The 2010 season of the National League, the third tier of British speedway, was contested by ten teams. Buxton Hitmen beat Newport Hornets in the play-off final to become champions.
Final table Pos Team PL W D L BP Pts1 Dudley Heathens 18 13 0 5 19 452 Buxton Hitmen 18 14 0 4 17 453 Newport Hornets 18 13 0 5 19 454 Rye House Cobras 18 10 0 8 11 315 Bournemouth Buccaneers 18 10 1 7 9 306 Plymouth Devils 18 9 0 9 9 277 Isle of Wight Islanders 18 6 0 12 6 188 Scunthorpe Saints 18 5 1 12 4 159 King's Lynn Young Stars 18 5 0 13 4 1410 Weymouth Wildcats 18 4 0 14 5 13PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts Pts = Total Points
Mildenhall Fen Tigers withdrew - record expunged
Fixtures & results
Play Offs Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship. The winner was Buxton Hitmen who defeated the Newport Hornets in the final.
Semi-finals Date Team one Score Team two05/10 Dudley 40-50 Buxton 06/10Bournemouth 38-49 Newport 17/10Buxton 49-43 Dudley 17/10Newport 45-41 Bournemouth
Final
+ not held
National League Knockout Cup The 2010 National League Knockout Cup was the 13th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Buxton Hitmen were the winners.
First round Team one Team two First Leg Second Leg AggregateBuxton Mildenhall 58-37 49-41 107-78Isle of Wight Weymouth 51-39 36-58 87-97Newport Plymouth 42-29 57-35 99-64
Quarter-finals Team one Team two First Leg Second Leg Aggregate Rye HouseBuxton 38-51 29-63 67–114Weymouth Newport 41-49 35-53 76–102King's LynnBournemouth 52-39 50-40 102–79Scunthorpe Dudley 44-46 60-32 104-78
Semi-finals Team one Team two First Leg Second Leg AggregateKing's Lynn Newport 54-3950-40104-79DudleyBuxton43-47 48-45 91–92
Final
National Trophy
Pos Team P W D L Pts1Buxton 8 6 0 2 122 Newport 8 5 0 3 103 Isle of Wight 8 5 0 3 104 Plymouth 8 2 0 6 45 Isle of Wight 8 2 0 6 4
Riders' Championship Lee Smart won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 October at Rye House Stadium.
Pos. Rider Team Total1 Lee Smart Dudley 14 2 Simon Lambert King's Lynn 12 3 Adam Allott Buxton 11 4 Craig Cook Buxton 10 5 Nick Simmons Isle of Wight 9 6 Ben Morley Rye House 9 7 Barrie Evans Dudley 8 8 Jay Herne Bournemouth 7 9Kyle Newman Newport 7 10 Danny Warwick Isle of Wight 6 11 James Cockle Weymouth 6 12 Gary Cottham Weymouth 5 13 Darren Mallett King's Lynn 5 14 Gary IrvingScunthorpe 5 15 Mark Baseby Bournemouth 4 16 Joe Jacobs Rye House 2 17 Lee Strudwick (res) Rye House 0
Pairs The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Hayley Stadium, on 7 August 2010. The event was won by Nicki Glanz and Mark Simmonds of the Plymouth Devils.
Group APosTeamPtsRiders1Plymouth24 Glanz 14, Simmonds 102Bournemouth 17Howarth 9, Brundle 83Newport 17Kurtz 13, Atkin 64Dudley 16 Anderson 11, Dyer 55Isle of Wight 14Simmons 9, Warwick 5
Group BPosTeamPtsRiders1King's Lynn 23 Lambert 16, Lowe 72Buxton 21Allott 15, Branford 63Weymouth 20 Cockle 12, Bekker 84Scunthorpe 17 Worrall S 10, Birks 75Rye House 9Jacobs 6, Hazelden 3
Final Plymouth bt King's Lynn 7–2
Fours The National League Fours, held on 6 June 2010 at Mildenhall Stadium was abandoned due to rain and was not restaged.
Teams and final averages
Bournemouth Jay Herne 10.16 James Brundle 8.97 Mark Baseby 6.93 Kyle Howarth 6.61 James Sarjeant 3.91 Nick Lawrence 3.00 Danny Stoneman 3.00
Buxton Craig Cook 10.64 Adam Allott 7.42 Nick Morris 6.90 Robert Branford 6.60 Jonathan Bethell 6.44 Jason Garrity 5.16 Lewis Dallaway 4.35
Dudley Lee Smart 9.50 Barrie Evans 7.84 Micky Dyer 6.97 Jake Anderson 7.02 Tom Perry 6.56 Richard Franklin 5.39 Ashley Morris 5.25
Isle Of Wight Paul Starke 8.06 Nick Simmons 8.05 Danny Warwick 7.41 Lee Smethills 5.70 Dean Felton 5.01 John Resch 4.29 Tom Hill 3.38 Danny Hodgson 3.00
King's Lynn Simon Lambert 9.12 Darren Mallett 7.52 Adam Lowe 5.75 Oliver Rayson 5.37 Lewis Kerr 5.33 Cal McDade 5.08 Scott Campos 4.82 Jake Knight 3.00
Newport Todd Kurtz 9.01 Kyle Newman 8.18 Tony Atkin 7.78 Tim Webster 6.68 Luke Priest 6.08 James White Williams 4.96 Tom Young 4.62
Plymouth Nicki Glanz 9.70 Mark Simmonds 8.96 Seemond Stephens 8.79 Matt Bates 4.47 Jaimie Pickard 4.35 Ross Walter 3.00 Ben Reade 3.00 Bob Charles 3.00
Rye House Kyle Hughes 8.86 Marc Owen 6.92 Joe Jacobs 6.53 Lee Strudwick 6.29 David Mason 5.50 Ben Morley 4.65 Shane Hazelden 4.39 Tom Stokes 3.00
Scunthorpe Mark Burrows 6.76 Benji Compton 6.28 Gary Irving 6.25 Steve Worrall 5.74 Scott Richardson 5.16 Ashley Birks 4.92 Adam Wrathall 4.31 Luke Chessell 3.42
Weymouth James Cockle 7.46 Tom Brown 6.20 Adam McKinna 6.15 Karl Mason 5.85 Brendan Johnson 4.31 Gary Cottham 4.24 Richard Andrews 3.00 Luke Wiltshire 3.00
See also List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
References