2009 Premier League speedway season

2009 Premier League speedway season

Season	2009 Season
Premier League	Kings Lynn Stars
PL Play-Offs	Edinburgh Monarchs
Premier League KOC	Kings Lynn Stars
Premier Trophy	Kings Lynn Stars
Young Shield	Workington Comets
Premier League Pairs	Birmingham Brummies
Premier League Fours	Workington Comets
PLRC	Ricky Ashworth
Highest average	Darcy Ward (9.11)
Division/s above	2009 Elite League
Division/s below	2009 National League

The 2009 Premier League season was the second division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom and the 15th season since its creation in 1995. The league is governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Summary

The League consisted of 14 teams for the 2009 season with the re-admission of the Newport Wasps and the loss of Mildenhall Fen Tigers, Isle of Wight Islanders (Both dropped to National League) and the Reading Racers (Loss of Stadium). New rules introduced for 2009 with a complete revamp of the points scoring system. 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 bottom Elite League team over two legs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield.

The Kings Lynn Stars were crowned the Premier League champions after ending the season as the highest placed team. The Edinburgh Monarchs finished second, Newcastle Diamonds third and the Birmingham Brummies fourth. All four teams took part in the promotion play-off with Edinburgh and King's Lynn reaching the final. Edinburgh won 97–83 on aggregate and faced Elite League team Belle Vue Aces, but lost the two-legged promotion/relegation final.

New Points Scoring System

A new points scoring systems was devised for the 2009 season in an effort to make teams more competitive even when losing. If a Home team were to win by 7 or more points they would receive 3 points for the win. However, if the away team restricted the win from 1-6 points, the home team would receive only 2 points for the win, and the away team would be awarded 1 point for losing by less than 7 away from home.
If the match was a draw, the home team would be awarded 1 point and the away team awarded 2.
If the away team won the match by between 1-6 points, they would be awarded 3 points with the home team collecting 0. And finally if the away team won by 7 or more points, they would collect 4 points with the home team again collecting 0.

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

Last updated: October 20, 2010

Source: BSPA

Premier League Play-Offs

Grand final

First leg

16 October 200919.45

Edinburgh Monarchs	56 - 36	Kings Lynn Stars
Kevin Wolbert 14		William Lawson 11+1

Armadale Stadium, Edinburgh

1 Ryan Fisher 3, 2', 2, 1', 1 9+2 2 Michal Rajkowski 0, 3, 3, 0 6 3 Andrew Tully 3, 0, 3, 3 9 4 Matthew Wethers 2', 3, 2', 2' 9+3 5 Kevin Wolbert 3, 3, 3, 2, 3 14 6 Aaron Summers 3, 0, 2', 0 5+1 7 Kalle Katajisto 0, X, 1, 3 4 Manager: Alan Bridgett 1 William Lawson (Guest) 1', 2, 2, 1^, 3, 2 11+1 2 Tomas Topinka , , , , R/R 3 Chris Schramm 2, X, 2, 3, 4^, X 11 4 Emiliano Sanchez 1, 1', 1', 1, 1 5+2 5 Josh Auty (Guest) 2, 1, 1, 0, X 4 6 Linus Eklof 2, 0, 0, 1', 0 3+1 7 Jan Graversen 1', 1', 0, N 2+2 Manager: Rob Lyon

Second leg

20 October 200919.30

Kings Lynn Stars	47 (83) - 41 (97)	Edinburgh Monarchs
Chris Schramm 11+1		Kevin Wolbert 12

Norfolk Arena, Kings Lynn

1 Ulrich Ostergaard (Guest) 1', 2, 3, 2, 1' 9+2 2 Kozza Smith , , , , R/R 3 Emiliano Sanchez 3, 1', X, 1', 1' 6+3 4 Chris Schramm 2', 2, 2, 3, 2 11+1 5 Ty Proctor (Guest) 0, 3, 3, X 6 6 Linus Eklof 1', 1', 1, 0, 2, 2' 7+3 7 Jan Graversen 2, 2, 2, 2, 0 8 Manager: Rob Lyon 1 Ryan Fisher 3, 3, 2, X 8 2 Michal Rajkowski 0, 0, F 0 3 Andrew Tully 1, 0, 2, 3, 0 6 4 Matthew Wethers 0, 2, 1', 0 3+1 5 Kevin Wolbert 3, 3, 0, 3, 3 12 6 Aaron Summers 0, 0, 3, 0 3 7 Kalle Katajisto 3, 1, 3, 1', 1 9+1 Manager: Alan Bridgett

Premier League Riders Championship

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
1	(10) Ricky Ashworth (SHE)	13			3			2						2			3		3				13	1		3
2	(15) Darcy Ward (KL)	11				3			1			3						3	1				11	2		2
3	(12) Ty Proctor (RED)	11			2					3		2			2						2		11	3	2	1
4	(11) David Howe (SS)	10			1				2		3					3						1	10	6	3	0
5	(5) William Lawson (GLA)	10		3			2					1					2					2	10	4	1
6	(7) Andre Compton (WOR)	10		0					3					1	3					3			10	5	0
7	(1) Kenni Larsen (ND)	9	3				3				1				0				2				9	7
8	(6) Jordan Frampton (NW)	9		2				3			2							1			1		9	8
9	(4) Ryan Fisher (EDI)	8	1							2				0				2				3	8	9
10	(13) Jason Lyons (BIR)	7				0	1							3		0					3		7	10
11	(2) Steve Johnston (SOM)	6	2					0				0				2				2			6	11
12	(8) Jason Bunyan (STO)	5		1						1			2			1			0				5	12
13	(14) Tomas Topinka (KL)	5				2		1					1		1							R	5	13
14	(3) Magnus Karlsson (SS)	3	0						0				3				0				0		3	14
15	(16) Chris Neath (RH)	2				1				0	0						1			EF			2	15
16	(9) Michal Makovsky (BER)	1			0		0						0					0		1			1	16
	(17) Adam Wrathall	0																					0
	(18) Gary Irving	0																					0
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

Final Leading averages

^[1]

Rider	Team	Average
Darcy Ward	Kings Lynn	9.11
Tomáš Topinka	Kings Lynn	9.10
Kevin Doolan	Workington	8.87
Steve Johnston	Somerset	8.84
David Howe	Scunthorpe	8.62
James Grieves	Glasgow	8.55
Emil Kramer	Somerset	8.42
Ty Proctor	Redcar	8.34
Adrian Rymel	Workington	8.33
Ryan Fisher	Edinburgh	8.25
Jason Bunyan	Stoke	8.25

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2009 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 42nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition.^[2]

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

External links

• British Speedway Promoters Association (BSPA) website

References