2016 Elite League

2016 Elite League
League 2016 Elite League
Season 2016
Champions Wolverhampton Wolves
Elite Shield Poole Pirates
Elite League Riders' Championship Sweden Fredrik Lindgren
Wolverhampton Wolves
Highest average Australia Jason Doyle
Swindon Robins (9.81)
Biggest home win 65–25
Poole Pirates v. King's Lynn Stars
Biggest away win 33–56
Leicester Lions v. Lakeside Hammers

The 2016 Elite League is the top division of speedway league in Great Britain the Elite League runs between March and October 2016. The Poole Pirates are the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title in 2015. The lineup of teams for 2016 stays the same as in 2015, with the same 8 teams competing.

Regulation changes

At the annual Elite League AGM, which was held during October and November 2015, it was announced that Speedway bosses would continue to give more opportunities to young talent. All 8 Elite League teams will continue to track two young British draft riders, who will start the season at reserve. However unlike recent years these riders will be given Elite League averages after four meetings, giving them the chance to move into the top five of the team if they perform well. As a result of the reserve riders being given averages the overall points limit that teams must adhere to will be raised from 34 to 40.5.[1] In February 2016, it was announced that Elite League teams could sign an eighth stand-in rider, who could race in positions 2 to 5. The rider must be foreign and new to the Elite League.[2] Lakeside Hammers have signed Dennis Jonsson as their eight rider for the season.[2][3]

Teams

Locations of the 2015 Elite League teams

Team-by-team

As of 23 February 2016.

Belle Vue Aces

Source:[4]

Coventry Bees

Source:[5]

King's Lynn Stars


Rory Schlein replaced Mads Korneliussen on July 7 in the King's Lynn Stars team.
Nicklas Porsing replaced Rory Schlein on September 1 in the King's Lynn Stars team.

Lakeside Hammers

Source:[6]

Leicester Lions

Source:[7]
Aaron Summers replaced Grzegorz Walasek on April 12 in the Leicester Lions team.
Davey Watt replaced Sebastian Ułamek on May 11 in the Leicester Lions team.
Ludvig Lindgren replaced Davey Watt on June 13 in the Leicester Lions team.

Poole Pirates

Source:[8]
Bjarne Pedersen replaced Davey Watt on April 26 in the Poole Pirates team.
Antonio Lindback replaced Hans Andersen on September 19 in the Poole Pirates team.

Swindon Robins

Source:[9]

Wolverhampton Wolves

Source:[10]
Peter Karlsson replaced Mikkel Bech on June 3 in the Wolverhampton Wolves team.
Tai Woffinden replaced Joonas Kylmäkorpi on August 11 in the Wolverhampton Wolves team.

Results

Teams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 50–42 45–21 50–40 48–42 49–41 40–50 56–37
Coventry Bees 46–43 46–47 54–30 49–41 47–46 42–50 38–52
King's Lynn Stars 39–54 46–44 51–39 51–42 38–55 45–45 48–42
Lakeside Hammers 53–39 60–33 56–36 56–34 50–40 51–39 53–37
Leicester Lions 41–52 46–44 45–45 33–56 46–46 50–42 39–51
Poole Pirates 41–49 60–29 65–25 57–33 58–35 61–31 51–39
Swindon Robins 51–40 55–35 55–38 50–40 43–47 44–46 44–48
Wolverhampton Wolves 46–43 51–41 49–44 54–38 58–31 55–35 62–30
Source:[11]

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 59–34 41–49 63–29 52–40 48–45 52–40 46–44
Coventry Bees 42–48 41–48 57–33 50–40 47–43 56–34 46–44
King's Lynn Stars 50–40 41–49 48–42 54–38 39–53 41–51 40–52
Lakeside Hammers 48–45 57–35 60–32 66–26 42–48 58–35 55–37
Leicester Lions 43–47 52–41 0–0 44–46 52–38 44–46 47–43
Poole Pirates 52–41 56–36 61–29 52–41 58–32 50–40 52–38
Swindon Robins 33–39 55–36 52–38 52–41 57–33 50–42 50–41
Wolverhampton Wolves 39–51 52–41 61–29 51–41 50–40 48–42 51–39
Source:[11]

Final League table


Leicester Vs King's Lynn (B Fixture) was not raced

Pos. Club M Home Away F A +/− Pts
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Belle Vue Aces Q 28 12 0 2 4 3 0 3 4 1330 1178 +152 64
2 Poole Pirates Q 28 13 0 1 2 2 1 4 5 1394 1153 +241 59
3 Wolverhampton Wolves Q 28 13 0 1 3 1 0 4 6 1332 1210 +122 58
4 Lakeside Hammers Q 28 13 0 1 1 1 0 1 11 1323 1232 +91 47
5 Swindon Robins 28 10 0 4 3 1 1 0 9 1263 1267 -4 47
6 King's Lynn Stars 27 7 1 6 2 1 1 1 8 1112 1323 -211 36
7 Coventry Bees 28 9 0 5 1 0 0 2 11 1201 1348 -147 33
8 Leicester Lions 27 5 2 6 0 1 0 1 12 1103 1347 -244 21

Elite League Play-offs

Draw

  Semi-finals Grand final
                         
4  Lakeside Hammers 41 28 69  
1  Belle Vue Aces 49 63 112  
    1  Belle Vue Aces 36 50 86
  3  Wolverhampton Wolves 54 42 96
2  Poole Pirates 51 35 86
3  Wolverhampton Wolves 39 55 94  

Semi-finals

21 September 2016 Report Lakeside Hammers 41–49 Belle Vue Aces Arena Essex Raceway
Referee(s):
Mick Bates

21 September 2016 Report Poole Pirates 51–39 Wolverhampton Wolves Poole Stadium
Referee(s):
Chris Gay

28 September 2016 Report Belle Vue Aces 63–28 Lakeside Hammers National Speedway Stadium
Referee(s):
Craig Ackroyd

28 September 2016 Report Wolverhampton Wolves 55–35 Poole Pirates Monmore Green Stadium
Referee(s):
Phil Griffin

Grand Final

3 October 2016 Report Wolverhampton Wolves 54–36 Belle Vue Aces Monmore Green Stadium
Referee(s):
Chris Durno

5 October 2016 Report Belle Vue Aces 50–42 Wolverhampton Wolves National Speedway Stadium
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

Notes

  1. ↑ Eighth stand-in rider

References

  1. ↑ "BRITISH SPEEDWAY UPDATE". Speedway GB. Speedway GB. 19 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Andy Mitchell (2016-02-23). "Speedway: Poole Pirates to hold fire on eighth man option (From Bournemouth Echo)". Bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Lakeside snap up Swede - Sport". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Official Belle Vue Speedway". Bellevueaces.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Official Buildbase Coventry Speedway Website: 2016 COVENTRY BEES". Coventrybees.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Riders » Leicester Lions Speedway". Leicesterlions.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Poole Pirates Speedway". Poolepirates.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: 2016 SWINDON ROBINS". Swindonrobins.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wolves Speedway: 2016 WOLVERHAMPTON WOLVES". Wolverhamptonwolves.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  11. 1 2 "BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS". Speedway GP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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