2011 Premier League speedway season

2011 Premier League speedway season
Season	2011 Season
Premier League	Glasgow Tigers
PL Play-Offs	Not Held
Premier League KOC	Newport Wasps
Premier Shield	Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League Pairs	Glasgow Tigers
Premier League Fours	Ipswich Witches
PLRC	Sam Masters
Biggest home win	Sheffield 69-21 ; Rye House
Biggest away win	Leicester 28-62; Glasgow (PL1)
Division/s above	2011 Elite League
Division/s below	2011 National League

The 2011 Premier League Season was the second division of British speedway. Glasgow Tigers won the league after winning both matches of a double-header on 9 October.

Pre Season

New Entries

The Leicester Lions were hoping to gain entry to the 2010 season. However, the track was not ready in time for them to compete.^[1] They therefore decided to return in 2011. With the stadium getting approval, the Lions were then confirmed as entrants for the 2011 season.^[2]

On 15 November 2011, Plymouth Devils boss Mike Bowden confirmed that the Devils hope to join the 2011 Premier League after spending 5 years in the National League.^[3] On 19 November, it was confirmed that the Stoke Potters were to withdraw from the 2011 Premier League season due to financial climate and making substantial losses over the last three season. However, it was confirmed that they would race in the 2011 National League.^[4] It was also decided at the Yearly AGM meeting that the Birmingham Brummies and the Ipswich Witches would exchange league memberships, meaning the Brummies would move up to the Elite League and the Witches would move down to the Premier League.^[5] On 27 November, the BSPA announced that the Coventry Bees and the Peterborough Panthers failed to declare their intention to race in the forthcoming Elite League season and are therefore seeking a league to compete in.^[6] Because of this, the Kings Lynn Stars elected to compete in the 2011 Elite League and therefore withdrew from the Premier League.^[7] Later that day, the Plymouth Devils announced that they were set to be accepted into the 2011 Premier League season^[8]

Season Format

At the Annual AGM Meeting, it was decided that the Premier League would be expanded to 19 home and 19 away fixtures throughout the season. The 14 teams will initially race each other in Round 1 with a total of 26 meetings (13 home and 13 away). In Round 2 the league then split into two groups of seven teams, with everyone then racing each other in their group for a further 12 meetings (6 home and 6 away). The format and cut-off point for the split is made as each team reaches 10 home and 10 away matches. Group 1 will be teams placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 14th - Group 2 is 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 13th. Those additional 12 matches are then added onto the points gained from the 26 meetings in Round 1. The league table above at the end of the season will then show a total of 38 meetings (19 home and 19 away). The team that finishes top after these 38 meetings is declared Premier League Champions.^[9]

The Premier League KOC has been retained for the 2011 season. A new competition, the Premier Shield has been introduced for the 2011 season. It is understood that it will work along the same lines as the Elite Shield, and contested by the previous seasons league winners and KOC champions. The 2011 Premier Shield will be contested between the Edinburgh Monarchs and the Newcastle Diamonds.^[10]^[11]

The Premier Trophy and the Young Shield do not continue into the 2011 season. It has yet to be confirmed if anything will replace these competitions.^[5]

Team Lineups

The Points Limit was once again set at 42.50 for the third year running. Rolling averages were introduced into the 2011 season in which the first set of averages will be taken at the end of April and will consider the averages from the end of the 2011 season. The first set of new averages was released on 1 May 2011.
The following issue is correct for the month of June 2011

Berwick Bandits		Edinburgh Monarchs		Glasgow Tigers
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Sebastian Alden	7.65*	Kevin Wolbert	7.95	Joe Screen (C)	9.20
Ludvig Lindgren	7.27*	Craig Cook	7.61	James Grieves	7.17
Josef Franc	7.16	Andrew Tully	7.32	Richard Sweetman	7.05
Lee Complin (C)	7.08	Matthew Wethers (C)	7.20	Christian Henry	5.57
Kozza Smith	6.79	Kalle Katajisto	6.98	Michal Rajkowski	5.36
Jade Mudgway	3.88	Kyle Howarth	5.28	Theo Pijper	5.10
Mitchell Davey	3.00	Tim Webster	3.00*	Nick Morris	5.02
TOTAL	42.83	TOTAL	45.34	TOTAL	44.06
Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00
Ipswich Witches		Leicester Lions		Newcastle Diamonds
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Kevin Doolan (C)	8.02	Kauko Nieminen (C)	8.87	Mark Lemon	9.18
Matt Tresarrieu	7.54	Magnus Karlsson	7.81	Stuart Robson	8.85
Lasse Bjerre	6.82	Henning Bager	7.63*	Claes Nedermark	6.26
Taylor Poole	6.42	Jan Graversen	4.64	Derek Sneddon (C)	5.47
Morten Risager	6.29	Ilya Bondarenko	4.53	Jason King	5.09
Chris Mills	5.16	Charles Wright	3.94	Kyle Newman	4.02
Jerran Hart	4.10	John Oliver	3.77	Richie Worrall	3.22
TOTAL	44.35	TOTAL	41.19	TOTAL	42.09
Remaining	0.00	Remaining	1.31	Remaining	0.41
Newport Wasps		Plymouth Devils		Redcar Bears
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Jason Doyle	7.92	Ben Barker	10.40	Jason Lyons	8.37
Leigh Lanham (C)	7.60	Jesper Kristiansen	6.32	Matej Kus	7.60
Charlie Gjedde	7.38	Lee Smart (C)	5.70	Aaron Summers	7.16
Justin Sedgman	6.19	Ricky Wells	5.51	Gary Havelock	7.12
Robin Aspegren	5.52	Hynek Stichauer	5.40	Peter Juul Larsen	4.59
Todd Kurtz	4.38	Kyle Hughes	4.18	Lubos Tomicek	4.44
Mark Jones	3.16	Gino Franchetti	3.74	Robert Branford	3.00
TOTAL	42.15	TOTAL	41.25	TOTAL	42.28
Remaining	0.35	Remaining	1.25	Remaining	0.22
Rye House Rockets		Scunthorpe Scorpions		Sheffield Tigers
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Jordan Frampton	7.91	David Howe (C)	7.87	Josh Auty	8.20
Chris Neath (C)	7.86	Richard Hall	7.23	Shane Parker (C)	8.19
Steve Boxall	6.59	Michael Palm Toft	7.00*	Ricky Ashworth	8.14
James Brundle	5.14	Tero Aarnio	6.31	Emiliano Sanchez	6.06
Ritchie Hawkins	5.01	Ben Wilson	5.78	Hugh Skidmore	5.81
Luke Bowen	4.79	Thomas Jorgensen	5.26	Simon Lambert	4.98
Tyson Nelson	4.65	Steve Worrall	3.26	Ashley Birks	3.59
TOTAL	41.95	TOTAL	42.71	TOTAL	44.97
Remaining	0.55	Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00
Somerset Rebels		Workington Comets
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Travis McGowan	8.11	James Wright	8.06
Cory Gathercole	7.60	Tomas Topinka	7.40
Sam Masters	7.28	Rusty Harrison	7.33
Christian Hefenbrock	6.50	Peter Kildemand	7.11
Anders Mellgren	4.80	Richard Lawson	6.01
James Holder (C)	4.35	Kenny Ingalls	5.27
Alex Davies	3.86	Gary Irving	3.00
TOTAL	42.50	TOTAL	44.18
Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00

*Average Assessed.

Last updated: August 1, 2011

Source: BSPA

Fixtures & Results

Phase 1

Phase 1 of the 2011 Premier League consists of each team racing each other, both at their home track and the oppositions away track. This would consist of 26 meetings for each team.

Home\Away	BER	EDI	GLA	IPS	LEI	ND	NW	PLY	RED	RH	SS	SHE	SOM	WOR
Berwick Bandits		53-39	44-46	62-28	46-44	49-43		59-34	48-44	40-38	54-36	51-42	48-44
Edinburgh Monarchs	49-44			53-40	44-45	53-39	51-42	64-28	56-37	55-37	60-32	49-41		48-41
Glasgow Tigers	50-39	58-32		53-37	60-32	50-43		62-31	61-32	54-36	50-43		56-39
Ipswich Witches	53-42	51-41	42-48			47-44	49-41	59-35	49-43	49-47	69-24	53-38	42-51	63-27
Leicester Lions	45-45	44-49	28-62	42-42		52-43	45-45	44-45	41-52	56-35	40-52	45-48	40-50	45-45
Newcastle Diamonds		52-43	41-49		50-40			52-40	42-47	50-43	49-45	49-44	48-45	54-39
Newport Wasps		42-49	57-37	42-50	52-40	48-42			55-38	37-53	43-49	48-44	43-50	43-50
Plymouth Devils			39-45	43-47			40-53		47-43	39-51	51-38	44-45	45-45	41-49
Redcar Bears	46-43	54-41	44-46	45-45	53-37	59-34	50-40	62-30			48-45	48-43	49-41	46-44
Rye House Rockets	54-39	48-42		45-34	54-39	43-44	41-49	54-41				46-44	54-39	51-41
Scunthorpe Scorpions	56-39	46-44	54-36		53-40	47-42	52-41			56-38		46-43	49-41	44-46
Sheffield Tigers	51-41	56-40	52-44	56-36	61-33	52-39	56-35	62-30	57-37	64-29	55-39		43-47	57-36
Somerset Rebels			62-31	59-34	53-41	53-43		48-42	45-45	46-44	62-32	40-53
Workington Comets	57-36		53-42		59-31	51-42	57-38		50-40	60-34	59-37	55-37	53-41

Last updated: August 2, 2011. Source: BSPA

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

Home team listed in the left-hand column

Final League table (including Phase Two)

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	Pts
Pos	Club	M	3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Glasgow Tigers	38	19	0	0	0	3	6	0	2	8	1925	1568	89
2	Sheffield Tigers	38	17	1	0	1	1	3	0	8	7	1880	1604	74
3	Ipswich Witches	38	15	2	0	2	3	2	3	1	10	1793	1670	74
4	Workington Comets	38	16	1	1	1	2	2	1	5	9	1787	1667	72
5	Newport Wasps	38	11	2	0	6	5	2	1	3	8	1794	1697	68
6	Somerset Rebels	38	12	4	1	2	3	1	2	3	10	1786	1712	67
7	Scunthorpe Scorpions	38	13	4	0	2	1	2	0	3	13	1709	1786	60
8	Rye House Rockets	38	10	6	0	3	2	0	1	6	10	1687	1750	58
9	Berwick Bandits	38	8	9	0	2	1	0	1	5	12	1712	1710	53
10	Redcar Bears	38	8	7	2	2	1	1	1	3	13	1690	1792	52
11	Edinburgh Monarchs	38	13	1	1	4	1	1	0	2	15	1764	1737	51
12	Newcastle Diamonds	38	9	5	0	5	0	1	0	6	12	1693	1794	46
13	Plymouth Devils	38	4	7	1	7	0	1	0	1	17	1496	1929	31
14	Leicester Lions	38	4	1	4	10	1	1	0	2	15	1586	1886	27

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: June 22, 2011

Source: BSPA

Premier League KOC

Premier Shield

First leg

25 March 201119.30

Edinburgh Monarchs	44 - 46	Newcastle Diamonds
Matthew Wethers 11	report	Stuart Robson 13

Armadale Stadium, Armadale, West Lothian

Referee: Jim McGregor



	1	Kevin Wolbert	0, 1', 0, 0	1+1
	2	Matthew Wethers (c)	1, 2, 3, 3, 2	11
	3	Andrew Tully	F, 0, 1, 3	4
	4	Craig Cook	3, 2, 3, 2, F	10
	5	Kalle Katajisto	3, 2, 3, 2	10
	6	Ashley Morris	2', 0, 0, 1'	3+2
	7	Jay Herne	3, 1, 0, 1	5
Manager: John Campbell



	1	Rene Bach	2', 3, 1', 1	7+2
	2	Derek Sneddon (c)	3, 1, 2, 2	8
	3	Lubos Tomicek	1', 1, 1', 2	5+2
	4	Stuart Robson	2, 3, 2, 3, 3	13
	5	Mark Lemon	2, 3, 2, 3, 1	11
	6	Kyle Newman	1, 0, 1', F	2+1
	7	Richie Worrall	0, 0, 0, F	0
Manager: George English

Second leg

3 April 201118.30

Newcastle Diamonds	48 (94) - 45 (89)	Edinburgh Monarchs
Stuart Robson 14	report	Andrew Tully 10+2

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Referee: Michael Breckon



	1	Rene Bach	3, 3, 3, 1, 1'	11+1
	2	Derek Sneddon (c)	1, 1, 3, 1	6
	3	Lubos Tomicek	0, 0, 0, 2	2
	4	Stuart Robson	3, 3, 3, 3, 2	14
	5	Mark Lemon	3, 3, 3, 0	9
	6	Kyle Newman	2, 0, 1, 1	4
	7	Richie Worrall	0, 2', 0, 0	2+1
Manager: George English



	1	Kevin Wolbert	0, 2, 2, 3, 0	7
	2	Matthew Wethers (c)	2, 1', 2, 0	5+1
	3	Andrew Tully	1', 1', 2, 6^	10+2
	4	Craig Cook	2, 2, 0, 2	6
	5	Kalle Katajisto	0, 2, 2, 2', 3	9+1
	6	Ashley Morris	1, 0, 1', 1	3+1
	7	Robert Branford (G)	3, 1, 1', 0	5+1
Manager: John Campbell

Final Leading averages

^[12]

Rider	Team	Average
Ben Barker	Plymouth	9.87
Joe Screen	Glasgow	9.10
Mark Lemon	Newcastle	9.08
Stuart Robson	Newcastle	8.96
Charlie Gjedde	Newport	8.88
Kevin Wölbert	Edinburgh	8.61
René Bach	Newcastle	8.58
Seb Aldén	Berwick	8.04
Jason Doyle	Newport	8.00
Andrew Tully	Edinburgh	7.82

References

↑ "Leicester Delay". BSPA. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
↑ "Leicester: Lions Get Connected". BSPA. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
↑ "Devils Hoping for Premier". BSPA. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
↑ "Potters Going National". BSPA. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
1 2 "British Speedway AGM - Key Points". BSPA. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
↑ "British Speedway Statement". BSPA. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
↑ "Kings Lynn Join The Elite". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
↑ "Plymouth Make Premier Move". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
↑ http://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable11.html
↑ http://www.speedwaygb.co/march11.html
↑ http://www.speedwaygb.co/april11.html
↑ "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.

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[1] "Leicester Delay". BSPA. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[2] "Leicester: Lions Get Connected". BSPA. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[3] "Devils Hoping for Premier". BSPA. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[4] "Potters Going National". BSPA. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[British_Speedway_AGM_-_Key_Points-5] 1 2 "British Speedway AGM - Key Points". BSPA. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

[6] "British Speedway Statement". BSPA. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[7] "Kings Lynn Join The Elite". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[8] "Plymouth Make Premier Move". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[9] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable11.html

[10] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/march11.html

[11] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/april11.html

[12] "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.

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United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
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