2012 Elite League speedway season

2012 Elite League speedway season

League	2012 Sky Sports Elite League
Season	2012
Champions	Swindon Robins
Knockout Cup	Poole Pirates
Elite League Riders Championship	Chris Holder
Highest average	Chris Holder (9.57)

The 2012 Elite League (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) took place between March and October 2012. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Team Lineups

Belle Vue Aces

• Rory Schlein
• Charlie Gjedde
• Adam Shields

• Patrick Hougaard
• Claus Vissing
• Chris Shramm

• Linus Eklof

Birmingham Brummies

• Bjarne Pedersen
• Sebastian Ulamek
• Ben Barker

• Danny King
• Martin Smolinski
• Josh Auty

• Chris Mills

Coventry Bees

• Chris Harris
• Edward Kennett
• Scott Nicholls

• Kenni Larsen
• Leigh Lanham
• Henning Bager

• Adam Roynon

Eastbourne Eagles

• Joonas Kylmakorpi
• Lewis Bridger
• Simon Gustafsson

• Lukas Dryml
• Cameron Woodward
• Denis Gizatullin

• Timo Lahti

Kings Lynn Stars

• Niels Kristian Iversen
• Mads Korneliussen
• Daniel Nermark

• Maciej Janowski
• Kevin Wolbert
• David Howe

• Filip Sitera

Lakeside Hammers

• Peter Karlsson
• Lee Richardson
• Davey Watt

• Stuart Robson
• Robert Mear
• Kim Nilsson

• Justin Sedgmen

Peterborough Panthers

• Kenneth Bjerre
• Linus Sundstrom
• Oliver Allen

• Lasse Bjerre
• Jesper B Monberg
• Michael Jepsen Jensen

• Richard Lawson

Poole Pirates

• Chris Holder
• Darcy Ward
• Adrian Miedzinski

• Dennis Andersson
• Sam Masters
• Ricky Kling

• Todd Kurtz

Swindon Robins

• Troy Batchelor
• Hans N. Andersen
• Simon Stead

• Jason Doyle
• Nick Morris
• Peter Kildemand

• Kenny Ingalls

Wolverhampton Wolves

• Freddie Lindgren
• Tai Woffinden
• Nicolai Klindt

• Ty Proctor
• Pontus Aspgren
• Lukasz Sowka

• Ricky Wells

League Table

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	+/-	Pts
			3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
1	Poole Pirates	28	10	3	1	0	4	6	0	1	3	1355	1159		72
2	Swindon Robins	28	11	3	0	0	4	4	1	1	4	1382	1173		70
3	Birmingham Brummies	28	7	3	0	4	2	1	1	4	6	1276	1276		44
4	Lakeside Hammers	28	9	2	0	3	1	2	0	3	8	1279	1290		44
5	Eastbourne Eagles	28	9	3	0	2	1	1	0	2	10	1265	1277		42
6	Peterborough Panthers	28	9	3	1	1	0	1	0	5	8	1266	1287		42
7	Kings Lynn Stars	28	6	2	2	4	2	0	0	4	8	1278	1272		36
8	Coventry Bees	28	4	4	1	5	0	1	2	4	6	1217	1229		32
9	Wolverhampton Wolves	28	7	3	0	4	0	0	1	2	10	1178	1286		31
10	Belle Vue Aces	28	3	2	0	7	0	0	0	2	12	1072	1319		15

Key:
Championship play-offs

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

Championship play-offs

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Lakeside Hammers v Poole Pirates

24 September 2012

Lakeside Hammers	43 – 47	Poole Pirates

Arena Essex Raceway

Birmingham Brummies v Swindon Robins

1 October 2012

Birmingham Brummies	35 – 55	Swindon Robins

Perry Barr Stadium

Leg 2

Poole Pirates v Lakeside Hammers

1 October 2012

Poole Pirates	61 – 30	Lakeside Hammers

Poole Stadium

Swindon Robins v Birmingham Brummies

4 October 2012

Swindon Robins	55 - 37	Birmingham Brummies

Abbey Stadium

Grand final

First leg

Swindon Robins v Poole Pirates

15 October 2012

Swindon Robins	51 - 44	Poole Pirates

Abbey Stadium

Second leg

Poole Pirates v Swindon Robins

22 October 2012

Poole Pirates	45 (89) - 44 (95)	Swindon Robins

Poole Stadium

The Swindon Robins were declared Elite League Champions, winning on aggregate 95-89.