2005 Speedway Conference League Explained

Competition:	Conference League
Domesticcup1:	Champions
Domesticcup2:	Knockout Cup
Domesticcup3:	Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:	Steve Boxall
Domesticcup4:	Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:	Wimbledon Dons
Domesticcup5:	Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:	Weymouth Wildcats
League Above:	2005 Elite League 2005 Premier League
Prevseason:	2004
Nextseason:	2006

The 2005 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.^[1]

Summary

The title was won by Oxford Silver Machine Academy, junior club of the Oxford Cheetahs.^[2]

Final league table

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	Played	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts
1		22	15	3	4	1091	909	42
2		22	15	0	7	1106	932	41
3	Weymouth Wildcats	22	13	0	9	1075	956	33
4		22	12	1	9	1067	968	33
5		22	12	0	10	1025	986	31
6	Rye House Raiders	22	12	0	10	1046	987	29
7		22	12	0	10	1031	982	29
8		22	11	0	11	1012	1000	27
9		22	11	0	11	982	1055	26
10	Newport Mavericks	22	9	0	13	968	1051	21
11		22	6	1	15	890	1112	14
12		22	1	1	20	823	1178	4

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2005 Conference League Knockout Cup was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Weymouth Wildcats were the winners.^[3] First round

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Oxford	Wimbledon	60–33	44–46
Boston	Scunthorpe	53–41	49–40

Quarter-finals

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Buxton	Weymouth	51–43	40–55
Mildenhall	Oxford	54–40	42–53
Newport	Rye House	56–38	40–50
Stoke	Boston	59–35	39–54

Semi-finals

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Weymouth	Newport	51–43	50–41
Boston	Mildenhall	41–51	33–60

Final

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Conference Trophy

Armadale 99 Stoke 84

Riders' Championship

Steve Boxall won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 August at Rye House Stadium.^[4]

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	Team	width=50px	Total
1		Rye House	15
2		Stoke	11
3	Blair Scott	Armadale	11
4		Weymouth	11
5		Weymouth	10
6		Mildenhall	10
7	Wayne Carter	Scunthorpe	9
8	Mark Burrows	Wimbledon	8
9		Mildenhall	7
10	Craig Branney	Oxford	7
11	Karlis Ezergailis	Newport	5
12	Jonathon Bethel	Buxton	4
13	Danny Betson	Wimbledon	4
14	Harland Cook	Rye House	3
15	Mark Baseby (res)	Sittingbourne	3
16	Chris Hunt	Sittingbourne	2
17		Boston	0
18	Lee Smart (res)	Mildenhall	0

Pairs

The Pairs Championship was held at the Wimbledon Stadium, on 17 July. The event was won by Mark Burrows and Scott James of the Wimbledon.^[5]

Group 1
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1	Wimbledon	14	Mark Burrows 8, Scott James 6
2	Sittingbourne	7	Gary Phelps 4, Andre Cross 3
3	Newport	6	Karl Mason 6, Billy Legg 0

Group 2
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1	Stoke	12	Barrie Evans 8, Jack Hargreaves 4
2	Mildenhall	8	Lee Smart 5, Jon Armstrong 3
3	Wimbledon B	7	Matthew Wright 7, Danny Betson 0

Group 3
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1	Scunthorpe	11	Wayne Carter 7, Benji Compton 4
2	Boston	8	Rob Hollingworth 6, Karl White 2
3	Weymouth	8	Dan Giffard 8, Lewis Bridger 0

Group 4
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1	Oxford	11	Craig Branney 8, Chris Mills 3
2	Buxton	9	Jonathon Bethell 6, Carl Belfield 3
3	Rye House	7	Barry Burchatt 5, Luke Bowen 2

Final
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1	Wimbledon	16	Mark Burrows 11, Scott James 5
2	Oxford	16	Craig Branney 10, Chris Mills 6
3	Stoke	14	Barrie Evans 12, Jack Hargreaves 2
4	Scunthorpe	8	Wayne Carter 5, Benji Compton 3

Run-Off for the Title: James, Burrows, Mills, Branney

Fours

Weymouth won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 25 June 2005 at Loomer Road Stadium.^[6]

Group A
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1	Boston	16	Lambert 5, Walker 5, Roynon 3, Irwin 3
2	Armadale	14	Sneddon 5, Scott 4, Tully 4, Stoddart 1
3	Stoke	12	Evans 5, Grant 4, Priest 3, Mitchell 0
4	Wimbledon	5	Betson 2, James 1, Burrows 1, Wright 1

Group B
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=450	Riders
1	Oxford	14	Branney 5, Mills 3, Barker 3, Courtney 3
2	Weymouth	13	Giffard 5, Bridger 4, Brown 3, Mason 1
3	Scunhtorpe	11	Carter 5, Norton 3, Compton 2, Bekker 1
4	Mildenhall	10	Armstrong 5, Collins 4, Bargh 1, Smart 0

Final
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1	Weymouth	16	Mason 5, Giffard 5, Bridger 4, Brown 1
2	Oxford	15	Barker 6, Mills 5, Courtney 4, Branney 0
3	Armadale	9	Sneddon 5, Scott 3, Stoddart 1, Tully 0
4	Boston	8	Walker 3, Roynon 3, Irwin 1, Lambert 1

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

Notes and References

Web site: 2005 tables. Speedway GB.
Web site: Final table. Speedway archive.
Web site: Conference League Knockout Cup Winners. Speedway Archive.
Web site: Bears relish hat-trick . The Northern Echo . 29 June 2023.
Web site: 2005 fixtures & results . Speedway Researcher . 3 July 2023.
Web site: 2005 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 10 July 2023.