2009 National League speedway season

2009 National League speedway season
League	National League
Champions	Bournemouth Buccaneers
Knockout Cup	Bournemouth Buccaneers
Individual	Craig Cook
Pairs	Newport Hornets
National Trophy	Plymouth Devils
Division/s above	2009 Elite League; 2009 Premier League
	← 2008; 2010 →;

The 2009 National League speedway season was the third tier/division of British speedway and was contested by ten teams. Bournemouth Buccaneers were champions.^[1] 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	Pts
1	Bournemouth Buccaneers	18	15	1	2	21	52
2	Weymouth Wildcats	18	10	1	7	14	35
3	Plymouth Devils	18	9	3	6	12	33
4	Buxton Hitmen	18	9	1	8	11	30
5	Isle of Wight Islanders	18	9	0	9	11	29
6	Scunthorpe Saints	18	7	2	9	7	23
7	Newport Hornets	18	6	2	10	8	22
8	King's Lynn Barracudas	18	7	1	10	7	22
9	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	18	6	1	11	8	21
10	Rye House Cobras	18	6	0	12	4	16

PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts Pts = Total Points

SCORING SYSTEMHome loss by any number of points = 0Home draw = 1Home win by between 1 and 6 points = 2Home win by 7 points or more = 3Away loss by 7 points or more = 0Away loss by 6 points or less = 1Away draw = 2Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Offs

Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship.^[2]The winner was Bournemouth Buccaneers who defeated the Plymouth Devils in the final.^[3]

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/09	Bournemouth	63-30	Weymouth
27/09	Buxton	52-41	Plymouth
02/10	Plymouth	56-38	Buxton
09/10	Weymouth	43-30	Bournemouth

Final

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
28/10	Bournemouth	62-34	Plymouth
30/10	Plymouth	48-42	Bournemouth

Final Leading averages

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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.^[5]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
10/04	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 two
08/05	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 two
25/07	Plymouth	41-49	Bournemouth
13/08	Bournemouth	53-39	Plymouth
11/09	King's Lynn	47-43	Buxton
20/09	Buxton	55-38	King's Lynn

Final

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/10	Buxton	44-48	Bournemouth
15/10	Bournemouth	57-39	Buxton

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium.^[6]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	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	8
7	Simon Lambert	Scunthorpe	8
8	Darren Mallett	King's Lynn	7
9	Danny 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.^[7]

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Bournemouth	23	Herne 16, Baseby 7
2	Buxton	20	Cook 15, james 5
3	Plymouth	20	Simmonds 11, Hughes 9
4	Mildenhall	17	Evans 10, Priest 7
5	Weymouth	10	Burrows 5, Cockle 5

Final

Newport bt Bournemouth 5–4

Teams and final averages

References

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2009 National League speedway season

Contents

Final table

Play Offs

Semi-finals

Final

Final Leading averages

National League Knockout Cup

First round

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

Final

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Teams and final averages

See also

References