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2010 Premier League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

Field	Value
competition	Premier League
domesticcup1	Champions
domesticcup1 winners	Edinburgh Monarchs
domesticcup2	Knockout Cup
domesticcup2 winners	Newcastle Diamonds
domesticcup3	Premier Trophy
domesticcup3 winners	Newcastle Diamonds
domesticcup4	Young Shield
domesticcup4 winners	Workington Comets
domesticcup5	Individual
domesticcup5 winners	Kenni Larsen
domesticcup6	Pairs
domesticcup6 winners	Sheffield Tigers
domesticcup7	Fours
domesticcup7 winners	Birmingham Brummies
highestaverage	Ryan Fisher
league above	2010 Elite League
leagues below	2010 National League
prevseason	2009
nextseason	2011

The 2010 Premier League Season was the second division of British speedway. The regular season league was won by the Edinburgh Monarchs but Newcastle Diamonds won the playoffs. The first fixtures of the season took place on 5 April, and the season ended on 31 October 2010. The King's Lynn Stars were the defending champions from 2009. The Newcastle Diamonds won most of the other awards.

Season overview

The 2010 Premier League campaign was a successful campaign for both the Edinburgh Monarchs and Newcastle Diamonds. The Monarchs finished the season as Premier League Champions, having amassed 74 points, 16 points clear of the nearest rival (The Diamonds).

Although the Monarchs dominated the League, it was the Diamonds that took the most silverware of the season by winning the Premier League playoffs (against Sheffield Tigers), the Premier Trophy (against Birmingham Brummies), and the Premier League Knockout Cup (against Edinburgh Monarchs). For the other competitions, the Sheffield Tigers were victorious in the Premier League Pairs, with Ricky Ashworth and Josh Auty taking the crown ahead of the Brummies pair. However, the Brummies were victorious in the Premier League Fours, with them dominating the event throughout. The Dane Kenni Larsen then finished off a remarkable season for the Diamonds by being crowned PLRC champion and only narrowingly missing out on the Highest CMA for the season, with the Monarchs' American Ryan Fisher achieving 9.69 average for the season.

Fixtures and results

Birmingham Brummies	Glasgow Tigers	Newcastle Diamonds	Redcar Bears
60-32		41-48	54-40
Edinburgh Monarchs	50-39	54-41
42-48	46-44	44-51
Kings Lynn Stars	64-30	49-41	42-53
67-27	60-35	41-51	62-33
Newport Wasps	52-40	39-52	33-39
40-50	44-46	44-46	46-46
Rye House Rockets	59-33	47-43	35-55
Scunthorpe Scorpions	62-28	55-39	41-48
Sheffield Tigers	54-39	46-44	41-49
Somerset Rebels	58-34	42-48	45-45
Stoke Potters	49-41	49-42	41-51
Workington Comets	43-47	47-42	51-42

Last updated: December 10, 2010. Source: BSPA

Colours: Blue = home win; Red = away win; White = draw

Home team listed in the left-hand column

League table

Pos		rowspan=2	Club		rowspan=2 width=30	M		colspan=4	Home		colspan=5	Away
Edinburgh Monarchs	26	11	1	0	1	7	3	1	0	2	1317	1039	74
Newcastle Diamonds	26	12	0	0	1	2	4	0	2	5	1307	1096	58
Birmingham Brummies	26	11	1	0	1	1	2	0	5	5	1275	1102	50
Sheffield Tigers	26	8	3	0	2	2	3	0	2	6	1217	1156	49
Rye House Rockets	26	9	1	1	2	2	1	0	1	9	1217	1183	42
Workington Comets	26	9	2	0	2	2	0	0	3	8	1204	1184	42
Kings Lynn Stars	26	8	3	0	2	2	0	0	2	9	1201	1213	40
Berwick Bandits	26	9	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	10	1157	1218	39
Scunthorpe Scorpions	26	10	0	0	3	1	0	1	2	9	1189	1194	38
Newport Wasps	26	6	2	0	5	1	3	0	3	6	1162	1193	38
Somerset Rebels	26	6	2	2	3	1	1	0	1	10	1168	1227	32
Stoke Potters	26	6	3	0	4	0	1	0	1	11	1106	1277	28
Glasgow Tigers	26	4	2	0	7	0	1	2	1	9	1112	1272	24
Redcar Bears	26	2	2	1	8	0	1	0	0	12	1039	1317	14

Key:
Premier League playoffs

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

Last updated: October 20, 2010

Source: BSPA

Play offs

Semifinals

First leg

Second leg Ricky Ashworth 12+1 Richard Hall 12+1

Aaron Summers 10

Final

First leg

Second leg

Promotion/relegation playoff

The promotion/relegation playoff was contested between the Newcastle Diamonds and the bottom Elite League team, Ipswich Witches. The Diamonds narrowly lost the first leg, by 44–46, despite leading at one point by 34-26 and missing regular riders Jason King, Mark Lemon and in-form reserve Dakota North. The Diamonds were heavily defeated at Ipswich by 64–32, leading to an aggregate defeat of 110–76.

First leg

Second leg

Premier Trophy

Main article: 2010 Premier Trophy (speedway)

Knockout Cup

Main article: 2010 Premier League Knock-Out Cup

Riders' Championship

Kenni Larsen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Owlerton Stadium.

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 9 July. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers.

Group A	Pos	Team
Birmingham	22	Lyons 11, Johnston 11
Somerset	20	Gathercole 10, Parker 10
Newcastle	20	Lemon 10, Larsen 10
King's Lynn	15	Doolan 10, Smith 5
Redcar	13	Sanchez 11, Wilson 2

Group B	Pos	Team
Sheffield	24	Auty 13, Ashworth 11
Glasgow	20	Gracjzonek 11, McGowan 9
Rye House	18	Neath 10, Frampton 8
Scunthorpe	18	Karlsson 13, Howe 5
Edinburgh	10	Fisher 5, Wolbert 5

Semi finals

Birmingham bt Glasgow 6–3
Sheffield bt Somerset 6–3

Final

Sheffield bt Birmingham 7–2

Fours

Birmingham Brummies won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 15 August 2010, at the East of England Arena.

Group A	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Birmingham	14	Lyons 5, Sweetman 4, Summers 4, Johnston 1
2	Sheffield	13	Ashworth 5, Franc 4, Hall 3, Lambert 1
3	Newcastle	12	Lemon 6, Larsen 4, King 2, Bach 0
4	Berwick	9	Rymel 4, Complin 2, Makovsky 2, Clews 1

Group B	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Somerset	15	Parker 6, Masters 5, Hawkins 2, Gathercole 2
2	Edinburgh	14	Tully 5, Wethers 4, Fisher 3, Katajisto 2
3	Scunthorpe	14	Karlsson 4, Aarnio 4, Howe 3, Wilkinson 3
4	Rye House	5	Sundstrom 3, Neath 2, Ekberg 0, Kessler 0

Final	Pos	Team	Pts
1	Birmingham	25	Lyons 8, Sweetman 6, Summers 6, Johnston 5
2	Edinburgh	19	Fisher 8, Tully 4, Wethers 4, Katajisto 3
3	Somerset	15	Parker 6, Masters 5, Hawkins 2, Holder 2
4	Sheffield	13	Franc 7, Hall 4, Ashworth 2, Lambert 0

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
USA Ryan Fisher	Edinburgh	10.01
DEN Kenni Larsen	Newcastle	10.00
SWE Linus Sundström	Rye House	9.84
AUS Kevin Doolan	Kings Lynn	9.76
AUS Jason Lyons	Birmingham	9.58
ENG Joe Screen	Glasgow	9.49
DEN René Bach	Newcastle	9.42
AUS Mark Lemon	Newcastle	9.38
SWE Travis McGowan	Glasgow	9.33
ENG Oliver Allen	King's Lynn	8.36

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Adrian Rymel 8.66
Marcin Rempała 8.57
Michal Makovský 7.24
Lee Complin 7.17
Michał Rajkowski 6.55
Paul Clews 6.46
Craig Branney 5.62
Jade Mudgway 4.69
Anders Andersen 3.32

Birmingham

Jason Lyons 9.58
Chris Kerr 8.51
Steve Johnston 8.49
Richard Sweetman 8.37
Aaron Summers 7.76
Justin Sedgmen 7.40
Klaus Jakobsen 5.04
Kyle Newman 4.79
Jake Anderson 2.63

Edinburgh

Ryan Fisher 10.01
Kevin Wolbert 8.53
Matthew Wethers 8.18
Kalle Katajisto 7.86
Andrew Tully 7.78
William Lawson 5.66
Tobias Busch 4.88
József Tabaka 4.46
Max Dilger 2.93
Arlo Bugeja 2.36
Ashley Morris 2.36
Cal McDade 2.09

Glasgow

Joe Screen 9.49
Travis McGowan 9.33
James Grieves 7.94
Josh Grajczonek 7.57
Nick Morris 5.47
John Branney 5.14
Lee Dicken 4.42
Jamie Courtney 3.16
Jake Anderson 2.98
Mitchell Davey 2.69

King's Lynn

Kevin Doolan 9.76
Oliver Allen 8.72
Tomáš Topinka 8.21
Joe Haines 7.32
Linus Eklöf 7.29
Kozza Smith 6.92
Lasse Bjerre 6.71
Chris Mills 5.97
Casper Wortmann 5.47
Adam Roynon 5.24
Darren Mallett 4.85
Cal McDade 2.45

Newcastle

Kenni Larsen 10.00
René Bach 9.42
Mark Lemon 9.38
Jason King 6.72
Derek Sneddon 5.67
Dakota North 5.40
Adam McKinna 3.29
Anders Andersen 2.54

Newport

Leigh Lanham 8.30
Kyle Legault 7.92
Kim Nilsson 7.45
Craig Watson 7.14
Robin Aspegren 6.25
Anders Mellgren 5.35
Alex Davies 5.30
Todd Kurtz 4.88

Redcar

Gary Havelock 8.32
Emiliano Sanchez 7.12
Ben Wilson 6.56
James Grieves 6.27
Maks Gregorič 5.45
Peter Juul 5.45
Tomáš Suchánek 5.19
Stuart Swales 5.04
Henning Bager 4.69
Jan Graversen 4.50
Charles Wright 4.39

Rye House

Linus Sundström 9.84
Jordan Frampton 8.26
Chris Neath 7.68
Stefan Ekberg 6.95
Luke Bowen 6.05
Kyle Hughes 5.60
Kurt Shields 4.00
Robbie Kessler 3.40
Lee Strudwick 2.38
Paul Starke 2.27

Scunthorpe

David Howe 8.38
Magnus Karlsson 8.06
Carl Wilkinson 7.57
Tero Aarnio 6.91
Joel Parsons 6.91
Viktor Bergström 5.57
Jerran Hart 5.17
Jan Graversen 4.63
Simon Lambert 4.04

Sheffield

Ricky Ashworth 8.28
Josh Auty 8.23
Richard Hall 7.32
Josef Franc 7.29
Hugh Skidmore 6.36
Paul Cooper 5.90
Simon Lambert 5.16
Arlo Bugeja 3.35

Somerset

Shane Parker 8.40
Cory Gathercole 7.75
Sam Masters 7.17
Ritchie Hawkins 6.50
Christian Hefenbrock 6.00
James Holder 5.15
Luboš Tomíček Jr. 4.65
Mark Baseby 2.52
Kyle Howarth 1.94

Stoke

Claus Vissing 7.39
Lee Smart 6.66
Taylor Poole 6.45
Hynek Štichauer 6.45
Luboš Tomíček Jr. 6.02
Ricky Wells 5.98
Klaus Jakobsen 5.73
Ben Wilson 5.48
Jan Graversen 5.45
James Holder 3.73
Frank Facher 3.52
Michal Rajkowski 3.33
Jeremia Thelaus 1.78

Workington

Rusty Harrison 7.69
Chris Schramm 7.54
Craig Cook 7.47
Peter Kildemand 7.27
Andre Compton 6.97
Richard Lawson 6.63
John Branney 6.05
Kenny Ingalls 5.81
Casper Wortmann 5.75

References

"Final tables". Speedway archive.
"BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)".
"2010 season". Speedway GB.
"Kenni Larsen clinches League riders' top spot".
"2010 fixtures".
"BRUMMIES DUO LOSE OUT IN FINAL".
"2010 Birmingham results".

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