The 2011 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 77th season of the top division of UK speedway and took place between 26 March and 20 October 2011. The Coventry Bees were the defending champions after winning in 2010.[1][2]
It was a great season for the Poole Pirates, who won the Elite League, the Pairs Championship and the Knockout Cup. Claiming a clean sweep of honours. Throughout the 2010 season, it was rumoured that the Ipswich Witches would prefer to compete in the Premier League from 2011 onwards. Although they survived the promotion/relegation battle with the Newcastle Diamonds, it was decided that they would swap divisions with the Birmingham Brummies.[3] On 27 November 2010, The BSPA announced that both Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would not be riding in the top flight after they failed to declare their intent to compete in the 2011 competition.[4] This then led to the King's Lynn Stars being promoted from the Premier League due to the Elite League needing a minimum of 8 teams.[5] On 15 March 2011 it was announced that both the Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would be part of the 2011 Elite League after all.[6]
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; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points
Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, on winning on aggregate 98-85.
Elite League Knockout Cup
The 2011 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 73rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[10]
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The 2011 Elite League speedway season also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons was the 77th season of the top division of UK speedway and took place between 26 March and 20 October 2011 The Coventry Bees were the defending champions after winning in 2010 1 2 2011 Elite League speedway seasonLeague2011 Sky Sports Elite LeagueChampionsPoole PiratesKnockout CupPoole PiratesElite ShieldWolverhampton WolvesIndividualRory SchleinPairsPoole PiratesHighest averageChris HolderDivision s below2011 Premier League2011 National League 2010 2012 Contents 1 Summary 2 League table 3 Championship play offs 3 1 Semi finals 3 2 Grand final 4 Elite League Knockout Cup 4 1 First round 4 2 Quarter finals 4 3 Semi finals 4 4 Final 5 Leading averages 6 Riders amp final averages 6 1 Belle Vue 6 2 Birmingham 6 3 Coventry 6 4 Eastbourne Eagles 6 5 King s Lynn Stars 6 6 Lakeside Hammers 6 7 Peterborough Panthers 6 8 Poole Pirates 6 9 Swindon Robins 6 10 Wolverhampton Wolves 7 See also 8 ReferencesSummary EditIt was a great season for the Poole Pirates who won the Elite League the Pairs Championship and the Knockout Cup Claiming a clean sweep of honours Throughout the 2010 season it was rumoured that the Ipswich Witches would prefer to compete in the Premier League from 2011 onwards Although they survived the promotion relegation battle with the Newcastle Diamonds it was decided that they would swap divisions with the Birmingham Brummies 3 On 27 November 2010 The BSPA announced that both Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would not be riding in the top flight after they failed to declare their intent to compete in the 2011 competition 4 This then led to the King s Lynn Stars being promoted from the Premier League due to the Elite League needing a minimum of 8 teams 5 On 15 March 2011 it was announced that both the Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would be part of the 2011 Elite League after all 6 Poole Pirates made up for the previous season s disappointment by winning the league and cup double The Australian quartet of Darcy Ward Chris Holder Davey Watt and Jason Doyle were supported well by Swedes Thomas H Jonasson and Dennis Andersson as the Poole team deservedly won the title after finishing top of the regular season table for the second consecutive year 7 The Australian domination also extended to the league averages which were topped by Chris Holder and the Elite League Riders Championship won by Rory Schlein of Belle Vue League table EditPos Club M Home Away F A Pts3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L1 Poole Pirates 28 10 3 0 1 2 3 0 5 4 1343 1212 582 Eastbourne Eagles 28 12 1 0 1 0 4 0 2 8 1370 1202 523 King s Lynn Stars 28 8 4 0 2 0 3 1 6 4 1305 1266 494 Lakeside Hammers 28 8 5 0 1 1 2 0 2 9 1291 1255 465 Coventry Bees 28 9 2 1 2 0 2 1 3 8 1262 1267 436 Peterborough Panthers 28 10 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 10 1284 1271 427 Belle Vue Aces 28 5 3 2 4 2 2 0 4 6 1267 1266 418 Wolverhampton Wolves 28 5 8 0 1 0 0 1 5 8 1250 1326 389 Birmingham Brummies 28 6 4 0 4 1 0 0 5 8 1241 1326 3510 Swindon Robins 28 2 5 0 7 0 1 0 3 10 1172 1394 22Key Championship play offsHome 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 lessM Meetings D Draws L Losses F Race points for A Race points against Race points difference Pts Total PointsChampionship play offs EditSemi finals Edit Leg 1 19 September 2011King s Lynn Stars48 45Poole PiratesNorfolk Arena 19 September 2011Lakeside Hammers47 46Eastbourne EaglesArena Essex Raceway Leg 2 26 September 2011Poole Pirates63 27King s Lynn StarsPoole Stadium 26 September 2011Eastbourne Eagles53 39Lakeside HammersArlington Stadium Grand final Edit First leg 3 October 2011Eastbourne EaglesCameron Woodward 14Bjarne Pedersen 9Simon Gustafsson 8Joonas Kylmakorpi 8Lewis Bridger 5Timo Lahti 549 41Poole PiratesChris Holder 12Darcy Ward 10Davey Watt 9Kevin Wolbert 5Dennis Andersson 3Ricky Wells 2Thomas H Jonasson 0 8 Arlington Stadium Second leg 10 October 2011Poole PiratesDarcy Ward 14Chris Holder 11Thomas H Jonasson 11Davey Watt 6Kevin Wolbert 5Dennis Andersson 5Ricky Wells 557 36Eastbourne EaglesCameron Woodward 14Simon Gustafsson 8Joonas Kylmakorpi 5Lewis Bridger 4Bjarne Pedersen 4Timo Lahti 1 9 Poole Stadium Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions on winning on aggregate 98 85 Elite League Knockout Cup EditThe 2011 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 73rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the second successive year 10 First round Edit Date Team one Score Team two08 08 Peterborough 47 45 Coventry06 07 Coventry 42 48 PeterboroughQuarter finals Edit Date Team one Score Team two15 09 Peterborough 43 47 Belle Vue14 09 Belle Vue 50 40 Peterborough25 07 Wolverhampton 45 45 Eastbourne22 06 Poole 55 41 Swindon18 06 Eastbourne 50 40 Wolverhampton16 06 Swindon 28 62 Poole10 06 Lakeside 63 29 Birmingham09 06 Birmingham 36 41 LakesideSemi finals Edit Date Team one Score Team two12 10 Belle Vue 42 33 Lakeside30 09 Lakeside 48 45 Belle Vue17 09 Eastbourne 39 51 Poole14 09 Poole 46 44 EastbourneFinal Edit First leg 20 October 2011Belle Vue AcesRory Schlein 12Chris Harris 9Ricky Kling 8Charlie Gjedde 7Patrick Hougaard 4Craig Cook 4Linus Eklof 347 45Poole PiratesKevin Wolbert 13Darcy Ward 10Chris Holder 9Dennis Andersson 7Davey Watt 4Ricky Wells 2 11 Belle Vue Stadium Second leg 20 October 2011Poole PiratesChris Holder 13Dennis Andersson 13Darcy Ward 12Kevin Wolbert 9Davey Watt 7Ricky Wells 357 39Belle Vue AcesRory Schlein 11Chris Harris 8Charlie Gjedde 6Ricky Kling 6Patrick Hougaard 4Linus Eklof 4Craig Cook 0 12 Poole Stadium The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions winning on aggregate 102 86 Leading averages Edit 13 Rider Team Average Chris Holder Poole 9 30 Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton 9 21 Kenneth Bjerre Kings Lynn 9 06 Darcy Ward Poole 8 94 Nicki Pedersen Peterborough 8 61 Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton 8 52 Rory Schlein Belle Vue 8 43 Troy Batchelor Peterborough 8 24 Bjarne Pedersen Eastbourne 8 21 Hans Andersen Peterborough 8 15Riders amp final averages EditBelle Vue Edit Rory Schlein 9 10 Chris Harris 8 56 Charlie Gjedde 7 70 Patrick Hougaard 6 48 Craig Cook 5 70 Jordan Frampton 5 60 Ricky Kling 5 22 Kozza Smith 4 65 Lukasz Jankowski 4 48 Tomasz Piszcz 3 30 Dawid Stachyra 2 00 Birmingham Edit Ben Barker 7 65 Krzysztof Kasprzak 7 46 Danny King 6 84 Daniel Nermark 6 52 Ulrich Ostergaard 6 16 Claus Vissing 5 73 Ales Dryml 5 39 James Wright 5 33 Kevin Wolbert 5 10 Coventry Edit Hans N Andersen Edward Kennett Przemyslaw Pawlicki Ryan Fisher Kenni Larsen Travis McGowan Richard Sweetman Eastbourne Eagles Edit Bjarne Pedersen Joonas Kylmakorpi Lewis Bridger Simon Gustafsson Lukas Dryml Cameron Woodward Timo Lahti King s Lynn Stars Edit Kenneth Bjerre Niels Kristian Iversen Mads Korneliussen Oliver Allen Tomas Topinka Sam Masters Morten Risager Lakeside Hammers Edit Lee Richardson 8 46 Jonas Davidsson 7 52 Piotr Swiderski 7 48 Adam Shields 7 26 Stuart Robson 6 99 Kim Nilsson 6 52 Peter Ljung 6 35 Kauko Nieminen 6 02 Robert Mear 5 67 Kyle Legault 4 21 Peterborough Panthers Edit Nicki Pedersen Troy Batchelor Linus Sundstrom Krzysztof Buczkowski Kacper Gomolski Norbert Kosciuch Richard Lawson Poole Pirates Edit Chris Holder Darcy Ward Davey Watt Jason Doyle Gary Havelock Renat Gafurov Dennis Andersson Swindon Robins Edit Scott Nicholls Simon Stead Nicolai Klindt Maciej Janowski Jesper B Monberg Josh Grajczonek Justin Sedgmen Wolverhampton Wolves Edit Freddie Lindgren Tai Woffinden Peter Karlsson Ty Proctor Ludvig Lindgren Ricky Wells Tyson BurmeisterSee also EditList of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup speedway References Edit Historic league tables Speedway Archive 2011 league tables Speedway GB British Speedway AGM Key Points BSPA 2010 11 21 Retrieved 2010 11 21 British Speedway Statement BSPA 2010 11 27 Retrieved 2010 11 29 Kings Lynn Join The Elite BSPA 2010 11 29 Retrieved 2010 11 29 Peterborough and Coventry allowed back in Elite League BBC Sport BBC 15 March 2011 Retrieved 15 March 2011 Speedway riders history and results wwosbackup Retrieved 1 August 2021 POOLE EASTBOURNE 49 PIRATES 41 EL GRAND FINAL 1ST LEG Speedway GB Retrieved 20 June 2021 EASTBOURNE POOLE 57 EAGLES 36 EL GRAND FINAL 2ND LEG Speedway GB Retrieved 20 June 2021 2011 Elite League Knockout Cup Speedway archive POOLE BELLE VUE 47 PIRATES 45 KOC FINAL 1ST LEG Speedway GB Retrieved 22 June 2021 POOLE PIRATES 57 BELLE VUE 39 KOC FINAL 2ND LEG Speedway GB Retrieved 22 June 2021 Greensheet Averages PDF Speedway GB Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2011 Elite League speedway season amp oldid 1137082955, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
