2008 Premier League speedway season

Summary

League

Premier League Knockout Cup

Premier Trophy

Young Shield

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Fours

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

References

Final league table

Fixtures and results

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British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Edinburgh Monarchs
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Somerset Rebels
domesticcup3	Premier Trophy
domesticcup3 winners	Edinburgh Monarchs
domesticcup4	Young Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Workington Comets
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	Tai Woffinden
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Workington Comets
domesticcup7	Fours
domesticcup7 winners	Workington Comets
highest average	Daniel Nermark
league above	2008 Elite League
leagues below	2008 Conference
prevseason	2007
nextseason	2009

The 2008 Premier League speedway season was the second division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom and the 14th season since its creation in 1995. The league was governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

The League consisted of 16 teams for the 2008 season with the addition of the 2007 Conference League champions the Scunthorpe Scorpions. New rules introduced for 2008 include three points for an away win compared to two points in 2007, and the removal of bonus points, in which a team was awarded an additional point for an aggregate win over a home and away match against another team. The team finishing at the top of the league table at the end of the season after accumulating the most points were declared the Premier League champions. The four highest placed teams were entered into promotion play-offs, whereby the Premier League play-off winner faced the Elite League relegation play-off final losers over two legs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield. Newport Wasps withdrew from the league following the death of their promoter Tim Stone.

The Edinburgh Monarchs were crowned the Premier League champions after ending the season as the highest placed team. The Somerset Rebels finished second, King's Lynn Stars third and the Rye House Rockets fourth. All four teams took part in the promotion play-off with Edinburgh and King's Lynn reaching the final. Edinburgh won 93–90 on aggregate and faced Elite League team Wolverhampton Wolves, but lost the two-legged promotion/relegation final 106–76.

Key:
Promotion Play-Offs

Pos		rowspan=2	Club		rowspan=2 width=30	M		colspan=3	Home
Edinburgh Monarchs	30	15	0	0	7	2	6	1562	1161	53
Somerset Rebels	30	15	0	0	6	0	9	1517	1223	48
Kings Lynn Stars	30	14	1	0	4	4	7	1624	1111	45
Rye House Rockets	30	15	0	0	4	0	11	1500	1232	42
Workington Comets	30	12	2	1	5	0	10	1435.5	1300.5	41
Berwick Bandits	30	13	2	0	3	0	12	1428	1316	37
Redcar Bears	30	12	0	3	4	1	10	1369	1374	37
Sheffield Tigers	30	12	1	2	3	1	11	1381	1345	35
Reading Racers	30	12	1	2	3	0	12	1350	1405	34
Scunthorpe Scorpions	30	12	0	3	3	0	12	1309	1434	33
Isle of Wight Islanders	30	14	0	1	1	0	14	1359	1390	31
Birmingham Brummies	30	9	0	6	4	0	11	1317.5	1401.5	30
Stoke Potters	30	9	1	5	2	0	13	1307	1441	25
Newcastle Diamonds	30	8	0	7	2	0	13	1220	1501	22
Glasgow Tigers	30	8	0	7	1	0	14	1297	1469	19
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	30	0	0	15	0	0	15	932	1804	0

The 2008 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 41st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition.

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/04	Scunthorpe	44-48	Sheffield
10/04	Sheffield	55-36	Scunthorpe

Second round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/04	Birmingham	43-47	Glasgow
20/04	Glasgow	40-52	Birmingham
24/04	Redcar	53-40	Mildenhall
27/04	Mildenhall	40-50	Redcar
13/05	Isle of Wight	54-38	Sheffield
24/04	Sheffield	52-38	Isle of Wight
25/04	Edinburgh	54-38	Berwick
26/04	Berwick	42-51	Edinburgh
25/04	Somerset	64-28	Newcastle
27/04	Newcastle	39-39	Somerset
26/04	Rye House	60-30	Newport
07/05	Kings Lynn	55-38	Reading
28/04	Reading	59-34	King's Lynn
27/04	Stoke	42-50	Workington
26/05	Workington	54-36	Stoke

ns match not staged Rye House into next round Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/06	Birmingham	42-51	Rye House
31/05	Rye House	62-30	Birmingham
17/06	Isle of Wight	51-43	Workington
07/06	Workington	53-38	Isle of Wight
30/05	Edinburgh	55-38	Redcar
29/05	Redcar	39-53	Edinburgh
30/05	Somerset	53-39	Reading
29/06	Reading	51-44	Somerset

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
27/09	Workington	53-39	Edinburgh
26/09	Edinburgh	49-41	Workington
25/08	Rye House	50-43	Somerset
22/08	Somerset	53-38	Rye House

Final

First leg Jason Lyons (guest) 17 Joe Haines 9 Carl Stonehewer 8 John Branney 5 Charles Wright 3 Tony Reima 1 Kauko Nieminen R/R Emil Kramer 10 Jason Doyle 10 Stephan Katt 9 Jordan Frampton 9 Matthias Kröger 6 Brent Werner 2 Simon Walker R/R Second leg Jason Doyle 14 Emil Kramer 11 Brent Werner 10 Matthias Kröger 9 Jordan Frampton 7 Stephan Katt 1 Simon Walker R/R Jason Lyons (guest) 17 Joe Haines 8 Tony Reima 8 Charles Wright 4 Carl Stonehewer 3 John Branney 1 Kauko Nieminen R/R Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–84.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	Sheffield	57–37, 37–53
Edinburgh	Reading	56–34, 44–46

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Edinburgh	Birmingham	65–24, 52–41

End of season competition for the league teams positioned 5 to 12.

First Round

Team one	Team two	Score
Birmingham	Berwick	50–42, 40–50
Redcar	Reading	52–40, 60–33
Isle of Wight	Sheffield	57–36, 41–52
Scunthorpe	Workington	51–39, 35–58

Semi-final

Team one	Team two	Score
Isle of Wight	Berwick	53–42, 37–58
Redcar	Workington	50–43, 42–51

Final

Team one	Team two	Score
Workington	Berwick	58–34, 38–55

Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 21 September at Owlerton Stadium.

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 27 June. The event was won by Workington Comets.

Group A	Pos	Team
Sheffield	25	Compton 13, Ashworth 10
Reading	21	Ostergaard 16, Lemon 5
Rye House	20	Neath 11, Allen 9
Edinburgh	15	Wethers 10, Lawson 5
Birmingham	9	Watson 9, Birkinshaw 0

Group B	Pos	Team
Somerset	26	Kramer 13, Doyle 13
Workington	23	Nermark 12, Nieminen 11
Redcar	15	Proctor 12, Havelock 3
Isle of Wight	14	Bunyan 12, Phillips 2
Newcastle	10	Henry 8, Franc 2

Semi finals

Workington bt Sheffield 7–2
Somerset bt Reading 5–4

Final

Workington bt Somerset 6–3

Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the fourth time, it was held on 26 July 2006, at Derwent Park.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Workington	14	Nieminen 5, Wright C 3, Stonehewer 3, Haines 3
2	Somerset	13	Doyle 6, Frampton 5, Werner 2, Katt 0
3	Sheffield	11	Ashworth 4, Compton 3, Wilson 2, Parsons 2
4	Edinburgh	10	Fisher 4, Wethers 3, Jonasson 2, Tully 1

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	King's Lynn	16	Topinka 6, Dolan 5, Tacey 4, Lambert 1
2	Scunthorpe	16	Bergstrom 5, Wilkinson 4, Hall 4, Karlsson 3
3	Newcastle	10	Stancl 4, King 3, Juul 2, Stoddart 1
4	Reading	6	Lemon 3, Suchanek 2, Mills 1, Madsen 0

Final	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Workington	20+3	Nieminen 6+3, Stonehewer 6, Wright C 5, Haines 3
2	King's Lynn	20+2	Topinka 9+2, Dolan 7, Tacey 2, Lambert 2
3	Somerset	19	Doyle 7, Katt 5, Frampton 4, Werner 3
4	Scunthorpe	13	Wilkinson 5, Hall 5, Bergstrom 3, Karlsson 0

Rider	Team	Average
SWE Daniel Nermark	Workington	10.53
AUS Kevin Doolan	Kings Lynn	10.47
DEN Ulrich Østergaard	Reading	10.29
AUS Jason Doyle	Somerset	10.28
ENG Tai Woffinden	Rye House	10.15
CZE Adrian Rymel	Berwick	10.07
CZE Tomáš Topinka	Kings Lynn	9.98
AUS Jason Lyons	Birmingham	9.97
FIN Kauko Nieminen	Workington	9.50
AUS Shane Parker	Glasgow	9.38

Berwick

Adrian Rymel 10.07
Michal Makovský 8.27
Paul Clews 6.92
Norbert Magosi 6.47
Tero Aarnio 6.36
Scott Smith 5.87
Guglielmo Franchetti 4.91
Tony Atkin 4.67
Adam McKinna 3.03

Birmingham

Jason Lyons 9.97
Adam Roynon 8.65
Tomasz Piszcz 7.88
Craig Watson 7.68
Kyle Legault 7.37
James Birkinshaw 5.56
Lee Smart 5.21
Jack Roberts 4.38
Ben Taylor 3.79
James Cockle 3.67
Jack Hargreaves 3.59
Jay Herne 2.94

Edinburgh

Ryan Fisher 8.80
Matthew Wethers 8.28
William Lawson 8.00
Thomas H. Jonasson 7.78
Andrew Tully 7.73
Derek Sneddon 7.11
Aaron Summers 6.15

Glasgow

Shane Parker 9.38
Robert Ksiezak 6.97
Trent Leverington 6.80
Josh Grajczonek 6.22
Ross Brady 5.79
Lee Dicken 5.55
Anders Andersen 4.58
Mitchell Davey 2.94

Isle of Wight

Jason Bunyan 8.07
Krzysztof Stojanowski 7.35
Cory Gathercole 7.32
Paul Fry 7.10
Glen Phillips 7.00
James Holder 6.10
Richard Sweetman 5.82
Andrew Bargh 3.96

King's Lynn

Kevin Doolan 10.47
Tomáš Topinka 9.98
Shaun Tacey 7.28
Russell Harrison 7.12
Simon Lambert 6.61
John Oliver 6.35
Kozza Smith 6.23

Mildenhall

Kaj Laukkanen 8.17
Robbie Kessler 7.44
Theo Pijper 4.98
Michał Rajkowski 4.66
Sebastian Truminski 4.57
Jan Graversen 4.51
Marek Mroz 4.35
Mark Baseby 3.46
Henning Loof 3.05
Casper Wortmann 3.05
Luke Priest 2.67
Jari Makinen 2.31
Matthew Wright 2.29

Newcastle

Josef Franc 7.89
Jason King 7.82
Kenni Larsen 7.79
Christian Henry 7.28
George Štancl 7.20
Ben Powell 5.43
Richard Juul 4.31
Sean Stoddart 4.18
Jamie Robertson 3.79
Jerran Hart 3.59

Newport (withdrew from league)

Craig Watson 6.60
Tony Atkin 6.44
Sebastian Truminski 6.27
Nick Simmons 5.91
Paul Clews 5.49
Marek Mroz 4.63
Jerran Hart 2.40

Reading

Ulrich Østergaard 10.29
Mark Lemon 8.04
Tom P. Madsen 6.66
Chris Mills 5.76
Tomáš Suchánek 5.34
Jamie Smith 5.07
Nicki Glanz 4.59
Danny Warwick 4.56

Redcar

Gary Havelock 9.27
James Grieves 9.10
Ty Proctor 8.24
Chris Kerr 7.54
Josh Auty 5.45
Daniel Giffard 4.16
Benji Compton 4.00
Arlo Bugeja 3.63
Joni Keskinen 1.28

Rye House

Tai Woffinden 10.15
Stefan Ekberg 8.11
Chris Neath 8.10
Tommy Allen 7.79
Robert Mear 7.15
Luke Bowen 6.20
Danny Betson 5.03
Daniel Halsey 3.78

Scunthorpe

Magnus Karlsson 7.90
Richard Hall 7.17
Andrew Moore 7.16
Carl Wilkinson 6.93
Viktor Bergström 6.58
Emiliano Sanchez 6.42
Ben Powell 5.49
Byron Bekker 4.62
Benji Compton 3.52

Sheffield

Andre Compton 9.09
Ricky Ashworth 8.25
Joel Parsons 7.29
Ben Wilson 7.26
Paul Cooper 6.38
Lee Smethills 5.92
Sam Martin 2.56
Kyle Hughes 2.30

Somerset

Jason Doyle 10.28
Emil Kramer 8.14
Simon Walker 8.05
Jordan Frampton 7.31
Stephan Katt 6.66
Brent Werner 6.34
Matthias Kröger 6.29

Stoke

Ben Barker 8.23
Lee Complin 7.95
Andrew Moore 6.87
Emiliano Sanchez 6.39
Mark Burrows 5.64
Jesper Kristiansen 5.63
Klaus Jakobsen 5.48
Barrie Evans 5.04
Krister Jacobsen 4.64

Workington

Daniel Nermark 10.53
Kauko Nieminen .9.50
Carl Stonehewer 7.93
Joe Haines 6.22
Charles Wright 5.12
Tomi Reima 5.03
John Branney 4.79
Scott Smith 3.28

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