The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.
Summary The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year. Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship.
The Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season. In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions.
Final league table Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Pts AP Total1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 189 00702993637329412 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs 18900414921729278353 Plymouth Devils 18801306872769226284 Boston Barracudas 188 01216842801215265 Weymouth Wildcats 18711207841801195246 Rye House Raiders 18702 108844794166227 Buxton Hitmen 18702108762886161178 Stoke Spitfires 185 13207 757898152179 Cleveland Bays 182 16108 719910731010 Sittingbourne Crusaders 18207018653979505
Key HW=Home win HD=Home draw HL=Home loss AW=Away win AD=Away draw AL=Away loss
Fixtures & results
Play-offs
Final
Conference League Knockout Cup The 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.
First round Date Team one Score Team two18/04 Stoke 50-40 Weymouth 20/04 Weymouth54-32 Stoke22/04 Sittingbourne 32-59 Rye House Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two08/07 Oxford 45-44 Plymouth 27/07 Plymouth45-44 Oxford 07/09 Plymouth63-30 Oxford 28/07 Cleveland35-35 Boston10/06 Scunthorpe 59-31Rye House 16/06 Rye House 52-41 Scunthorpe 08/07 Buxton 43-50 Weymouth Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two29-Sep Weymouth 45-45 Plymouth 30-Sep Scunthorpe 51-45 Boston 05 Oct Boston 30-62 Scunthorpe Final
Conference Trophy
North Group Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Scunthorpe6600122Buxton630363Boston620444Stoke61052
South Group Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Plymouth440082Oxford410323Weymouth41032
Final Team one Team two ScorePlymouth Scunthorpe 33–59, 28–65
Riders' Championship Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe 152 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 133 Robert Mear Rye House 124 Jey Herne Weymouth 95 Danny Warwick Sittingbourne 96 Lee Smart Weymouth 97 Ben Taylor Buxton 88 Barrie Evans Stoke 89John Branney Stoke 7 10 Mark Burrows Cleveland 711 Tom Brown Plymouth 612 Danny Halsey Rye House 513 Andrew Bargh Oxford 514 Lee Smethills Oxford 4 15 Nicki Glanz Plymouth 316 Simon Lambert Boston 0
Pairs The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 22 July. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert of the Boston.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Boston P Cooper, S Lambert?Cleveland G Blair, M Burrows?Rye House R Mear, Karlis?Scunthorpe T Woffinden, A Tully?Weymouth L Smart, J Herne
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Oxford J Frampton, L Smethills?Buxton J Bethell, J Roberts?Stoke J Branney, B Evans?Plymouth ?Sittingbourne
Final Boston bt Oxford 7–2
Fours Scunthorpe won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Scunthorpe20Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis2 Buxton 14James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell3 Oxford11 Martin, MacDonald, Hughes, Hopwood4 Sittingbourne3 Felton, Reynolds, Goody, Meakins
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Plymouth 22 Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz2 Weymouth 11Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason3 Cleveland 8Burrows, Emerson, Blair, Beaton4 Boston 7 Wright, Smith, Mallett, Lambert
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Scunthorpe19Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis2 Plymouth 16Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz3 Weymouth8Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason4 Buxton 5James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References