2009 Premier League speedway season
LeaguePremier League
ChampionsKing's Lynn Stars
Knockout CupKing's Lynn Stars
Premier TrophyKing's Lynn Stars
Young ShieldWorkington Comets
IndividualRicky Ashworth
PairsBirmingham Brummies
FoursWorkington Comets
Highest averageDarcy Ward
Division/s above2009 Elite League
Division/s below2009 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.[1] 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

PosClubMHomeAwayFA+/-Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Kings Lynn Stars 26 13 0 0 0 4 2 0 3 4 1378 1013 64
2 Edinburgh Monarchs 26 11 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 8 1378 1122 51
3 Newcastle Diamonds 26 12 1 0 0 1 1 1 2 8 1241 1139 49
4 Birmingham Brummies 26 9 2 0 2 1 3 0 5 4 1232 1139 49
5 Redcar Bears 26 10 1 1 1 0 2 0 5 6 1174 1197 44
6 Somerset Rebels 26 9 4 0 0 0 1 0 4 8 1199 1177 42
7 Workington Comets 26 7 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 8 1170 1215 41
8 Sheffield Tigers 26 10 0 1 2 1 0 0 4 8 1192 1179 39
9 Rye House Rockets 26 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 4 9 1211 1174 37
10 Scunthorpe Scorpions 26 8 4 0 1 0 1 0 2 10 1195 1199 37
11 Stoke Potters 26 7 5 0 1 0 0 1 1 11 1096 1275 32
12 Berwick Bandits 26 6 3 1 3 0 2 0 0 11 1128 1257 31
13 Glasgow Tigers 26 3 4 0 6 0 1 0 2 10 1122 1238 22
14 Newport Wasps 26 2 3 1 7 0 0 1 1 11 1074 1303 16
Key:
Premier League play-offs

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

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Edinburgh Monarchs52 (93) – (93) 43
8 - 4
Sudden Death		Newcastle Diamonds
Ryan Fisher 13 Rene Bach 13

Grand final

First leg

1United States Ryan Fisher3, 2', 2, 1', 19+2
2Poland Michał Rajkowski0, 3, 3, 06
3England Andrew Tully3, 0, 3, 39
4England Matthew Wethers2', 3, 2', 2'9+3
5Germany Kevin Wölbert3, 3, 3, 2, 314
6Australia Aaron Summers3, 0, 2', 05+1
7Finland Kalle Katajisto0, X, 1, 34
Manager: Alan Bridgett
1Scotland William Lawson (guest)1', 2, 2, 1^, 3, 211+1
2Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka, , , ,R/R
3England Chris Schramm2, X, 2, 3, 4^, X11
4Argentina Emiliano Sanchez1, 1', 1', 1, 15+2
5England Josh Auty (guest)2, 1, 1, 0, X4
6Sweden Linus Eklöf2, 0, 0, 1', 03+1
7Denmark Jan Graversen1', 1', 0, N2+2
Manager: Rob Lyon

Second leg

1Denmark Ulrich Ostergaard (guest)1', 2, 3, 2, 1'9+2
2Australia Kozza Smith, , , ,R/R
3Argentina Emiliano Sanchez3, 1', X, 1', 1'6+3
4England Chris Schramm2', 2, 2, 3, 211+1
5Australia Ty Proctor (guest)0, 3, 3, X6
6Sweden Linus Eklöf1', 1', 1, 0, 2, 2'7+3
7Denmark Jan Graversen2, 2, 2, 2, 08
Manager: Rob Lyon
1United States Ryan Fisher3, 3, 2, X8
2Poland Michał Rajkowski0, 0, F0
3England Andrew Tully1, 0, 2, 3, 06
4England Matthew Wethers0, 2, 1', 03+1
5Germany Kevin Wölbert3, 3, 0, 3, 312
6Australia Aaron Summers0, 0, 3, 03
7Finland Kalle Katajisto3, 1, 3, 1', 19+1
Manager: Alan Bridgett


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]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
09/05Stoke Potters48-42Berwick Bandits
06/05Berwick Bandits50-39Stoke Potters
10/05Newcastle Diamonds48-42Scunthorpe Scorpions
08/05Scunthorpe Scorpions65-25Newcastle Diamonds
29/04Birmingham Brummies43-47Rye House Rockets
09/05Rye House Rockets53-37Birmingham Brummies
14/05Redcar Bears52-38Newport Wasps
21/06Newport Wasps40-50Redcar Bears
08/05Somerset Rebels46-44Glasgow Tigers
24/05Glasgow Tigers45-44Somerset Rebels
28/05Sheffield Tigers56-34Edinburgh Monarchs
08/05Edinburgh Monarchs59-31Sheffield Tigers

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
20/05King's Lynn Stars58-32Berwick Bandits
20/06Berwick Bandits26-57King's Lynn Stars
13/06Rye House Rockets56-34Somerset Rebels
12/06Somerset Rebels53-37Rye House Rockets
20/06Workington Comets47-43Edinburgh Monarchs
19/06Edinburgh Monarchs56-34Workington Comets
13/08Redcar Bears46-44Scunthorpe Scorpions
31/07Scunthorpe Scorpions50-39Redcar Bears

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
09/10Scunthorpe Scorpions45-27King's Lynn Stars
06/10King's Lynn Stars70-20Scunthorpe Scorpions
19/09Rye House Rockets49-41Edinburgh Monarchs
11/09Edinburgh Monarchs63-27Rye House Rockets

Final

First leg

Second leg

King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–81.

Riders' Championship

Ricky Ashworth won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Owlerton Stadium.[6]

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 2122
1 England (10) Ricky Ashworth (SHE) 13 3 2 2 3 3 13 1 3
2 Australia (15) Darcy Ward (KL) 11 3 1 3 3 1 11 2 2
3 Australia (12) Ty Proctor (RED) 11 2 3 2 2 2 11 3 2 1
4 England (11) David Howe (SS) 10 1 2 3 3 1 10 6 3 0
5 Scotland (5) William Lawson (GLA) 10 3 2 1 2 2 10 4 1
6 England (7) Andre Compton (WOR) 10 0 3 1 3 3 10 5 0
7 Denmark (1) Kenni Larsen (ND) 9 3 3 1 0 2 9 7
8 England (6) Jordan Frampton (NW) 9 2 3 2 1 1 9 8
9 United States (4) Ryan Fisher (EDI) 8 1 2 0 2 3 8 9
10 Australia (13) Jason Lyons (BIR) 7 0 1 3 0 3 7 10
11 Australia (2) Steve Johnston (SOM) 6 2 0 0 2 2 6 11
12 England (8) Jason Bunyan (STO) 5 1 1 2 1 0 5 12
13 Czech Republic (14) Tomáš Topinka (KL) 5 2 1 1 1 R 5 13
14 Sweden (3) Magnus Karlsson (SS) 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 14
15 England (16) Chris Neath (RH) 2 1 0 0 1 EF 2 15
16 Czech Republic (9) Michal Makovsky (BER) 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 16
England (17) Adam Wrathall 0 0
England (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 2122

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside gate B gate C gate D - outside

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 26 June. The event was won by Birmingham Brummies.[7][8]

Semi finals

  • Birmingham bt King's Lynn 6-3
  • Somerset bt Workington 7-2

Final

  • Birmingham bt Somerset 6-3

Fours

Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the fifth time, the Championship was held on 25 July 2009, at the Derwent Park.[9][10]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1Workington27Compton 9, Rymel 9, Doolan 7, Lawson 2
2Somerset18Johnston 8, Gathercole 6, Kramer 2, Sedgmen 2, Walker 0
3Edinburgh14Fisher 5, Wethers 4, Summers 3, Rajkowski 2
4Berwick13Clews 5, Makovsky 4, Franc 4, Aarnio 0

Final Leading averages

[11]

Rider Team Average
Australia Darcy WardKings Lynn9.71
Czech Republic Tomáš TopinkaKings Lynn9.62
Australia Steve JohnstonSomerset9.46
Australia Kevin DoolanWorkington9.35
England David HoweScunthorpe9.18
Australia Mark LemonNewcastle9.17
Scotland James GrievesGlasgow8.97
Australia Shane ParkerGlasgow8.93
United States Ryan FisherEdinburgh8.89
Germany Kevin WölbertEdinburgh8.97

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Birmingham

Edinburgh

Glasgow

King's Lynn

Newcastle

Newport

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Stoke

Workington

See also

References

  1. ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ↑ "2009 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  3. 1 2 "2009 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "2009 KO cup final 1st leg". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "2009 KO cup final 2nd leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "ASHWORTH DELIGHTED WITH RIDERS VICTORY". BritishSpeedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
  7. ↑ "2009 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  8. ↑ "Lyons and Piszcz lead Birmingham win". Daily Express. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "2009 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "2009 Premier League Fours". You Tube. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Greensheet Averages". Speedway GB.
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