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2003 Speedway Conference League
League Conference League
Champions Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Knockout Cup Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Individual Barrie Evans
Fours Rye House Raiders
Division/s above 2003 Elite League
2003 Premier League

The 2003 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway. [1]

Summary

The title was won by Mildenhall Fen Tigers. [2]

Final league table

Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts Bonus Total
1 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 24 18 1 5 1326 917 37 10 47
2 Rye House Raiders 24 18 0 6 1178 936 36 9 45
3 Oxford Silver Machine Academy 24 14 0 10 1179 960 28 11 39
4 Boston Barracuda-Braves 24 15 0 9 1103 1017 30 8 38
5 Swindon Sprockets 24 14 0 10 1042 1036 28 5 33
6 Buxton Hitmen 24 12 1 11 1095 1054 25 7 32
7 Newcastle Gems 24 13 0 11 1072 1070 26 5 31
8 Sheffield Prowlers 24 10 2 12 1115 1016 22 8 30
9 Wimbledon Dons 24 9 1 14 1028 1126 19 5 24
10 Wolverhampton Cubs 24 10 1 13 1005 1116 21 2 23
11 Carmarthen Dragons 24 8 0 16 957 1177 16 4 20
12 Peterborough Pumas 24 6 1 17 950 1187 13 3 16
13 Newport Mavericks 24 5 1 18 895 1243 11 1 12

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2003 Conference League Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners. [3] [4]

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
13/09 Mildenhall 55-35 Boston
15/09 Rye House 59-31 Armadale Dale Devils
19/09 Boston 45-45 Mildenhall
20/09 Armadale Dale Devils 40-50 Rye House

Final

Date Team one Score Team two
18/10 Rye House 46-43 Mildenhall
19/10 Mildenhall 48-41 Rye House

Conference Trophys

Riders' Championship

Barrie Evans won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 August at Rye House Stadium. [5]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Barrie Evans Rye House 14
2 Jamie Robertson Newcastle 11
3 Trevor Harding II Boston 10
4 Joel Parsons Rye House 10
5 Tom Brown Newport 10
6 Craig Branney Newcastle 10
7 Chris Mills Oxford 9
8 Rob Finlow Buxton 9
9 Richard Hall Boston 8
10 James Wright Buxton 6
11 James Brundle Mildenhall 6
12 Ben Powell Carmarthen/Exeter 3
13 Tommy Allen Swindon 3
14 Joe Cook Rye House 3
15 Mark Burrows Wimbledon 3
16 Danny Norton Peterborough 2
17 Dean Garrod (res) Boston 1
18 Gordon Meakins (res) Carmarthen 1

Fours

Rye House won the Conference League Four-Team Championship final, held on 5 October 2003 at Mildenhall Stadium. [6]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Rye House 30
2 Mildenhall 29
3 Peterborough 19
4 Boston 14

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ^ "2003 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
  3. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  4. ^ "Season results". Speed-way.com.
  5. ^ "Silver heaps praise on Evans". Crash.net. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  6. ^ "2003 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.