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2007 Speedway Conference League

The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.

2007 Speedway Conference League
LeagueConference League
ChampionsScunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout CupScunthorpe Scorpions
IndividualTai Woffinden
PairsBoston Barracudas
FoursScunthorpe Scorpions
Division/s above2007 Elite League
2007 Premier League
Woffinden riding for Scunthorpe in 2007

Summary

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The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year.[1][2] Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship.[3]

The Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season. In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions.[4]

Final league table

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Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Pts AP Total
1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 18 9 0 0 7 0 2 993 637 32 9 41
2 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs 18 9 0 0 4 1 4 921 729 27 8 35
3 Plymouth Devils 18 8 0 1 3 0 6 872 769 22 6 28
4 Boston Barracudas 18 8 0 1 2 1 6 842 801 21 5 26
5 Weymouth Wildcats 18 7 1 1 2 0 7 841 801 19 5 24
6 Rye House Raiders 18 7 0 2 1 0 8 844 794 16 6 22
7 Buxton Hitmen 18 7 0 2 1 0 8 762 886 16 1 17
8 Stoke Spitfires 18 5 1 3 2 0 7 757 898 15 2 17
9 Cleveland Bays 18 2 1 6 1 0 8 719 910 7 3 10
10 Sittingbourne Crusaders 18 2 0 7 0 1 8 653 979 5 0 5

Key

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  • HW=Home win
  • HD=Home draw
  • HL=Home loss
  • AW=Away win
  • AD=Away draw
  • AL=Away loss

Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away BOS BUX CB OX PLY RYE SCU SIT STO WEY
Boston Barracuda Braves 58–34 56–33 44–48 49–43 65–26 46–43 55–38 52–44 47–42
Buxton Hitmen 47–43 50–42 59–36 53–42 47–43 38–54 56–31 39–54 55–35
Cleveland Bays 46–47 50–41 43–49 43–47 41–48 34–57 45–45 57–36 44–46
Oxford Lions/Cheetahs 50–43 67–23 70–18 53–38 50–43 47–45 71–21 57–35 49–44
Plymouth Devils 51–40 64–26 48–40 51–41 47–40 43–46 64–28 67–25 50–43
Rye House Raiders 61–33 57–35 60–33 37–54 60–33 43–48 61–28 54–38 58–33
Scunthorpe Scorpions 50–31 58–35 64–28 58–35 52–40 61–28 60–29 67–23 54–37
Sittingbourne Crusaders 40–53 42–48 38–54 45–44 38–51 49–39 24–68 44–49 43–47
Stoke Spitfires 46–46 53–39 51–35 37–55 44–49 52–40 32–60 52–43 47–43
Weymouth Wildcats 59–34 58–37 57–33 45–45 48–44 47–46 44–48 62–27 51–40
Source: [5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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[6]

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Oxford 56 37 93
Plymouth 38 54 92
Oxford 42 31 73
Scunthorpe 47 61 108
Boston 36 30 66
Scunthorpe 58 63 121

Final

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19 October [7] Oxford Lions/Cheetahs
Lee Smethills 10
Kyle Hughes 7
Danny Betson 7
Andrew Bargh 6
Sam Martin 5
Scott Campos 4
Brendan Johnson 0 		42–47 Scunthorpe Scorpions
Tai Woffinden 17
Bryon Bekker 10
Joe Haines 10
Benji Compton 5
James Cockle 4
Scott Richardson 1
R/R 		Oxford Stadium

21 October Scunthorpe Scorpions
Tai Woffinden
Bryon Bekker
Joe Haines
Benji Compton
James Cockle
Scott Richardson
R/R 		61–31 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs
Lee Smethills
Kyle Hughes
Danny Betson
Andrew Bargh
Jordan Frampton
Scott Campos
Brendan Johnson 		Eddie Wright Raceway

Conference League Knockout Cup

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The 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.[8][9]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
18/04 Stoke 50-40 Weymouth
20/04 Weymouth 54-32 Stoke
22/04 Sittingbourne 32-59 Rye House

Quarter-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
08/07 Oxford 45-44 Plymouth
27/07 Plymouth 45-44 Oxford
07/09 Plymouth 63-30 Oxford
28/07 Cleveland 35-35 Boston
10/06 Scunthorpe 59-31 Rye House
16/06 Rye House 52-41 Scunthorpe
08/07 Buxton 43-50 Weymouth

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
29-Sep Weymouth 45-45 Plymouth
30-Sep Scunthorpe 51-45 Boston
05 Oct Boston 30-62 Scunthorpe

Final

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26 October Plymouth Devils 49–44 Scunthorpe Scorpions Plymouth Coliseum

28 October Scunthorpe Scorpions 58–35 Plymouth Devils Eddie Wright Raceway

Conference Trophy

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  • Scunthorpe Scorpions 65 Plymouth Devils 28

Riders' Championship

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Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium.[10]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe 15
2 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 13
3 Robert Mear Rye House 12
4 Jey Herne Weymouth 9
5 Danny Warwick Sittingbourne 9
6 Lee Smart Weymouth 9
7 Ben Taylor Buxton 8
8 Barrie Evans Stoke 8
9 John Branney Stoke 7
10 Mark Burrows Cleveland 7
11 Tom Brown Plymouth 6
12 Danny Halsey Rye House 5
13 Andrew Bargh Oxford 5
14 Lee Smethills Oxford 4
15 Nicki Glanz Plymouth 3
16 Simon Lambert Boston 0

Pairs

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The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 22 July. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert of the Boston.[11]

Final

  • Boston bt Oxford 7–2

Fours

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Scunthorpe won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum.[12][13]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Scunthorpe 19 Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis
2 Plymouth 16 Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz
3 Weymouth 8 Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason
4 Buxton 5 James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell

See also

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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

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  1. ^ "2007 table". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "Club Honours". Scunthorpe Scorpions.
  3. ^ "2007 Roll of Honour". Speedway GB.
  4. ^ "Oxford Saved". British Speedway Promoters' Association.
  5. ^ "2007 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Play Offs". Speedway Archive.
  7. ^ "Battling Oxford meet their match". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 12 October 2024.
  8. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  9. ^ "Scunthorpe Knockout Cup results". Scunthorpe Speedway.
  10. ^ "2007 ROLL OF HONOUR". British Speedway. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  11. ^ "2007 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  12. ^ "2007 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
  13. ^ "FOURS FEVER HITS PLYMOUTH". British Speedway. Retrieved 11 July 2023.
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