2006 Speedway Conference League Explained

Competition:	Conference League
Domesticcup1:	Champions
Domesticcup2:	Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Domesticcup3:	Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:	Adam Roynon
Domesticcup4:	Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Domesticcup5:	Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:	Stoke Spitfires
League Above:	2006 Elite League 2006 Premier League
Prevseason:	2005
Nextseason:	2007

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

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	Played	width=20	HW	width=20	HD	width=20	HL	width=20	AW	width=20	AD	width=20	AL	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Bonus	width=20	Total
1		14	7	0	0	4	0	3	719	561	7	29
2		14	6	0	1	5	0	2	756	521	6	28
3		14	6	0	1	3	0	4	705	581	5	23
4		14	4	1	2	3	0	4	599	657	3	18
5		14	4	0	3	3	0	4	666	616	3	17
6		14	5	0	2	0	0	7	639	655	3	13
7		14	3	0	4	1	1	5	562	722	1	10
8		14	1	0	6	0	0	7	460	793	0	2

Play-offs

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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

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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

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04/09	Scunthorpe	52-36	Rye House
23/09	Rye House	45-45	Scunthorpe

Final

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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]

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	Team	width=50px	Total
1		Buxton	15
2	David Mason (res)	Weymouth	12
3	Seemond Stephens	Plymouth	11
4		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		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
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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
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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
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	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
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=450	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
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	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

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2006 tables. Speedway GB.
2. Web site: Final table. Speedway archive.
3. Web site: Conference League Knockout Cup Winners. Speedway Archive.
4. Web site: Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results. Scunthorpe Speedway.
5. Web site: Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions. Plymouth Speedway . 29 June 2023.
6. Book: Bamford, Robert . Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson . 2007 . Tempus Publishing Ltd . 978-07524-4250-1.
7. Web site: 2006 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 11 July 2023.