2007 Speedway Conference League
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. 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 .
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 .
Final league table Pos Team Played HW HD HL AW AD AL F A Pts AP Total 1 Scunthorpe Scorpions 18 9 0 0 7 0 2 993 637 32 9 41 2 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs 18 9 0 0 4 1 4 921 729 27 8 35 3 Plymouth Devils 18 8 0 1 3 0 6 872 769 22 6 28 4 Boston Barracudas 18 8 0 1 2 1 6 842 801 21 5 26 5 Weymouth Wildcats 18 7 1 1 2 0 7 841 801 19 5 24 6 Rye House Raiders 18 7 0 2 1 0 8 844 794 16 6 22 7 Buxton Hitmen 18 7 0 2 1 0 8 762 886 16 1 17 8 Stoke Spitfires 18 5 1 3 2 0 7 757 898 15 2 17 9 Cleveland Bays 18 2 1 6 1 0 8 719 910 7 3 10 10 Sittingbourne Crusaders 18 2 0 7 0 1 8 653 979 5 0 5
Key HW=Home win HD=Home draw HL=Home loss AW=Away win AD=Away draw AL=Away loss Fixtures & results Home \ Away BOS BUX CB OX PLY RYE SCU SIT STO WEY Boston Barracuda Braves 58–34 56–33 44–48 49–43 65–26 46–43 55–38 52–44 47–42 Buxton Hitmen 47–43 50–42 59–36 53–42 47–43 38–54 56–31 39–54 55–35 Cleveland Bays 46–47 50–41 43–49 43–47 41–48 34–57 45–45 57–36 44–46 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs 50–43 67–23 70–18 53–38 50–43 47–45 71–21 57–35 49–44 Plymouth Devils 51–40 64–26 48–40 51–41 47–40 43–46 64–28 67–25 50–43 Rye House Raiders 61–33 57–35 60–33 37–54 60–33 43–48 61–28 54–38 58–33 Scunthorpe Scorpions 50–31 58–35 64–28 58–35 52–40 61–28 60–29 67–23 54–37 Sittingbourne Crusaders 40–53 42–48 38–54 45–44 38–51 49–39 24–68 44–49 43–47 Stoke Spitfires 46–46 53–39 51–35 37–55 44–49 52–40 32–60 52–43 47–43 Weymouth Wildcats 59–34 58–37 57–33 45–45 48–44 47–46 44–48 62–27 51–40
Play-offs 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
Final 19 October Oxford Lions/Cheetahs Lee Smethills 10 Kyle Hughes 7 Danny Betson 7 Andrew Bargh 6 Sam Martin 5 Scott Campos 4 Brendan Johnson 042–47 Scunthorpe Scorpions Tai Woffinden 17 Bryon Bekker 10 Joe Haines 10 Benji Compton 5 James Cockle 4 Scott Richardson 1 R/ROxford Stadium
21 October Scunthorpe Scorpions Tai Woffinden Bryon Bekker Joe Haines Benji Compton James Cockle Scott Richardson R/R61–31 Oxford Lions/Cheetahs Lee Smethills Kyle Hughes Danny Betson Andrew Bargh Jordan Frampton Scott Campos Brendan JohnsonEddie Wright Raceway
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.
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 Conference Trophy North Group Pos Team M W D L Pts 1 Scunthorpe 6 6 0 0 12 2 Buxton 6 3 0 3 6 3 Boston 6 2 0 4 4 4 Stoke 6 1 0 5 2South Group Pos Team M W D L Pts 1 Plymouth 4 4 0 0 8 2 Oxford 4 1 0 3 2 3 Weymouth 4 1 0 3 2Pos Team M W D L Pts 1 Scunthorpe 6 6 0 0 12 2 Buxton 6 3 0 3 6 3 Boston 6 2 0 4 4 4 Stoke 6 1 0 5 2 Pos Team M W D L Pts 1 Plymouth 4 4 0 0 8 2 Oxford 4 1 0 3 2 3 Weymouth 4 1 0 3 2
Home \ Away BOS BUX SCU STO Home \ Away BOS BUX SCU STO Boston 56–36 40–52 55–37 Buxton 48–46 37–52 52–39 Scunthorpe 58–35 64–28 69–21 Stoke 47–43 44–46 36–58 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Home \ Away OX PLY WEY Oxford 42–48 57–34 Plymouth 58–34 60–34 Weymouth 52–41 44–48 Source: Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win. Boston 56–36 40–52 55–37 Buxton 48–46 37–52 52–39 Scunthorpe 58–35 64–28 69–21 Stoke 47–43 44–46 36–58 Home \ Away OX PLY WEY Oxford 42–48 57–34 Plymouth 58–34 60–34 Weymouth 52–41 44–48
Final
Team one Team two Score Plymouth Scunthorpe 33–59, 28–65
Riders' Championship Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship . The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium .
Pos. Rider Team Total 1 Tai Woffinden Scunthorpe 15 2 Josh Auty Scunthorpe 13 3 Robert Mear Rye House 12 4 Jey Herne Weymouth 9 5 Danny Warwick Sittingbourne 9 6 Lee Smart Weymouth 9 7 Ben Taylor Buxton 8 8 Barrie Evans Stoke 8 9 John Branney Stoke 7 10 Mark Burrows Cleveland 7 11 Tom Brown Plymouth 6 12 Danny Halsey Rye House 5 13 Andrew Bargh Oxford 5 14 Lee Smethills Oxford 4 15 Nicki Glanz Plymouth 3 16 Simon Lambert Boston 0
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.
Group A 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 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 .
Group A 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 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
