The 2006 Elite League speedway season was the 72nd season of the top division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).[1][2]
League | Sky Sports Elite League |
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Champions | Peterborough Panthers |
Knockout Cup | Coventry Bees |
Craven Shield | Poole Pirates |
Elite Shield | Coventry Bees |
Individual | Jason Crump |
Pairs | Belle Vue Aces |
Highest average | Jason Crump |
Division/s below | Premier League Conference League |
In 2006, the league consisted of eleven teams, after the newly named Reading Bulldogs, moved up from the Premier League. The Championship was won by the Peterborough Panthers by a single race point in the play-off final.[3]
Peterborough and Reading battled each other throughout the season finishing level on points in the regular season table before Peterborough edged Reading in the Play off final. Peterborough had a strong all round squad and included Danish trio of Hans Andersen, Jesper Jensen and Niels Kristian Iversen, in addition to Australian Ryan Sullivan.[4] Reading who had come up from the division below had recruited Greg Hancock as their main heat leader who finished 7th in the league averages which were headed once again by Australian stars Jason Crump and Leigh Adams.
Home | Away | Bonus | ||||||||||||
Pos | Team | M | W | D | L | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | W | L | Tot |
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1 | Peterborough Panthers | 40 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 1942 | 1731 | 48 | 16 | 4 | 64 |
2 | Reading Bulldogs | 40 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 10 | 1934 | 1756 | 51 | 13 | 7 | 64 |
3 | Swindon Robins | 40 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1893 | 1786 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 61 |
4 | Coventry Bees | 40 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 1856 | 1835 | 47 | 11 | 9 | 58 |
5 | Belle Vue Aces | 40 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1880 | 1761 | 42 | 15 | 5 | 57 |
6 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 40 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 15 | 1827 | 1840 | 42 | 10 | 10 | 52 |
7 | Poole Pirates | 40 | 18 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1880 | 1806 | 38 | 13 | 6 | 51 |
8 | Ipswich Witches | 40 | 17 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 18 | 1847 | 1837 | 38 | 8 | 12 | 46 |
9 | Eastbourne Eagles | 40 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 1791 | 1860 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 46 |
10 | Oxford Cheetahs | 40 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1696 | 1989 | 24 | 2 | 18 | 26 |
11 | Arena Essex Hammers | 40 | 11 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 1658 | 2003 | 22 | 3 | 17 | 25 |
= Qualified for Play Off finals |
Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.
Semi-finals
Final
First leg
Second leg
The Peterborough Panthers were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-94.
The 2006 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 68th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Coventry Bees were the winners of the competition.[5]
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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13/04 | Swindon | 40-50 | Reading |
10/04 | Reading | 47-43 | Swindon |
06/04 | Peterborough | 57-37 | Arena Essex |
03/04 | Wolverhampton | 54-40 | Oxford |
31/03 | Arena Essex | 59-35 | Peterborough |
29/03 | Oxford | 43-47 | Wolverhampton |
Quarter-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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10/07 | Belle Vue | 56-38 | Arena Essex |
07/07 | Arena Essex | 44-46 | Belle Vue |
07/07 | Coventry | 56-40 | Ipswich |
07/07 | Reading | 51-42 | Poole |
05/07 | Poole | 58-34 | Reading |
03/07 | Wolverhampton | 41-51 | Eastbourne |
01/07 | Eastbourne | 55-38 | Wolverhampton |
01/06 | Ipswich | 48-42 | Coventry |
Semi-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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29/09 | Coventry | 61-31 | Eastbourne |
28/09 | Poole | 43-34 | Belle Vue |
16/09 | Eastbourne | 46-44 | Coventry |
11/09 | Belle Vue | 53-41 | Poole |
First leg
Second leg
The Coventry Bees were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101-85.
Jason Crump won the Riders' Championship for the third time. The final was held at Wimborne Road on 1 October.[6]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | Jason Crump | 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 | x | 3 |
2 | Nicki Pedersen | 3 2 3 3 2 | 13 | x | 2 |
3 | Greg Hancock | 2 2 3 2 3 | 12 | 3 | 1 |
4 | Scott Nicholls | 2 3 1 2 2 | 10 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Hans Andersen | 1 1 3 1 3 | 9 | 1 | |
6 | Todd Wiltshire | 3 0 2 2 2 | 9 | 0 | |
7 | Leigh Adams | 0 3 2 3 0 | 8 | ||
8 | Billy Hamill | 1 2 1 1 3 | 8 | ||
9 | Rory Schlein | 2 2 1 1 1 | 7 | ||
10 | Adam Shields | 1 1 2 2 1 | 7 | ||
11 | Craig Boyce | 0 0 0 3 2 | 5 | ||
12 | Krzysztof Kasprzak | 0 3 1 - - | 4 | ||
13 | Simon Stead | 3 0 0 0 1 | 4 | ||
14 | Jesper B. Monberg | 0 1 2 1 0 | 4 | ||
15 | Mark Loram | 2 1 - - - | 3 | ||
16 | Mikael Max | 1 0 0 0 1 | 2 | ||
17 | Matt Bates (res) | 0 0 0 0 | 0 |
The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Abbey Stadium on 4 June and was won by Belle Vue Aces.[7]
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Final
Rider | Team | Average |
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Jason Crump | Belle Vue | 11.21 |
Leigh Adams | Swindon | 10.47 |
Hans Andersen | Peterborough | 10.40 |
Peter Karlsson | Wolverhampton | 9.94 |
Nicki Pedersen | Eastbourne | 9.92 |
Bjarne Pedersen | Poole | 9.39 |
Greg Hancock | Reading | 9.28 |
Scott Nicholls | Coventry | 9.05 |
Mark Loram | Ipswich | 8.92 |
Jesper B Jensen | Peterborough | 8.76 |
Arena Essex
Belle Vue
Coventry
Eastbourne
Ipswich
Oxford
Peterborough
Poole
Reading
Swindon
Wolverhampton