The 2009 National League speedway season was the third tier/division of British speedway and was contested by ten teams. Bournemouth Buccaneers were champions. It was the first season under the new name after previously been known as the Conference League.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Bournemouth Buccaneers 18 15 1 2 21 522 Weymouth Wildcats 18 10 1 7 14 353 Plymouth Devils 18 9 3 6 12 334 Buxton Hitmen 18 9 1 8 11 305 Isle of Wight Islanders 18 9 0 9 11 296 Scunthorpe Saints 18 7 2 9 7 237 Newport Hornets 18 6 2 10 8 228 King's Lynn Barracudas 18 7 1 10 7 229 Mildenhall Fen Tigers 18 6 1 11 8 2110 Rye House Cobras 18 6 0 12 4 16PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts Pts = Total Points
Fixtures and results
Play Offs Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship. The winner was Bournemouth Buccaneers who defeated the Plymouth Devils in the final.
Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two21/09 Bournemouth 63-30 Weymouth 27/09Buxton52-41 Plymouth 02/10Plymouth 56-38 Buxton 09/10Weymouth 43-30 Bournemouth
Final
Final Leading averages
Rider Team Average Simon Lambert Scunthorpe 10.54 Jamie Smith King's Lynn 10.34 Nick Simmons Isle of Wight 9.95
National League Knockout Cup The 2009 National League Knockout Cup was the 12th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams but the first under its new name. Bournemouth Buccaneers were the winners.
First round Date Team one Score Team two10/04 King's Lynn 53-37 Mildenhall 12/04 Mildenhall 46-46 King's Lynn 26/04 Newport 31-59 Bournemouth 30/04 Bournemouth 55-38 Newport
Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two08/05 Plymouth 63-29 Isle of Wight 26/05 Isle of Wight 58-34 Plymouth 25/05 Rye House 50-44 Buxton 21/06 Buxton 68-22 Rye House 24/07 Scunthorpe 43-47 King's Lynn 31/07 King's Lynn ? Scunthorpe 19/06 Weymouth 56-40 Bournemouth 02/07 Bournemouth 62-30 Weymouth
Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two25/07 Plymouth41-49 Bournemouth 13/08 Bournemouth53-39 Plymouth 11/09 King's Lynn47-43 Buxton 20/09 Buxton55-38 King's Lynn
Final
National Trophy
Pos Team P W D L Pts1Plymouth 8 6 0 2 122Weymouth 8 4 0 4 83 Mildenhall 8 4 0 4 84Buxton 8 4 0 4 85 Isle of Wight 8 2 0 6 4
Riders' Championship Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Craig Cook Buxton 14 2 Kyle Hughes Plymouth 14 3 Jay Herne Bournemouth 13 4 Jerran Hart Bournemouth 13 5 Tony Atkin Newport 8 6 Barrie Evans Mildenhall 87 Simon LambertScunthorpe8 8 Darren Mallett King's Lynn 7 9Danny Halsey Rye House 6 10 Ben Hopwood Isle of Wight 6 11 Nick Simmons Isle of Wight 5 12 Jade Mudgway Buxton 4 13 Benji Compton Weymouth 3 14 Mark Simmonds Plymouth 3 15 Adam Allott King's Lynn 2 16 James Cockle Weymouth 0 17 Ben Morley (res) Rye House 2 18 Dan Blake (res) Rye House 2
Pairs The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight, on 18 August 2009. The event was won by Tony Atkin and Grant Tregoning of the Newport Wasps.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Newport26 Atkin 15, Tregoning 112Isle of Wight 21Simmons 16, Johnson 53Rye House 17Strudwick 12, Mason 54Scunthorpe 14Lambert 12, Morris 25King's Lynn 12Allott 6, Mallett 6
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Bournemouth 23 Herne 16, Baseby 72Buxton 20 Cook 15, james 53Plymouth 20 Simmonds 11, Hughes 94Mildenhall 17 Evans 10, Priest 75Weymouth 10 Burrows 5, Cockle 5
Final Newport bt Bournemouth 5–4
Teams and final averages
Bournemouth Jay Herne 9.03 Danny Warwick 8.18 Andrew Aldridge 6.42 Mark Baseby 6.08 Kyle Newman 5.21 Aaron Baseby 4.95 Jerran Hart 4.83 John Resch 3.0
Buxton Craig Cook 9.28 Ben Taylor 7.86 Jade Mudgway 7.42 Scott James 6.06 Scott Richardson 5.66 Gareth Isherwood 5.33 Lewis Dallaway 4.86 Danny Hodgson 3.00
Isle Of Wight Nick Simmons 9.95 Matthew Wright 6.91 Ben Hopwood 6.88 Chris Johnson 6.46 Dean Felton 4.42 Danny Berwick 3.68 Tom Hill 3.00 Rikki Mullins 3.00
King's Lynn Jamie Smith 10.34 Adam Allott 9.86 Darren Mallett 8.80 Scott Campos 5.33 Adam Lowe 3.58 Rhys Naylor 3.50 Jake Knight 3.00 Chris Widman 3.00
Mildenhall Barrie Evans 8.81 James Birkinshaw 8.42 Luke Priest 7.39 Oliver Rayson 4.59 Joe Jacobs 3.72 Taylor Poole 3.00 Adam Kirby 3.00 Nick Laurence 3.00
Newport Tony Atkin 8.58 Grant Tregoning 6.75 Karl Mason 6.73 Shelby Rutherford 4.64 Ryan Sedgmen 4.26 Sam Hurst 4.24 Marc Owen 3.00 Tom Young 3.00
Plymouth Mark Simmons 9.70 Seemond Stephens 8.45 Kyle Hughes 8.42 Mattie Bates 7.00 Paul Starke 6.03 David Gough 3.07 Danny Stoneman 3.00 Josh Dingle 3.00
Rye House Danny Halsey 6.87 David Mason 6.45 Rob Smith 6.22 Jamie Courtney 6.09 Lee Strudwick 5.30 Daniel Blake 4.54 Ben Morley 4.00 Michael Bovis 3.00
Scunthorpe Simon Lambert 10.54 Gary Irving 5.55 Richard Franklin 4.97 James Sarjeant 4.00 Kyle Howarth 3.45 Adam Wrathall 3.33 John MacPhail 3.00 Ashley Morris 3.00
Weymouth James Cockle 8.70 Benji Compton 7.73 Mark Burrows 7.55 Lee Smethills 6.46 Terry Day 6.05 Tim Webster 6.00 James White-Williams 5.40 Alex McLeod 3.00
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References