British motorcycle speedway season
Woffinden riding for Scunthorpe in 2007 The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway .
The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year.[1] [2] Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship .[3]
The Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season . In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions .[4]
HW=Home win HD=Home draw HL=Home loss AW=Away win AD=Away draw AL=Away loss [5]
Semi-finals Grand Final Oxford 56 37 93 Plymouth 38 54 92 Oxford 42 31 73 Scunthorpe 47 61 108 Boston 36 30 66 Scunthorpe 58 63 121
Conference League Knockout Cup [ edit ] The 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.[6] [7]
Date Team one Score Team two 18/04 Stoke 50-40 Weymouth 20/04 Weymouth 54-32 Stoke 22/04 Sittingbourne 32-59 Rye House
Date Team one Score Team two 08/07 Oxford 45-44 Plymouth 27/07 Plymouth 45-44 Oxford 07/09 Plymouth 63-30 Oxford 28/07 Cleveland 35-35 Boston 10/06 Scunthorpe 59-31 Rye House 16/06 Rye House 52-41 Scunthorpe 08/07 Buxton 43-50 Weymouth
Date Team one Score Team two 29-Sep Weymouth 45-45 Plymouth 30-Sep Scunthorpe 51-45 Boston 05 Oct Boston 30-62 Scunthorpe
Date Team one Score Team two 26/10 Plymouth 49-44 Scunthorpe 28/10 Scunthorpe 58-35 Plymouth
Riders' Championship[ edit ] Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship . The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium .[8]
The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway , on 22 July. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert of the Boston.[9]
Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Boston P Cooper, S Lambert ? Cleveland G Blair, M Burrows ? Rye House R Mear, Karlis ? Scunthorpe T Woffinden, A Tully ? Weymouth L Smart, J Herne
Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Oxford J Frampton, L Smethills ? Buxton J Bethell, J Roberts ? Stoke J Branney, B Evans ? Plymouth ? Sittingbourne
Final
Scunthorpe won the Conference League Four-Team Championship , held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum .[10] [11]
Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Scunthorpe 20 Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis 2 Buxton 14 James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell 3 Oxford 11 Martin, MacDonald, Hughes, Hopwood 4 Sittingbourne 3 Felton, Reynolds, Goody, Meakins
Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Plymouth 22 Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz 2 Weymouth 11 Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason 3 Cleveland 8 Burrows, Emerson, Blair, Beaton 4 Boston 7 Wright, Smith, Mallett, Lambert
Final Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Scunthorpe 19 Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis 2 Plymouth 16 Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz 3 Weymouth 8 Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason 4 Buxton 5 James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell
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