Lynn Stars	28	14	0	0	6	1	7	1399	1162	11	52
Birmingham Brummies*	28	12	0	2	7	1	6	1345	1215	9	48
Rye House Rockets	28	14	0	0	3	0	11	1448	1113	13	47
Sheffield Tigers	28	14	0	0	4	0	10	1356	1206	11	47
Isle of Wight Islanders	28	13	0	1	4	0	10	1385	1176	11	45
Somerset Rebels	28	12	0	2	4	0	10	1328	1233	10	42
Workington Comets	28	12	1	1	3	0	11	1300	1251	8	39
Glasgow Tigers	28	12	0	2	4	0	10	1284	1276	6	38
Redcar Bears	28	10	1	3	2	0	12	1252	1320	5	30
Newcastle Diamonds	28	11	1	2	1	0	13	1202	1365	2	27
Stoke Potters	28	9	0	5	1	1	12	1212	1316	5	26
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	28	9	0	5	1	1	12	1218	1347	5	26
Edinburgh Monarchs	28	9	0	5	2	0	12	1214	1350	4	26
Newport Wasps	28	9	0	5	1	0	13	1163	1369	5	25
Berwick Bandits	28	3	1	10	0	0	14	1067	1474	0	7

Fixtures and results

*Birmingham Brummies were in fifth place at the time of the fixture cut-off date, therefore the Isle of Wight Islanders qualified for the play-offs.

Play-offs

Aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi-finals

Rye House Rockets 105-75 Isle of Wight Islanders
Sheffield Tigers 99-86 King's Lynn Stars

Final

Rye House Rockets 111-74 Sheffield Tigers

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2007 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 40th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the third successive year.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
30/04	Rye House	50-41	Mildenhall
03/06	Mildenhall	40-49	Rye House
22/04	Newcastle	50-40	Kings Lynn
25/04	Kings Lynn	64-29	Newcastle
25/04	Birmingham	49-41	Newport
29/04	Newport	51-39	Birmingham
03/05	Sheffield	57-36	Edinburgh
04/05	Edinburgh	60-33	Sheffield
04/05	Somerset	52-38	Glasgow
06/05	Glasgow	48-45	Somerset
05/05	Berwick	51-42	Stoke
06/05	Stoke	57-35	Berwick
19/05	Workington	50-42	Isle of Wight
22/05	Isle of Wight	52-43	Workington

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Edinburgh	48-41	Somerset
11/07	Somerset	58-32	Edinburgh
31/05	Redcar	45-45	Kings Lynn
06/06	Kings Lynn	59-33	Redcar
02/06	Stoke	49-41	Newport
03/06	Newcastle	50-40	Stoke
26/06	Isle of Wight	52-40	Rye House
11/08	Rye House	50-43	Isle of Wight

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
24/08	Kings Lynn	49-44	Isle of Wight
18/09	Isle of Wight	45-45	Kings Lynn
07/10	Newport	50-42	Somerset
12/10	Somerset	61-32	Newport

Final

First leg Chris Holder (guest) 9 Stephan Katt 9 Emil Kramer 8 Simon Walker 6 Danny Warwick 6 Richie Hawkins 4 Jordan Frampton 2 Daniel Nermark 14 Tomáš Topinka 12 Chris Mills 7 Trevor Harding 5 Paul Lee 5 Simon Lambert 2 Adam Allott 1 Second leg Tomáš Topinka 15 Simon Lambert 11 Daniel Nermark 10 Trevor Harding 10 Adam Allott 7 Paul Lee 6 Chris Mills 0 Ricky Ashworth (guest) 11 Stephan Katt 9 Richie Hawkins 5 Emil Kramer 5 Danny Warwick 3 Jordan Frampton 1 Magnus Zetterström R/R King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 105–78.

Premier Trophy

North Group

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Glasgow	8	6	2	12
2	Redcar	8	5	3	10
3	Newcastle	8	4	4	8
4	Edinburgh	8	3	5	6
5	Berwick	8	2	6	4

** South Group**

Pos	Team	P	W	L	Pts
1	Rye House	8	6	2	12
2	Isle of Wight	8	5	3	10
3	Mildenhall	8	4	4	8
4	Somerset	8	3	5	6
5	Newport	8	2	6	4

Midlands Group

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	Pts
1	King's Lynn	8	5	2	1	12
2	Birmingham	8	5	1	2	11
3	Sheffield	8	4	1	3	9
4	Workington	8	4	0	4	8
5	Stoke	8	0	0	8	0

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
King's Lynn	Glasgow	55–39, 44–49
Rye House	Birmingham	52–38, 35–58

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	King's Lynn	39–51, 35–58

Young Shield

End of season competition

First Round

Team one	Team two	Score
Mildenhall	Birmingham	43–47, 46–44
Redcar	Glasgow	49–41, 47–43
Somerset	Stoke	58–34, 33–59
Workington	Newcastle	58–35, 45–46

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	Stoke	54–37, 43–46
Redcar	Workington	50–40, 43–47

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Redcar	Birmingham	49–41, 46–43

Riders' Championship

James Wright won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 September at Abbey Stadium.

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Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 29 June. The event was won by the Isle of Wight Islanders.

Group A	Pos	Team
Isle of Wight	24	Holder 16, Bunyan 8
Glasgow	22	Parker 12, Watson 10
Somerset	21	Zetterstrom 13, Kramer 8
Rye House	15	Neath 10, Allen 5
Sheffield	8	Ashworth 6, Compton 2

Group B	Pos	Team
Workington	24	Nieminen 15, Wright 9
Newcastle	21	Franc 13, Henry 8
King's Lynn	17	Nermark 9, Topinka 8
Birmingham	16	Ostergaard 12, Sanchez 4
Redcar	12	Havelock 10, Grieves 2

Semi finals

Isle of Wight bt Newcastle 5–4
Glasgow bt Workington 5–4

Final

Isle of Wight bt Glasgow 6–3

Fours

Isle of Wight Islanders won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 8 July 2007, at the East of England Arena.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	King's Lynn	16	Nermark 5, Topinka 4, Mills 4, Lee 3
2	Somerset	15	Zetterstrom 4, Kramer 4, Hawkins 4, Frampton 3
3	Glasgow	11	Watson 5, Parker 3, McAllan 3, Dicken 0, Ksiezak 0
4	Sheffield	6	Wilson 4, Compton 1, Parsons 1, Cooper 0, Ashworth 0

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Isle Of Wight	16	Bunyan 6, Holder 5, Stojanowski 4, Phillips 1
2	Rye House	13	Boxall 5, Woffinden 3, Neath 3, Roynon 2, Allen 0
3	Birmingham	11	Lyons 5, Ostergaard 5, Sanchez 1, Armstrong 0, Powell 0
4	Workington	8	Wright J 3, Branney 3, Stonehewer 2, Wright C 0

Final	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Isle of Wight	38	Holder 12, Bunyan 9, Phillips 7, Gathercole 7, Stojanowski 3
2	Somerset	22	Zetterstrom 8, Kramer 6, Hawkins 5, Frampton 3
3	King's Lynn	21	Nermark 9, Topinka 5, Lee 5, Mills 2, Harding 0
4	Rye House	15	Woffinden 5, Boxall 4, Roynon 3, Neath 2, Allen 1

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
SWE Magnus Zetterström	Somerset	10.79
AUS Chris Holder	Isle of Wight	10.69
ENG Andre Compton	Sheffield	10.43
AUS Shane Parker	Glasgow	10.03
SWE Daniel Nermark	Kings Lynn	10.00
ENG Gary Havelock	Redcar	9.84
CZE Tomáš Topinka	Kings Lynn	9.78
AUS Jason Lyons	Birmingham	9.68
ENG James Wright	Workington	9.53
ENG Carl Stonehewer	Workington	9.32

Riders and final averages

Berwick

Michal Makovský 7.56
Stanisław Burza 7.27
Jacek Rempala 7.07
Andreas Bergstrom 6.41
Sebastian Truminski 6.31
Michael Coles 4.59
David Meldrum 4.56
Benji Compton 3.30
Jamie Robertson 3.29
Sam Martin 2.60

Birmingham

Jason Lyons 9.68
Ulrich Ostergaard 8.80
Henning Bager 7.85
Phil Morris 7.26
Emiliano Sanchez 7.03
Manuel Hauzinger 6.86
Henrik Moller 6.54
Ben Powell 5.75
Lee Smart 5.13
Brent Werner 4.70
Aidan Collins 4.59
Jon Armstrong 4.36

Edinburgh

Kaj Laukkanen 8.50
Ronnie Correy 8.17
George Štancl 7.63
Matthew Wethers 7.50
William Lawson 7.41
Henrik Møller 7.10
Theo Pijper 6.47
Derek Sneddon 6.39
Daniele Tessari 5.60
Andrew Tully 5.46
Kalle Katajisto 1.60

Glasgow

Shane Parker 10.03
Craig Watson 8.43
George Štancl 8.09
Trent Leverington 6.81
Robert Ksiezak 6.27
David McAllan 5.94
Lee Dicken 5.33
Lee Smethills 4.30
Michael Coles 3.88

Isle of Wight

Chris Holder 10.69
Jason Bunyan 8.60
Krzysztof Stojanowski 7.57
Glen Phillips 7.04
Cory Gathercole 6.36
Chris Johnson 5.28
Andrew Bargh 3.97

King's Lynn

Daniel Nermark 10.00
Tomáš Topinka 9.78
Paul Lee 7.41
Trevor Harding 7.22
Chris Mills 7.13
James Brundle 5.97
Simon Lambert 5.31
Adam Allott 4.85
Benji Compton 3.50

Mildenhall

Kyle Legault 8.53
Marián Jirout 7.09
Tom P. Madsen 7.01
Paul Fry 6.43
Tomáš Suchánek 6.37
Shaun Tacey 6.29
Jason King 6.24
Mark Baseby 3.77
Mark Thompson 2.68

Newcastle

Josef Franc 8.42
Christian Henry 8.36
Carl Wilkinson 7.04
Jonas Raun 6.11
Ross Brady 5.96
Sean Stoddart 4.84
Paul Clews 4.80
Ashley Johnson 1.71
Sam Dore 1.33

Newport

Phil Morris 6.85
Tony Atkin 6.82
Chris Schramm 6.80
Michał Rajkowski 6.68
Sebastian Truminski 6.25
Tom Hedley 5.93
Nick Simmons 4.79
Barry Burchatt 4.71
Karl Mason 2.06

Redcar

Gary Havelock 9.84
James Grieves 9.09
Robbie Kessler 8.36
Josh Auty 7.28
Mathieu Trésarrieu 7.15
Chris Kerr 6.58
Daniel Giffard 4.46
Jamie Courtney 3.39
Jack Hargreaves 3.04
Rusty Hodgson 2.14
Arlo Bugeja 1.60

Rye House

Tai Woffinden 9.01
Stefan Ekberg 8.98
Stuart Robson 8.68
Chris Neath 8.62
Steve Boxall 8.38
Tommy Allen 7.67
Adam Roynon 7.24
Robbie Kessler 6.49
Luke Bowen 4.98

Sheffield

Andre Compton 10.43
Ricky Ashworth 8.50
Ben Wilson 7.48
Joel Parsons 6.32
Paul Cooper 6.30
James Birkinshaw 5.92
James Cockle 4.27

Somerset

Magnus Zetterström 10.79
Emil Kramer 8.60
Ritchie Hawkins 6.36
Simon Walker 5.92
Jordan Frampton 5.62
Stephan Katt 5.20
Danny Warwick 5.12
Tomáš Suchánek 3.90

Stoke

Glenn Cunningham 7.60
Lee Complin 7.47
Rusty Harrison 7.11
Claus Vissing 6.87
Garry Stead 6.75
Ben Barker 6.69
Barrie Evans 5.26
Jack Hargreaves 4.37

Workington

James Wright 9.53
Carl Stonehewer 9.32
Ulrich Østergaard 8.83
Kauko Nieminen 8.72
Craig Branney 6.16
Jamie Robertson 4.28
Charles Wright 4.18
Mattia Carpanese 4.15
John Branney 3.97

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