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'''M''' = Meetings; '''D''' = Draws; '''L''' = Losses; '''F''' = Race points for; '''A''' = Race points against; '''+/-''' = Race points difference; '''Pts''' = Total Points</small>
'''M''' = Meetings; '''D''' = Draws; '''L''' = Losses; '''F''' = Race points for; '''A''' = Race points against; '''+/-''' = Race points difference; '''Pts''' = Total Points</small>


<small>Last updated: May 13, 2011</small>
<small>Last updated: May 24, 2011</small>


<small>Source: [http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/pltable11.html BSPA]</small>
<small>Source: [http://www.british-speedway.co.uk/pltable11.html BSPA]</small>

Revision as of 10:41, 24 May 2011

2011 Premier League speedway season
Season2011 Season
Premier League-
PL Play-Offs-
Premier League KOC-
Premier ShieldNewcastle Diamonds
Premier League Pairs-
Premier League Fours-
PLRC-
Highest averageEngland Ben Barker
(9.50)
Biggest home winIpswich 69-24
Scunthorpe (PL)
Biggest away winNewport 37-53
Rye House (PL)

The 2011 Premier League Season is the current Premier League speedway season. The Edinburgh Monarchs are the defending champions from 2010.

Pre-Season

New Entries

The Leicester Lions were hoping to gain entry to the 2010 season. However, the track was not ready in time for them to compete.[1] They therefore decided to return in 2011. With the stadium getting approval, the Lions were then confirmed as entrants for the 2011 season.[2]

On 15 November 2011, Plymouth Devils boss Mike Bowden confirmed that the Devils hope to join the 2011 Premier League after spending 5 years in the National League.[3] On 19 November, it was confirmed that the Stoke Potters were to withdraw from the 2011 Premier League season due to financial climate and making substantial losses over the last three season. However, it was confirmed that they would race in the 2011 National League.[4] It was also decided at the Yearly AGM meeting that the Birmingham Brummies and the Ipswich Witches would exchange league memberships, meaning the Brummies would move up to the Elite League and the Witches would move down to the Premier League.[5] On 27 November, the BSPA announced that the Coventry Bees and the Peterborough Panthers failed to declare their intention to race in the forthcoming Elite League season and are therefore seeking a league to compete in.[6] Because of this, the Kings Lynn Stars elected to compete in the 2011 Elite League and therefore withdrew from the Premier League.[7] Later that day, the Plymouth Devils announced that they were set to be accepted into the 2011 Premier League season[8]

Season Format

At the Annual AGM Meeting, it was decided that the Premier League would be expanded to 19 home and 19 away fixtures throughout the season. The 14 teams will initially race each other in Round 1 with a total of 26 meetings (13 home and 13 away). In Round 2 the league then split into two groups of seven teams, with everyone then racing each other in their group for a further 12 meetings (6 home and 6 away). The format and cut-off point for the split is made as each team reaches 10 home and 10 away matches. Group 1 will be teams placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 14th - Group 2 is 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 13th. Those additional 12 matches are then added onto the points gained from the 26 meetings in Round 1. The league table above at the end of the season will then show a total of 38 meetings (19 home and 19 away). The team that finishes top after these 38 meetings is declared Premier League Champions.[9]

The Premier League KOC has been retained for the 2011 season. A new competition, the Premier Shield has been introduced for the 2011 season. It is understood that it will work along the same lines as the Elite Shield, and contested by the previous seasons league winners and KOC champions. The 2011 Premier Shield will be contested between the Edinburgh Monarchs and the Newcastle Diamonds.[10][11]

The Premier Trophy and the Young Shield do not continue into the 2011 season. It has yet to be confirmed if anything will replace these competitions.[5]

Team Lineups

The Points Limit was once again set at 42.50 for the third year running. Rolling averages were introduced into the 2011 season in which the first set of averages will be taken at the end of April and will consider the averages from the end of the 2011 season. The first set of new averages was released on 1 May 2011.

Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers
Rider CMA Rider CMA Rider CMA
Denmark Charlie Gjedde 7.07 Germany Kevin Wolbert 8.15 United Kingdom Joe Screen (C) 9.25
Czech Republic Josef Franc 6.93 United Kingdom Andrew Tully 7.14 United Kingdom Josh Grajczonek 7.13
United Kingdom Lee Complin (C) 6.67 Australia Matthew Wethers (C) 7.07 United Kingdom James Grieves 6.83
Australia Kozza Smith 6.49 Finland Kalle Katajisto 6.85 Australia Christian Henry 5.21*
Czech Republic Hynek Stichauer 5.79 United Kingdom Craig Cook 6.80 Netherlands Theo Pijper 4.90*
Hungary Jade Mudgway 3.31 United Kingdom Lee Dicken 3.71 Poland Michal Rajkowski 4.85
New Zealand Tamas Sike 3.00 United Kingdom Kyle Howarth 3.00 United Kingdom Nick Morris 4.53
TOTAL 39.26 TOTAL 42.72 TOTAL 42.70
Remaining 3.24 Remaining 0.00 Remaining 0.00
Ipswich Witches Leicester Lions Newcastle Diamonds
Rider CMA Rider CMA Rider CMA
Australia Kevin Doolan (C) 8.68 Russia Sergey Darkin 7.85* United Kingdom Mark Lemon 9.09
Denmark Morten Risager 7.07 Australia Richard Sweetman 7.59 United Kingdom Stuart Robson 8.71
Denmark Lasse Bjerre 6.51 Russia Richard Hall (C) 7.04 Slovenia Matej Ferjan 7.00*
United Kingdom Chris Schramm 6.48 France Mathieu Tresarrieu 5.90 Denmark Claes Nedermark 7.00 (Ass)
Australia Taylor Poole 6.25 Australia John Oliver 5.43* United Kingdom Derek Sneddon (C) 5.47
United Kingdom Chris Mills 5.18 Denmark Jan Graversen 4.41 United Kingdom Kyle Newman 3.54
United Kingdom Jerran Hart 4.30 United Kingdom Jamie Courtney 3.00 United Kingdom Richie Worrall 3.46
TOTAL 44.47 TOTAL 41.22 TOTAL 44.27
Remaining 0.00 Remaining 1.28 Remaining 0.00
Newport Wasps Plymouth Devils Redcar Bears
Rider CMA Rider CMA Rider CMA
United Kingdom Leigh Lanham (C) 7.34 United Kingdom Ben Barker 9.50* Australia Jason Lyons 8.73
Canada Kyle Legault 6.97 New Zealand Jason Bunyan 8.05* United Kingdom Gary Havelock (C) 7.75
Sweden Kim Nilsson 6.86 Denmark Lee Smart (C) 5.78 Australia Aaron Summers 7.14
Australia Justin Sedgman 6.56 United Kingdom Mark Simmonds 5.00* Czech Republic Matej Kus 7.00*
Sweden Robin Aspegren 5.77 United Kingdom Seemond Stephens 5.00* United Kingdom Adam Roynon 4.70
Australia Alex Davies 4.24 Denmark Jesper Kristiansen 4.80* Denmark Peter Juul Larsen 3.82
Australia Todd Kurtz 3.90 United Kingdom James Cockle 3.00 United Kingdom Robert Branford 3.00*
TOTAL 41.64 TOTAL 41.13 TOTAL 42.14
Remaining 0.86 Remaining 1.37 Remaining 0.36
Rye House Rockets Scunthorpe Scorpions Sheffield Tigers
Rider CMA Rider CMA Rider CMA
United Kingdom Jordan Frampton 8.02 United Kingdom David Howe (C) 8.09 United Kingdom Ricky Ashworth (C) 8.05
United Kingdom Chris Neath (C) 7.33 United Kingdom Joe Haines 6.22 United Kingdom Josh Auty 7.98
United Kingdom Steve Boxall 6.88 United Kingdom Ben Wilson 6.21 Australia Shane Parker 7.82
United Kingdom Ritchie Hawkins 5.57 Finland Tero Aarnio 6.06 Argentina Emiliano Sanchez 6.46
United Kingdom Luke Bowen 4.84 Sweden Viktor Bergstrom 4.97 Australia Hugh Skidmore 5.80
Australia Tyson Nelson 4.18 Denmark Thomas Jorgensen 4.10 United Kingdom Simon Lambert 3.87
United Kingdom Ben Morley 3.00 United Kingdom Steve Worrall 3.00 United Kingdom Ashley Birks 3.00
TOTAL 39.82 TOTAL 38.65 TOTAL 42.98
Remaining 2.68 Remaining 3.85 Remaining 0.00
Somerset Rebels Workington Comets
Rider CMA Rider CMA
Australia Travis McGowan 8.81 United Kingdom James Wright 7.82*
Australia Cory Gathercole 7.85 Czech Republic Tomas Topinka 7.44
Australia Sam Masters 6.98 United Kingdom Rusty Harrison 7.09
Germany Christian Hefenbrock 6.13 Denmark Peter Kildemand 6.78
Australia Dakota North 5.26 United Kingdom Richard Lawson 5.38
Australia Kyle Hughes 4.56 United States Kenny Ingalls 5.07
Australia James Holder (C) 4.12 United Kingdom Charles Wright 3.67
TOTAL 43.71 TOTAL 46.25
Remaining 0.00 Remaining 0.00

*Average Assessed.

Last updated: May 15, 2011

Source: BSPA

Fixtures & Results

  Home\Away BER EDI GLA IPS LEI ND NW PLY RED RH SS SHE SOM WOR
Berwick Bandits 53-39 46-44 59-34 48-44 54-36
Edinburgh Monarchs 49-44 53-40 44-45 51-42 56-37 60-32
Glasgow Tigers 50-39 50-43 62-31 54-36 50-43
Ipswich Witches 53-42 59-35 49-43 49-47 69-24 53-38 42-51 63-27
Leicester Lions 45-45 52-43 41-52 56-35 40-52 40-50
Newcastle Diamonds 41-49 50-40 50-43 49-44
Newport Wasps 42-49 42-50 37-53 48-44 43-50 43-50
Plymouth Devils 44-45 41-49
Redcar Bears 44-46 45-45 50-40 48-45
Rye House Rockets 45-34 54-39 43-44 41-49 46-44 54-39
Scunthorpe Scorpions 56-39 46-44 47-42 56-38 49-41 44-46
Sheffield Tigers 51-41 52-44 56-36 56-35 43-47
Somerset Rebels 59-34 53-43 46-44 62-32
Workington Comets 57-36 57-38 50-40 59-37 55-37

Last updated: May 13, 2011. Source: BSPA

Colours: Green = home win; Red = away win; White = draw

Home team listed in the left-hand column

League table

Pos Club M Home Away F A +/- Pts
3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Somerset Rebels 10 3 1 0 0 3 1 0 0 2 498 424 +74 26
2 Ipswich Witches 14 6 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 4 677 604 +73 26
3 Workington Comets 9 5 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 450 379 +71 26
4 Glasgow Tigers 8 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 405 329 +76 22
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 9 4 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 445 381 +64 19 6 Sheffield Tigers 11 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 3 2 510 498 +12 18
7 Scunthorpe Scorpions 14 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 599 692 -97 18
8 Rye House Rockets 13 3 1 0 2 1 0 0 2 4 579 597 -28 17
9 Berwick Bandits 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 546 558 -12 16
10 Newcastle Diamonds 9 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 405 421 -16 12
11 Redcar Bears 9 1 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 3 400 421 -21 11
12 Leicester Lions 10 2 0 1 3 0 1 0 1 2 442 471 -29 11
13 Newport Wasps 11 0 1 0 5 1 0 0 0 4 459 551 -92 6
14 Plymouth Devils 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 185 274 -89 0

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; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Last updated: May 24, 2011

Source: BSPA

Premier League KOC

Main article: 2011 Speedway Premier League KOC

Premier Shield

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs44 - 46Newcastle Diamonds
Matthew Wethers 11 report Stuart Robson 13
Referee: Jim McGregor
1 Germany Kevin Wolbert 0, 1', 0, 0 1+1
2 Australia Matthew Wethers (c) 1, 2, 3, 3, 2 11
3 United Kingdom Andrew Tully F, 0, 1, 3 4
4 United Kingdom Craig Cook 3, 2, 3, 2, F 10
5 Finland Kalle Katajisto 3, 2, 3, 2 10
6 United Kingdom Ashley Morris 2', 0, 0, 1' 3+2
7 United Kingdom Jay Herne 3, 1, 0, 1 5
Manager: John Campbell
1 Denmark Rene Bach 2', 3, 1', 1 7+2
2 United Kingdom Derek Sneddon (c) 3, 1, 2, 2 8
3 Czech Republic Lubos Tomicek 1', 1, 1', 2 5+2
4 United Kingdom Stuart Robson 2, 3, 2, 3, 3 13
5 Australia Mark Lemon 2, 3, 2, 3, 1 11
6 United Kingdom Kyle Newman 1, 0, 1', F 2+1
7 United Kingdom Richie Worrall 0, 0, 0, F 0
Manager: George English

Second leg

Newcastle Diamonds48 (94) - 45 (89)Edinburgh Monarchs
Stuart Robson 14 report Andrew Tully 10+2
Referee: Michael Breckon
1 Denmark Rene Bach 3, 3, 3, 1, 1' 11+1
2 United Kingdom Derek Sneddon (c) 1, 1, 3, 1 6
3 Czech Republic Lubos Tomicek 0, 0, 0, 2 2
4 United Kingdom Stuart Robson 3, 3, 3, 3, 2 14
5 Australia Mark Lemon 3, 3, 3, 0 9
6 United Kingdom Kyle Newman 2, 0, 1, 1 4
7 United Kingdom Richie Worrall 0, 2', 0, 0 2+1
Manager: George English
1 Germany Kevin Wolbert 0, 2, 2, 3, 0 7
2 Australia Matthew Wethers (c) 2, 1', 2, 0 5+1
3 United Kingdom Andrew Tully 1', 1', 2, 6^ 10+2
4 United Kingdom Craig Cook 2, 2, 0, 2 6
5 Finland Kalle Katajisto 0, 2, 2, 2', 3 9+1
6 United Kingdom Ashley Morris 1, 0, 1', 1 3+1
7 United Kingdom Robert Branford (G) 3, 1, 1', 0 5+1
Manager: John Campbell

References

  1. ^ "Leicester Delay". BSPA. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  2. ^ "Leicester: Lions Get Connected". BSPA. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  3. ^ "Devils Hoping for Premier". BSPA. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
  4. ^ "Potters Going National". BSPA. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
  5. ^ a b "British Speedway AGM - Key Points". BSPA. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
  6. ^ "British Speedway Statement". BSPA. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  7. ^ "Kings Lynn Join The Elite". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  8. ^ "Plymouth Make Premier Move". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
  9. ^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable11.html
  10. ^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/march11.html
  11. ^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/april11.html
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