2013 Elite League speedway season
League | 2013 Sky Sports Elite League |
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Champions | Poole Pirates |
Elite Shield | Swindon Robins |
Individual | Rory Schlein |
Highest average | Tai Woffinden |
Division/s below | 2013 Premier League 2013 National League |
The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013.[1]
Summary
The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.[2]
Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki.[3]
League table
Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | Pts | |||||||
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3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | ||||||
1 | Birmingham Brummies | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1344 | 1218 | 56 |
2 | Swindon Robins | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1353 | 1216 | 54 |
3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1319 | 1232 | 51 |
4 | Poole Pirates | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1291 | 1236 | 46 |
5 | Kings Lynn Stars | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1265 | 1273 | 43 |
6 | Lakeside Hammers | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1257 | 1307 | 43 |
7 | Peterborough Panthers | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1293 | 1245 | 40 |
8 | Eastbourne Eagles | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1240 | 1339 | 37 |
9 | Belle Vue Aces* | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1204 | 1309 | 32 |
10 | Coventry Bees | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1185 | 1376 | 30 |
Key: | |
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Championship play-offs | |
- Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing.
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; Pts = Total Points
Championship play-offs
Semi-finals
Leg 1
Leg 2
Grand final
First leg
Poole Pirates Hancock 14 Ward 13 Grajczonek 10 Jonasson 9 Janowski 8 Newman 3 | 57 - 36[4] | Birmingham Brummies Doyle 11 Harris 7 Barker 6 King 5 Covatti 3 Smolinski 2 Auty 2 |
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Second leg
Birmingham Brummies Doyle 12 Harris 10 Barker 7 Auty 7 Covatti 5 Smolinski 2 King 0 | 43 (79) - 47 (104)[5] | Poole Pirates Ward 14 Grajczonek 13 Janowski 6 Newman 6 Hancock 5 Jonasson 3 |
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The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.
Leading averages
Rider | Team | Average |
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Tai Woffinden | Wolverhampton | 9.20 |
Niels Kristian Iversen | Kings Lynn | 9.12 |
Darcy Ward | Poole | 9.07 |
Freddie Lindgren | Wolverhampton | 8.94 |
Greg Hancock | Poole | 8.77 |
Matej Žagar | Belle Vue | 8.64 |
Kenneth Bjerre | Peterborough | 8.45 |
Hans Andersen | Swindon | 8.34 |
Peter Kildemand | Swindon | 8.25 |
Troy Batchelor | Swindon | 8.21 |
Knockout Cup
The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.
Team Lineups
Belle Vue Aces
Birmingham Brummies
Coventry Bees
Eastbourne Eagles
Kings Lynn Stars
Lakeside Hammers
Peterborough Panthers
Poole Pirates
- Darcy Ward
- Chris Holder
- Maciej Janowski
- Robert Miskowiak
- Dawid Stachyra
- Rohan Tungate
- Kyle Howarth
- Greg Hancock *Injury replacement for Chris Holder (26th July)
Swindon Robins
Wolverhampton Wolves
See also
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "2013 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS: MONDAY OCTOBER 7". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS: TUESDAY OCTOBER 15". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Greensheet Averages" (PDF). Speedway GB.