2010 Elite League speedway season

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Wolverhampton Wolves were the defending champions from 2009.

The negative side of playoffs was experienced during the 2010 season when Coventry Bees claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners Poole Pirates, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Davey Watt and Jason Doyle had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of Krzysztof Kasprzak and Przemysław Pawlicki both hit great form on the night.

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

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Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

First leg Matej Žagar 11 Joonas Kylmakorpi 10 Cameron Woodward 9 Lewis Bridger 9 Simon Gustafsson 7 Ricky Kling 3 Chris Holder 10 Davey Watt 9 Darcy Ward 6 Leon Madsen 6 Jason Doyle 5 Bjarne Pedersen 4 Artur Mroczka 1 Second leg Bjarne Pedersen 12 Chris Holder 11 Leon Madsen 11 Darcy Ward 9 Davey Watt 7 Jason Doyle 4 Joonas Kylmakorpi 14 Lewis Bridger 9 Cameron Woodward 7 Matej Žagar 6 Simon Gustafsson 5 Ricky Kling 0

The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

Riders' Championship

Freddie Lindgren won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at East of England Arena on 16 October.

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Foxhall Stadium on 4 September and was won by Coventry Bees.

Semi finals

• Eastbourne 7 Peterborough 2 - Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen, Bjerre
• Poole 7 Lakeside 2 - Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Jacobs

Final

• Coventry 5 Poole 4 - Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

• 8.70
• 7.44
• 6.77
• 6.11
• 6.08
• 5.73
• 4.66
• 4.47
• 3.87
• 3.73
• 2.80

Coventry

• 9.02
• 8.80
• 7.25
• 7.08
• 7.00
• 6.56
• 6.29
• 6.11
• 4.39
• 3.65
• 3.38

Eastbourne

• 8.29
• 7.56
• 7.26
• 6.27
• 6.04
• 5.93
• 5.44
• 4.61
• 4.34

Ipswich

• 9.34
• 7.39
• 6.79
• 6.56
• 6.07
• 5.83
• 5.67
• 5.03
• 3.71
• 3.69
• 3.61
• 2.11

Lakeside

• 9.35
• 8.17
• 7.64
• 6.87
• 6.10
• 5.96
• 5.49
• 5.29
• 4.73
• 4.64

Peterborough

• 9.62
• 7.93
• 7.48
• 7.25
• 6.39
• 5.04
• 4.90
• 4.46
• 3.95
• 2.38

Poole

• 8.83
• 8.58
• 8.01
• 7.93
• 6.89
• 6.74
• 6.25

Swindon

• 9.90
• 8.21
• 6.81
• 6.62
• 6.52
• 5.91
• 4.39
• 3.86
• 3.55

Wolverhampton

• 10.23
• 7.54
• 6.91
• 6.89
• 6.72
• 6.52
• 5.30
• 5.26
• 3.55

References

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. "2010 league tables". Speedway GB.
3. "Speedway riders, history and results".
4. "2010 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
5. "2010 fixtures & results". British Speedway.
6. "2010 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
7. "EASTBOURNE: EAGLES 49 POOLE 41 (KOC FINAL.1)".
8. "EASTBOURNE: POOLE 54 EAGLES 41 (KOC FINAL.2)".
9. "Elite League Riders' Championship".
10. "2010 Elite League Pairs".