2003 Speedway Conference League
Appearance
League | Conference League |
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Champions | Mildenhall Fen Tigers |
Knockout Cup | Mildenhall Fen Tigers |
Individual | Barrie Evans |
Fours | Rye House Raiders |
Division/s above | 2003 Elite League 2003 Premier League |
The 2003 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]
Summary
[edit]Mildenhall Fen Tigers completed the league and cup double.[2][3]
Final league table
[edit]Pos | Team | Played | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bonus | Total |
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1 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1326 | 917 | 37 | 10 | 47 |
2 | Rye House Raiders | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1178 | 936 | 36 | 9 | 45 |
3 | Oxford Silver Machine Academy | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1179 | 960 | 28 | 11 | 39 |
4 | Boston Barracuda-Braves | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1103 | 1017 | 30 | 8 | 38 |
5 | Swindon Sprockets | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1042 | 1036 | 28 | 5 | 33 |
6 | Buxton Hitmen | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1095 | 1054 | 25 | 7 | 32 |
7 | Newcastle Gems | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1072 | 1070 | 26 | 5 | 31 |
8 | Sheffield Prowlers | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1115 | 1016 | 22 | 8 | 30 |
9 | Wimbledon Dons | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1028 | 1126 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
10 | Wolverhampton Cubs | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1005 | 1116 | 21 | 2 | 23 |
11 | Carmarthen Dragons | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 957 | 1177 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
12 | Peterborough Pumas | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 950 | 1187 | 13 | 3 | 16 |
13 | Newport Mavericks | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 895 | 1243 | 11 | 1 | 12 |
Conference League Knockout Cup
[edit]The 2003 Conference League Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners.[4] [5]
Semi-finals
[edit]Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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13/09 | Mildenhall | 55-35 | Boston |
15/09 | Rye House | 59-31 | Armadale Devils |
19/09 | Boston | 45-45 | Mildenhall |
20/09 | Armadale Devils | 40-50 | Rye House |
Final
[edit]Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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18/10 | Rye House | 46-43 | Mildenhall |
19/10 | Mildenhall | 48-41 | Rye House |
First leg
Rye House Raiders Edward Kennett 14 Steve Boxall James Cockle Barry Burchatt | 46 – 43 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers Paul Lee Danny King |
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Second leg
Mildenhall Fen Tigers Paul Lee Danny King | 48 – 43 | Rye House Raiders Edward Kennett Steve Boxall James Cockle Barry Burchatt |
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Mildenhall were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 91–89
Conference Trophy
[edit]Riders' Championship
[edit]Barrie Evans won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 August at Rye House Stadium.[6]
Pos. | Rider | Team | Total |
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1 | Barrie Evans | Rye House | 14 |
2 | Jamie Robertson | Newcastle | 11 |
3 | Trevor Harding II | Boston | 10 |
4 | Joel Parsons | Rye House | 10 |
5 | Tom Brown | Newport | 10 |
6 | Craig Branney | Newcastle | 10 |
7 | Chris Mills | Oxford | 9 |
8 | Rob Finlow | Buxton | 9 |
9 | Richard Hall | Boston | 8 |
10 | James Wright | Buxton | 6 |
11 | James Brundle | Mildenhall | 6 |
12 | Ben Powell | Carmarthen/Exeter | 3 |
13 | Tommy Allen | Swindon | 3 |
14 | Joe Cook | Rye House | 3 |
15 | Mark Burrows | Wimbledon | 3 |
16 | Danny Norton | Peterborough | 2 |
17 | Dean Garrod (res) | Boston | 1 |
18 | Gordon Meakins (res) | Carmarthen | 1 |
Fours
[edit]Rye House won the Conference League Four-Team Championship final, held on 5 October 2003 at Mildenhall Stadium.[7]
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Final | |||
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Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
1 | Rye House | 30 | |
2 | Mildenhall | 29 | |
3 | Peterborough | 19 | |
4 | Boston | 14 |
See also
[edit]List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References
[edit]- ^ "2003 tables". Speedway GB.
- ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
- ^ "Raiders miss out on KoC to arch rivals". Crash.net. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
- ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
- ^ "Season results". Speed-way.com.
- ^ "Silver heaps praise on Evans". Crash.net. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
- ^ "2003 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.