The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013.[1]
| League | 2013 Sky Sports Elite League |
|---|---|
| Champions | Poole Pirates |
| Elite Shield | Swindon Robins |
| Individual | Rory Schlein |
| Highest average | Tai Woffinden |
| Division/s below | 2013 Premier League 2013 National League |
Summary edit
The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.[2]
Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki.[3]
League table edit
| Pos | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3W | 2W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | ||||||
| 1 | Birmingham Brummies | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1344 | 1218 | 56 |
| 2 | Swindon Robins | 28 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 1353 | 1216 | 54 |
| 3 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 28 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 1319 | 1232 | 51 |
| 4 | Poole Pirates | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 1291 | 1236 | 46 |
| 5 | Kings Lynn Stars | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 1265 | 1273 | 43 |
| 6 | Lakeside Hammers | 28 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 1257 | 1307 | 43 |
| 7 | Peterborough Panthers | 28 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 1293 | 1245 | 40 |
| 8 | Eastbourne Eagles | 28 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 1240 | 1339 | 37 |
| 9 | Belle Vue Aces* | 28 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1204 | 1309 | 32 |
| 10 | Coventry Bees | 28 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 1185 | 1376 | 30 |
| Key: | |
|---|---|
| Championship play-offs | |
- Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing.
Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; Pts = Total Points
Championship play-offs edit
Semi-finals edit
Leg 1
Leg 2
Grand final edit
First leg
| Poole Pirates Hancock 14 Ward 13 Grajczonek 10 Jonasson 9 Janowski 8 Newman 3 | 57 - 36[4] | Birmingham Brummies Doyle 11 Harris 7 Barker 6 King 5 Covatti 3 Smolinski 2 Auty 2 |
|---|---|---|
Second leg
| Birmingham Brummies Doyle 12 Harris 10 Barker 7 Auty 7 Covatti 5 Smolinski 2 King 0 | 43 (79) - 47 (104)[5] | Poole Pirates Ward 14 Grajczonek 13 Janowski 6 Newman 6 Hancock 5 Jonasson 3 |
|---|---|---|
The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.
Knockout Cup edit
The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.
Riders' Championship edit
Rory Schlein won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 19 October.[6][7]
| Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Rory Schlein |
ef 3 3 3 | 9 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 |  Niels Kristian Iversen |
3 2 3 2 | 11 | x | 2 |
| 3 |  Craig Cook |
3 ef 3 3 | 9 | x | 1 |
| 4 | Hans Andersen |
3 1 2 2 | 8 | 3 | ef |
| 5 | Jason Doyle |
3 3 2 1 | 9 | 1 | |
| 6 | Troy Batchelor |
2 3 f/exc 2 | 7 | 0 | |
| 7 | Scott Nicholls |
1 2 1 3 | 7 | ||
| 8 | Peter Kildemand |
2 2 3 f/exc | 7 | ||
| 9 |  Freddie Lindgren |
f 1 2 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | Chris Harris |
2 2 2 0 | 6 | ||
| 11 |  Grzegorz Zengota |
1 3 1 1 | 6 | ||
| 12 | Kenneth Bjerre |
1 1 0 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | Davey Watt |
2 0 ef | 2 | ||
| 14 | Oliver Greenwood (res) |
0 1 1 | 2 | ||
| 15 | Bjarne Pedersen |
ef 1 | 1 | ||
| 16 | Paul Starke (res) |
1 0 | 1 | ||
| 17 | Krzysztof Buczkowski |
ef ef ef 0 | 0 | ||
| 18 | Darcy Ward |
ef ef | 0 |
- f=fell, exc=excluded, ret=retired ef=engine failure
Final leading averages edit
| Rider | Team | Average |
|---|---|---|
| Tai Woffinden |
Wolverhampton | 9.93 |
| Chris Holder |
Poole | 9.73 |
| Niels Kristian Iversen |
Kings Lynn | 9.68 |
| Freddie Lindgren |
Wolverhampton | 9.53 |
| Darcy Ward |
Poole | 9.44 |
| Hans Andersen |
Swindon | 9.24 |
 Matej Žagar |
Belle Vue | 9.12 |
| Krzysztof Buczkowski |
Peterborough | 8.80 |
| Kenneth Bjerre |
Peterborough | 8.78 |
| Ty Proctor |
Wolverhampton | 8.76 |
Riders & averages edit
Belle Vue
-
Matej Žagar 9.12 -
Craig Cook 8.16 -
Kevin Wolbert 5.95 -
Magnus Zetterström 5.53 -
Kauko Nieminen 5.39 -
Ulrich Østergaard 4.96 -
Aleš Dryml 4.85 -
Artur Mroczka 4.57
Birmingham
-
Jason Doyle 8.24 - Martin Smolinski 8.00
- Danny King 7.94
- Ben Barker 7.29
- Chris Harris 7.50
- Josh Auty 5.77
-
Nicolas Covatti 5.46
Coventry
- Scott Nicholls 7.88
- Krzysztof Kasprzak 7.85
- Grzegorz Zengota 6.73
- Oliver Allen 4.41
- Aaron Summers 5.47
- Michał Szczepaniak 5.45
- Stuart Robson 5.19
- Mateusz Szczepaniak 3.11
- Adam Roynon 2.15
Eastbourne
- Bjarne Pedersen 8.50
- Cameron Woodward 7.32
- Mikkel Michelsen 6.70
- Kim Nilsson 6.23
- Lukáš Dryml 6.06
- Simon Gustafsson 5.68
- Timo Lahti 5.54
- Adam Shields 4.41
-
Denis Gizatullin 4.36
King's Lynn
- Niels Kristian Iversen 9.68
- Mads Korneliussen 7.64
- Simon Stead 7.60
- Rory Schlein 7.08
- Richie Worrall 6.53
- Sebastian Aldén 6.19
- Kozza Smith 5.45
- Nicolai Klindt 5.19
- Lasse Bjerre 4.65
- Nicklas Porsing 4.00
- Andžejs Ļebedevs 3.65
Lakeside
- Peter Karlsson 8.52
- Davey Watt 7.86
- Lewis Bridger 7.01
- Piotr Swiderski 6.84
- Sebastian Ułamek 6.70
- Richard Lawson 6.02
- Kim Nilsson 5.74
- Kevin Doolan 4.94
- Robert Mear 4.17
Peterborough
- Krzysztof Buczkowski 8.80
- Kenneth Bjerre 8.78
- Kenni Larsen 7.82
- Joonas Kylmäkorpi 7.62
- Patrick Hougaard 6.80
- Linus Sundström 6.59
-
Ryan Fisher 6.41 - Norbert Kościuch 5.46
- Dakota North 4.87
- Nicolai Klindt 3.15
Poole
- Chris Holder 9.73
- Darcy Ward 9.44
- Greg Hancock 8.63
- Maciej Janowski 7.44
- Thomas H. Jonasson 7.28
- Josh Grajczonek 6.06
- Rohan Tungate 5.33
- Dawid Stachyra 4.56
- Kyle Howarth 4.35
- Micky Dyer 3.86
Swindon
- Hans N. Andersen 9.24
- Peter Kildemand 8.74
- Troy Batchelor 8.32
- Edward Kennett 7.37
- Nick Morris 7.15
- Kyle Howarth 6.03
- Kacper Gomolski 5.22
- Ashley Birks 3.46
Wolverhampton
- Tai Woffinden 9.93
- Freddie Lindgren 9.53
- Ty Proctor 8.76
- Adam Skornicki 6.84
- Ricky Wells 5.83
- Jacob Thorssell 5.55
- Ludvig Lindgren 5.29
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "2013 league tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS: MONDAY OCTOBER 7". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "RESULTS: TUESDAY OCTOBER 15". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
- ^ "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
- ^ "SPEEDWAY: Rory Schlein wins Elite League Riders' Championship at Swindon for second time". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2023.