2009 Elite League speedway season

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 30 March and the season ended on 12 October. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions from 2008.

Leigh Adams had a stellar season, he once again topped the league averages and became the Australian Champion for the 10th time. He also won the Elite League Riders Championship and nearly led Swindon to a title success, before losing in the play off final to Wolverhampton Wolves. Wolves continued their success of recent years courtesy of heavy scoring throughout the season by Freddie Lindgren, Peter Karlsson and their new signing Tai Woffinden.

Lee Richardson top scored for the Lakeside Hammers during the season and the team claimed their first top tier trophy in their history when winning the Knockout Cup.

League table

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points

Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less

M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

'A' Fixtures

'B' Fixtures

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Grand final

First leg

Second leg Matej Zagar 12+1

Wolverhampton were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 95-90.

Knockout Cup

The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Adam Shields 15 Lee Richardson 12 Stuart Robson 10 Jonas Davidsson 9 Kauko Nieminen 8 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 Tom P. Madsen 1 Edward Kennett 12 Ben Barker 11 Rory Schlein 5 Josh Auty 4 Oliver Allen 2 Chris Harris 2 Jordan Frampton 0 Second leg Chris Harris 11 Edward Kennett 9 Ben Barker 9 Josh Auty 6 Ricky Wells 4 Oliver Allen 2 Adam Shields 16 Kauko Nieminen 11 Jonas Davidsson 7 Lee Richardson 6 Stuart Robson 6 Tom P. Madsen 3

The Lakeside Hammers were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 108-77.

Riders' Championship

Leigh Adams won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 2 October.

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Arlington Stadium on 8 August and was won by Poole Pirates.

Semi finals

• Eastbourne 5 Lakeside 4 - Richardson, Watt, Bridger, Davidsson
• Poole 5 Coventry 4 - Harris, Holder, Andersen, Kennett

Final

• Poole 5 Eastbourne 4 - Watt, Holder, Andersen, Bridger

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

• 11.48 (5 matches only)
• 8.67
• 7.09
• 6.65
• 6.41
• 6.40
• 6.38
• 6.12
• 6.11
• 4.18
• 2.95
• 2.15

Coventry

• 8.74
• 8.58
• 8.28
• 7.68
• 7.59
• 6.65
• 4.72
• 4.30
• 4.24
• 2.72

Eastbourne

• 7.63
• 7.46
• 6.86
• 6.64
• 6.09
• 5.65
• 5.08
• 3.90

Ipswich

• 9.39
• 9.30
• 8.00
• 8.27
• 7.40
• 6.23
• 6.11
• 4.86
• 4.64
• 4.21
• 4.16

Lakeside

• 8.86
• 8.72
• 8.46
• 8.36
• 6.78
• 6.26
• 5.23
• 4.97
• 3.78

Peterborough

• 8.26
• 8.12
• 6.88
• 6.80
• 5.71
• 5.50
• 5.02

Poole

• 9.77
• 9.19
• 8.31
• 7.07
• 4.31
• 4.00
• 3.85
• 3.79
• 3.41
• 3.15
• 2.14

Swindon

• 10.33
• 9.57
• 7.38
• 7.22
• 7.12
• 6.88
• 6.59
• 6.31
• 6.00
• 4.36
• 4.12

Wolverhampton

• 10.64
• 9.19
• 8.30
• 7.27
• 6.03
• 5.88
• 2.77
• 1.88

References

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. "2009 league tables". Speedway GB.
3. "Speedway riders, history and results".
4. "Knockout Cup Final history".
5. "2009 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
6. "2009 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
7. "2009 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
8. "British Elite League Cup in Lakeside".
9. "2009-10-23 British Elite League Cup in Coventry".
10. "Elite League Riders' Championship".
11. "2009 Elite League Pairs".