2016 Elite League
League | 2016 Elite League |
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Season | 2016 |
Champions | Wolverhampton Wolves |
Elite Shield | Poole Pirates |
Elite League Riders' Championship |
Fredrik Lindgren Wolverhampton Wolves |
Highest average |
Jason Doyle Swindon Robins (9.81) |
Biggest home win |
65–25 Poole Pirates v. King's Lynn Stars |
Biggest away win |
33–56 Leicester Lions v. Lakeside Hammers |
The 2016 Elite League was the top division of speedway leagues in Great Britain. The Elite League ran between March and October 2016. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title in 2015. The lineup of teams for 2016 stayed the same as in 2015, with the same eight teams competing.
Regulation changes
At the annual Elite League AGM, which was held during October and November 2015, it was announced that speedway bosses would continue to give more opportunities to young talent. All 8 Elite League teams would continue to track two young British draft riders, who would start the season at reserve. However unlike recent years these riders would be given Elite League averages after four meetings, giving them the chance to move into the top five of the team if they performed well. As a result of the reserve riders being given averages the overall points limit that teams must adhere to was raised from 34 to 40.5.[1] In February 2016, it was announced that Elite League teams could sign an eighth stand-in rider, who could race in positions 2 to 5. The rider must be foreign and new to the Elite League.[2] Lakeside Hammers signed Dennis Jonsson as their eight rider for the season.[2][3]
Teams
Team-by-team
As of 23 February 2016.
Belle Vue Aces
Source:[4]
Coventry Bees
|
Source:[5]
King's Lynn Stars
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Rory Schlein replaced Mads Korneliussen on 7 July in the King's Lynn Stars team.
Nicklas Porsing replaced Rory Schlein on 1 September in the King's Lynn Stars team.
Lakeside Hammers
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Source:[6]
Leicester Lions
Source:[7]
Aaron Summers replaced Grzegorz Walasek on 12 April in the Leicester Lions team.
Davey Watt replaced Sebastian Ułamek on 11 May in the Leicester Lions team.
Ludvig Lindgren replaced Davey Watt on 13 June in the Leicester Lions team.
Poole Pirates
Source:[8]
Bjarne Pedersen replaced Davey Watt on 26 April in the Poole Pirates team.
Antonio Lindback replaced Hans Andersen on 19 September in the Poole Pirates team.
Swindon Robins
Source:[9]
Wolverhampton Wolves
|
Source:[10]
Peter Karlsson replaced Mikkel Bech on 3 June in the Wolverhampton Wolves team.
Tai Woffinden replaced Joonas Kylmäkorpi on 11 August in the Wolverhampton Wolves team.
Results
Teams faced each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings were called the 'A' fixtures, and the second were the 'B' fixtures.
'A' Fixtures
Home \ Away | BV | COV | KL | LH | LEI | PP | SWI | WOL |
Belle Vue Aces | 50–42 | 45–21 | 50–40 | 48–42 | 49–41 | 40–50 | 56–37 | |
Coventry Bees | 46–43 | 46–47 | 54–30 | 49–41 | 47–46 | 42–50 | 38–52 | |
King's Lynn Stars | 39–54 | 46–44 | 51–39 | 51–42 | 38–55 | 45–45 | 48–42 | |
Lakeside Hammers | 53–39 | 60–33 | 56–36 | 56–34 | 50–40 | 51–39 | 53–37 | |
Leicester Lions | 41–52 | 46–44 | 45–45 | 33–56 | 46–46 | 50–42 | 39–51 | |
Poole Pirates | 41–49 | 60–29 | 65–25 | 57–33 | 58–35 | 61–31 | 51–39 | |
Swindon Robins | 51–40 | 55–35 | 55–38 | 50–40 | 43–47 | 44–46 | 44–48 | |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 46–43 | 51–41 | 49–44 | 54–38 | 58–31 | 55–35 | 62–30 | |
Source:[11] |
'B' Fixtures
Home \ Away | BV | COV | KL | LH | LEI | PP | SWI | WOL |
Belle Vue Aces | 59–34 | 41–49 | 63–29 | 52–40 | 48–45 | 52–40 | 46–44 | |
Coventry Bees | 42–48 | 41–48 | 57–33 | 50–40 | 47–43 | 56–34 | 46–44 | |
King's Lynn Stars | 50–40 | 41–49 | 48–42 | 54–38 | 39–53 | 41–51 | 40–52 | |
Lakeside Hammers | 48–45 | 57–35 | 60–32 | 66–26 | 42–48 | 58–35 | 55–37 | |
Leicester Lions | 43–47 | 52–41 | 0–0 | 44–46 | 52–38 | 44–46 | 47–43 | |
Poole Pirates | 52–41 | 56–36 | 61–29 | 52–41 | 58–32 | 50–40 | 52–38 | |
Swindon Robins | 33–39 | 55–36 | 52–38 | 52–41 | 57–33 | 50–42 | 50–41 | |
Wolverhampton Wolves | 39–51 | 52–41 | 61–29 | 51–41 | 50–40 | 48–42 | 51–39 | |
Source:[11] |
Final League table
Leicester Vs King's Lynn (B Fixture) was not raced
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | +/− | Pts | ||||||
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W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | |||||||
1 | Belle Vue Aces Q | 28 | 12 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 1330 | 1178 | +152 | 64 |
2 | Poole Pirates Q | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1394 | 1153 | +241 | 59 |
3 | Wolverhampton Wolves Q | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1332 | 1210 | +122 | 58 |
4 | Lakeside Hammers Q | 28 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1323 | 1232 | +91 | 47 |
5 | Swindon Robins | 28 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1263 | 1267 | -4 | 47 |
6 | King's Lynn Stars | 27 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 1112 | 1323 | -211 | 36 |
7 | Coventry Bees | 28 | 9 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 1201 | 1348 | -147 | 33 |
8 | Leicester Lions | 27 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1103 | 1347 | -244 | 21 |
Elite League Play-offs
Draw
Semi-finals | Grand final | |||||||||||
4 | Lakeside Hammers | 41 | 28 | 69 | ||||||||
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1 | Belle Vue Aces | 49 | 63 | 112 | ||||||||
1 | Belle Vue Aces | 36 | 50 | 86 | ||||||||
3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 54 | 42 | 96 | ||||||||
2 | Poole Pirates | 51 | 35 | 86 | ||||||||
3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 39 | 55 | 94 |
Semi-finals
21 September 2016 | Report | Lakeside Hammers | 41–49 | Belle Vue Aces | Arena Essex Raceway Referee(s): Mick Bates |
21 September 2016 | Report | Poole Pirates | 51–39 | Wolverhampton Wolves | Poole Stadium Referee(s): Chris Gay |
28 September 2016 | Report | Belle Vue Aces | 63–28 | Lakeside Hammers | National Speedway Stadium Referee(s): Craig Ackroyd |
28 September 2016 | Report | Wolverhampton Wolves | 55–35 | Poole Pirates | Monmore Green Stadium Referee(s): Phil Griffin |
Grand Final
3 October 2016 | Report | Wolverhampton Wolves | 54–36 | Belle Vue Aces | Monmore Green Stadium Referee(s): Chris Durno |
5 October 2016 | Report | Belle Vue Aces | 50–42 | Wolverhampton Wolves | National Speedway Stadium Referee(s): Willie Dishington |
Notes
- ↑ Eighth stand-in rider
References
- ↑ "BRITISH SPEEDWAY UPDATE". Speedway GB. Speedway GB. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
- 1 2 Andy Mitchell (2016-02-23). "Speedway: Poole Pirates to hold fire on eighth man option (From Bournemouth Echo)". Bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Lakeside snap up Swede - Sport". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Official Belle Vue Speedway". Bellevueaces.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Official Buildbase Coventry Speedway Website: 2016 COVENTRY BEES". Coventrybees.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
- ↑ "Riders » Leicester Lions Speedway". Leicesterlions.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Poole Pirates Speedway". Poolepirates.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: 2016 SWINDON ROBINS". Swindonrobins.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- ↑ "Wolverhampton Wolves Speedway: 2016 WOLVERHAMPTON WOLVES". Wolverhamptonwolves.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
- 1 2 "BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS". Speedway GP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.