2013 Elite League speedway season

2013 Elite League speedway season
League2013 Sky Sports Elite League
ChampionsPoole Pirates
Elite ShieldSwindon Robins
IndividualRory Schlein
Knockout Cupnot held
Highest averageTai Woffinden
Division/s below2013 Premier League
2013 National League

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]

Lakeside vs Swindon during the 2013 season

Summary

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

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

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV BIR COV EAS KL LH PET PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 49–41 52–41 57–37 50–40 43–50 54–39 40–50 46–44 43–47
Birmingham Brummies 54–39 55–37 62–31 47–43 56–38 46–44 54–40 43–37 46–44
Coventry Bees 45–45 41–49 52–38 47–43 57–33 50–40 43–41 56–38 31–59
Eastbourne Eagles 60–33 51–41 51–39 53–39 52–41 54–36 53–42 48–42 47–46
King's Lynn Stars 52–38 50–40 49–41 51–39 48–42 41–33 49–41 54–40 53–37
Lakeside Hammers 52–38 48–42 55–40 49–40 53–39 51–39 60–32 43–47 53–39
Peterborough Panthers 45–47 45–45 37–56 54–39 40–50 58–36 59–34 40–50 55–38
Poole Pirates 53–39 46–46 56–38 53–39 48–45 45–48 39–51 49–41 42–48
Swindon Robins 60–33 45–47 59–36 49–43 49–46 63–27 54–38 50–43 54–38
Wolverhampton Wolves 59–33 41–49 56–36 59–34 53–39 50–40 51–43 45–44 46–44
Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV BIR COV EAS KL LH PET PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces n/a 59–35 n/a n/a n/a 49–41 28–35 42–47 42–48
Birmingham Brummies n/a 61–35 48–46 n/a 51–42 n/a n/a 52–44 57–33
Coventry Bees 51–39 40–49 n/a 48–46 n/a 40–50 n/a n/a 50–43
Eastbourne Eagles n/a 46–44 n/a n/a 49–41 53–43 35–55 n/a 47–43
King's Lynn Stars n/a n/a 48–43 n/a 53–40 47–43 39–50 39–51 n/a
Lakeside Hammers n/a 50–40 n/a 56–37 50–43 n/a 50–43 43–47 n/a
Peterborough Panthers 42–36 n/a 70–20 53–42 54–39 n/a n/a 52–40 n/a
Poole Pirates 57–34 n/a n/a 56–38 47–43 62–28 n/a n/a 46–44
Swindon Robins 42–48 52–40 n/a n/a 56–37 54–38 44–49 n/a n/a
Wolverhampton Wolves 42–48 51–39 55–37 55–38 n/a n/a n/a 49–42 n/a
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Wolverhampton Wolves44 – 46Birmingham Brummies
Swindon Robins52 – 42Poole Pirates

Leg 2

Birmingham Brummies55 – 38Wolverhampton Wolves
Poole Pirates55 - 38Swindon Robins

Grand final

First leg

Poole Pirates
Hancock 14
Ward 13
Grajczonek 10
Jonasson 9
Janowski 8
Newman 3		57 - 36[6]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)[7]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

The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.

Riders' Championship

Rory Schlein won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 19 October.[8][9]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 Australia Rory Schlein ef 3 3 3 9 2 3
2 Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 3 2 11 x 2
3 England Craig Cook 3 ef 3 3 9 x 1
4 Denmark Hans Andersen 3 1 2 2 8 3 ef
5 Australia Jason Doyle 3 3 2 1 9 1
6 Australia Troy Batchelor 2 3 f/exc 2 7 0
7 England Scott Nicholls 1 2 1 3 7
8 Denmark Peter Kildemand 2 2 3 f/exc 7
9 Sweden Freddie Lindgren f 1 2 3 7
10 England Chris Harris 2 2 2 0 6
11 Poland Grzegorz Zengota 1 3 1 1 6
12 Denmark Kenneth Bjerre 1 1 0 2 4
13 Australia Davey Watt 2 0 ef 2
14 England Oliver Greenwood (res) 0 1 1 2
15 Denmark Bjarne Pedersen ef 1 1
16 England Paul Starke (res) 1 0 1
17 Poland Krzysztof Buczkowski ef ef ef 0 0
18 Australia Darcy Ward ef ef 0
  • f=fell, exc=excluded, ret=retired ef=engine failure

Final leading averages

Rider Team Average
England Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton 9.93
Australia Chris Holder Poole 9.73
Denmark Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn 9.68
Sweden Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton 9.53
Australia Darcy Ward Poole 9.44
Denmark Hans Andersen Swindon 9.24
Slovenia Matej Žagar Belle Vue 9.12
Poland Krzysztof Buczkowski Peterborough 8.80
Denmark Kenneth Bjerre Peterborough 8.78
Australia Ty Proctor Wolverhampton 8.76

Riders & averages

Belle Vue

Birmingham

Coventry

Eastbourne

King's Lynn

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

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  2. ^ "2013 league tables". Speedway GB.
  3. ^ "Speedway riders, history and results". wwosbackup. Retrieved 1 August 2021.
  4. ^ "2013 fixtures & results". British Speedway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  5. ^ "2013 fixtures & results". British Speedway. Retrieved 28 May 2024.
  6. ^ "RESULTS: MONDAY OCTOBER 7". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  7. ^ "RESULTS: TUESDAY OCTOBER 15". British Speedway. Retrieved 21 June 2021.
  8. ^ "Elite League Riders' Championship". WWOS Backup. Retrieved 9 June 2023.
  9. ^ "SPEEDWAY: Rory Schlein wins Elite League Riders' Championship at Swindon for second time". Wilts and Gloucestershire Standard. Retrieved 9 June 2023.