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2011 Premier League Knock-Out Cup
The 2011 Premier League Knock-Out Cup was the 44th edition of the Knockout Cup (speedway), Knockout Cup for tier two teams in British Motorcycle speedway, speedway. Summary It was contested throughout the 2011 Speedway Premier League, 2011 Premier League Season. The Reigning champions from 2010 Speedway Premier League KOC, 2010, the Newcastle Diamonds were narrowly eliminated by the Glasgow Tigers (speedway), Glasgow Tigers in the semi-final stages. However the competition was won by the Newport Wasps who defeated the league champions Glasgow Tigers (speedway), Glasgow Tigers, 106-74 on aggregate. Knock-Out Stages Round 1 The draw for the 2011 Premier League KOC was taking at the 2010 AGM. 12 teams were drawn against each other, with 2 teams receiving 'byes' into the Quarter Finals. These two teams that received a bye were the Berwick Bandits and the Newport Wasps. The Kings Lynn Stars were originally going to face the Somerset Rebels, however due to their election to compete in t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knockout Cup (speedway)
Knockout Cup (sometimes referred to as the KO Cup) is a type of British 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 ... competition, examples of which have run annually since 1929. Each tier of British Speedway has its own respective Knockout Cup. The current Knockout Cup competitions are the SGB Premiership Knockout Cup (tier one), the SGB Championship Knockout Cup (tier two) and the National League Knockout Cup (tier three). The cups have been run in the past under the associated name of the League at the time. For example Elite League Knockout Cup when tier one was the Elite League, a Premier League Knockout Cup when tier two was the Premier League and so on. Knockout Cups (chronological order) Tier One * National Trophy 1931–1964 * British League ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ipswich Witches
The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. They compete in the British SGB Premiership. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm (first race 7.45pm). The Witches are currently promoted by former Ipswich riders Chris Louis and Ritchie Hawkins. Chris Louis is the son of former rider and promoter John Louis History Early history Foxhall Stadium was purpose-built for speedway in 1950, and meetings were held there from 1951 to 1965 when the track was resurfaced for stock car racing. Attendances approached 20,000 and made stars of riders such as Syd Clarke, Junior Bainbridge, Tich Read and Peter Moore. The inaugural league season was the 1952 Speedway Southern League, where the team finished 8th. After 10 seasons of league speedway the team withdrew from the 1962 Speedway National League mid-season. Their best placing to that date had been a third place finish in 1953 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Robson (speedway Rider)
Stuart Anthony Robson (born 8 November 1976 in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear) is a British motorcycle speedway rider. His brother Scott Robson also rode, as did his father John Robson. Career Stuart made his British racing debut in 1993, riding for the Newcastle Diamonds and in 32 matches he posted an average of 4.35. The following season was again with the Diamonds, where he averaged just under 5 points followed by a switch to Coventry in 1995 where he posted figures of 5.31. His 1996 season was split between Coventry and Middlesbrough, while in 1997 he joined brother Scott at the Hull Vikings in the East Riding of Yorkshire. The following season he returned to the top flight riding once again for Coventry in the Elite League, where he spent four seasons as a five-point averaged rider before a big year in 2003 when he pushed his average for the Bees up to just under seven points from 47 matches. He also doubled-down with the Newcastle Diamonds in 2003, achieving an 8.76 average f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Neath
} Christopher Maurice Neath (born 29 January 1982) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned one international cap for the Great Britain national speedway team. Career Neath began riding when competing in youth grasstrack competitions, winning numerous ACU Championship titles, British, National and Best Pairs. He first began riding league speedway for the Newport Mavericks during the 1998 Speedway Conference League. The following season, he captained the Mavericks to the league title, in addition to riding for the Newport Wasps senior team in the Premier League and winning the Premier Trophy with them. In 2001, Neath also ventured to Sweden riding to a 10.68 point average for Norbaggarna. In 2002, Neath moved to Premier league rivals, the Swindon Robins. He spent two seasons at Swindon and at this time he was also 'doubling up' with the club that owned his contract, the Wolverhampton Wolves. This was quite a successful time for Neath. He won the Elite Le ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ben Barker (born 1988), British speedway rider
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Ben Barker may refer to: * Ben Barker (racing driver) (born 1991), British racing driver * Ben Barker (speedway rider) Benjamin (Ben) John Barker (born 10 March 1988 in Truro, Cornwall) is a British speedway rider. Career summary Barker signed for Stoke Potters in December 2006 after impressing for the Stoke club's Conference League side, Stoke Spitfires ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Masters
Samuel Peter Masters (born 23 May 1991) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the Premier League Riders' Championship in 2011. Masters is an Australian Champion having won the Championship in January 2017. Career Masters was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. He began racing at the age of six, initially in dirt-track races, but at the age of eleven followed his uncle and cousins into speedway.2011 Rider Index , speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2011-11-14 After winning the New South Wales Under-16 championship in four consecutive years, and also the Australian under-16 title, he moved into senior competition in 2007. He also represented Australia in the FIM Youth Gold ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jason Doyle
Jason Kevin Doyle (born 6 October 1985) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. He became World Champion in 2017. He won the 2015 Australian Solo Championship. He has also won the South Australian Championship in 2014, and the Elite League Riders' Championship and the Master of Speedway meeting in Germany in 2015. Doyle is a member of the Australia national speedway team and represented his country in the Speedway World Cup. He is also the 2016, 2017, 2019 Czech Republic Grand Prix winner, taking his maiden victory on 26 June 2016, at Prague's Markéta Stadium. He became only the third rider in history to win three Grands Prix in a row when he won in Gorzow, Teterow and Stockholm before breaking his elbow, dislocating his shoulder and injuring both his lungs after crashing in his first ride in the penultimate Grand Prix of the season in Torun, Poland. He was two points clear at the top of the standings at the time of his crash and officially withdrew from the season-endi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matthew Wethers
Matthew James Wethers (born 30 May 1985) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Speedway career He rode in the top tier of British Speedway riding for the Wolverhampton Wolves during the 2010 Elite League speedway season. He began his British career riding for Edinburgh Monarchs in 2003. He was part of the Newcastle Diamonds team that competed in the SGB Championship 2021 The SGB Championship 2021 was the second tier division, called the SGB Championship, of the British speedway championship in 2021. Changes from the last edition of the Championship (held in 2019) were the addition of three teams and the loss of .... References 1985 births Living people Australian speedway riders Edinburgh Monarchs riders Wolverhampton Wolves riders {{Speedway-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ricky Ashworth
Richard David Ashworth (born 17 August 1982 in Salford, England) is a former professional speedway rider who has represented Great Britain. Biography Son of David Ashworth and Mandy Winnard, Ricky was raised in Salford Salford () is a city and the largest settlement in the City of Salford metropolitan borough in Greater Manchester, England. In 2011, Salford had a population of 103,886. It is also the second and only other city in the metropolitan county afte ... (originally from Irlam) and went to Summerville County primary school and then on to Hope High School (Salford), Hope High School. He started his racing career on a Yamaha Motor Company, Yamaha PW 50cc and Kawasaki Heavy Industries Motorcycle & Engine, Kawasaki K100 as a motocross rider up to the age of 10, changing his bike career to grass track racing after experiencing financial difficulties due to the spiralling cost of privately owning and maintaining motocross motorcycle, bikes. While gaining a high reputa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Howe (speedway Rider)
David Peter Howe (born 1 March 1982) is a British former professional motorcycle speedway rider. Career Born in Leicester, England, David Howe started his career on 31 March 1997, aged 15, with the Peterborough Panthers team in the Conference League. He is a three-time Grand Prix participant, having been awarded wild card places for 2003 Speedway Grand Prix series in Britain and Slovenia. He also featured as a wild card for the 2007 Speedway Grand Prix of Great Britain, awarded to him after finishing runner-up in the 2007 British Championship. In 1999 he won 3 Titles with Peterborough Panthers: The Elite League Title, the Knockout Cup and the Craven Shield. He won the British Under-21 Champion in 2000 and in 2002 he finished third in the World Under-21 Championship. David was also successful in both Grasstrack and Longtrack having competed at the highest level of both disciplines. David used GM engines that were tuned by Sean Wilson. Howe announced his retirement from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kevin Doolan
Kevin Doolan (born 30 November 1980) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Biography Born in Shepparton, Victoria, Doolan first raced in Australia, finishing third in the 1996 Australian Under-16 Championship. He began his British speedway career in 1999 with Belle Vue Aces.Rider Index , speedwaygb.co, retrieved 2012-04-08 He was a finalist in the Junior World Championship in both 1999 and 2000. He moved on to in 2002 and [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tomáš Topinka
Tomáš Topinka (born 5 June 1974) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. Career He participated in Speedway World Cups for Czech Republic team. He rode in the British leagues from 1993 to 2011 and was a King's Lynn Stars regular for 15 years. Speedway Grand Prix results Results World Championships * Individual World Championship (Speedway Grand Prix) ** ''1994 - 10th place in World Semi-Final 2'' ** 1997 - 22nd place (2 points in one event) ** 2003 - 26th place (13 points in one event) * Team World Championship (Speedway World Team Cup and Speedway World Cup) ** 1997 - Piła - 5th place (10 pts) ** 2002 - Peterborough - 5th place (3 pts) ** 2003 - - 6th place ** 2004 - - 6th place ** 2005 - 6th place * Individual U-21 World Championship ** 1993 - Pardubice - 8th place (7 pts) ** 1994 - Elgane - 4th place (12 pts +2) ** 1995 - Tampere - 4th place (12 pts +2) See also * Czech Republic national speedway team * List of Speedway Grand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |