2006 Speedway Conference League

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

Summary

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

Final league table

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

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

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

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

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

Final

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

Conference Trophy

  • Scunthorpe 110 Plymouth 75

Riders' Championship

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

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]

Group A
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Scunthorpe B 22 Paul Cooper 12, Benji Compton 10
2 Stoke 20 Ben Barker 12, Adam Allott 8
3 Scunthorpe A 19 Richie Dennis 13, Josh Auty 6
4 Buxton 10 Scott James 8, Ben Taylor 2
5 Rye House 17 Robert Mear 9, Barry Burchatt 8
Group B
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Plymouth 25 Seemond Stephens 12, Lee Smart 13
2 Mildenhall 23 Mark Thompson 12, Andrew Bargh 11
3 Boston 17 John Oliver 14, Wayne Broadhurst 3
4 Cleveland 12 Paul Burnett 10, Jittendra Duffill 2
5 Newport 11 Karl Mason 8, Nicki Glanz 5

  • 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

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

Group A
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Stoke 18 Barker 5, Priest 5, Irving 4, Courtney 4,
2 Plymouth 16 Johnson 6, Stephens 5, Smart 4, Waldron 1
3 Boston 10 Mallett 4, Stoddart 3, Martin 2, Broadhurst 1
4 Newport 4 Blake 2, Mason 1, Lowe 1, Hurst 0, Legg 0
Group B
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Scunthorpe 19 Dennis 5, Carter 5, Auty 5, Woffinden 4
2 Mildenhall 12 Bargh 5, Thompson 3, Wright 3, Purchase 2
3 Buxton 12 Taylor 5, James 4, Roynon 3, Bethell 0
4 Rye House 5 Mear 2, Halsey 1, Burchatt 1, Cook 1

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

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  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.
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