2008 Speedway Conference League

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2008 Speedway Conference League
League
Plymouth Devils
IndividualBenji Compton
PairsBoston Barracudas
FoursWeymouth Wildcats
Division/s above2008 Elite League
2008 Premier League

The 2008 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

Summary

The title was won by Weymouth Wildcats who won the playoffs.[2]

Final league table

Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Pts
1
Plymouth Devils
 14 7 0 0 2 0 5 709 569 20
2 Boston Barracuda-Braves 14 6 1 0 2 0 5 713 565 19
3 Redcar Cubs 14 7 0 0 1 1 5 657 614 18
4 Weymouth Wildcats 14 7 0 0 1 0 6 688 588 17
5 Scunthorpe Saints 14 7 0 0 1 0 6 637 629 17
6 Buxton Hitmen 14 6 0 1 1 0 6 605 669 15
7 Rye House Cobras 14 6 0 1 0 0 7 614 663 12
8 Sittingbourne Crusaders 14 1 0 6 0 0 7 472 798 2

Play-offs

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Boston 44 48 92
Redcar 46 45 91
Boston 45 23 68
Weymouth 46 67 113
Weymouth 56 44 100
Plymouth 38 46 84

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2008

Plymouth Devils were the winners.[3]

First round

Date Team one Score Team two
03/05 Rye House 59-33 Sittingbourne
11/05 Sittingbourne 42-47 Rye House
21/06 Weymouth 47-45 Plymouth
10/07 Plymouth 51-42 Weymouth
08/06 Boston 51-43 Redcar
14/06 Redcar 45-45 Boston
26/05 Scunthorpe 52-41 Buxton
08/06 Buxton 50-41 Scunthorpe

Semi-finals

Date Team one Score Team two
28/09 Boston 56-35 Scunthorpe
10/10 Scunthorpe 45-48 Boston
18/07 Plymouth 57-36 Rye House
10/08 Rye House 56-37 Plymouth

Final

Date Team one Score Team two
19/10 Boston 50-39 Plymouth
24/10 Plymouth 59-33 Boston

Conference Trophy

  • Plymouth 94 Boston 88

Riders' Championship

Benji Compton won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 September at Rye House Stadium.[4]

Pos. Rider Team Total
1 Benji Compton Redcar 14
2 Byron Bekker Scunthorpe 13
3 Darcy Ward Boston 12
4 Danny Halsey Rye House 12
5 Jay Herne Weymouth 12
6 Ben Taylor Buxton 9
7 Gareth Isherwood Buxton 7
8 Rob Smith Rye House 7
9 Dean Felton Sittingbourne 6
10 Kyle Hughes Plymouth 6
11 Gary Cottham (res) Rye House 5
12 Simon Lambert Boston 4
13 Tom Brown Plymouth 3
14 Harland Cook (res) Rye House 3
15 Scott Richardson Scunthorpe 2
16 Richard Lawson Redcar 2
17 Aaron Baseby Sittingbourne 1
18 Kyle Newman Weymouth 0

Pairs

The

Wessex Stadium, on 31 May. The event was won by James Cockle and Simon Lambert of the Boston.[5]

Semi finals

  • Boston bt Sittingbourne
  • Redcar bt Scunthorpe

Final

  • Boston bt Redcar

Fours

Weymouth won the

Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 October 2008 at Loomer Road Stadium.[6]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1 Weymouth 13 Smart 6, Herne 3, Johnson 3, Mason 1
2 Redcar 12 Lawson 4, Cockle 3, James 3, McKinna 2
3 Sittingbourne 7 Baseby M 4, Felton 2, Scarboro 1, Baseby A 0
4 Scunthorpe 4 Hopwood 1, Irving 1, Widman 1, Parnaby 1, Richardson 0

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References

  1. ^ "2008 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
  3. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
  4. ^ "Cats capture Compton". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
  5. ^ "2008 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
  6. ^ "2008 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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