The 2005 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary The League consisted of 15 teams for the 2005 season.
Two Hull Vikings home fixtures (versus Glasgow Tigers and King's Lynn Stars) were not ridden due to Hull being evicted from their track at Craven Park, Hull.
The League was run on a standard format with no play-offs and was won by the Rye House Rockets.
League Final table Pos M W D L F A Pts Bon Tot1 Rye House Rockets 28 20 1 7 1448 1133 41 12 532 Berwick Bandits 28 19 0 9 1371 1208 38 11 493 Sheffield Tigers 28 16 0 12 1361 1249 32 11 434 King's Lynn Stars 27 27 0 10 1305 1185 34 7 415 Edinburgh Monarchs 28 15 1 12 1323 1263 31 10 416 Isle of Wight Islanders 28 15 1 12 1363 1237 31 8 397 Workington Comets 28 14 2 12 1282 1287 30 7 378 Newcastle Diamonds 28 14 2 12 1251 1338 30 5 359 Exeter Falcons 28 13 0 15 1262.5 1342.5 26 6 3210 Reading Racers 28 12 0 16 1281 1310 24 4 2811 Somerset Rebels 28 11 0 17 1250 1317 22 6 2812 Glasgow Tigers 27 11 0 16 1243 1241 22 5 2713 Hull Vikings 26 11 0 15 1129.5 1257.5 22 5 2714 Stoke Potters 28 11 0 17 1230 1347 22 4 2615 Newport Wasps 28 5 1 22 1097 1482 11 2 13
Fixtures and results
Premier League Knockout Cup The 2005 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 38th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition.
First round Date Team one Score Team two26/05 Sheffield 51-39 Isle of Wight07/06 Isle of Wight 55-34 Sheffield29/05 Glasgow 56-34 Hull13/07 Hull 44-46 Glasgow03/06 Edinburgh 47-43 Rye House04/06 Rye House 57-33 Edinburgh03/06 Somerset 44-46 Workington04/06 Workington 47-43 Somerset05/06 Newcastle 53-36 Kings Lynn29/06 Kings Lynn 58-32 Newcastle06/06 Reading 54-36 Newport17/07 Newport 39-51 Reading12/06 Stoke 42-48 Berwick29/06 Berwick 56-34 Stoke Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two16/07 Berwick 49-41 Workington17/07 Workington 42-48 Berwick16/07 Rye House 48-42 Glasgow24/07 Glasgow 33-57 Rye House18/07 Exeter 45-45 Kings Lynn20/07 Kings Lynn 63-27 Exeter28/07 Isle Of Wight 46-44 Reading08/08 Reading 51-33 Isle Of Wight Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two03/09 Berwick 45-44 Kings Lynn07/09 Kings Lynn 56-34 Berwick05/09 Reading 43-47 Rye House24/09 Rye House 65-25 Reading
Final
First leg
Second leg
King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 97–83.
Premier Trophy
North Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1Workington 14 9 0 5 232 Sheffield 14 7 0 7 203 Edinburgh 14 7 1 6 204Hull 14 8 0 6 195 Stoke 14 6 1 7 166 Berwick 14 7 0 7 157 Newcastle 14 6 0 8 148 Glasgow 14 3 4 7 13
South Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Rye House 12 10 0 2 262Exeter12606163 King's Lynn12705164 Isle of Wight12606145 Newport 12 5 0 7 136 Somerset 12 4 0 8 107 Reading 12 4 0 8 10
Semi-final Team one Team two ScoreWorkington Exeter 60–31, 40–56Rye House Sheffield 66–26, 39–50
Final Team one Team two ScoreWorkington Rye House 44–46, 32–61
Young Shield End of season competition for the highest eight league teams
First Round Team one Team two Score Workington King's Lynn 50–42, 42–52Sheffield Edinburgh 57–37, 38–54Rye House Isle of Wight 62–30, 441–54Berwick Newcastle 60–35, 42–48
Semi-final Team one Team two Score Berwick King's Lynn 49–48, 35–57 Sheffield Rye House 59–36, 30–62
Final Team one Team two ScoreKing's Lynn Rye House 59–34, 42–51
Riders' Championship Sean Wilson won the Riders' Championship for the third time. The final was held on 18 September at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Sean Wilson 3 2 3 3 112-32 Alan Mogridge 2 3 3 3 213-23 Tomáš Topinka ef 3 2 3 311214 Mark Lemon 1 2 3 2 210305 Shane Parker 1 1 2 2 3916 Stuart Robson 3 2 1 2 1907 Andre Compton f 3 3 ex 28 8 Magnus Zetterström 3 ef 0 3 289 James Wright 1 2 0 1 3 7 10 Rusty Harrison 3 1 2 1 0711 Craig Boyce 2 1 2 2 07 12 Matej Žagar 2 ef 0 1 3 6 13 Garry Stead 2 3 - - - 514 Adrian Rymel 1 ef 1 1 1415 Mads Korneliussen 0 1 0 0 1 216 James Grieves 0 0 1 0 0117 Benji Compton (res) 1 0 1 18 Luke Priest (res) 0 0 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Ashfield Stadium on 26 June. The event was won by Glasgow.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Rye House 20 Robson 16, Neath 42Exeter20 Stephens 11, Lemon 93Edinburgh 18 Harrison 12, Brady 64Newcastle 16 Grieves 12, Franc 45Sheffield 16 Compton 11, Ashworth 5
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Somerset 22 Zetterstrom 15, Cunningham 72Glasgow 21 Parker 13, Stancl 83Hull 18 Thorp 14, Kramer 44King's Lynn 15 Topinka 12, Allen 35Workington 14 Stonehewer 10, Wright 4
Semi finals Glasgow bt Rye House 6–3 Somerset bt Exeter 7–2
Final Glasgow bt Somerset 5–4
Fours Somerset Rebels won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, which was held on 20 August 2005, at Derwent Park.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Somerset 152 Rye House 143 Berwick 11 4 Glasgow 8
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Workington 18 2 Exeter 11 3 Sheffield 10 4 Edinburgh 9
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Somerset 21Zetterstrom, Cunningham, Fry, Hawkins2 Workington 203 Exeter 16 4 Rye House 14
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Matej ŽagarReading10.43 Tomáš TopinkaKings Lynn9.93 Carl StonehewerWorkington9.89 Craig BoyceIsle of Wight9.81 Shane ParkerGlasgow9.74 Magnus ZetterströmSomerset9.38 Sean WilsonSheffield9.21 Andre ComptonSheffield9.08 Stuart RobsonRye House9.03 Oliver AllenKings Lynn9.03
Riders & final averages Berwick
Adrian Rymel 8.36 Michal Makovský 7.83 Adam Pietraszko 7.35 Scott Smith 7.07 Tom P. Madsen 7.02 Carl Wilkinson 7.01 Piotr Dym 6.64 Chris Schramm 5.98 Joachim Kugelmann 5.42 Simon Cartwright 4.83
Edinburgh
Russell Harrison 8.33 Theo Pijper 8.11 Ross Brady 8.09 Daniel Nermark 8.06 Matthew Wethers 7.29 David McAllan 6.32 Cameron Woodward 6.28 William Lawson 5.45 Kristian Lund 4.12 Robert Ksiezak 3.27
Exeter
Mark Lemon 8.73 Ray Morton 8.17 Seemond Stephens 7.20 Sebastien Trésarrieu 7.09 Antonín Šváb Jr. 7.08 Lee Smethills 6.18 Pavel Ondrašík 5.77 Ben Barker 3.89 Nick Simmons 3.24
Glasgow
Shane Parker 9.74 George Štancl 8.66 Stefan Ekberg 8.29 Claus Kristensen 5.91 Trent Leverington 5.83 Paul Bentley 5.67 James Birkinshaw 4.95 James Cockle 4.76 Matthew Wethers 4.63 Adam Roynon 2.94
Hull
Garry Stead 8.05 Paul Thorp 8.00 Emiliano Sanchez 7.89 Emil Kramer 7.35 Craig Branney 5.05 Lee Dicken 4.88 Daniel Giffard 4.83 Simone Terenzani 4.64 Joel Parsons 4.45
Isle of Wight
Craig Boyce 9.81 Ulrich Østergaard 8.19 Krzysztof Stojanowski 7.45 Krister Marsh 6.44 Steen Jensen 6.29 Jason Doyle 5.83 Glen Phillips 5.24 Tomáš Suchánek 4.78 Manuel Hauzinger 3.41
King's Lynn
Tomáš Topinka 9.93 Oliver Allen 9.03 Kevin Doolan 7.78 Troy Batchelor 7.49 Adam Allott 7.04 Paul Lee 6.43 Ashley Jones 5.25 Jan Jaroš 4.91 James Brundle 4.75 Tommy Stange 3.85 Darren Mallett 3.56
Newcastle
James Grieves 8.78 Josef Franc 7.95 Phil Morris 6.69 Richard Juul 5.84 Claus Kristensen 5.28 Christian Henry 5.09 Luboš Tomíček Jr. 4.91 Jamie Robertson 4.89 James Birkinshaw 4.26 Kristian Lund 4.20
Newport
Craig Watson 8.37 Mads Korneliussen 7.75 Neil Collins 7.45 Tony Atkin 6.19 Michael Coles 5.93 Kristian Lund 4.77 Henrik Vedel 4.00 Lee Dicken 3.64 Karlis Ezergailis 2.15
Reading
Matej Žagar 10.43 Danny Bird 9.38 Andrew Appleton 7.32 Zdeněk Simota 6.41 Mathieu Trésarrieu 5.60 Richard Wolff 5.52 Chris Mills 5.29 Steve Masters 3.39 Chris Johnson 2.96
Rye House
Stuart Robson 9.03 Chris Neath 8.80 Brent Werner 8.24 Edward Kennett 8.02 Danny King 7.57 Tommy Allen 6.32 Steve Boxall 4.80 Luke Bowen 3.82
Sheffield
Sean Wilson 9.21 Andre Compton 9.08 Ricky Ashworth 7.98 Richard Hall 6.29 Ben Wilson 6.03 Kyle Legault 5.53 Trevor Harding 4.84 Paul Cooper 4.60
Somerset
Magnus Zetterström 9.38 Glenn Cunningham 7.96 Paul Fry 7.68 Ritchie Hawkins 6.83 Jason King 5.04 Jamie Smith 5.03 Chris Mills 4.48 Simon Walker 2.44 Lee Smart 2.23
Stoke
Alan Mogridge 8.06 Robbie Kessler 7.86 Peter Carr 5.86 Paul Clews 5.40 Adam Allott 5.22 Barrie Evans 4.55 Luke Priest 3.67 Rob Grant Jr. 3.04 Jack Hargreaves 2.81
Workington
Carl Stonehewer 9.89 James Wright 7.51 Kauko Nieminen 7.33 Tomasz Piszcz 7.10 Shaun Tacey 7.04 Scott Robson 6.13 Kevin Little 5.90 Jamie Courtney 4.54 Aidan Collins .4.19 Scott James 2.2
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References