The 2000 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.
Summary A new team called Somerset Rebels entered British speedway for the first time, racing at the Oaktree Arena.
The title was won by Sheffield Prowlers, the junior club belonging to the Sheffield Tigers. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were denied the chance to win the title following their final fixture against St. Austell being unable to be fulfilled, it had been postponed four times because of the weather.
League Final table Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts Bonus Total1 Sheffield Prowlers 18 12 1 5 850 750 25 6 312 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 17 12 1 4 796 728 25 6 313 Somerset Rebels 18 10 0 8 868 744 20 7 274 Boston Barracudas 17 10 1 6 821 703 21 6 275 Newport Mavericks 18 9 1 8 818 791 19 4 236 Rye House Rockets 18 8 0 10 837 768 16 6 227 St Austell Gulls 16 8 0 8 711 721 16 4 208 Buxton Hitmen 18 7 2 9 752 859 16 2 189 Ashfield Giants 18 5 0 13 734 871 10 4 1410 Peterborough Pumas 18 4 0 14 679 931 8 0 8
Fixtures and results
Conference League Knockout Cup The 2000 Conference League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Boston Barracudas were the winners.
First round Team one Team two Score SomersetRye House 42.5–47.5, 32–58 Boston Buxton 70–19, 45–44 Semi-finals Team one Team two ScoreMildenhall Rye House 48–42, 35–55 St Austell Boston 57–33, 25–65 Final First leg
Second leg
Boston were declared Knockout Cup champions, winning on aggregate 91–87.
League Cup
Group A Pos Team M W D L Pts1 St. Austell430162 Somerset421153Buxton40131
Group B Pos Team M W D L Pts1Mildenhall430162 Rye House420243 Boston41032
Group A
Group B
Final Team one Team two Score Somerset Mildenhall 46–43, 24–54
Riders' Championship Scott Pegler won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Hayley Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Scott Pegler Newport 13 2 Steve Bishop Somerset 13 3 Adam Allott Sheffield 11 4 Gary Phelps St. Austell 9 5 Shane Colvin Mildenhall 9 6 Wayne Barrett St. Austell 9 7 Carl Wilkinson Boston 8 8 Rob Grant II Ashfield 8 9David Mason Rye House 8 10 Chris Courage Newport 8 11 Andrew Moore Sheffield 8 12 Ian Barney Peterborough 7 13 Barrie Evans Mildenhall 3 14 Paul Burnett Buxton 3 15 Rob HollingworthBoston 2 16 Chris Schramm Peterborough 1 17 Graig Gough (res) Newport 0
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References