The 2006 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).
Season summary The League consisted of 14 teams for the 2005 season after the Reading Racers elected to compete in the Elite League and the closure of the Exeter Falcons and the Hull Vikings. The Mildenhall Fen Tigers elected to enter the Premier League along with the newly founded Redcar Bears.
King's Lynn Stars won the league title.
League Final table HomeAwayBonusPosTeamMWDLWDLFAPtsWLTot1King's Lynn Stars 261300625140999040130532Sheffield Tigers 2611115081291110133112443Glasgow Tigers 261300319124011733394424Rye House Rockets 261201409125011473285405Somerset Rebels 2611022110124311562794366Redcar Bears 2611022110122011942767337Workington Comets 2610033010121011992676338Isle of Wight Islanders 2612011012118012102676339Newcastle Diamonds 26121000131129124925583010Stoke Potters 26100320111127126524492811Berwick Bandits 2681420111140127421582612Edinburgh Monarchs 26823001311381270182112013Mildenhall Fen Tigers 26616201111161264172111914Newport Wasps 266071111108712881531018
Fixtures and results
Play-offs Aggregate scores over two legs.
Quarter-finals King's Lynn Stars 110-75 Redcar Bears Sheffield Tigers 97-86 Workington Comets Isle of Wight Islanders 97-91 Glasgow Tigers Rye House Rockets 94-88 Somerset Rebels
Semi-finals Sheffield Tigers 103-85 Isle of Wight Islanders King's Lynn Stars 102-83 Rye House Rockets
Final King's Lynn Stars 100-82 Sheffield Tigers
Premier League Knockout Cup The 2006 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 39th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. King's Lynn Stars were the winners of the competition for the second successive year.
First round Date Team one Score Team two31/05 King's Lynn 70-20 Berwick20/05 Berwick 47-43 King's Lynn27/05 Workington 54-40 Newcastle28/05 Newcastle 55-40 Workington20/05 Rye House 66-36 Isle of Wight16/05 Isle of Wight 53-41 Rye House19/05 Somerset 57-38 Stoke20/05 Stoke 51-41 Somerset27/06 Newport 55-31 Edinburgh19/05 Edinburgh 56-40 Newport Quarter-finals Date Team one Score Team two21/06 King's Lynn 54-41 Rye House24/06 Rye House 49-44 King's Lynn23/06 Somerset 52-44 Mildenhall25/06 Mildenhall 40-53 Somerset25/06 Glasgow 55-41 Newcastle26/06 Newcastle 48-42 Glasgow06/07 Sheffield 59-33 Newport09/07 Newport 39-51 Sheffield Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two10/09 Glasgow 45-45 King's Lynn20/09 King's Lynn 67-27 Glasgow15/09 Somerset 55-40 Sheffield28/09 Sheffield 55-41 Somerset
'Final
First leg
Second leg
King's Lynn were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 107–77.
Premier Trophy
North Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1Workington 14 10 1 3 272Sheffield14806223 Glasgow 14 8 0 6 214 Edinburgh 14 8 0 6 215 Newcastle 14 6 0 8 176 Stoke 14 5 0 9 127 Redcar 14 5 0 9 118 Berwick 14 4 1 9 9
South Group Pos Team P W D L Pts1 Rye House 10 6 0 4 162King's Lynn10505153 Somerset 10 6 0 4 144 Mildenhall 10 5 1 4 146 Newport1041597 Isle of Wight103077
Semi-final Team one Team two ScoreWorkington King's Lynn 51–39, 35–59Sheffield Rye House 61–31, 31+–61 +Sheffield won run-off
Final Team one Team two ScoreKing's Lynn Sheffield63–32, 45–48
Final leading averages Rider Team Average Magnus ZetterströmSomerset10.52 Gary HavelockRedcar10.10 Andre ComptonSheffield9.94 Shane ParkerGlasgow9.91 Tomáš TopinkaKings Lynn9.80 Kevin DoolanKings Lynn9.30 Jason LyonsMildenhall9.24 Danny BirdGlasgow9.10 Daniel NermarkKings Lynn9.07 Mark Lemon Stoke9.03
Riders' Championship Magnus Zetterström won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 24 September at Owlerton Stadium.
Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final1 Magnus Zetterström 3 3 2 3 314-32 Jason Lyons 3 2 2 3 313-23 Gary Havelock 2 2 3 2 312214 Tomáš Topinka 0 3 3 2 311305 Chris Holder 2 3 1 3 11016 Danny Bird 1 2 3 3 0907 Andre Compton 1 3 3 - -78 Josef Franc 3 1 2 0 17 9 James Wright 2 0 1 2 2710 Mark Lemon 0 0 2 2 2611 Chris Neath 2 2 0 0 2612 Shane Parker 3 1 0 1 16 13 Michal Makovský 1 1 1 1 1514 Kevin Doolan 1 0 0 1 2415 William Lawson 0 1 1 0 r216 Carl Wilkinson ex 0 0 0 00 17 Tai Woffinden (res) 1 118 David Speight (res) 0 00 f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes
Pairs The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Ashfield Stadium on 8 October (originally abandoned on 18 June). The event was won by Glasgow for the second consecutive season.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Newcastle 25 Franc 14, Stancl 112Sheffield 21 Wilson 13, Ashworth 83King's Lynn 21 Nermark 13, Doolan 84Edinburgh 12 Lawson 9, Sneddon 35Glasgow B 11 McAllan 6, Ksiezak 5
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1Somerset 26 Zetterstrom 13, Kramer 132Glasgow 20 Bird 12, Parker 83Workington 17 Wright 12, Piszcz 54Stoke 15 Lemon 8, Thorp 75Mildenhall 12 Lyons 12, Armstrong 0
Semi finals Glasgow bt Newcastle 5–4 Sheffield bt Somerset 6–3
Final Glasgow bt Sheffield 6–3
Fours Workington Comets won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the third time. The event was held at Derwent Park on 7 October, after originally being postponed from 19 August.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1 Sheffield 20Legault 6, Ashworth 6, Wilson 5, Compton 32 King's Lynn 11Hardin 4, Doolan 3, Nermark 2, Mills 23 Rye House9 Robson 3, Kennett 3, Allen 2, Boxall 14 Newcastle 8 Henry 3, Franc 3, Stancl 2, Robertson 0
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1 Workington 19 Stead 5, Wright 5, Piszcz 5, Harrison 12 Somerset 12 Zetterstrom 6, Kramer 4, Cunningham 1, Katt 13 Glasgow 10 Bird 4, Partker 3, McAllan 2, Dicken 14 Mildenhall 7 Werner 5, King 2, Lyons 1, Armstrong 0
FinalPosTeamPtsRiders1 Workington 22Wright 7, Stead 5, Piszcz 4, Harrison 42 Somerset 21Zetterstrom 9, Kramer 5, Cunningham 4, Katt 33 Sheffield 16 Compton 5, Legault 4, Wilson 4, Ashworth 3 4 King's Lynn 12 Doolan 6, Nermark 4, Milsl 2, Harding 0
Riders & final averages Berwick
Michal Makovský 8.06 Jacek Rempala 7.66 Adrian Rymel 7.14 Stanisław Burza 7.11 Lee Smethills 6.86 Andreas Bergström 6.65 Craig Branney 5.94 David Meldrum 4.28 Danny Warwick 3.36
Edinburgh
Theo Pijper 8.22 Matthew Wethers 7.56 William Lawson 7.42 Rusty Harrison 7.41 Henrik Møller 6.57 Derek Sneddon 6.19 Daniele Tessari 4.00 Sean Stoddart 2.90
Glasgow
Shane Parker 9.91 Danny Bird 9.10 Kauko Nieminen 7.96 Robert Ksiezak 5.72 James Cockle 4.82 David McAllan 4.56 Lee Dicken 3.91
Isle of Wight
Chris Holder 8.80 Jason Doyle 7.57 Krzysztof Stojanowski 7.20 Jason Bunyan 6.92 Ray Morton 6.60 Krister Marsh 5.15 Chris Johnson 5.03 Nick Simmons 3.50
King's Lynn
Tomáš Topinka 9.80 Kevin Doolan 9.30 Daniel Nermark 9.07 Troy Batchelor 8.34 Trevor Harding 6.40 Chris Mills 6.07 John Oliver 5.56 Simon Lambert 4.91
Mildenhall
Jason Lyons 9.24 Danny King 8.40 Jon Armstrong 6.78 Brent Werner 6.15 Shaun Tacey 5.91 Jason King 5.68 James Brundle 4.50 Jordan Frampton 3.48 Barry Burchatt 2.47
Newcastle
Josef Franc 8.34 George Štancl 8.21 James Grieves 7.76 Christian Henry 7.37 Jamie Robertson 4.93 Manuel Hauzinger 4.73 Adam McKinna 1.91
Newport
Craig Watson 8.44 Carl Wilkinson 6.99 Neil Collins 6.88 Chris Schramm 6.29 Tony Atkin 6.08 Joel Parsons 5.59 Billy Legg 1.57 Sam Hurst 0.83
Redcar
Gary Havelock 10.10 Mathieu Trésarrieu 7.57 Tomáš Suchánek 6.35 Kevin Little 6.34 Daniel Giffard 6.03 Chris Kerr 5.20 Richard Juul 4.76 Jack Hargreaves 4.00
Rye House
Steve Boxall 8.80 Edward Kennett 8.73 Chris Neath 8.38 Tommy Allen 6.35 Luke Bowen 5.53 Ross Brady 5.40 Ben Powell 5.18 Lee Smethills 5.06 Adam Roynon 4.78 Jamie Courtney 4.31 Danny Betson 3.69
Sheffield
Andre Compton 9.94 Ricky Ashworth 8.59 Ben Wilson 8.11 Emiliano Sanchez 7.71 Kyle Legault 7.62 Paul Cooper 4.39 Benji Compton 3.61
Somerset
Magnus Zetterström 10.52 Emil Kramer 7.73 Glenn Cunningham 7.33 Paul Fry 7.20 Stephan Katt 6.67 Ben Barker 5.19 Glen Phillips 5.19 Simon Walker 5.03
Stoke
Mark Lemon 9.03 Paul Thorp 8.07 Robbie Kessler 7.80 Paul Clews 6.45 Alan Mogridge 6.21 Trent Leverington 5.08 Barrie Evans 4.58 Luke Priest 3.82
Workington
James Wright 8.58 Garry Stead 8.47 Rusty Harrison 8.07 Paul Thorp 7.60 Ritchie Hawkins 7.44 Tomasz Piszcz 7.37 Alan Mogridge 6.75 Aidan Collins 5.57 Lee Derbyshire 2.05 John Branney 1.85
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions Knockout Cup (speedway)
References