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2011 Premier League speedway season
Season	2011 Season
Premier League	-
PL Play-Offs	-
Premier League KOC	-
Premier Shield	Newcastle Diamonds
Premier League Pairs	-
Premier League Fours	-
PLRC	-
Highest average	Ben Barker; (9.50)
Biggest home win	N/A
Biggest away win	N/A
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The 2011 Premier League Season is the current Premier League speedway season. The Edinburgh Monarchs are the defending champions from 2010.

Pre-Season

New Entries

The Leicester Lions were hoping to gain entry to the 2010 season. However, the track was not ready in time for them to compete.^[1] They therefore decided to return in 2011. With the stadium getting approval, the Lions were then confirmed as entrants for the 2011 season.^[2]

On 15 November 2011, Plymouth Devils boss Mike Bowden confirmed that the Devils hope to join the 2011 Premier League after spending 5 years in the National League.^[3] On 19 November, it was confirmed that the Stoke Potters were to withdraw from the 2011 Premier League season due to financial climate and making substantial losses over the last three season. However, it was confirmed that they would race in the 2011 National League.^[4] It was also decided at the Yearly AGM meeting that the Birmingham Brummies and the Ipswich Witches would exchange league memberships, meaning the Brummies would move up to the Elite League and the Witches would move down to the Premier League.^[5] On 27 November, the BSPA announced that the Coventry Bees and the Peterborough Panthers failed to declare their intention to race in the forthcoming Elite League season and are therefore seeking a league to compete in.^[6] Because of this, the Kings Lynn Stars elected to compete in the 2011 Elite League and therefore withdrew from the Premier League.^[7] Later that day, the Plymouth Devils announced that they were set to be accepted into the 2011 Premier League season^[8]

Season Format

At the Annual AGM Meeting, it was decided that the Premier League would be expanded to 19 home and 19 away fixtures throughout the season. The 14 teams will initially race each other in Round 1 with a total of 26 meetings (13 home and 13 away). In Round 2 the league then split into two groups of seven teams, with everyone then racing each other in their group for a further 12 meetings (6 home and 6 away). The format and cut-off point for the split is made as each team reaches 10 home and 10 away matches. Group 1 will be teams placed 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th, 9th, 12th and 14th - Group 2 is 2nd, 3rd, 6th, 7th, 10th, 11th and 13th. Those additional 12 matches are then added onto the points gained from the 26 meetings in Round 1. The league table above at the end of the season will then show a total of 38 meetings (19 home and 19 away). The team that finishes top after these 38 meetings is declared Premier League Champions.^[9]

The Premier League KOC has been retained for the 2011 season. A new competition, the Premier Shield has been introduced for the 2011 season. It is understood that it will work along the same lines as the Elite Shield, and contested by the previous seasons league winners and KOC champions. The 2011 Premier Shield will be contested between the Edinburgh Monarchs and the Newcastle Diamonds.^[10]^[11]

The Premier Trophy and the Young Shield do not continue into the 2011 season. It has yet to be confirmed if anything will replace these competitions.^[5]

Team Lineups

The Points Limit was once again set at 42.50 for the third year running. Rolling averages were introduced into the 2011 season in which the first set of averages will be taken at the end of April and will consider the averages from the end of the 2011 season. The first set of new averages was released on 1 May 2011.

Berwick Bandits		Edinburgh Monarchs		Glasgow Tigers
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Charlie Gjedde	7.07	Kevin Wolbert	8.15	Joe Screen (C)	9.25
Josef Franc	6.93	Andrew Tully	7.14	Josh Grajczonek	7.13
Lee Complin (C)	6.67	Matthew Wethers (C)	7.07	James Grieves	6.83
Kozza Smith	6.49	Kalle Katajisto	6.85	Christian Henry	5.21*
Hynek Stichauer	5.79	Craig Cook	6.80	Theo Pijper	4.90*
Jade Mudgway	3.31	Lee Dicken	3.71	Michal Rajkowski	4.85
Tamas Sike	3.00	Kyle Howarth	3.00	Nick Morris	4.53
TOTAL	39.26	TOTAL	42.72	TOTAL	42.70
Remaining	3.24	Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00
Ipswich Witches		Leicester Lions		Newcastle Diamonds
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Kevin Doolan (C)	8.68	Sergey Darkin	7.85*	Mark Lemon	9.09
Morten Risager	7.07	Richard Sweetman	7.59	Stuart Robson	8.71
Lasse Bjerre	6.51	Richard Hall (C)	7.04	Matej Ferjan	7.00*
Chris Schramm	6.48	Mathieu Tresarrieu	5.90	Claes Nedermark	7.00 (Ass)
Taylor Poole	6.25	John Oliver	5.43*	Derek Sneddon (C)	5.47
Chris Mills	5.18	Jan Graversen	4.41	Kyle Newman	3.54
Jerran Hart	4.30	Jamie Courtney	3.00	Richie Worrall	3.46
TOTAL	44.47	TOTAL	41.22	TOTAL	44.27
Remaining	0.00	Remaining	1.28	Remaining	0.00
Newport Wasps		Plymouth Devils		Redcar Bears
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Leigh Lanham (C)	7.34	Ben Barker	9.50*	Jason Lyons	8.73
Kyle Legault	6.97	Jason Bunyan	8.05*	Gary Havelock (C)	7.75
Kim Nilsson	6.86	Lee Smart (C)	5.78	Aaron Summers	7.14
Justin Sedgman	6.56	Mark Simmonds	5.00*	Matej Kus	7.00*
Robin Aspegren	5.77	Seemond Stephens	5.00*	Adam Roynon	4.70
Alex Davies	4.24	Jesper Kristiansen	4.80*	Peter Juul Larsen	3.82
Todd Kurtz	3.90	James Cockle	3.00	Robert Branford	3.00*
TOTAL	41.64	TOTAL	41.13	TOTAL	42.14
Remaining	0.86	Remaining	1.37	Remaining	0.36
Rye House Rockets		Scunthorpe Scorpions		Sheffield Tigers
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Jordan Frampton	8.02	David Howe (C)	8.09	Ricky Ashworth (C)	8.05
Jason Doyle	7.73	Joe Haines	6.22	Josh Auty	7.98
Chris Neath (C)	7.33	Ben Wilson	6.21	Shane Parker	7.82
Ritchie Hawkins	5.57	Tero Aarnio	6.06	Emiliano Sanchez	6.46
Luke Bowen	4.84	Viktor Bergstrom	4.97	Hugh Skidmore	5.80
Tyson Nelson	4.18	Thomas Jorgensen	4.10	Simon Lambert	3.87
Ben Morley	3.00	Steve Worrall	3.00	Ashley Birks	3.00
TOTAL	40.67	TOTAL	38.65	TOTAL	42.98
Remaining	1.83	Remaining	3.85	Remaining	0.00
Somerset Rebels		Workington Comets
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Travis McGowan	8.81	James Wright	7.82*
Cory Gathercole	7.85	Tomas Topinka	7.44
Sam Masters	6.98	Rusty Harrison	7.09
Christian Hefenbrock	6.13	Peter Kildemand	6.78
Dakota North	5.26	Richard Lawson	5.38
Kyle Hughes	4.56	Kenny Ingalls	5.07
James Holder (C)	4.12	Charles Wright	3.67
TOTAL	43.71	TOTAL	46.25
Remaining	0.00	Remaining	0.00

*Average Assessed.

Last updated: May 13, 2011

Source: BSPA

Fixtures & Results

Home\Away	BER	EDI	GLA	IPS	LEI	ND	NW	PLY	RED	RH	SS	SHE	SOM	WOR
Berwick Bandits		53-39						59-34	48-44		54-36
Edinburgh Monarchs	49-44			53-40	44-45				56-37		60-32
Glasgow Tigers	50-39					50-43		62-31		54-36
Ipswich Witches	53-42								49-43	49-47	69-24	53-38	42-51	63-27
Leicester Lions						52-43			41-52	56-35	40-52		40-50
Newcastle Diamonds			41-49		50-40					50-43		49-44
Newport Wasps		42-49		42-50						37-53			43-50	43-50
Plymouth Devils												44-45
Redcar Bears				45-45			50-40				48-45
Rye House Rockets				45-34	54-39	43-44	41-49					46-44
Scunthorpe Scorpions	56-39	46-44				47-42				56-38			49-41	44-46
Sheffield Tigers	51-41		52-44	56-36			56-35						43-47
Somerset Rebels				59-34		53-43				46-44	62-32
Workington Comets	57-36						57-38		50-40		59-37	55-37

Last updated: May 13, 2011. Source: BSPA

Colours: Green = home win; Red = away win; White = draw

Home team listed in the left-hand column

League table

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	+/-	Pts
Pos	Club	M	3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	+/-	Pts
1	Somerset Rebels	9	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	1	459	370	+89	26
2	Ipswich Witches	13	5	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	4	618	569	+49	23
3	Workington Comets	8	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	401	338	+63	22
4	Scunthorpe Scorpions	13	3	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	5	556	642	-86	18
5	Sheffield Tigers	10	4	0	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	466	450	+16	17
6	Glasgow Tigers	6	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	309	242	+67	16
7	Edinburgh Monarchs	8	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	394	339	+55	16
8	Rye House Rockets	12	2	1	0	2	1	0	0	2	4	525	558	-33	14
9	Berwick Bandits	10	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	455	469	-14	12
10	Newcastle Diamonds	9	2	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	3	405	421	-16	12
11	Redcar Bears	8	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	3	356	375	-19	11
12	Leicester Lions	8	2	0	0	3	0	1	0	0	2	353	380	-27	9
13	Newport Wasps	9	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	3	369	456	-87	4
14	Plymouth Devils	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	109	166	-57	0

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

Last updated: May 13, 2011

Source: BSPA

Premier League Knock-Out Cup

The draw for the Premier League KOC took place at the AGM meeting.

Round 1

14th May 2011

Leicester Lions	V	Glasgow Tigers

15th May 2011

Glasgow Tigers	V	Leicester Lions

12th May 2011

Redcar Bears	44-46	Workington Comets
Aaron Summers 12+1		Tomas Topinka 11+1

14th May 2011

Workington Comets	V	Redcar Bears

14th May 2011

Rye House Rockets	V	Newcastle Diamonds

15th May 2011

Newcastle Diamonds	V	Rye House Rockets

12th May 2011

Ipswich Witches	55-35	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Kevin Doolan 15+2		David Howe 7+1

20th May 2011

Scunthorpe Scorpions	V	Ipswich Witches

12th May 2011

Sheffield Tigers	59-31	Edinburgh Monarchs
Ricky Ashworth 13+2		Matthew Wethers 10+1

13th May 2011

Edinburgh Monarchs	55-35	Sheffield Tigers
Kevin Wolbert 15		Shane Parker 12

Aggregate Score

Sheffield Tigers	94 - 86	Edinburgh Monarchs

13th May 2011

Somerset Rebels	54-36	Plymouth Devils
Jason Doyle 13+1 Sam Masters 13+1		Ben Barker 12

14th May 2011

Plymouth Devils	V	Somerset Rebels

Berwick Bandits & Newport Wasps received byes into the next round. Sheffield Tigers advanced to Round 2.

Premier Shield

First leg

25 March 2011

19.30

Edinburgh Monarchs	44 - 46	Newcastle Diamonds
Matthew Wethers 11	report	Stuart Robson 13

Armadale Stadium, Armadale, West Lothian

Referee: Jim McGregor



	1	Kevin Wolbert	0, 1', 0, 0	1+1
	2	Matthew Wethers (c)	1, 2, 3, 3, 2	11
	3	Andrew Tully	F, 0, 1, 3	4
	4	Craig Cook	3, 2, 3, 2, F	10
	5	Kalle Katajisto	3, 2, 3, 2	10
	6	Ashley Morris	2', 0, 0, 1'	3+2
	7	Jay Herne	3, 1, 0, 1	5
Manager: John Campbell



	1	Rene Bach	2', 3, 1', 1	7+2
	2	Derek Sneddon (c)	3, 1, 2, 2	8
	3	Lubos Tomicek	1', 1, 1', 2	5+2
	4	Stuart Robson	2, 3, 2, 3, 3	13
	5	Mark Lemon	2, 3, 2, 3, 1	11
	6	Kyle Newman	1, 0, 1', F	2+1
	7	Richie Worrall	0, 0, 0, F	0
Manager: George English

Second leg

3 April 2011

18.30

Newcastle Diamonds	48 (94) - 45 (89)	Edinburgh Monarchs
Stuart Robson 14	report	Andrew Tully 10+2

Newcastle Stadium, Newcastle

Referee: Michael Breckon



	1	Rene Bach	3, 3, 3, 1, 1'	11+1
	2	Derek Sneddon (c)	1, 1, 3, 1	6
	3	Lubos Tomicek	0, 0, 0, 2	2
	4	Stuart Robson	3, 3, 3, 3, 2	14
	5	Mark Lemon	3, 3, 3, 0	9
	6	Kyle Newman	2, 0, 1, 1	4
	7	Richie Worrall	0, 2', 0, 0	2+1
Manager: George English



	1	Kevin Wolbert	0, 2, 2, 3, 0	7
	2	Matthew Wethers (c)	2, 1', 2, 0	5+1
	3	Andrew Tully	1', 1', 2, 6^	10+2
	4	Craig Cook	2, 2, 0, 2	6
	5	Kalle Katajisto	0, 2, 2, 2', 3	9+1
	6	Ashley Morris	1, 0, 1', 1	3+1
	7	Robert Branford (G)	3, 1, 1', 0	5+1
Manager: John Campbell

References

^ "Leicester Delay". BSPA. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ "Leicester: Lions Get Connected". BSPA. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ "Devils Hoping for Premier". BSPA. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.
^ "Potters Going National". BSPA. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-20.
^ ^a ^b "British Speedway AGM - Key Points". BSPA. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.
^ "British Speedway Statement". BSPA. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
^ "Kings Lynn Join The Elite". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
^ "Plymouth Make Premier Move". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.
^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable11.html
^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/march11.html
^ http://www.speedwaygb.co/april11.html

[1] "Leicester Delay". BSPA. 2009-12-12. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[2] "Leicester: Lions Get Connected". BSPA. 2010-07-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[3] "Devils Hoping for Premier". BSPA. 2010-11-15. Retrieved 2010-11-15.

[4] "Potters Going National". BSPA. 2010-11-20. Retrieved 2010-11-20.

[British_Speedway_AGM_-_Key_Points-5] "British Speedway AGM - Key Points". BSPA. 2010-11-21. Retrieved 2010-11-21.

[6] "British Speedway Statement". BSPA. 2010-11-27. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[7] "Kings Lynn Join The Elite". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[8] "Plymouth Make Premier Move". BSPA. 2010-11-29. Retrieved 2010-11-29.

[9] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/pltable11.html

[10] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/march11.html

[11] ttp://www.speedwaygb.co/april11.html

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