2015 Elite League speedway season

2015 Elite League
Season 2015
Champions TBA
Elite League Riders' Championship Australia Jason Doyle[1]
Highest average Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen
Sweden Andreas Jonsson
(9.03)
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The 2015 Elite League is an upcoming season of the Elite League that is due to take place between March and October 2015. The Poole Pirates are the defending champions after winning their second consecutive title in 2014. Both the Birmingham Brummies and the Eastbourne Eagles have decided to ride in the National League in 2015, meaning the Elite League will feature just 8 teams as oppose to the 10 teams that started the 2014 season.

Regulation changes

At the annual Elite League AGM, which was held in November 2014, it was announced that the points limit for the top 5 members of the teams would be raised from 32 to 34. It was also decided that the fixture list for 2015 would be compiled in a matter which was described as "sympathetic" to riders competing in the Grand Prix series, with no fixtures to be ridden in the week prior to a Grand Prix. This could potentially result in more of the top riders in World Speedway returning to race in the Elite League in the future.[2] However, there is a current ongoing visa issue for non-EU riders, potentially meaning that many American and Australian riders will be unable to race in the Elite League, unless the issue is resolved.[3]

Teams

Locations of the 2015 Elite League teams

Personnel and stadia

Team Team Manager Captain Stadium
Belle Vue Australia Mark Lemon England Scott Nicholls Kirkmanshulme Lane
Coventry England Gary Havelock England Chris Harris Brandon Stadium
King's Lynn England Rob Lyon Australia Rory Schlein Norfolk Arena
Lakeside England Neil Vatcher Sweden Andreas Jonsson Arena Essex Raceway
Leicester Scotland Norrie Allan Australia Jason Doyle Beaumont Sports Complex
Poole England Neil Middleditch Poland Maciej Janowski Poole Stadium
Swindon England Alun Rossiter Australia Troy Batchelor Abbey Stadium
Wolverhampton England Peter Adams Sweden Peter Karlsson Monmore Green

Team-by-team

Unless otherwise stated, all listed riders were declared at the start of the 2015 Elite League season.[4]

Belle Vue Aces

Coventry Bees

King's Lynn Stars

Lakeside Hammers

Leicester Lions

Poole Pirates

Swindon Robins

Wolverhampton Wolves

Results

Teams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 39–51 52–38 55–37
Coventry Bees 48–42 41–48 50–42
King's Lynn Stars 50–43 49–41 58–34 53–40
Lakeside Hammers 42–47 51–39 59–31 62–28 44–46
Leicester Lions 50–40 42–51 51–42
Poole Pirates 45–45 41–50 53–39
Swindon Robins 55–37 47–43 33–47 53–40
Wolverhampton Wolves 49–41 48–42 52–38
Source:[6]

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces
Coventry Bees
King's Lynn Stars
Lakeside Hammers
Leicester Lions
Poole Pirates
Swindon Robins
Wolverhampton Wolves
Source:[6]

League table

As of 15 April 2015.
Pos. Club M Home Away F A +/− Pts
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Poole Pirates 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 189 163 +26 11
2 Coventry Bees 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 192 173 +19 11
3 Lakeside Hammers 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 288 256 +32 10
4 King's Lynn Stars 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 147 128 +19 6
5 Wolverhampton Wolves 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 91 91 0 3
6 Belle Vue Aces 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 179 186 −7 3
7 Swindon Robins 3 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 108 152 −44 3
8 Leicester Lions 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 160 205 −45 3

Source: [7]

Notes

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Josh Grajczonek replaced Davey Watt for the second declaration of the season.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "RESULTS: SATURDAY MARCH 21". Speedway GB. 21 March 2015. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  2. ↑ "British Speedway AGM Statement". Speedway GB (British Speedway Promoters' Association). 16 November 2014. Retrieved 2 January 2015.
  3. ↑ "BRITISH SPEEDWAY IN VISA CRISIS". SpeedwayGP.com. 22 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "2015 Elite League Team Declarations And Green Sheets Issue 1" (PDF). Elite League. Speedway GB. 27 March 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "2015 Elite League Team Declarations And Green Sheets Issue 2" (PDF). Elite League. Speedway GB. 2 April 2015. Retrieved 16 April 2015.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS". Speedway GP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
  7. ↑ "Elite League". SpeedwayGB. Retrieved 20 April 2015.