2005 Elite League speedway season

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]

2005 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
ChampionsCoventry Bees
Knockout CupBelle Vue Aces
Craven ShieldOxford Silver Machine
IndividualNicki Pedersen
PairsSwindon Robins
Highest averageNicki Pedersen
Division/s belowPremier League
Conference League

Season summary

In 2005, the league consisted of ten teams, with the title being decided by a play-off between the top four.[3]

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. 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.[4]

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

Play-offs

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

Semi finals

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 - 41Belle Vue Aces
Jason Crump 21
Joe Screen 9
Andy Smith 4
Simon Stead 4
Rusty Harrison 2
Jason Lyons 1
R/R

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 - 47Coventry Bees
Scott Nicholls 11
Chris Harris 9
Billy Janniro 8
Morten Risager 6
Sebastian Ułamek 5
Joonas Kylmäkorpi 4
Martin Smolinski 4

The Coventry Bees were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 101-83.

Leading averages
Rider Team Average
Leigh AdamsSwindon10.42
Jason CrumpBelle Vue10.35
Nicki PedersenEastbourne10.30
Scott NichollsCoventry9.45
Peter KarlssonPeterborough9.48
Hans AndersenIpswich9.44
Mikael MaxWolverhampton9.39
Greg HancockOxford9.32
Bjarne PedersenPoole9.27
Lee RichardsonSwindon8.85

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.[5]

First Round
Date Team One Score Team Two
21/04Swindon60-36Poole
20/04Poole51-41Swindon
07/04Ipswich55-40Wolverhampton
04/04Wolverhampton37-53Ipswich

Quarter Finals
Date Team One Score Team Two
15/06Arena Essex51-40Ipswich
12/06Swindon55-39Coventry
26/05Ipswich52-42Arena Essex
21/05Eastbourne59-36Peterborough
20/05Coventry51-41Swindon
19/05Oxford49-41Belle Vue
16/05Belle Vue59-35Oxford
13/05Peterborough56-37Eastbourne

Semi Finals
Date Team One Score Team Two
21/09Arena Essex52-41Eastbourne
18/08Swindon37-35Belle Vue
27/07Belle Vue61-32Swindon
23/07Eastbourne55-40Arena Essex

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 - 44Belle Vue Aces
Jason Crump 16
Jason Lyons 9
Joe Screen 8
Andy Smith 7
Simon Stead 3
Rusty Harrison 1
R/R

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 - 37Eastbourne Eagles
Nicki Pedersen 11
Adam Shields 7
Davey Watt 6
Travis McGowan 5
Oliver Allen 4
Andrew Moore 4
R/R

The Belle Vue Aces were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97-83.

Team Lineups

Arena Essex Hammers

Belle Vue Aces

Coventry Bees

Eastbourne Eagles

Ipswich Witches

Oxford Silver Machine

Peterborough Panthers

Poole Pirates

Swindon Robins

Wolverhampton Wolves

See also

References
  1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. "2005 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. Bamford, Robert (2006). Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2006. NPI Media Group. ISBN 0-7524-3692-9.
  4. "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  5. "2005 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
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