The 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.
Summary The title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the playoffs.
Final league table Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Pts1 Plymouth Devils 14 7 0 0 2 0 5 709 569 202 Boston Barracuda-Braves 14 6 1 0 2 0 5 713 565 193 Redcar Cubs 14 7 0 0 1 1 5 657 614 184 Weymouth Wildcats 14 7 0 0 1 0 6 688 588 17 5 Scunthorpe Saints 14 7 0 0 1 0 6 637 629 176 Buxton Hitmen 14 6 0 1 1 0 6 605 669 157 Rye House Cobras 14 6 0 1 0 0 7 614 663 128 Sittingbourne Crusaders 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 472 798 2
Fixtures & results
Play-offs
Final
Conference League Knockout Cup The 2008 Conference League Knockout Cup was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Plymouth Devils were the winners.
First round Date Team one Score Team two03/05Rye House 59-33Sittingbourne11/05Sittingbourne42-47Rye House 21/06Weymouth47-45Plymouth 10/07 Plymouth51-42Weymouth08/06Boston51-43Redcar 14/06Redcar 45-45Boston26/05Scunthorpe52-41Buxton 08/06Buxton50-41Scunthorpe Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two28/09 Boston 56-35 Scunthorpe 10/10 Scunthorpe 45-48 Boston 18/07 Plymouth 57-36 Rye House10/08 Rye House56-37 Plymouth
Final
Conference Trophy Semi final Team one Team two ScoreBoston Buxton 60–34, 41–49Plymouth Weymouth 57–35, 45–46
Final Team one Team two ScorePlymouth Boston 63–28, 31–60
Riders' Championship Benji Compton won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Benji Compton Redcar 14 2 Byron Bekker Scunthorpe 13 3 Darcy Ward Boston 12 4 Danny Halsey Rye House 125 Jay Herne Weymouth 12 6 Ben Taylor Buxton 9 7 Gareth Isherwood Buxton 78 Rob Smith Rye House 79Dean Felton Sittingbourne 6 10 Kyle Hughes Plymouth 6 11 Gary Cottham (res) Rye House 5 12 Simon Lambert Boston 4 13 Tom Brown Plymouth 3 14 Harland Cook (res) Rye House 315 Scott Richardson Scunthorpe 2 16 Richard Lawson Redcar 2 17 Aaron Baseby Sittingbourne 1 18 Kyle Newman Weymouth 0
Pairs The Pairs Championship was held at the Wessex Stadium, on 31 May. The event was won by James Cockle and Simon Lambert of the Boston.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Redcar18 Aaron Summers 12, Scott James 62Sittingbourne 14Jerran Hart 11, Dean Felton 33Buxton 12Jack Roberts 7, Ben Taylor 54Weymouth 8Jay Herne 6, Jon Armstrong 2
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Boston 17 James Cockle 12, Simon Lambert 52Scunthorpe 14Byron Bekker 11, Jon Bethell 33Plymouth 14 Kyle Hughes 10, Paul Starke 44Rye House7Gary Cottham 5, Terry Day 2
Semi finals Boston bt Sittingbourne Redcar bt Scunthorpe
Final Boston bt Redcar
Fours Weymouth won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 October 2008 at Loomer Road Stadium.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Redcar19James 6, McKinna 6, Cockle 5, Lawson 22 Sittingbourne 12Scarboro 5, Baseby M 3, Baseby A 2, Felton 23 Plymouth9 Starke 4, Pickard 3, Brown 2, Gough 04 Boston7 Lowe 2, Rolph 2, Mallett 2, Allott 1
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Weymouth 15 Smart 6, Mason 4, Herne 3, Johnson 22 Scunthorpe 13Hopwood 5, Richardson 4, Irving 2, Parnaby 23 Rye House 12Franklin 4, Smith 3, Aldridge 3, Cottham 24 Buxton 7 Isherwood 5, Taylor 2, Whittington 0, Burnett 0
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Weymouth13Smart 6, Herne 3, Johnson 3, Mason 12 Redcar 12Lawson 4, Cockle 3, James 3, McKinna 23 Sittingbourne7Baseby M 4, Felton 2, Scarboro 1, Baseby A 04 Scunthorpe 4Hopwood 1, Irving 1, Widman 1, Parnaby 1, Richardson 0
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
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