The 2009 Premier League season was the second division of

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racing in the United Kingdom and the 15th season since its creation in 1995. The league is governed by the Speedway Control Board (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).

Summary

The League consisted of 14 teams for the 2009 season with the re-admission of the

Newport Wasps Newport Wasps were a British motorcycle speedway team based at Somerton Park and then the Hayley Stadium in Newport, Wales, Newport, South Wales, from 1964 to 2012. The Wasps logo incorporates the traditional black and amber colours of the City ...

and the loss of

Mildenhall Fen Tigers The Mildenhall Fen Tigers are a British speedway team, founded in 1975, who last raced in the National Development League during 2023. History 1970s The original track was built in 1971 on farm land owned by Terry Waters, with Bernie Kla ...

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(Both dropped to National League) and the

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(Loss of Stadium). New rules introduced for 2009 with a complete revamp of the points scoring system. The team finishing at the top of the league table at the end of the season after accumulating the most points were declared the Premier League champions. The four highest placed teams were entered into promotion play-offs, whereby the Premier League play-off winner faced the bottom Elite League team over two legs. Teams finishing in fifth to twelfth at the time of the fixture cut-off date compete in the Young Shield. The

Kings Lynn Stars King's Lynn Stars are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the SGB Premiership. The nickname "Stars" was adopted from the defunct Norwich Stars team. The team was founded in 1965 and has been running continually since then, except for 199 ...

were crowned the Premier League champions after ending the season as the highest placed team. The

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finished second,

Newcastle Diamonds Newcastle Diamonds were a motorcycle speedway team that raced in the British speedway leagues from 1929 to 2022. They were based at Newcastle Stadium on the Fossway, Byker. The Stadium was previously known as Brough Park. History Origins and ...

third and the

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fourth. All four teams took part in the promotion play-off with Edinburgh and King's Lynn reaching the final. Edinburgh won 97–83 on aggregate and faced Elite League team

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, but lost the two-legged promotion/relegation final.

New points scoring system

A new points scoring systems was devised for the 2009 season in an effort to make teams more competitive even when losing. If a Home team were to win by 7 or more points they would receive 3 points for the win. However, if the away team restricted the win from 1-6 points, the home team would receive only 2 points for the win, and the away team would be awarded 1 point for losing by less than 7 away from home.
If the match was a draw, the home team would be awarded 1 point and the away team awarded 2.
If the away team won the match by between 1-6 points, they would be awarded 3 points with the home team collecting 0. And finally if the away team won by 7 or more points, they would collect 4 points with the home team again collecting 0.

Fixtures & results

League table

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points Last updated: October 20, 2010 Source
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Premier League play-offs

Semi-finals Leg 1 Leg 2 Grand final First leg Second leg

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2009 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 42nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition. First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals

Final

First leg Second leg King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–81.

Riders' Championship

Ricky Ashworth won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at

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Pairs

The

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was held at Oaktree Arena on 26 June. The event was won by Birmingham Brummies. Semi finals *Birmingham bt King's Lynn 6–3 *Somerset bt Workington 7–2 Final *Birmingham bt Somerset 6–3

Fours

Workington Comets won the

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for the fifth time, the Championship was held on 25 July 2009, at the

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Final Leading averages

Riders & final averages

Berwick *

Michal Makovský Michal Makovský (born 6 April 1976) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 3 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career He started in the 2000 Speedway Grand Prix of Czech Repub ...

8.49 *

Josef Franc Josef Franc (born 18 January 1979) is a Czech former international motorcycle racer who competed in Grasstrack, Longtrack and motorcycle speedway. He earned 8 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team Career In 2001, Fr ...

8.28 *

Stanisław Burza Stanisław Burza (born 26 September 1977 in Tuchów, Poland), nicknamed "Stan Storm", is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. Career Burza is a 2004 and 2005 Team Polish Champion. In 2006 he was signed by Oxford Cheetahs. Family ...

7.60 * Paul Clews 7.39 * William Lawson 6.02 *

Tero Aarnio Tero Kalevi Aarnio (born 17 April 1984) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Finland. Career Aarnio was a member of Finland team at 2007 Speedway World Cup. This led to his signing for Berwick Bandits for the 2008 and 2009 seasons. He then joi ...

5.55 *

Guglielmo Franchetti Guglielmo Franchetti or Gino Franchetti (born 5 October 1985) is an Italian former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Franchetti was a member of Italy national speedway team, earning 5 international caps and was twice Italian National Champion ...

4.43 *Danny Warwick 4.00 *Tamas Sike 2.81 *

Frank Facher Frank Facher (born 11 June 1989) is a former speedway rider from Germany. He earned two international caps for the German national speedway team. Career Facher won the German Junior Vhampionship in 2009 and started riding in the Polish leag ...

2.59 *Greg Blair 2.33 Birmingham * Tomasz Piszcz 8.64 *

Jason Lyons Jason Rodney Lyons (born 15 June 1970 in Mildura, Victoria) is a former Australian international motorcycle speedway rider. Jason is the son of former rider Rod Lyons. Career history Lyons started his United Kingdom career in 1990, with the ...

8.42 *

Richard Sweetman Richard Thomas Sweetman (born 28 July 1990 in Maitland, New South Wales) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Born in Maitland, the birthplace of motorcycle speedway (1926), Sweetman won the New South Wales Under-21 indi ...

7.20 *Russell Harrison 6.91 *

Ludvig Lindgren Ludvig Lindgren (born 23 September 1990 in Örebro, Sweden) is a motorcycle speedway rider. Career Lindgren won the 2008 Team U-19 European Champion title. He was a member of Sweden U-21 and U-19 national teams. In August 2008 it was ann ...

6.73 *

Robert Ksiezak Robert Ksiezak (born 15 January 1987 in Adelaide, South Australia) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Ksiezak started his British career with the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2005. He lost his team place halfway through the 2 ...

6.12 * Lee Smart 5.25 * Manuel Hauzinger 5.10 *Jay Herne 4.64 *Marek Mroz 3.52 *

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3.13 *Ben Taylor 2.31 Edinburgh *

Ryan Fisher Ryan Scott Fisher (born 7 September 1983 in Riverside, California) is an American former international motorcycle speedway rider. He earned 8 caps for the United States national speedway team. Career Fisher won the US Junior Championship thr ...

8.89 * Kevin Wolbert 8.87 * Andrew Tully 7.83 * Matthew Wethers 7.74 * Thomas H. Jonasson 7.44 * Michał Rajkowski 7.06 * Aaron Summers 6.26 *Sean Stoddart 3.53 *

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 high ...

3.17 *

Max Dilger Max Dilger (born 14 July 1989) is a motorcycle speedway and longtrack speedway rider from Germany. He earned 3 international caps for the German national speedway team. Career In 2006, Dilger started racing in Poland and rode for the Hungar ...

2.54 Glasgow *

James Grieves James Robert Grieves (born 28 September 1974), is a former professional motorcycle speedway rider from Scotland. Career Born in Paisley, Scotland in 1974, Grieves took up speedway at the age of fifteen when he attended one of Olle Nygren's tra ...

8.97 * Shane Parker 8.93 * William Lawson 7.79 *

Josh Grajczonek Joshua Lee Grajczonek (born 5 February 1990) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. He is a record eight times winner of the Queensland championship. Career Born in Townsville, Queensland, Grajczonek's big break in British Speedwa ...

6.78 *Russell Harrison 5.76 *Anders Andersen 5.50 *Lee Dicken 4.91 *Mitchell Davey 4.51 *Peter Juul 2.40 King's Lynn *

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. C ...

9.71 *

Tomáš Topinka Tomáš Topinka (born 5 June 1974) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 16 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career He participated in Speedway World Cups for Czech Republic ...

9.62 *

Chris Schramm Christopher Paul Schramm (born 30 May 1984) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Speedway career Schramm began his career riding for the Peterborough Pumas in the 2000 Speedway Conference League. The following season he finishe ...

8.49 *

Emiliano Sanchez Emiliano Diebo Sanchez also known as Poty Sanchez (born 9 December 1977 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine former motorcycle speedway rider, with Italian ancestry. He is three times National Argentinian champion and twice National Italian champ ...

8.12 *

Kozza Smith Kozza Smith (born Korey Williams on 20 March 1988 in Cessnock, New South Wales) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career history Smith began racing at the age of 14 in Australian junior speedway and in 2006, he won the Q ...

7.40 *Christian Henry 6.93 *

Linus Eklöf Linus Eklöf (born 3 March 1989) is a Swedish former motorcycle speedway rider, who won the Team U-19 European Champion title in 2008. Career In 2009 he rode in the Premier League in the UK, averaging over six points per match for treble-winn ...

6.39 * Jan Graversen 5.92 *Darren Mallett 5.08 Newcastle *

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9.17 *

Kenni Larsen Kenni Arendt Larsen (born 14 June 1988), known as both Kenni Arendt and Kenni Larsen, is a former motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career Born in Odense, Denmark, Larsen began his British speedway career in 2008 with Newcastle Diamonds, ...

8.19 *

René Bach René Bach (born 7 June 1990, in Hjordkær, Rødekro) is a motorcycle speedway rider from Denmark. Career He was a member of the Denmark U-21 national team. He started his British leagues career in 2009, joining the Newcastle Diamonds f ...

8.17 *Jason King 7.83 * Derek Sneddon 5.86 * Steve Boxall 5.57 *Trent Leverington 5.52 * Craig Branney 4.78 *Adam McKinna 4.10 *Casper Wortmann 2.18 Newport *

8.00 * Leigh Lanham 7.64 * Jordan Frampton 7.36 * Paul Fry 6.40 *Chris Kerr 6.19 * Brent Werner 6.00 *James Holder 5.20 * Jonas Andersson 4.14 *

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2.26 Redcar *

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8.55 *

Gary Havelock Robert Gary Havelock (born 4 November 1968) is a British former speedway rider who was World Champion in 1992. Career Havelock's father was speedway rider Brian Havelock. Gary Havelock first competed in grasstrack racing, winning the British ...

8.23 *Ben Wilson 7.90 *

Carl Stonehewer Carl Bryan Stonehewer (born 16 May 1972) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned seven international caps for the England national speedway team and five caps for the Great Britain team. Career Stonehewer's principal club ...

6.97 *

Robbie Kessler Robert Kessler (born 5 April 1973 in Neuwied, West Germany) is a former motorcycle speedway rider, from Germany. He earned 5 international caps for the German national speedway team. Career Kessler represented Germany at the Speedway World Te ...

6.59 *Stuart Swales 5.18 * Benji Compton 3.85 *Arlo Bugeja 3.52 Rye House * Chris Neath 7.82 *

Linus Sundström Linus Erik Sundström (born 28 October 1990 in Avesta, Sweden) is a former international speedway rider from Sweden.Robert Mear Robert John Mear (born 12 January 1989) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. He earned two international caps for the Great Britain national speedway team. Speedway career Mear started his speedway career in England riding for t ...

7.42 * Joe Haines 7.39 *Luke Bowen 6.97 * Andrew Silver 6.20 *Tommy Allen 5.11 Scunthorpe * David Howe 9.18 * Magnus Karlsson 8.67 * Carl Wilkinson 7.04 * Simon Lambert 5.77 * Viktor Bergström 5.67 * Ritchie Hawkins 5.08 *

Jerran Hart Jerran Hart (born 19 January 1991) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from England. Speedway career Hart began his British career riding for Newport Wasps in 2008. He rode in the top tier of British Speedway, riding for the Ipswich Witches d ...

4.89 *

3.52 Sheffield * Ricky Ashworth 8.42 * Richard Hall 7.88 * Josh Auty 7.51 * Joel Parsons 6.21 * Chris Mills 5.88 *Hugh Skidmore 5.87 * Paul Cooper 5.71 * Ritchie Hawkins 5.39 * Scott Smith 4.53 Somerset *

Steve Johnston Steven Paul Johnston (born 12 October 1971) is former international motorcycle speedway rider from Australia. Career Born in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, Johnston signed for the Sheffield Tigers for the 1992 British League Division Two seas ...

9.46 *

Emil Kramer Emil Karl Leif Kramer (14 November 1979 – 9 December 2009) was a motorcycle speedway rider from Sweden. Career Kramer came to prominence in 2000 when he reached the final of the 2000 Speedway Under-21 World Championship, where he secured a sev ...

8.79 *

Cory Gathercole Cory James Gathercole (born 2 December 1986) is an Australian former motorcycle speedway rider. Career Gathercole first came to British speedway when he joined the Swindon Robins squad in the Elite League for the 2007 Elite League speedway s ...

8.23 *Simon Walker 5.77 *

Justin Sedgmen Justin Maxwell Sedgmen (born 17 February 1992) is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider. Career Junior career Born in Mildura, Victoria, Justin Sedgmen and his older brother Ryan Sedgmen (born December 1990) began their speedway careers at ...

5.16 *Nick Simmons 4.89 *Jay Herne 4.57 *Tom Brown 4.30 *Jari Makinen 2.27 Stoke *

Jason Bunyan Jason Michael Bunyan (born 9 March 1979 in Milton Keynes) is a former England under-21 international motorcycle speedway rider from England. He is a ten times champion of New Zealand. Racing career He won the New Zealand Championship from 200 ...

8.55 * Lee Complin 7.63 * Phil Morris 5.89 *

Klaus Jakobsen Klaus Jakobsen (born 30 January 1989) is a speedway rider from Denmark. Speedway career Jakobsen began his British career riding for Stoke Potters in 2008. He continued to ride for Stoke during the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Jakobsen then rode in ...

5.82 * Tom P. Madsen 5.76 * Jesper Kristiansen 5.62 *

5.06 * Craig Branney 4.00 * Glen Phillips 3.38 Workington *

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 Briti ...

9.35 *

Adrian Rymel Adrian Rymel (born 30 October 1975 in Štramberk, Czechoslovakia) is a former motorcycle speedway rider from the Czech Republic. He earned 8 international caps for the Czech Republic national speedway team. Career Rymel started his British sp ...

8.74 *

Andre Compton Andre Neil Compton (born 15 May 1977 in Dewsbury, England) is a former speedway rider from England. He is the older brother of Benji Compton. Career summary In 1999, he was part of the Sheffield four that won the Premier League Four-Team Cha ...

8.18 * Richard Lawson 5.57 *John Branney 5.37 * Charles Wright 5.36 *

Craig Cook Craig William Cook (born 21 May 1987) is a motorcycle speedway rider from England. Career Born in Whitehaven, Cook's speedway career began in 2008. In 2009, Cook won the National League Riders Championship, held on 26 September at Rye House St ...

3.93 *Luke Priest 2.54

References

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