2010 Elite League speedway season
LeagueSky Sports Elite League
ChampionsCoventry Bees
Knockout CupPoole Pirates
Elite ShieldWolverhampton Wolves
IndividualFreddie Lindgren
PairsCoventry Bees
Highest averageFreddie Lindgren
Division/s below2010 Premier League
2010 National League

The 2010 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 14th since its establishment in 1997.[1]

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Wolverhampton Wolves were the defending champions from 2009.[2]

The negative side of playoffs was experienced during the 2010 season when Coventry Bees claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners Poole Pirates, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Davey Watt and Jason Doyle had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of Krzysztof Kasprzak and Przemysław Pawlicki both hit great form on the night.[3]

League table

PosClubMHomeAwayFA+/-Pts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Poole Pirates 32 16 0 0 0 5 2 0 4 5 1667 1278 78
2 Wolverhampton Wolves 31 14 1 0 0 0 3 1 3 9 1472 1392 58
3 Peterborough Panthers 32 12 2 0 2 2 1 0 2 11 1495 1464 53
4 Coventry Bees 32 9 2 1 4 2 4 0 0 10 1469 1475 52
5 Lakeside Hammers 32 11 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 12 1447 1503 48
6 Swindon Robins 31 8 2 0 6 1 2 2 2 8 1436 1438 44
7 Eastbourne Eagles 32 9 3 2 2 0 1 0 3 12 1406 1533 41
8 Belle Vue Aces 32 10 2 1 3 0 1 0 2 13 1413 1539 40
9 Ipswich Witches 32 4 5 0 7 0 0 1 2 13 1386 1569 26
Key:
Championship play-offs
Relegation 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

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Wolverhampton Wolves44.5 – 44.5Poole Pirates
Freddie Lindgren 14.5 report Bjarne Pedersen 10
Referee: Craig Ackroyd

Leg 2

Poole Pirates53 – 41Wolverhampton Wolves
Bjarne Pedersen 13 Freddie Lindgren 14+1
Referee: Mick Bates
Peterborough Panthers44 - 49Coventry Bees
Krzysztof Buczkowski 14+1 Chris Harris 13
Referee: Jim Lawrence

Grand final

First leg

Coventry Bees51 - 39Poole Pirates
Referee: Daniel Holt
1Krzysztof Kasprzak3, 2, 3, X, 311
2Richard Sweetman1, 1', 13+1
3Ben Barker0, 3, 0, X3
4Edward Kennett2, 2', 2, 1'7+2
5Chris Harris2', 1', 1', 3, X7+3
6Lewis Bridger3, 2, 1, 2, 210
7Przemysław Pawlicki2', 3, 3, 210+1
Manager: Alun Rossiter
1Chris Holder2, 0, 3, 2, X7
2Darcy WardX, 1, F, 01
3Artur Mroczka1, 0, 01
4Bjarne Pedersen3, 3, 4^, 3, 215
5Davey Watt0, 3, 3, X6
6Leon Madsen0, 0, 1, 34
7Jason Doyle1, 1, 2, 1, F5
Manager: Neil Middleditch

Second leg

Poole Pirates40 (79) - 50 (101)Coventry Bees
Referee: Peter Clarke
1Chris Holder1, 2, 1, 1, 05
2Darcy Ward3, 1', 2, 06+1
3Artur Mroczka2', 0, 02+1
4Bjarne Pedersen3, 2, 2, 0, 18
5Davey Watt3, 2', 3, 08+1
6Leon Madsen2, 3, 0, 1, 17
7Jason Doyle0, 1, 0, 34
Manager: Neil Middleditch
1Krzysztof Kasprzak2, 3, 2, 3, 313
2Richard Sweetman0, 1, 1, 1'3+1
3Ben Barker1, 0, 0, 2'3+1
4Edward Kennett R/R
5Chris HarrisFx, 3, 3, 3, 2', 2'13+2
6Lewis Bridger1, 0, 0, 12
7Przemysław Pawlicki3, 2, 1, 3, 2', 2, 316+1
Manager: Alun Rossiter

Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.[4]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
12/04Wolverhampton56-39Ipswich
08/04Ipswich43-46Wolverhampton

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
10/06Swindon49-41Peterborough
17/09Peterborough58-37Swindon
05/07Belle Vue50-40Poole
21/07Poole57-35Belle Vue
19/07Coventry48-42Wolverhampton
30/09Wolverhampton51-43Coventry
23/09Eastbourne53-41Lakeside
24/09Lakeside45-45Eastbourne

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
13/10Poole58-36Peterborough
11/10Peterborough43-50Poole
11/10Wolverhampton44-46Eastbourne
10/10Eastbourne63-29Wolverhampton

Final

First leg

Eastbourne
Matej Žagar 11
Joonas Kylmakorpi 10
Cameron Woodward 9
Lewis Bridger 9
Simon Gustafsson 7
Ricky Kling 3		49 - 41Poole
Chris Holder 10
Davey Watt 9
Darcy Ward 6
Leon Madsen 6
Jason Doyle 5
Bjarne Pedersen 4
Artur Mroczka 1
[5]

Second leg

Poole
Bjarne Pedersen 12
Chris Holder 11
Leon Madsen 11
Darcy Ward 9
Davey Watt 7
Jason Doyle 4		54 - 41Eastbourne
Joonas Kylmakorpi 14
Lewis Bridger 9
Cameron Woodward 7
Matej Žagar 6
Simon Gustafsson 5
Ricky Kling 0
[6]

The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

Riders' Championship

Freddie Lindgren won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at East of England Arena on 16 October.[7]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1Sweden Freddie Lindgren3 2 0 3 311x3
2England Chris Harris2 3 3 2 313x2
3Denmark Kenneth Bjerre3 2 0 3 21021
4Denmark Bjarne Pedersen3 0 1 3 31030
5Australia Chris Holder3 0 3 1 181
6England Scott Nicholls2 3 2 1 2100
7England Simon Stead1 2 1 2 28
8Finland Kauko Nieminen1 2 2 0 38
9Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen2 1 3 28
10Denmark Hans Andersen0 0 2 3 27
11Finland Joonas Kylmäkorpi0 1 3 2 06
12England Danny King1 3 2 0 06
13Sweden Peter Karlsson0 3 1 - 15
14England Tai Woffinden2 1 0 0 14
15Australia Cameron Woodward0 1 0 1 13
16Poland Krzysztof Kasprzak1 0 1 1 -3
17England Lewis Kerr (res)00

Pairs

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Foxhall Stadium on 4 September and was won by Coventry Bees.[8]

Pos Team Pts Riders
1Coventry26Kasprzak 14, Harris 12
2Poole23Pedersen 12, Holder 11
3Lakeside22Shields 12, Davidsson 10
4Peterborough20Bjerre 10, Iversen 10
5Swindon18Zengota 11, Korneliussen 7
6Ipswich17King 9, Nicholls 8
7Wolves15Klindt 12, Haines 3
8Eastbourne13Kling 9, Woodward 4
9Belle Vue8Wright J 6, Sitera 2

Semi finals

  • Eastbourne 7 Peterborough 2 - Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen, Bjerre
  • Poole 7 Lakeside 2 - Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Jacobs

Final

  • Coventry 5 Poole 4 - Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen

Final leading averages

Rider Team Average
Sweden Freddie LindgrenWolverhampton10.23
Australia Leigh AdamsSwindon9.90
Denmark Kenneth BjerrePeterborough9.62
England Lee RichardsonLakeside9.35
England Scott NichollsIpswich9.34
Poland Krzysztof KasprzakCoventry9.02
Denmark Bjarne PedersenPoole8.83
England Chris HarrisCoventry8.80
Denmark Hans AndersenBelle Vue8.70
Australia Chris HolderPoole8.58

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "2010 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ↑ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ↑ "2010 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  5. ↑ "EASTBOURNE: EAGLES 49 POOLE 41 (KOC FINAL.1)". Speedway GB. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  6. ↑ "EASTBOURNE: POOLE 54 EAGLES 41 (KOC FINAL.2)". Speedway GB. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
  7. ↑ "Elite League Riders' Championship". Speedway History. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  8. ↑ "2010 Elite League Pairs". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
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