| Competition: | Conference League |
| Domesticcup1: | Champions |
| Domesticcup2 Winners: | Plymouth Devils |
| Domesticcup3: | Individual |
| Domesticcup3 Winners: | Benji Compton |
| Domesticcup4: | Pairs |
| Domesticcup4 Winners: | Boston Barracudas |
| Domesticcup5: | Fours |
| Domesticcup5 Winners: | Weymouth Wildcats |
| League Above: | 2008 Elite League 2008 Premier League |
| Prevseason: | 2007 |
| Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]
The title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the playoffs.[2]
| 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 | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 709 | 569 | 20 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 713 | 565 | 19 | |||||||||||||
| 3 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 657 | 614 | 18 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 688 | 588 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 5 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 637 | 629 | 17 | |||||||||||||
| 6 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 605 | 669 | 15 | |||||||||||||
| 7 | 14 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 614 | 663 | 12 | |||||||||||||
| 8 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 472 | 798 | 2 |
The 2008 Conference League Knockout Cup was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Plymouth Devils were the winners.[3]
First round
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 03/05 | Rye House | 59-33 | Sittingbourne | ||||
| 11/05 | Sittingbourne | 42-47 | Rye House | ||||
| 21/06 | Weymouth | 47-45 | Plymouth | ||||
| 10/07 | Plymouth | 51-42 | Weymouth | ||||
| 08/06 | Boston | 51-43 | Redcar | ||||
| 14/06 | Redcar | 45-45 | Boston | ||||
| 26/05 | Scunthorpe | 52-41 | Buxton | ||||
| 08/06 | Buxton | 50-41 | Scunthorpe |
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/09 | Boston | 56-35 | Scunthorpe | ||||
| 10/10 | Scunthorpe | 45-48 | Boston | ||||
| 18/07 | Plymouth | 57-36 | Rye House | ||||
| 10/08 | Rye House | 56-37 | Plymouth |
| width=80 | Date | width=250 | Team one | width=80 | Score | width=250 | Team two |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19/10 | Boston | 50-39 | Plymouth | ||||
| 24/10 | Plymouth | 59-33 | Boston |
Benji Compton won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Rye House Stadium.[4]
| width=25px | Pos. | width=180px | Rider | width=100px | Team | width=50px | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Redcar | 14 | |||||
| 2 | Byron Bekker | Scunthorpe | 13 | ||||
| 3 | Boston | 12 | |||||
| 4 | Rye House | 12 | |||||
| 5 | Jay Herne | Weymouth | 12 | ||||
| 6 | Ben Taylor | Buxton | 9 | ||||
| 7 | Gareth Isherwood | Buxton | 7 | ||||
| 8 | Rob Smith | Rye House | 7 | ||||
| 9 | Dean Felton | Sittingbourne | 6 | ||||
| 10 | Plymouth | 6 | |||||
| 11 | Gary Cottham (res) | Rye House | 5 | ||||
| 12 | Boston | 4 | |||||
| 13 | Tom Brown | Plymouth | 3 | ||||
| 14 | Harland Cook (res) | Rye House | 3 | ||||
| 15 | Scott Richardson | Scunthorpe | 2 | ||||
| 16 | Redcar | 2 | |||||
| 17 | Aaron Baseby | Sittingbourne | 1 | ||||
| 18 | Weymouth | 0 |
The Pairs Championship was held at the Wessex Stadium, on 31 May. The event was won by James Cockle and Simon Lambert of the Boston.[5]
| Group A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=250 | Riders |
| 1 | Redcar | 18 | Aaron Summers 12, Scott James 6 | ||||
| 2 | Sittingbourne | 14 | Jerran Hart 11, Dean Felton 3 | ||||
| 3 | Buxton | 12 | Jack Roberts 7, Ben Taylor 5 | ||||
| 4 | Weymouth | 8 | Jay Herne 6, Jon Armstrong 2 | ||||
| Group B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=80 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=250 | Riders |
| 1 | Boston | 17 | James Cockle 12, Simon Lambert 5 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe | 14 | Byron Bekker 11, Jon Bethell 3 | ||||
| 3 | Plymouth | 14 | Kyle Hughes 10, Paul Starke 4 | ||||
| 4 | Rye House | 7 | Gary Cottham 5, Terry Day 2 | ||||
Semi finals
Final
Weymouth won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 October 2008 at Loomer Road Stadium.[6]
| Group A | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=350 | Riders |
| 1 | Redcar | 19 | James 6, McKinna 6, Cockle 5, Lawson 2 | ||||
| 2 | Sittingbourne | 12 | Scarboro 5, Baseby M 3, Baseby A 2, Felton 2 | ||||
| 3 | Plymouth | 9 | Starke 4, Pickard 3, Brown 2, Gough 0 | ||||
| 4 | Boston | 7 | Lowe 2, Rolph 2, Mallett 2, Allott 1 | ||||
| Group B | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=450 | Riders |
| 1 | Weymouth | 15 | Smart 6, Mason 4, Herne 3, Johnson 2 | ||||
| 2 | Scunthorpe | 13 | Hopwood 5, Richardson 4, Irving 2, Parnaby 2 | ||||
| 3 | Rye House | 12 | Franklin 4, Smith 3, Aldridge 3, Cottham 2 | ||||
| 4 | Buxton | 7 | Isherwood 5, Taylor 2, Whittington 0, Burnett 0 | ||||
| Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| width=20 | Pos | width=90 | Team | width=20 | Pts | width=400 | Riders |
| 1 | Weymouth | 13 | Smart 6, Herne 3, Johnson 3, Mason 1 | ||||
| 2 | Redcar | 12 | Lawson 4, Cockle 3, James 3, McKinna 2 | ||||
| 3 | Sittingbourne | 7 | Baseby M 4, Felton 2, Scarboro 1, Baseby A 0 | ||||
| 4 | Scunthorpe | 4 | Hopwood 1, Irving 1, Widman 1, Parnaby 1, Richardson 0 | ||||
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions