2016 Elite League

2016 Elite League
League 2016 Elite League
Season 2016
Champions TBC
Elite League Riders' Championship TBC
Highest average TBC

The 2016 Elite League is an upcoming season of motorcycle racing of the Elite League that will take place between March and October 2016. The Poole Pirates are the defending champions after winning their third consecutive title in 2015. The lineup of teams for 2016 stays the same as in 2015, with the same 8 teams competing.

Regulation changes

At the annual Elite League AGM, which was held during October and November 2015, it was announced that Speedway bosses would continue to give more opportunities to young talent. All 8 Elite League teams will continue to track two young British draft riders, who will start the season at reserve. However unlike recent years these riders will be given Elite League averages after four meetings, giving them the chance to move into the top five of the team if they perform well. As a result of the reserve riders being given averages the overall points limit that teams must adhere to will be raised from 34 to 40.5.[1] In February 2016, it was announced that Elite League teams could sign an eighth stand-in rider, who could race in positions 2 to 5. The rider must be foreign and new to the Elite League.[2] Lakeside Hammers have signed Dennis Jonsson as their eight rider for the season.[2][3]

Teams

Locations of the 2015 Elite League teams

Team-by-team

As of 23 February 2016.

Belle Vue Aces

Source:[4]

Coventry Bees

Source:[5]

King's Lynn Stars

Lakeside Hammers

Source:[6]

Leicester Lions

Source:[7]
Aaron Summers replaced Grzegorz Walasek on 12 April in the Leicester Lions team.

Poole Pirates

Source:[8]
Bjarne Pedersen replaced Davey Watt on 26 April in the Poole Pirates team.

Swindon Robins

Source:[9]

Wolverhampton Wolves

Source:[10]

Results

Teams face each other four times: twice home and away. The first of the home and away meetings are called the 'A' fixtures, and the second are the 'B' fixtures.

'A' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Coventry Bees 0–0 0–0 0–0 49–41 47–46 42–50 38–52
King's Lynn Stars 39–54 46–44 51–39 51–42 0–0 0–0 0–0
Lakeside Hammers 53–39 0–0 56–36 56–34 50–40 0–0 0–0
Leicester Lions 41–52 0–0 0–0 33–56 0–0 50–42 0–0
Poole Pirates 0–0 60–29 0–0 57–33 0–0 61–31 51–39
Swindon Robins 51–40 55–35 0–0 50–40 0–0 0–0 44–48
Wolverhampton Wolves 0–0 0–0 0–0 54–38 0–0 55–35 0–0
Source:[11]

'B' Fixtures

Home \ Away BV COV KL LH LEI PP SWI WOL
Belle Vue Aces 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Coventry Bees 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
King's Lynn Stars 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Lakeside Hammers 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Leicester Lions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Poole Pirates 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Swindon Robins 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Wolverhampton Wolves 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source:[11]

League table


Up to And Including Thursday 5 May

Pos. Club M Home Away F A +/− Pts
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Lakeside Hammers 9 4 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 421 394 +27 16
2 Poole Pirates 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 350 284 +66 13
3 Wolverhampton Wolves 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 248 206 +42 13
4 Swindon Robins 7 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 323 316 +7 13
5 King's Lynn Stars 6 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 268 280 -12 11
6 Belle Vue Aces 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 185 184 +1 8
7 Coventry Bees 7 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 2 284 350 -66 7
8 Leicester Lions 7 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 3 286 351 -65 4

Notes

  1. ↑ Eighth stand-in rider

References

  1. ↑ "BRITISH SPEEDWAY UPDATE". Speedway GB (Speedway GB). 19 October 2015. Retrieved 10 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 Andy Mitchell (2016-02-23). "Speedway: Poole Pirates to hold fire on eighth man option (From Bournemouth Echo)". Bournemouthecho.co.uk. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  3. ↑ "Lakeside snap up Swede - Sport". Romford Recorder. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Official Belle Vue Speedway". Bellevueaces.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  5. ↑ "Official Buildbase Coventry Speedway Website: 2016 COVENTRY BEES". Coventrybees.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Riders » Leicester Lions Speedway". Leicesterlions.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  8. ↑ "Poole Pirates Speedway". Poolepirates.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  9. ↑ "Swindon Robins Speedway Official Website: 2016 SWINDON ROBINS". Swindonrobins.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  10. ↑ "Wolverhampton Wolves Speedway: 2016 WOLVERHAMPTON WOLVES". Wolverhamptonwolves.co. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  11. 1 2 "BRITISH SPEEDWAY – RESULTS & SCORERS". Speedway GP. Retrieved 4 April 2015.
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