The 2006 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.
Summary The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions who won the playoffs.
League Final table Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Bonus Total1 Plymouth Devils 14 7 0 0 4 0 3 719 561 7 292 Scunthorpe Scorpions 14 6 0 1 5 0 2 756 521 6 283 Rye House Raiders 14 6 0 1 3 0 4 705 581 5 234 Stoke Spitfires 14 4 1 2 3 0 4 599 657 3 185 Boston Barracuda-Braves 14 4 0 3 3 0 4 666 616 3 176 Buxton Hitmen 14 5 0 2 0 0 7 639 655 3 137 Mildenhall Academy 14 3 0 4 1 1 5 562 722 1 108 Newport Mavericks 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 460 793 0 2
Fixtures and results
Play-offs
Conference League Knockout Cup The 2006 Conference League Knockout Cup was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners.
First round Date Team one Score Team two23/07 Scunthorpe 59-36Stoke26/07 Stoke 47-46 Scunthorpe26/08 Rye House50-43 Mildenhall 27/08 Newport 41-48Plymouth Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two04/09 Scunthorpe 52-36Rye House23/09 Rye House 45-45Scunthorpe
Final
Conference Trophy
West Group Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Plymouth440082Buxton410323Stoke41032
East Group Pos Team M W D L Pts1 Scunthorpe440082Mildenhall420243Boston40040
Final Team one Team two ScorePlymouth Scunthorpe 39–51, 36–59
Riders' Championship Adam Roynon won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Adam Roynon Buxton 152 David Mason (res) Weymouth 123 Seemond Stephens Plymouth 114 Lee Smart Plymouth105 Scott Courtney Stoke 96 Mark Thompson Mildenhall 87 Tai WoffindenScunthorpe 88 John Oliver Boston 89Ben Powell Rye House 7 10 Adam Allott Stoke 711 Andrew Bargh Mildenhall 612 Gary Cottham (res) Sittingbourne 613 Barry Burchatt Rye House 414 Scott James Buxton 315 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 3 16 Wayne Broadhurst Boston 217 Nicki Glanz Newport 118 Karl Mason Newport 0
Pairs The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 28 August. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Benji Compton of the Scunthorpe.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Scunthorpe B 22 Paul Cooper 12, Benji Compton 102Stoke 20 Ben Barker 12, Adam Allott 83Scunthorpe A 19 Richie Dennis 13, Josh Auty 64Buxton 10 Scott James 8, Ben Taylor 2 5Rye House 17 Robert Mear 9, Barry Burchatt 8
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Plymouth 25Seemond Stephens 12, Lee Smart 132Mildenhall 23 Mark Thompson 12, Andrew Bargh 113Boston 17 John Oliver 14, Wayne Broadhurst 34Cleveland 12 Paul Burnett 10, Jittendra Duffill 25 Newport 11 Karl Mason 8, Nicki Glanz 5
Semi-Final 1: Scunthorpe bt Mildenhall 7-0 (Cooper, Compton, Bargh (ret), Thompson(Fx)) Semi-Final 2: Stoke bt Plymouth 7-2 (Barker, Allott, Smart, Stephens(Fx)) Final: 7-2 Scunthorpe bt Stoke (Cooper, Compton, Allott, Barker(Fx))
Fours Stoke won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 24 June 2006 at Loomer Road Stadium.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Stoke18Barker 5, Priest 5, Irving 4, Courtney 4, 2 Plymouth 16Johnson 6, Stephens 5, Smart 4, Waldron 13 Boston10 Mallett 4, Stoddart 3, Martin 2, Broadhurst 14 Newport4 Blake 2, Mason 1, Lowe 1, Hurst 0, Legg 0
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Scunthorpe 19 Dennis 5, Carter 5, Auty 5, Woffinden 42 Mildenhall 12Bargh 5, Thompson 3, Wright 3, Purchase 23 Buxton 12Taylor 5, James 4, Roynon 3, Bethell 04 Rye House 5 Mear 2, Halsey 1, Burchatt 1, Cook 1
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Stoke16+3Barker 6, Courtney 5, Priest 4+3, Irving 12 Plymouth 16+2Johnson 6+2, Stephens 5, Waldron 3, Smart 23 Mildenhall10Wright 5, Thompson 4, Bargh 1, Purchase 04 Scunthorpe 6Auty 3, Isherwood 2, Carter 1, Woffinden 0
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References