2006 Speedway Conference League

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2006 Speedway Conference League
LeagueConference League
ChampionsScunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout CupScunthorpe Scorpions
IndividualAdam Roynon
PairsScunthorpe Scorpions
FoursStoke Spitfires
Division/s above2006 Elite League
2006 Premier League

The 2006 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

Summary[edit]

The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions who won the playoffs.[2]

Final league table[edit]

Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Bonus Total
1 Plymouth Devils 14 7 0 0 4 0 3 719 561 7 29
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 14 6 0 1 5 0 2 756 521 6 28
3 Rye House Raiders 14 6 0 1 3 0 4 705 581 5 23
4 Stoke Spitfires 14 4 1 2 3 0 4 599 657 3 18
5 Boston Barracuda-Braves 14 4 0 3 3 0 4 666 616 3 17
6 Buxton Hitmen 14 5 0 2 0 0 7 639 655 3 13
7 Mildenhall Academy 14 3 0 4 1 1 5 562 722 1 10
8 Newport Mavericks 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 460 793 0 2

Play-offs[edit]

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Rye House 38 32 70
Scunthorpe 52 62 114
Scunthorpe 58 67 125
Plymouth 36 25 61
Plymouth
bye

Conference League Knockout Cup[edit]

The 2006 Conference League Knockout Cup was the ninth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners.[3][4]

First round[edit]

Date Team one Score Team two
23/07 Scunthorpe 59-36 Stoke
26/07 Stoke 47-46 Scunthorpe
26/08 Rye House 50-43 Mildenhall
27/08 Newport 41-48 Plymouth

Semi-finals[edit]

Date Team one Score Team two
04/09 Scunthorpe 52-36 Rye House
23/09 Rye House 45-45 Scunthorpe

Final[edit]

Date Team one Score Team two
13/10 Plymouth 51-42 Scunthorpe
22/10 Scunthorpe 48-24 Plymouth

Conference Trophy[edit]

  • Scunthorpe 110 Plymouth 75

Riders' Championship[edit]

Adam Roynon won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Rye House Stadium.[5]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Adam Roynon Buxton 15
2 David Mason (res) Weymouth 12
3 Seemond Stephens Plymouth 11
4 Lee Smart Plymouth 10
5 Scott Courtney Stoke 9
6 Mark Thompson Mildenhall 8
7 Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe 8
8 John Oliver Boston 8
9 Ben Powell Rye House 7
10 Adam Allott Stoke 7
11 Andrew Bargh Mildenhall 6
12 Gary Cottham (res) Sittingbourne 6
13 Barry Burchatt Rye House 4
14 Scott James Buxton 3
15 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 3
16 Wayne Broadhurst Boston 2
17 Nicki Glanz Newport 1
18 Karl Mason Newport 0

Pairs[edit]

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.[6]

  • 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[edit]

Stoke won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 24 June 2006 at Loomer Road Stadium.[7]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Stoke 16+3 Barker 6, Courtney 5, Priest 4+3, Irving 1
2 Plymouth 16+2 Johnson 6+2, Stephens 5, Waldron 3, Smart 2
3 Mildenhall 10 Wright 5, Thompson 4, Bargh 1, Purchase 0
4 Scunthorpe 6 Auty 3, Isherwood 2, Carter 1, Woffinden 0

See also[edit]

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References[edit]

  1. ^ "2006 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
  3. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  4. ^ "Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results". Scunthorpe Speedway.
  5. ^ "Adam Roynon joins The SWTR Centurions". Plymouth Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  6. ^ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook, Profile Peter I Karlsson. Tempus Publishing Ltd. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1.
  7. ^ "2006 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 July 2023.