2007 Speedway Conference League Explained

Competition:Conference League
Domesticcup1:Champions
Domesticcup1 Winners:Scunthorpe Scorpions
Domesticcup2:Knockout Cup
Domesticcup2 Winners:Scunthorpe Scorpions
Domesticcup3:Individual
Domesticcup3 Winners:Tai Woffinden
Domesticcup4:Pairs
Domesticcup4 Winners:Boston Barracudas
Domesticcup5:Fours
Domesticcup5 Winners:Scunthorpe Scorpions
League Above:2007 Elite League
2007 Premier League
Prevseason:2006
Nextseason:2008

The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.

Summary

The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year.[1] [2] Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship.[3]

The Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season. In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions.[4]

Final league table

width=20Poswidth=300Teamwidth=20Playedwidth=20HWwidth=20HDwidth=20HLwidth=20AWwidth=20ADwidth=20ALwidth=20Fwidth=20Awidth=20Ptswidth=20APwidth=20Total
1 189 0070299363732941
2 1890041492172927835
3 1880130687276922628
4 188 0121684280121526
5 1871120784180119524
6 18702 10884479416622
7 1870210876288616117
8 185 13207 75789815217
9 182 16108 7199107310
10 18207018653979505

Key

Play-offs

[5]

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.[6] [7]

First round

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
18/04Stoke 50-40 Weymouth
20/04Weymouth54-32Stoke
22/04Sittingbourne 32-59 Rye House

Quarter-finals

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08/07Oxford 45-44 Plymouth
27/07Plymouth45-44 Oxford
07/09Plymouth63-30 Oxford
28/07Cleveland35-35 Boston
10/06Scunthorpe 59-31Rye House
16/06Rye House 52-41Scunthorpe
08/07Buxton 43-50 Weymouth

Semi-finals

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29-SepWeymouth 45-45Plymouth
30-SepScunthorpe 51-45 Boston
05 OctBoston 30-62 Scunthorpe

Final

width=80Datewidth=250Team onewidth=80Scorewidth=250Team two
26/10Plymouth 49-44Scunthorpe
28/10Scunthorpe 58-35Plymouth

Conference Trophy

Riders' Championship

Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium.[8]

width=25pxPos. width=180pxRider width=100pxTeam width=50pxTotal
1 Scunthorpe15
2 Scunthorpe 13
3 Rye House 12
4 Jey Herne Weymouth9
5 Danny Warwick Sittingbourne9
6 Weymouth 9
7 Ben TaylorBuxton 8
8 Stoke 8
9John Branney Stoke 7
10 Mark Burrows Cleveland7
11 Tom Brown Plymouth 6
12 Rye House 5
13 Oxford5
14 Oxford 4
15 Nicki Glanz Plymouth3
16 Boston 0

Pairs

The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 22 July. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert of the Boston.[9]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=250Riders
1Boston P Cooper, S Lambert
?Cleveland G Blair, M Burrows
?Rye House R Mear, Karlis
?Scunthorpe T Woffinden, A Tully
?Weymouth L Smart, J Herne
Group B
width=20Poswidth=80Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=250Riders
1Oxford J Frampton, L Smethills
?Buxton J Bethell, J Roberts
?Stoke J Branney, B Evans
?Plymouth
?Sittingbourne

Final

Fours

Scunthorpe won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum.[10] [11]

Group A
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Scunthorpe20Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis
2 Buxton 14James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell
3 Oxford11Martin, MacDonald, Hughes, Hopwood
4 Sittingbourne3Felton, Reynolds, Goody, Meakins
Group B
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=450Riders
1 Plymouth 22 Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz
2 Weymouth 11Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason
3 Cleveland 8Burrows, Emerson, Blair, Beaton
4 Boston 7 Wright, Smith, Mallett, Lambert
Final
width=20Poswidth=90Teamwidth=20Ptswidth=350Riders
1 Scunthorpe19Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis
2 Plymouth16Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz
3 Weymouth8Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason
4 Buxton 5James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2007 table. Speedway GB.
  2. Web site: Club Honours. Scunthorpe Scorpions.
  3. Web site: 2007 Roll of Honour. Speedway GB.
  4. Web site: Oxford Saved. British Speedway Promoters' Association.
  5. Web site: Play Offs. Speedway Archive.
  6. Web site: Conference League Knockout Cup Winners. Speedway Archive.
  7. Web site: Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results. Scunthorpe Speedway.
  8. Web site: 2007 ROLL OF HONOUR . British Speedway . 29 June 2023.
  9. Web site: 2007 fixtures & results . Speedway Researcher . 3 July 2023.
  10. Web site: 2007 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 11 July 2023.
  11. Web site: FOURS FEVER HITS PLYMOUTH . British Speedway . 11 July 2023.

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