2006 Premier League speedway season

2006 Premier League speedway season
LeaguePremier League
ChampionsKing's Lynn Stars
Knockout CupKing's Lynn Stars
Premier TrophyKing's Lynn Stars
IndividualMagnus Zetterström
PairsGlasgow Tigers
FoursWorkington Comets
Highest averageMagnus Zetterström
Division/s above2006 Elite League
Division/s below2006 Conference League

The 2006 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Season summary

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The League consisted of 14 teams for the 2005 season after the Reading Racers elected to compete in the Elite League and the closure of the Exeter Falcons and the Hull Vikings. The Mildenhall Fen Tigers elected to enter the Premier League along with the newly founded Redcar Bears.

King's Lynn Stars won the league title.[1]

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away BER ED GLA IOW KL MFT ND NW RED RYE SHE SOM STO WOR
Berwick Bandits 58–37 51–44 44–46 46–51 50–40 51–45 47–47 50–41 54–42 43–47 55–40 49–44 41–49
Edinburgh Monarchs 61–34 45–45 56–35 45–45 44–46 51–45 53–37 53–39 42–47 52–44 57–36 52–40 44–46
Glasgow Tigers 53–37 49–44 52–38 50–46 60–36 55–40 52–38 53–42 59–35 49–44 50–40 61–32 54–41
Isle of Wight Islanders 53–42 55–41 49–45 50–40 51–42 57–35 50–40 50–40 64–29 44–46 43–41 60–32 52–42
King's Lynn Stars 66–27 61–33 62–28 63–31 52–41 62–31 64–26 70–22 64–28 62–33 56–39 66–26 63–30
Mildenhall Fen Tigers 42–48 52–41 49–44 49–44 45–47 51–41 55–39 45–45 44–48 44–46 40–50 51–44 44–46
Newcastle Diamonds 49–44 50–42 50–40 52–40 46–44 48–32 53–37 49–42 47–42 47–46 45–45 49–41 53–39
Newport Wasps 41–49 62–31 44–46 47–43 39–54 45–44 46–44 47–49 43–51 45–44 43–47 44–52 58–35
Redcar Bears 64–26 56–38 59–36 51–42 44–49 57–38 49–43 39–51 47–43 48–42 54–39 56–40 59–36
Rye House Rockets 65–27 55–37 54–40 50–43 44–46 53–40 69–21 64–28 54–40 53–40 56–38 65–27 49–41
Sheffield Tigers 56–39 61–31 57–39 62–29 45–45 63–27 60–32 63–30 49–41 60–35 48–45 44–45 53–42
Somerset Rebels 53–39 59–34 58–36 54–42 51–39 42–48 57–37 58–35 57–41 53–41 44–49 58–34 50–40
Stoke Potters 56–37 47–43 38–55 53–39 47–43 63–29 47–42 50–36 42–53 43–47 46–43 46–44 54–41
Workington Comets 50–43 57–39 44–46 63–30 43–49 53–42 60–35 51–39 52–42 59–31 44–46 48–45 58–38
Source: [2]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final table

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Home Away Bonus
Pos Team M W D L W D L F A Pts W L Tot
1 King's Lynn Stars 26 13 0 0 6 2 5 1409 990 40 13 0 53
2 Sheffield Tigers 26 11 1 1 5 0 8 1291 1101 33 11 2 44
3 Glasgow Tigers 26 13 0 0 3 1 9 1240 1173 33 9 4 42
4 Rye House Rockets 26 12 0 1 4 0 9 1250 1147 32 8 5 40
5 Somerset Rebels 26 11 0 2 2 1 10 1243 1156 27 9 4 36
6 Redcar Bears 26 11 0 2 2 1 10 1220 1194 27 6 7 33
7 Workington Comets 26 10 0 3 3 0 10 1210 1199 26 7 6 33
8 Isle of Wight Islanders 26 12 0 1 1 0 12 1180 1210 26 7 6 33
9 Newcastle Diamonds 26 12 1 0 0 0 13 1129 1249 25 5 8 30
10 Stoke Potters 26 10 0 3 2 0 11 1127 1265 24 4 9 28
11 Berwick Bandits 26 8 1 4 2 0 11 1140 1274 21 5 8 26
12 Edinburgh Monarchs 26 8 2 3 0 0 13 1138 1270 18 2 11 20
13 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 26 6 1 6 2 0 11 1116 1264 17 2 11 19
14 Newport Wasps 26 6 0 7 1 1 11 1087 1288 15 3 10 18

Play-offs

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Aggregate scores over two legs.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Premier League Knockout Cup

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The 2006 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 39th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.[3]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
31/05 King's Lynn 70-20 Berwick
20/05 Berwick 47-43 King's Lynn
27/05 Workington 54-40 Newcastle
28/05 Newcastle 55-40 Workington
20/05 Rye House 66-36 Isle of Wight
16/05 Isle of Wight 53-41 Rye House
19/05 Somerset 57-38 Stoke
20/05 Stoke 51-41 Somerset
27/06 Newport 55-31 Edinburgh
19/05 Edinburgh 56-40 Newport

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
21/06 King's Lynn 54-41 Rye House
24/06 Rye House 49-44 King's Lynn
23/06 Somerset 52-44 Mildenhall
25/06 Mildenhall 40-53 Somerset
25/06 Glasgow 55-41 Newcastle
26/06 Newcastle 48-42 Glasgow
06/07 Sheffield 59-33 Newport
09/07 Newport 39-51 Sheffield

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
10/09 Glasgow 45-45 King's Lynn
20/09 King's Lynn 67-27 Glasgow
15/09 Somerset 55-40 Sheffield
28/09 Sheffield 55-41 Somerset

Final

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First leg

Somerset Rebels
Magnus Zetterström 15
Emil Kramer 7
Simon Walker 7
Stephan Katt 6
Ben Barker 4
Glenn Cunningham 3
Glen Phillips 3		45 – 45King's Lynn Stars
Troy Batchelor 11
Kevin Doolan 9
Chris Holder (guest) 9
Daniel Nermark] 5
John Oliver 7
Chris Mills 4
Trevor Harding 1
[4][5]

Second leg

King's Lynn Stars
Daniel Nermark 11
Kevin Doolan 11
John Oliver 10
Jason Lyons (guest) 9
Troy Batchelor 8
Chris Mills 8
Trevor Harding 5		62 – 32Somerset Rebels
Emil Kramer 12
Magnus Zetterström 7
Glenn Cunningham 7
Simon Walker 4
Glen Phillips 1
Stephan Katt 1
Ben Barker 0
[4][6]

King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 107–77.

Final leading averages

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Rider Team Average
Sweden Magnus Zetterström Somerset 10.52
England Gary Havelock Redcar 10.10
England Andre Compton Sheffield 9.94
Australia Shane Parker Glasgow 9.91
Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka Kings Lynn 9.80
Australia Kevin Doolan Kings Lynn 9.30
Australia Jason Lyons Mildenhall 9.24
England Danny Bird Glasgow 9.10
Sweden Daniel Nermark Kings Lynn 9.07
Australia Mark Lemon Stoke 9.03

Riders' Championship

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Magnus Zetterström won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 24 September at Owlerton Stadium.[7]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1 Sweden Magnus Zetterström 3 3 2 3 3 14 - 3
2 Australia Jason Lyons 3 2 2 3 3 13 - 2
3 England Gary Havelock 2 2 3 2 3 12 2 1
4 Czech Republic Tomáš Topinka 0 3 3 2 3 11 3 0
5 Australia Chris Holder 2 3 1 3 1 10 1
6 England Danny Bird 1 2 3 3 0 9 0
7 England Andre Compton 1 3 3 - - 7
8 Czech Republic Josef Franc 3 1 2 0 1 7
9 England James Wright 2 0 1 2 2 7
10 Australia Mark Lemon 0 0 2 2 2 6
11 England Chris Neath 2 2 0 0 2 6
12 Australia Shane Parker 3 1 0 1 1 6
13 Czech Republic Michal Makovský 1 1 1 1 1 5
14 Australia Kevin Doolan 1 0 0 1 2 4
15 Scotland William Lawson 0 1 1 0 r 2
16 England Carl Wilkinson ex 0 0 0 0 0
17 England Tai Woffinden (res) 1 1
18 England David Speight (res) 0 0 0
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

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The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Ashfield Stadium on 8 October (originally abandoned on 18 June). The event was won by Glasgow for the second consecutive season.[8][9]

Semi finals

  • Glasgow bt Newcastle 5-4
  • Sheffield bt Somerset 6-3

Final

  • Glasgow bt Sheffield 6-3

Fours

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Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the third time. The event was held at Derwent Park on 7 October, after originally being postponed from 19 August.[10]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Workington 22 Wright 7, Stead 5, Piszcz 4, Harrison 4
2 Somerset 21 Zetterstrom 9, Kramer 5, Cunningham 4, Katt 3
3 Sheffield 16 Compton 5, Legault 4, Wilson 4, Ashworth 3
4 King's Lynn 12 Doolan 6, Nermark 4, Milsl 2, Harding 0

Riders & final averages

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Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Isle of Wight

King's Lynn

Mildenhall

Newcastle

Newport

Redcar

Rye House

Sheffield

Somerset

Stoke

Workington

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Archived from the original on 1 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  2. ^ "2006 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 June 2024.
  3. ^ "2006 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ^ a b "2006 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  5. ^ "2006 KO cup final 1st leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  6. ^ "2006 KO cup final 2nd leg". Speedway Updates. Retrieved 2 October 2021.
  7. ^ "Zorro makes his mark". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  8. ^ "2006 fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
  9. ^ Bamford, Robert (2007). Tempus Speedway Yearbook. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 215–217. ISBN 978-07524-4250-1.
  10. ^ "2006 season fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
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