2005 Elite League speedway season
League | Sky Sports Elite League |
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Champions | Coventry Bees |
Knockout Cup | Belle Vue Aces |
Craven Shield | Oxford Silver Machine |
Individual | Nicki Pedersen |
Pairs | Swindon Robins |
Highest average | Nicki Pedersen |
Division/s below | Premier League Conference League |
The 2005 Elite League speedway season was the 71st season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1][2][3]
Season summary
In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four.[4]
Belle Vue Aces topped the regular season table and won the Knockout Cup. Their world champion rider Jason Crump was in superb form throughout the season. Fellow Australian Leigh Adams topped the league averages for Swindon for arguably the second consecutive season but it was Coventry Bees that experienced their first title success since the glory days of the late 1980s.[3]
Coventry had finished bottom of the table during the previous season and with the exception of finishing runner-up in 2003 had been starved of success. The club made a change that proved instrumental, they brought in Scott Nicholls from Ipswich and supported by Andreas Jonsson and Chris Harris the team defeated Belle Vue in the Elite League Play off final.[5]
Final table
Pos | M | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bon | Tot | |
1 | Belle Vue Aces | 36 | 24 | 0 | 12 | 1766 | 1520 | 48 | 13 | 61 |
2 | Coventry Bees | 36 | 23 | 0 | 13 | 1739 | 1605 | 46 | 13 | 59 |
3 | Peterborough Panthers | 36 | 21 | 2 | 23 | 1709 | 1598 | 44 | 12 | 56 |
4 | Eastbourne Eagles | 36 | 19 | 1 | 16 | 1658 | 1646 | 39 | 10 | 49 |
5 | Poole Pirates | 36 | 18 | 1 | 17 | 1666 | 1647 | 37 | 10 | 47 |
6 | Ipswich Witches | 36 | 16 | 3 | 17 | 1661 | 1672 | 35 | 9 | 44 |
7 | Swindon Robins | 36 | 17 | 2 | 17 | 1617 | 1675 | 36 | 7 | 43 |
8 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 36 | 14 | 2 | 20 | 1682 | 1647 | 30 | 10 | 40 |
9 | Oxford Silver Machine | 36 | 11 | 1 | 24 | 1550 | 1773 | 23 | 3 | 26 |
10 | Arena Essex Hammers | 36 | 11 | 0 | 25 | 1539 | 1804 | 22 | 3 | 25 |
= Qualified for Play Offs |
'A' Fixtures
'B' Fixtures
Play-offs
Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.
Semi-finals
- Belle Vue Aces 53-40 Eastbourne Eagles
- Coventry Bees 55-41 Peterborough Panthers
Final
First leg
Coventry Bees Sebastian Ułamek 11 Scott Nicholls 10 Morten Risager 9 Billy Janniro 8 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 8 Chris Harris 5 Martin Smolinski 3 | 54 - 41 | Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 21 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 4 Simon Stead 4 Rusty Harrison 2 Jason Lyons 1 R/R |
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Second leg
Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 10 Joe Screen 9 Andy Smith 9 Simon Stead 7 Jason Lyons 4 Rusty Harrison 3 R/R | 42 - 47 | Coventry Bees Scott Nicholls 11 Chris Harris 9 Billy Janniro 8 Morten Risager 6 Sebastian Ułamek 5 Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4 Martin Smolinski 4 |
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The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 101-83.
Elite League Knockout Cup
The 2005 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 67th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Belle Vue Aces were the winners of the competition.[7]
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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21/04 | Swindon | 60-36 | Poole |
20/04 | Poole | 51-41 | Swindon |
07/04 | Ipswich | 55-40 | Wolverhampton |
04/04 | Wolverhampton | 37-53 | Ipswich |
Quarter-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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15/06 | Arena Essex | 51-40 | Ipswich |
12/06 | Swindon | 55-39 | Coventry |
26/05 | Ipswich | 52-42 | Arena Essex |
21/05 | Eastbourne | 59-36 | Peterborough |
20/05 | Coventry | 51-41 | Swindon |
19/05 | Oxford | 49-41 | Belle Vue |
16/05 | Belle Vue | 59-35 | Oxford |
13/05 | Peterborough | 56-37 | Eastbourne |
Semi-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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21/09 | Arena Essex | 52-41 | Eastbourne |
18/08 | Swindon | 37-35 | Belle Vue |
27/07 | Belle Vue | 61-32 | Swindon |
23/07 | Eastbourne | 55-40 | Arena Essex |
Final
First leg
Eastbourne Eagles Nicki Pedersen 17 Adam Shields 10 Davey Watt 9 Dean Barker 5 Andrew Moore 5 Daniel Giffard 0 R/R | 46 - 44 | Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 16 Jason Lyons 9 Joe Screen 8 Andy Smith 7 Simon Stead 3 Rusty Harrison 1 R/R |
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Second leg
Belle Vue Aces Jason Crump 16 Joe Screen 12 Jason Lyons 11 Simon Stead 5 Andy Smith 5 Rusty Harrison 4 R/R | 53 - 37 | Eastbourne Eagles Nicki Pedersen 11 Adam Shields 7 Davey Watt 6 Travis McGowan 5 Oliver Allen4 Andrew Moore 4 R/R |
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The Belle Vue Aces were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97-83.
Riders' Championship
Nicki Pedersen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 28 August.[8]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | ![]() |
1 3 3 2 3 | 12 | x | 3 |
2 | ![]() |
0 3 3 2 2 | 10 | 2 | 2 |
3 | ![]() |
3 1 3 1 2 | 10 | 3 | 1 |
4 | ![]() |
3 1 2 3 3 | 12 | x | 0 |
5 | ![]() |
3 1 1 3 3 | 11 | 1 | |
6 | ![]() |
2 0 3 2 3 | 10 | 0 | |
7 | ![]() |
2 3 2 0 2 | 9 | ||
8 | ![]() |
2 2 0 2 2 | 8 | ||
9 | ![]() |
0 3 1 3 1 | 8 | ||
10 | ![]() |
3 2 0 - - | 5 | ||
11 | ![]() |
2 2 0 1 0 | 5 | ||
12 | ![]() |
0 1 0 3 0 | 4 | ||
13 | ![]() |
1 2 0 0 1 | 4 | ||
14 | ![]() |
1 0 2 1 0 | 4 | ||
15 | ![]() |
0 0 2 1 1 | 4 | ||
16 | ![]() |
1 0 1 0 1 | 3 |
Pairs
The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the East of England Arena on 27 March and was won by Swindon Robins for the second consecutive year.[9]
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Semi finals
- Belle Vue 5 Arena Essex 4 - Rickardsson, Screen, Crump, Havelock
- Swindon 7 Wolves 2 - Adams, Richardson, Max Howe
Final
- Swindon 6 Belle Vue 3 - Adams, Crump, Richardson, Screen
Leading final averages
Rider | Team | Average |
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Swindon | 10.42 |
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Belle Vue | 10.35 |
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Eastbourne | 10.30 |
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Coventry | 9.45 |
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Peterborough | 9.48 |
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Ipswich | 9.44 |
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Wolverhampton | 9.39 |
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Oxford | 9.32 |
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Poole | 9.27 |
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Swindon | 8.85 |
Riders & final averages
Arena Essex
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Tony Rickardsson 10.06
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Mark Loram 8.14
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Gary Havelock 6.43
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Leigh Lanham 6.21
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Roman Povazhny 6.05
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Sergei Darkin 5.94
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Paul Hurry 5.66
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Adam Skórnicki 5.09
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Josh Larsen 4.96
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Piotr Świst 4.48
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Phil Morris 4.20
Belle Vue
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Jason Crump 10.35
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Kenneth Bjerre 7.87
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Joe Screen 7.69
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Simon Stead 7.35
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Jason Lyons 6.95
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Andy Smith 6.36
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James Wright 5.09
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Rusty Harrison 4.43
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Steve Masters 1.50
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Krister Marsh 1.43
Coventry
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Scott Nicholls 9.45
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Andreas Jonsson 8.76
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Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.20
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Sebastian Ułamek 7.20
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Billy Janniro 6.79
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Rory Schlein 6.43
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Morten Risager 6.22
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Tomáš Topinka 6.00
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Daniel Davidsson 4.20
Eastbourne
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Nicki Pedersen 10.30
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David Norris 7.75
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Davey Watt 7.22
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Adam Shields 7.11
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Dean Barker 6.45
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Oliver Allen 4.76
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Andrew Moore 4.65
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Steen Jensen 2.56
Ipswich
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Hans N. Andersen 9.44
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Chris Louis 8.43
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Piotr Protasiewicz 7.91
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Robert Miskowiak 6.99
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Kim Jansson 5.91
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Mariusz Puszakowski 5.27
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Danny King 3.82
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Kevin Doolan 3.28
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Karol Baran 3.16
Oxford
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Greg Hancock 9.32
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Billy Hamill 7.95
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Niels Kristian Iversen 7.45
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Travis McGowan 6.36
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Jesper B. Jensen 6.24
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Henka Gustaffson 6.22
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Stefan Andersson 5.09
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Tom P. Madsen 4.15
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Tomasz Bajerski 4.00
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Luboš Tomíček Jr. 3.06
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Chris Mills 2.67
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Tobias Kroner 1.28
Peterborough
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Peter Karlsson 9.48
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Aleš Dryml Jr. 8.19
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Jesper B. Jensen 7.38
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Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.21
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Lukáš Dryml 7.10
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Sam Ermolenko 6.62
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Henning Bager 6.05
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Daniel Davidsson 2.95
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Paul Lee 2.05
Poole
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Bjarne Pedersen 9.27
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Krzysztof Kasprzak 8.13
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Ryan Sullivan 7.78
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Antonio Lindbäck 7.38
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Matej Ferjan 6.26
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Edward Kennett 5.28
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Ricky Ashworth 4.35
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Ray Morton 3.69
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Tobias Johansson 2.13
Swindon
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Leigh Adams 10.42
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Lee Richardson 8.85
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Charlie Gjedde 8.48
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Jonas Davidsson 4.59
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Mads Korneliussen 4.38
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Sebastien Tresarrieu 4.10
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Sebastian Aldén 3.93
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Peter Ljung 3.89
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Oliver Allen 3.76
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Tommy Allen 1.67
Wolverhampton
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Mikael Max 8.82
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Freddie Lindgren 7.44
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David Howe 6.98
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Steve Johnston 6.65
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Ronnie Correy 6.36
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Magnus Karlsson 5.61
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Krzysztof Pecyna 5.23
See also
- Speedway in the United Kingdom
- List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
- Knockout Cup (speedway)
References
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "2005 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ a b "A Year in Summary : 2005". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ Bamford, Robert (2006). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2006. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-3692-9.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ a b "2005 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 4 June 2024.
- ^ "2005 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
- ^ "Elite League Riders' Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "2005 Elite League Pairs". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 20 May 2023.