2013 Elite League speedway season

2013 Elite League speedway season

League	2013 Sky Sports Elite League
Season	2013
Champions	Poole Pirates
Elite League Riders Championship	Rory Schlein
Highest average	Darcy Ward (9.76)

The 2013 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) took place between March and October 2013. The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.

Team Lineups

Belle Vue Aces

• Matej Zagar
• Magnus Zetterstrom
• Artur Mroczka

• Craig Cook
• Kevin Wolbert
• Kauko Nieminen

• Aleš Dryml

Birmingham Brummies

• Chris Harris
• Danny King
• Ben Barker

• Jason Doyle
• Josh Auty
• Martin Smolinski

• Nicolas Covatti

Coventry Bees

• Krzysztof Kasprzak
• Scott Nicholls
• Grzegorz Zengota

• Aaron Summers
• Adam Roynon
• Mateusz Szczepaniak

• Michal Szczepaniak

Eastbourne Eagles

• Bjarne Pedersen
• Simon Gustafsson
• Adam Shields

• Timo Lahti
• Cameron Woodward
• Lukas Dryml

• Denis Gizatullin

Kings Lynn Stars

• Niels Kristian Iversen
• Rory Schlein
• Mads Korneliussen

• Simon Stead
• Nicolai Klindt
• Sebastian Alden

• Kozza Smith

Lakeside Hammers

• Peter Karlsson
• Davey Watt
• Lewis Bridger

• Piotr Swiderski
• Kim Nilsson
• Robert Mear

• Richard Lawson

Peterborough Panthers

• Kenneth Bjerre
• Linus Sundstrom
• Kenni Larsen

• Norbert Kosciuch
• Ryan Fisher
• Patrick Hougaard

• Dakota North

Poole Pirates

• Darcy Ward
• Chris Holder
• Maciej Janowski

• Robert Miskowiak
• Dawid Stachyra
• Rohan Tungate

• Kyle Howarth

Swindon Robins

• Hans N. Andersen
• Troy Batchelor
• Peter Kildemand

• Edward Kennett
• Nick Morris
• Kacper Gomolski

• Ashley Birks

Wolverhampton Wolves

• Tai Woffinden
• Freddie Lindgren
• Adam Skornicki

• Ricky Wells
• Ty Proctor
• Sam Masters

• Jacob Thorssell

League Table

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	+/-	Pts
			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:
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; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

23 September 2013

Wolverhampton Wolves	44 – 46	Birmingham Brummies

Monmore Green

23 September 2013

Swindon Robins	52 – 42	Poole Pirates

Abbey Stadium

Leg 2

30 September 2013

Birmingham Brummies	55 – 38	Wolverhampton Wolves

Perry Barr Stadium

30 September 2013

Poole Pirates	55 - 38	Swindon Robins

Poole Stadium

Grand final

First leg

7 October 2013

Poole Pirates	57 - 36	Birmingham Brummies

Poole Stadium

Second leg

15 October 2013

Birmingham Brummies	43 (79) - 47 (104)	Poole Pirates

Perry Barr Stadium

The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.