2006 Elite League speedway season

2006 Elite League speedway season
League Sky Sports Elite League
Season 2006
Champions Peterborough Panthers
Knockout Cup Coventry Bees
Pairs Championship Belle Vue Aces
Craven Shield Poole Pirates
Riders Championship Australia Jason Crump
Highest average Australia Jason Crump
(11.14)
Division/s below Premier League
Conference League

The Elite League is the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1][2]

Season summary

In 2006, the league consisted of eleven teams, after the newly named Reading Bulldogs, moved up from the Premier League. The Championship was won by the Peterborough Panthers by a single race point in the play-off final.[3]

Final table

Home Away Bonus
Team M W D L W D L F A Pts W L Tot
Peterborough Panthers4018026014194217314816464
Reading Bulldogs4016049110193417565113764
Swindon Robins4019014115189317864714661
Coventry Bees4018115015185618354711958
Belle Vue Aces4019012018188017614215557
Wolverhampton Wolves40161341151827184042101052
Poole Pirates4018021019188018063813651
Ipswich Witches4017032018184718373881246
Eastbourne Eagles4017123017179118604151546
Oxford Cheetahs4011091019169619892421826
Arena Essex Hammers4011090020165820032231725

Play-offs

Semi-Final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi finals

Final

Leading averages

Rider Team Average
Australia Jason CrumpBelle Vue11.21
Australia Leigh AdamsSwindon10.47
Denmark Hans AndersenPeterborough10.40
Sweden Peter KarlssonWolverhampton9.94
Denmark Nicki PedersenEastbourne9.92
Denmark Bjarne PedersenPoole9.39
United States Greg HancockReading9.28
England Scott NichollsCoventry9.05
England Mark LoramIpswich8.92
Denmark Jesper B JensenPeterborough8.76

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2006 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 68th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.[4]

First Round

Date Team One Score Team Two
13/04Swindon40-50Reading
10/04Reading47-43Swindon
06/04Peterborough57-37Arena Essex
03/04Wolverhampton54-40Oxford
31/03Arena Essex59-35Peterborough
29/03Oxford43-47Wolverhampton

Quarter Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
10/07Belle Vue56-38Arena Essex
07/07Arena Essex44-46Belle Vue
07/07Coventry56-40Ipswich
07/07Reading51-42Poole
05/07Poole58-34Reading
03/07Wolverhampton41-51Eastbourne
01/07Eastbourne55-38Wolverhampton
01/06Ipswich48-42Coventry

Semi Finals

Date Team One Score Team Two
29/09Coventry61-31Eastbourne
28/09Poole43-34Belle Vue
16/09Eastbourne46-44Coventry
11/09Belle Vue53-41Poole

Final

Date Team One Score Team Two
13/10Coventry56-40Belle Vue
09/10Belle Vue45-45Coventry

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2006 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ Bamford, Robert (2007-03-01). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2007. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-4250-3.
  4. ↑ "2006 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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