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2003 Elite League speedway season

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British motorcycle speedway season

2003 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Poole Pirates
Knockout Cup	Poole Pirates
Riders Championship	Lee Richardson
Highest average	Jason Crump
Division/s below	Premier League Conference League
←2002 2004 →

The2003 Elite League speedway season was the 69th season of the top division ofspeedway in the United Kingdom and governed by theSpeedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with theBritish Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]^[2]^[3]

Season summary

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In 2003, the league decreased to eight teams, after theKing's Lynn dropped to thePremier League and reverted back to their traditional name of Stars. They also lost the promotion of Nigel Wagstaff, who took over atOxford, which resulted in he name Cheetahs replaced with the Silver Machine name from King's Lynn. King's Lynn's leading ridersNicki Pedersen andSebastian Ułamek also switched to Oxford.Freddie Eriksson went to Ipswich. Oxford also brought in former World ChampionGreg Hancock from Coventry but lostLeigh Adams andLukáš Dryml to Poole.^[4]

Poole's decision to recruit Adams and Dryml was instrumental because they went on to claim the title. Adams finished top of the league averages and he was backed up by their five time World ChampionTony Rickardsson and the vastly improved form ofMagnus Zetterström. Poole went on to complete the double by winning theKnockout Cup.^[5]^[6]^[7]

Final table

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Pos		M	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Bon	Tot
1	Poole Pirates	28	20	1	7	1335	1182	41	11	52
2	Coventry Bees	28	17	0	11	1295	1224	34	9	43
3	Peterborough Panthers	28	16	0	12	1325	1195	32	8	40
4	Oxford Silver Machine	28	16	0	12	1295	1224	32	8	40
5	Wolverhampton Wolves	28	14	1	13	1248	1265	29	6	35
6	Eastbourne Eagles	28	12	1	15	1261	1250	25	7	32
7	Belle Vue Aces	28	9	1	18	1219	1298	19	5	24
8	Ipswich Witches	28	6	0	22	1088	1428	12	0	12

= Qualified for Play Offs

'A' Fixtures

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		43–47	41–49	56–34	44–46	42–48	45–44	49–41
Coventry Bees	50–40		48–42	48–42	49–41	51–39	43–47	49–41
Eastbourne Eagles	47–43	47–43		50–40	47–43	55–35	43–46	47–42
Ipswich Witches	47–43	36–54	49–41		39–51	42–47	40–50	47–43
Oxford Silver Machine	51–39	46–44	47–43	51–38		48–42	41–49	58–32
Peterborough Panthers	53–37	43–47	52–38	62–28	59–31		47–43	53–37
Poole Pirates	54–36	43–47	60–30	49–40	51–39	46–44		58–32
Wolverhampton Wolves	48–42	51–39	48–42	49–41	53–37	53–37	45–45

Source:^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

'B' Fixtures

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		47–43	45–45	51–37	49–41	47–43	47–43	51–39
Coventry Bees	48–42		51–38	54–36	47–43	52–38	43–47	49–41
Eastbourne Eagles	56–34	44–46		54–36	52–38	61–29	43–47	46–38
Ipswich Witches	46–44	46–44	47–43		41–49	33–57	39–51	40–50
Oxford Silver Machine	52–38	52–38	46–44	58–32		46–44	62–28	62–28
Peterborough Panthers	53–37	48–42	56–34	62–28	54–36		48–42	58–32
Poole Pirates	46–44	52–38	47–43	57–33	46–44	53–37		47–43
Wolverhampton Wolves	47–43	49–41	53–37	60–30	54–36	53–37	46–44

Source:^[8]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Semi-final decided over one leg. Grand Final decided by aggregate scores over two legs.

Semi-finals

Poole Pirates 48-42 Oxford Silver Machine
Coventry Bees 60-30 Peterborough Panthers

Final

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First leg

29 September 2003

Coventry Bees Andreas Jonsson 15 Lee Richardson 7 Jason Bunyan 7 Billy Hamill 6 Billy Janniro 4 Robson 4 Ryan Fisher 1	44 - 45	Poole Pirates Tony Rickardsson 11 Todd Wiltshire 9 Leigh Adams 7 Bjarne Pedersen 6 Aleš Dryml Jr. 4 Davey Watt 4 Antonio Lindbäck 4

Brandon Stadium

Second leg

6 October 2003

Poole Pirates Aleš Dryml Jr. 14 Tony Rickardsson 13 Leigh Adams 11 Mark Loram 8 Bjarne Pedersen 5 Antonio Lindbäck 4 Davey Watt 0	55 - 35	Coventry Bees Andreas Jonsson 13 Ryan Fisher 6 Billy Janniro 6 Lee Richardson 4 Joe Screen 3 Robson 2 Jason Bunyan 1

Poole Stadium

The Poole Pirates were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate100-79.

Elite League Knockout Cup

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The 2003 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 65th edition of theKnockout Cup for tier one teams.Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.^[9]

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/05	Peterborough	52-38	Coventry
09/05	Oxford	55-35	Ipswich
05/05	Ipswich	41-49	Oxford
21/04	Coventry	52-38	Peterborough
21/04	Wolverhampton	57-33	Belle Vue
18/04	Belle Vue	49-41	Wolverhampton
18/04	Eastbourne	40-32	Poole
18/04	Poole	56-34	Eastbourne
10/09 (replay)	Peterborough	44-46	Coventry
03/09 (replay)	Coventry	61-29	Peterborough

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/10	Coventry	50-40	Wolverhampton
10/10	Oxford	46-44	Poole
08/10	Wolverhampton	48-41	Coventry
15/09	Poole	56-34	Oxford

Final

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First leg

23 October 2003

Poole Pirates Tony Rickardsson 13 Leigh Adams 12 Mark Loram 8 Aleš Dryml Jr. 5 Bjarne Pedersen 3 Garry Stead 3 Antonio Lindbäck 2	46 - 42	Coventry Bees Billy Janniro 14 Lee Richardson 10 Ryan Fisher 8 Andreas Jonsson 7 Jason Bunyan 2 Stuart Robson 1 Billy Hamill R/R

Wimborne Road

Second leg

25 October 2003

Coventry Bees Andreas Jonsson 12 Ryan Fisher 10 Lee Richardson 7 Mikael Max (guest) 7 Billy Janniro 7 Jason Bunyan 2 Stuart Robson 1	46 - 44	Poole Pirates Leigh Adams 12 Tony Rickardsson 12 Bjarne Pedersen 8 Mark Loram 6 Garry Stead 3 Aleš Dryml Jr. 2 Antonio Lindbäck 1

Brandon Stadium

The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate90-88.

Riders' Championship

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Lee Richardson won theRiders' Championship. The final was held atBrandon Stadium on 18 October.^[10]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Lee Richardson	23222	11	2	3
2	Andreas Jonsson	30331	10	3	2
3	Scott Nicholls	30332	11	x	1
4	Jason Crump	23233	13	x	ret
5	Billy Janniro	23221	10	1
6	Dean Barker	32330	11	0
7	Mark Loram	31103	8
8	Todd Wiltshire	12112	7
9	Tony Rickardsson	02310	6
10	Mikael Max	13020	6
11	Leigh Adams	22101	6
12	Peter Karlsson	0101 3	5
13	Charlie Gjedde	01220	5
14	Joe Screen	11002	4
15	Jason Lyons	10011	3
16	David Norris	0010	1
17	Chris Harris (res)	3	3

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Leading final averages

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Rider	Team	Average
Jason Crump	Belle Vue	10.79
Leigh Adams	Poole	10.14
Magnus Zetterström	Poole	10.07
Tony Rickardsson	Poole	9.64
Scott Nicholls	Ipswich	9.41
Nicki Pedersen	Oxford	9.33
Mikael Max	Wolverhampton	9.28
Greg Hancock	Oxford	9.28
Ryan Sullivan	Peterborough	9.23
Billy Hamill	Coventry	9.23

Riders & final averages

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Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

Oxford

Peterborough

Poole

Wolverhampton

References

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^"Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
^"2003 league tables". Speedway GB.
^"HISTORY ARCHIVE".British Speedway. Retrieved4 July 2021.
^Bamford/Shailes, Robert/Glynn (2007).The Story of Oxford Speedway. Tempus Publishing Ltd. pp. 175–177.ISBN 978-0-7524-4161-0.
^"Speedway riders, history and results".wwosbackup. Retrieved1 August 2021.
^"DRYML BOYS PLAY PART IN 2003 TITLE SUCCESS".Poole Speedway. Retrieved11 February 2023.
^Bamford, Robert (2005).Tempus Speedway Yearbook 2005. NPI Media Group.ISBN 0-7524-3396-2.
^^a ^b"2003 fixtures & results"(PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved2 June 2024.
^"2003 Elite League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
^"Richardson claims ELRC".Crash.net. Retrieved9 June 2023.

v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
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v t e Elite League
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