2006 Speedway Conference League

Summary

The 2006 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

2006 Speedway Conference League
LeagueConference League
ChampionsScunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout CupScunthorpe Scorpions
IndividualAdam Roynon
PairsScunthorpe Scorpions
FoursStoke Spitfires
Division/s above2006 Elite League
2006 Premier League

Summary edit

The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions who won the playoffs.[2]

Final league table edit

Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Bonus Total
1 Plymouth Devils 14 7 0 0 4 0 3 719 561 7 29
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 14 6 0 1 5 0 2 756 521 6 28
3 Rye House Raiders 14 6 0 1 3 0 4 705 581 5 23
4 Stoke Spitfires 14 4 1 2 3 0 4 599 657 3 18
5 Boston Barracuda-Braves 14 4 0 3 3 0 4 666 616 3 17
6 Buxton Hitmen 14 5 0 2 0 0 7 639 655 3 13
7 Mildenhall Academy 14 3 0 4 1 1 5 562 722 1 10
8 Newport Mavericks 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 460 793 0 2

Play-offs edit

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Rye House 38 32 70
Scunthorpe 52 62 114
Scunthorpe 58 67 125
Plymouth 36 25 61
Plymouth
bye

Conference League Knockout Cup edit

The 2006 Conference League Knockout Cup was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners.[3][4]

First round edit

Date Team one Score Team two
23/07 Scunthorpe 59-36 Stoke
26/07 Stoke 47-46 Scunthorpe
26/08 Rye House 50-43 Mildenhall
27/08 Newport 41-48 Plymouth

Semi-finals edit

Date Team one Score Team two
04/09 Scunthorpe 52-36 Rye House
23/09 Rye House 45-45 Scunthorpe

Final edit

Date Team one Score Team two
13/10 Plymouth 51-42 Scunthorpe
22/10 Scunthorpe 48-24 Plymouth

Conference Trophy edit

  • Scunthorpe 110 Plymouth 75

Riders' Championship edit

Adam Roynon won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Rye House Stadium.[5]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Adam Roynon Buxton 15
2 David Mason (res) Weymouth 12
3 Seemond Stephens Plymouth 11
4 Lee Smart Plymouth 10
5 Scott Courtney Stoke 9
6 Mark Thompson Mildenhall 8
7 Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe 8
8 John Oliver Boston 8
9 Ben Powell Rye House 7
10 Adam Allott Stoke 7
11 Andrew Bargh Mildenhall 6
12 Gary Cottham (res) Sittingbourne 6
13 Barry Burchatt Rye House 4
14 Scott James Buxton 3
15 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 3
16 Wayne Broadhurst Boston 2
17 Nicki Glanz Newport 1
18 Karl Mason Newport 0

Pairs edit

The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 28 August. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Benji Compton of the Scunthorpe.[6]

  • Semi-Final 1: Scunthorpe bt Mildenhall 7-0 (Cooper, Compton, Bargh (ret), Thompson(Fx))
  • Semi-Final 2: Stoke bt Plymouth 7-2 (Barker, Allott, Smart, Stephens(Fx))
  • Final: 7-2 Scunthorpe bt Stoke (Cooper, Compton, Allott, Barker(Fx))

Fours edit

Stoke won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 24 June 2006 at Loomer Road Stadium.[7]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Stoke 16+3 Barker 6, Courtney 5, Priest 4+3, Irving 1
2 Plymouth 16+2 Johnson 6+2, Stephens 5, Waldron 3, Smart 2
3 Mildenhall 10 Wright 5, Thompson 4, Bargh 1, Purchase 0
4 Scunthorpe 6 Auty 3, Isherwood 2, Carter 1, Woffinden 0

See also edit

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References edit

  1. ^ "2006 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
  3. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  4. ^ "Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results". Scunthorpe Speedway.
  5. ^ "Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1.
  7. ^ "2006 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 July 2023.