The 2010 Elite League speedway season (also known as the

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Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 14th since its establishment in 1997.

Summary

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The

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were the defending champions from 2009. The negative side of playoffs was experienced during the 2010 season when

Coventry Bees Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team that existed from 1929 to 2018. They raced at Brandon Stadium, Brandon, Warwickshire, Brandon near Coventry, England. They are eight times champions of Britain. History Origins and 1920s The firs ...

claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners

Poole Pirates Poole Pirates (also known as Poole Speedway) are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the SGB Championship. The club have been the champions of the United Kingdom on ten occasions. Poole Speedway is promoted by l ...

, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of

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and

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had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of

Krzysztof Kasprzak Krzysztof Kasprzak (; born 18 July 1984 in Leszno, Poland) is a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider, who became World Under-21 Champion in 2005 and won the silver medal during the 2014 Speedway Grand Prix. He also won five World te ...

and

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both hit great form on the night.

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

'A' Fixtures

'B' Fixtures

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals Leg 1 Leg 2 Grand final First leg Second leg Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

Elite League Knockout Cup

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.

were the winners of the competition. First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals

Final

First leg Second leg The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

Riders' Championship

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won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at

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on 16 October.

Pairs

The

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was held at the

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on 4 September and was won by Coventry Bees. Semi finals *Eastbourne 7 Peterborough 2 - Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen, Bjerre *Poole 7 Lakeside 2 - Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Jacobs Final *Coventry 5 Poole 4 - Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen

Final leading averages

Riders & final averages

Belle Vue * 8.70 * 7.44 * 6.77 * 6.11 * 6.08 * 5.73 * 4.66 * 4.47 *3.87 * 3.73 * 2.80 Coventry * 9.02 * 8.80 * 7.25 * 7.08 * 7.00 * 6.56 * 6.29 * 6.11 * 4.39 * 3.65 * 3.38 Eastbourne * 8.29 * 7.56 * 7.26 * 6.27 * 6.04 * 5.93 * 5.44 * 4.61 * 4.34 Ipswich * 9.34 * 7.39 * 6.79 * 6.56 * 6.07 * 5.83 * 5.67 * 5.03 * 3.71 * 3.69 * 3.61 * 2.11 Lakeside * 9.35 * 8.17 * 7.64 * 6.87 * 6.10 * 5.96 * 5.49 * 5.29 * 4.73 * 4.64 Peterborough * 9.62 * 7.93 * 7.48 * 7.25 * 6.39 * 5.04 * 4.90 * 4.46 * 3.95 * 2.38 Poole * 8.83 * 8.58 * 8.01 * 7.93 * 6.89 * 6.74 * 6.25 Swindon * 9.90 * 8.21 * 6.81 * 6.62 * 6.52 * 5.91 * 4.39 * 3.86 * 3.55 Wolverhampton * 10.23 * 7.54 * 6.91 * 6.89 * 6.72 * 6.52 * 5.30 * 5.26 * 3.55

References

{{United Kingdom Speedway Seasons SGB Premiership Elite League Speedway Elite