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2008 Speedway Conference League
The 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British Motorcycle speedway, speedway. Summary The title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the playoffs. Final league table Fixtures & results Play-offs Final ---- ---- Conference League Knockout Cup The 2008 National League Knockout Cup, Conference League Knockout Cup was the 11th edition of the Knockout Cup (speedway), Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Plymouth Devils were the winners. First round Semi-finals Final ---- ---- Conference Trophy * Plymouth 94 Boston 88 Riders' Championship Benji Compton won the National League Riders' Championship, Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Rye House Stadium. Pairs The National League Pairs Championship, Pairs Championship was held at the Wessex Stadium, on 31 May. The event was won by James Cockle (speedway rider), James Cockle and Simon Lambert (speedway rider), Simon Lambert of the Boston. Semi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conference League (speedway)
The Conference League was the third and lowest division of motorcycle speedway racing in the United Kingdom governed by the The Speedway Control Board, Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA). The other leagues being the Elite League (speedway), Elite League and Premier League (speedway), Premier League. The League consisted of eight teams for the 2008 season. In 2009 it was replaced with the National League (speedway), National League. History The British League Division Three had been created in 1994 as a replacement for the second-half junior leagues that were scrapped when British League matches were extended to eighteen heats. The league was renamed the British Academy League in 1995, but many of the teams that took part experienced severe financial problems. In order to reduce costs, the league was re-launched as the Conference league in 1996 and was an entirely amateur competition. The revamped competition proved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buxton Hitmen
The Buxton Hitmen were a motorcycle speedway team in the British National League (speedway), National League (formerly the Conference League (speedway), Conference League) from 1994 to 2018. The club stopped racing in the National League after the 2018 speedway season. History Origins & 1990s In 1994, a team called Hi-Edge Hitmen began racing on the Buxton Raceway. Promoted by Barry Watson and former England rider Chris Morton, the team's inaugural season was in the 1994 British League Division Three in which they finished in sixth place. The following year they finished third in the 1995 Academy League before joining the Conference League (speedway), Conference League (division 3). The speedway promotion agreed with the stock car promotion that a separate speedway track could be built adjacent to the main circuit. The team was then renamed the Buxton Hitmen from the 1996 Speedway Conference League season. The first season on the new track in 1996 ended with an eighth-plac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Danny Halsey
Daniel John Halsey (born 15 September 1988) is a former motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ... from England. Speedway career Halsey started his speedway career in England riding for the junior team at Rye House Rockets in 2005. He was part of the Mildenhall Fen Tigers team that won the National League Fours, held on 26 August 2012 at Loomer Road Stadium. During the 2014 National League speedway season he won the National League Riders' Championship, when with Mildenhall. This was the same season that he rode for Eastbourne Eagles during the 2014 Elite League speedway season. In 2017 and 2018, Halsey started his seventh and eighth league seasons with Mildenhall Fen Tigers. In 2019, he signed for Cradley Heathens to race in the 2019 Nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Darcy Ward
Darcy Stephen Ward (born 4 May 1992 in Nanango, Queensland) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. He won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships. Career history Junior career Darcy Ward started his speedway career as a junior in his native Queensland. He qualified for five Australian Under-16 Championships from 2003–2007, with a best finish of second in 2005 and again in 2007. 2009 In 2009, he rode for Unibax Toruń during the 2009 Polish speedway season and King's Lynn Stars in the 2009 Speedway Premier League. He also appeared for AC Landshut in Germany. Ward's first meeting in the Polish Ekstraliga was the Pomeranian-Kuyavian Derby between Toruń and Bydgoszcz at Polonia Stadium. In this match he scored seven points. Toruń won his meeting 51–39. Unibax Toruń won the regular season and after qualified for the Ekstraliga Final. In the final, Ward scored 11 points ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Byron Bekker
Byron Anthony Bekker (born 2 July 1987, in Johannesburg) is a South African former motorcycle speedway rider, who rode in the British Premier League The Premier League is a professional association football league in England and the highest level of the English football league system. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the English Football Lea .... Career Bekker left South Africa aged 17, leaving Johannesburg for Coulby Newham in the Borough of Middlesbrough. Bekker started his British racing career in 2005 with Newcastle Gems where he rode seven meetings. He was quickly offered a contract with the clubs Premier League team, Newcastle Diamonds. However, with the Gems not having a team in the following season, he was sent to ride for Scunthorpe Scorpions in the Conference League to gain further experience. He made his debut at Sittingbourne Crusaders where he claimed a four ride paid maximum. The following weekend he sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rye House Stadium
Rye House Stadium was a speedway and greyhound racing venue in Rye Road, Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England. It is situated adjacent to the River Lea Navigation. Origins The name Rye House originates from a collection of medieval buildings on an area known as the Isle of Rye due to the fact that the land was directly next door to the River Lea/Lee and in particular the Lee Navigation. When the stadium was constructed in 1934 it was put next door to Rye House on a spare plot which is where the name for the stadium came from. Rye House had been the family home for the Parr family that included Catherine in the 16th century and later a workhouse and tourist attraction in the 19th century. All that remains today of the original Rye House is the gatehouse found to the north of the stadium. Pre WW2 history In 1934 (the site owned by Taylor-Walkers) saw the construction of a speedway track and it hosted open meetings on a circuit that had been converted from a former runnin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League Riders' Championship
The National League Riders' Championship is an annual motorcycle speedway Motorcycle speedway, usually referred to simply as speedway, is a motorcycle sport involving four and sometimes up to six riders competing over four clockwise, anti-clockwise laps of an oval circuit. The motorcycles are specialist machines that ... contest between the top riders (or two riders) with the highest average points total from each club competing in the third tier league in the United Kingdom. The same format of Championship applies for the tier one and tier two leagues, that of the SGB Premiership Riders' Individual Championship (tier one) and the SGB Championship Riders' Individual Championship (tier two). Winners See also * List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions * Speedway in the United Kingdom References {{Speedway in the United Kingdom Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Plymouth Coliseum
Plymouth Coliseum, formerly known as St Boniface Arena, is a rugby field and speedway venue in Plymouth, Devon Devon ( ; historically also known as Devonshire , ) is a ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel to the north, Somerset and Dorset to the east, the English Channel to the south, and Cornwall to the west .... It is situated adjacent to the River Plym near Marsh Mills. Stadium The stadium dates back to 1982 and has hosted speedway since 2006. The stadium has recently been upgraded by the owner, speedway promoter Mike Bowden. Speedway The stadium is the home of the Plymouth Gladiators who currently compete in the Championship. Speedway track maintenance vehicles owned by the Gladiators were vandalized in an arson attack on 13 July 2022, following a series of attacks in which club vehicles were damaged. Police opened a criminal investigation, but club owner Mark Phillips expressed disappointment at the lack of conseque ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National League Knockout Cup
The National League Knockout Cup is a motorcycle speedway third tier Knockout Cup competition in the United Kingdom. The competition was previously known as the Academy League Knockout Cup (1995) and the Conference League Knockout Cup (1996-2008) until it changed name to the National League Knockout Cup. The 2020 and 2021 editions of the Cup were cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December .... Winners See also * Knockout Cup (speedway) for full list of winners and competitions References {{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons Speedway competitions in the United Kingdom Recurring sporting events established in 1995 1995 establishments in the United Kingdom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King's Lynn Stadium
King's Lynn Stadium, also known as the Adrian Flux Arena and previously as the Norfolk Arena, is a short oval stadium situated to the south of King's Lynn, Norfolk, England. It currently hosts BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Car Racing, Banger racing, motorcycle speedway and is also a former greyhound racing track. Origins The stadium was constructed in 1951 on the west side of Saddlebow Road, adjacent to a poultry farm. It originally opened for greyhound racing. Stock car racing Since 1955 it has hosted BriSCA Formula 1 Stock Car Racing, for which it has hosted World Final events for in 2007, 2009, 2013, 2015 and 2019. It is set to hold the World Final again in September 2020 with this year's winner Tom Harris defending his title. Speedway The stadium has been the home of the King's Lynn Stars speedway team since 1965. It hosted the Final of the 1984 European (World) Under-21 Championship won by England's Marvyn Cox. The shale-surfaced track is long and is surrounded by a so ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wessex Stadium
The Bob Lucas Stadium (formerly named the Wessex Stadium) is a football stadium in Weymouth, England. It has been the home ground of Weymouth F.C. since 1987. It was formerly a greyhound racing and speedway stadium. Football The ground, which was built to hold 10,000 with 900 seated in the stand, first saw a football kicked with the visit of Taunton Town in the Western Counties Floodlight Cup final on 18 August 1987 in front of 1,023 spectators. The league season opened on 26 August with a visit from Lincoln City – who had just suffered relegation from the Football League The English Football League (EFL) is a league of professional football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888 as the Football League, it is the oldest football league in the world, and was the top-level football league in England from ... – and the official attendance was 3,500. Ron Greenwood performed the official opening of the ground on 21 October 1987, prior to an exhibition matc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scunthorpe Saints
The Scunthorpe Scorpions are a motorcycle speedway team in the British SGB Championship. They have raced at various times since 1971, at three different venues. History Origins and 1970s Speedway in Scunthorpe began on 3 May 1971 at the Quibell Park Stadium (an athletics stadium and velodrome). The inaugural season consisted primarily of a team known as the Scunthorpe Saints, who raced a series of challenge meetings at the stadium. The following year in 1972, the team joined the British league system, when they competed in the 1972 British League Division Two season but finished bottom of the table. Changes were made for 1973, with promoter Brian Osborn bringing in multiple new signings including Ken McKinlay. The Saints continued to race in the second tier of British speedway, which from 1975 was known as the National League. However, the seasons were disappointing with the team struggling at the foot of the table. Major changes took place during 1979, the first being ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
