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Champions - Swindon Robins

The 2012 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 78th season of the top division of UK speedway and took place between March and October 2012.[1]

Summary

The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2011.[2] Poole nearly repeated the success of the previous season but fell just short. They topped the regular season table for the third year running and won the Knockout Cup for the third year running but lost in the play off final to Swindon Robins. Darcy Ward and Chris Holder were exceptional for the Pirates again but Swindon's triumph (their first since 1967) was put down to a group of riders all maintaining consistent scores. They were Danes Hans Andersen and Peter Kildemand, Australians Troy Batchelor, Nick Morris and Jason Doyle (the latter recruited from Poole) and Sheffield born Simon Stead.[3]

Lakeside Hammers and British speedway was rocked by the news that one of their leading riders Lee Richardson had been killed in a race at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland on 13 May. The Hammers did well to finish in a play off place without their main heat leader. Richardson was the 1999 World Under-21 champion and a leading British international. Richardson died of injuries he suffered after touching the wheels of the rider just in front and being thrown into the fence.[4] In recent years fatal accidents had become less frequent and this accident highlighted the dangers still involved in the sport. In part the accident was the catalyst for the decision to make air fences mandatory at tracks the following season.[5]

League table

Pos Club M Home Away F A +/- Pts
3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Poole Pirates 28 10 3 1 0 4 6 0 1 3 1355 1159 72
2 Swindon Robins 28 11 3 0 0 4 4 1 1 4 1382 1173 70
3 Birmingham Brummies 28 7 3 0 4 2 1 1 4 6 1276 1276 44
4 Lakeside Hammers 28 9 2 0 3 1 2 0 3 8 1279 1290 44
5 Eastbourne Eagles 28 9 3 0 2 1 1 0 2 10 1265 1277 42
6 Peterborough Panthers 28 9 3 1 1 0 1 0 5 8 1266 1287 42
7 Kings Lynn Stars 28 6 2 2 4 2 0 0 4 8 1278 1272 36
8 Coventry Bees 28 4 4 1 5 0 1 2 4 6 1217 1229 32
9 Wolverhampton Wolves 28 7 3 0 4 0 0 1 2 10 1178 1286 31
10 Belle Vue Aces 28 3 2 0 7 0 0 0 2 12 1072 1319 15
Key:
Championship play-offs

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

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

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Grand final

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The Swindon Robins were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-89.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 74th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition for the third consecutive year.[6] The Knockout Cup was then suspended for four years until it was held again under the new name 2017 SGB Premiership Team KO Cup.

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
10/10 Belle Vue 35-42 Birmingham
not staged Birmingham Belle Vue
02/06 Lakeside 38-49 Coventry
01/06 Coventry 52-41 Lakeside
not staged Swindon Peterborough
not staged Peterborough Swindon
30/05 Poole 50-43 Wolverhampton
21/05 Wolverhampton 39-54 Poole

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
25/10 Peterborough 50-43 Poole
24/10 Poole 51-39 Peterborough
18/10 Birmingham 45-45 Coventry
12/10 Coventry 51-45 Birmingham

Final


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The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 102-78.

Riders' Championship

Chris Holder won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Abbey Stadium on 20 October.[7][8]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Holder 3 3 3 0 3 12 x 3
2 Шаблон:Flagicon Niels Kristian Iversen 3 0 3 3 3 12 x 2
3 Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Harris 2 3 2 2 2 11 3 1
4 Шаблон:Flagicon Rory Schlein 2 2 1 3 2 10 2 f/exc
5 Шаблон:Flagicon Michael Jepsen Jensen 3 3 2 3 0 11 1
6 Шаблон:Flagicon Scott Nicholls 2 3 1 1 3 10 0
7 Шаблон:Flagicon Hans Andersen 3 1 3 0 1 8
8 Шаблон:Flagicon Mads Korneliussen 0 1 3 2 2 8
9 Шаблон:Flagicon Ryan Fisher 1 2 2 2 0 7
10 Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Kildemand 1 2 f/exc 1 2 6
11 Шаблон:Flagicon Sam Masters 1 2 0 2 1 6
12 Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Karlsson 1 0 0 1 3 5
13 Шаблон:Flagicon Joonas Kylmäkorpi 0 1 0 3 1 5
14 Шаблон:Flagicon Lewis Bridger 2 0 1 1 0 4
15 Шаблон:Flagicon Freddie Lindgren 0 0 2 0 1 3
16 Шаблон:Flagicon Danny King ret 1 1 0 0 2
  • f=fell, exc=excluded, ret=retired

Leading averages

Rider Team Average
Шаблон:Flagicon Darcy Ward Poole 10.90
Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Holder Poole 10.31
Шаблон:Flagicon Krzysztof Kasprzak Poole 10.18
Шаблон:Flagicon Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn 9.51
Шаблон:Flagicon Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton 9.09
Шаблон:Flagicon Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton 9.08
Шаблон:Flagicon Hans Andersen Peterborough 8.95
Шаблон:Flagicon Peter Karlsson Lakeside 8.76
Шаблон:Flagicon Lee Richardson Lakeside 8.74
Шаблон:Flagicon Chris Harris Coventry 8.59

Riders & averages

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King's Lynn Шаблон:Div col

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Wolverhampton Шаблон:Div col

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See also

References

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Шаблон:Speedway Elite League Шаблон:Speedway in the United Kingdom Шаблон:United Kingdom Speedway Seasons