The 2013 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 79th season of the top division of UK speedway and the took place between March and October 2013.
Summary The Swindon Robins were the defending champions after winning in 2012.
Birmingham Brummies finished top of the regular season table but lost in the play off to Poole Pirates, who continued to enjoy British League success. It was their fifth success in ten years and was instrumented by their Australian duo Chris Holder and Darcy Ward and Poles Maciej Janowski and Przemysław Pawlicki.
League table Pos Club M Home Away F A Pts 3W 2W D L 4W 3W D 1L L1 Birmingham Brummies289 4 0 1 3 12 2 6 1344 1218 562 Swindon Robins2892032403513531216543 Wolverhampton Wolves28102021304613191232514 Poole Pirates2873134002812911236465 Kings Lynn Stars2893021006712651273436 Lakeside Hammers281110211011112571307437 Peterborough Panthers2881142102912931245408 Eastbourne Eagles28940100021212401339379 Belle Vue Aces*28 710603119120413093210 Coventry Bees28 63141001121185137630
Key: Championship play-offs
Belle Vue were deducted 3 points after a Speedway Control Bureau hearing.
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; Pts = Total Points
'A' Fixtures
'B' Fixtures
Championship play-offs Semi-finals Leg 1
Leg 2
Grand final First leg
Second leg
The Poole Pirates were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 104-79.
Knockout Cup The Knockout Cup was not held during 2013.
Riders' Championship Rory Schlein won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held at Swindon on 19 October.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Rory Schlein ef 3 3 3 9232 Niels Kristian Iversen 3 2 3 211x23 Craig Cook 3 ef 3 39x14 Hans Andersen 3 1 2 283ef5 Jason Doyle 3 3 2 1916 Troy Batchelor 2 3 f/exc 2707 Scott Nicholls 1 2 1 3 7 8 Peter Kildemand 2 2 3 f/exc 7 9 Freddie Lindgren f 1 2 3 7 10 Chris Harris 2 2 2 0 611 Grzegorz Zengota 1 3 1 1 612 Kenneth Bjerre 1 1 0 2 4 13 Davey Watt 2 0 ef 2 14 Oliver Greenwood (res)0 1 1 215 Bjarne Pedersen ef 1 1 16 Paul Starke (res) 1 0 117 Krzysztof Buczkowski ef ef ef 0 0 18 Darcy Ward ef ef 0 f=fell, exc=excluded, ret=retired ef=engine failure
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Tai Woffinden Wolverhampton 9.93 Chris Holder Poole 9.73 Niels Kristian Iversen Kings Lynn 9.68 Freddie Lindgren Wolverhampton9.53 Darcy Ward Poole 9.44 Hans Andersen Swindon 9.24 Matej Žagar Belle Vue 9.12 Krzysztof Buczkowski Peterborough 8.80 Kenneth Bjerre Peterborough 8.78 Ty Proctor Wolverhampton 8.76
Riders & averages Belle Vue
9.12 8.16 5.95 5.53 5.39 4.96 4.85 4.57
Birmingham
8.24 8.00 7.94 7.29 7.50 5.77 5.46
Coventry
7.88 7.85 6.73 4.41 5.47 5.45 5.19 3.11 2.15
Eastbourne
8.50 7.32 6.70 6.23 6.06 5.68 5.54 4.41 4.36
King's Lynn
9.68 7.64 7.60 7.08 6.53 6.19 5.45 5.19 4.65 4.00 3.65
Lakeside
8.52 7.86 7.01 6.84 6.70 6.02 5.74 4.94 4.17
Peterborough
8.80 8.78 7.82 7.62 6.80 6.59 6.41 5.46 4.87 3.15
Poole
9.73 9.44 8.63 7.44 7.28 6.06 5.33 4.56 4.35 3.86
Swindon
9.24 8.74 8.32 7.37 7.15 6.03 5.22 3.46
Wolverhampton
9.93 9.53 8.76 6.84 5.83 5.55 5.29
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References