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British motorcycle speedway season
Woffinden riding for Scunthorpe in 2007
The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British
speedway .
Summary
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
Key
HW=Home win
HD=Home draw
HL=Home loss
AW=Away win
AD=Away draw
AL=Away loss
Play-offs
[5]
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
Conference League Knockout Cup
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.
[6]
[7]
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
Date
Team one
Score
Team two
26/10
Plymouth
49-44
Scunthorpe
28/10
Scunthorpe
58-35
Plymouth
Conference Trophy
Riders' Championship
Tai Woffinden won the
Riders' Championship . The final was held on 15 September at
Rye House Stadium .
[8]
Pairs
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.
[9]
Group A
Pos
Team
Pts
Riders
1
Boston
P Cooper, S Lambert
?
Cleveland
G Blair, M Burrows
?
Rye House
R Mear, Karlis
?
Scunthorpe
T Woffinden, A Tully
?
Weymouth
L Smart, J Herne
Group B
Pos
Team
Pts
Riders
1
Oxford
J Frampton, L Smethills
?
Buxton
J Bethell, J Roberts
?
Stoke
J Branney, B Evans
?
Plymouth
?
Sittingbourne
Final
Fours
Scunthorpe won the
Conference League Four-Team Championship , held on 18 May 2007 at
Plymouth Coliseum .
[10]
[11]
Group A
Pos
Team
Pts
Riders
1
Scunthorpe
20
Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis
2
Buxton
14
James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell
3
Oxford
11
Martin, MacDonald, Hughes, Hopwood
4
Sittingbourne
3
Felton, Reynolds, Goody, Meakins
Group B
Pos
Team
Pts
Riders
1
Plymouth
22
Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz
2
Weymouth
11
Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason
3
Cleveland
8
Burrows, Emerson, Blair, Beaton
4
Boston
7
Wright, Smith, Mallett, Lambert
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
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References
Current leagues Former leagues Current team competitions Former team competitions Current individual competitions Former individual competitions See also
United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division Tier Two League Second division Tier Three League Third division Champions
Teams Seasons Domestic cups