2003 Speedway Conference League

British motorcycle speedway season

2003 Speedway Conference LeagueLeague| Conference League

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Champions| Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Knockout Cup| Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Individual| Barrie Evans
Fours| Rye House Raiders
Division/s above| 2003 Elite League
2003 Premier League

* <- 2002
* 2004 ->

The 2003 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

## Summary

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Mildenhall Fen Tigers completed the league and cup double.[2][3]

## Final league table

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Pos  | Team  | Played  | W  | D  | L  | F  | A  | Pts  | Bonus  | Total

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1 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 24 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 1326 | 917 | 37 | 10 | 47
2 | Rye House Raiders | 24 | 18 | 0 | 6 | 1178 | 936 | 36 | 9 | 45
3 | Oxford Silver Machine Academy | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1179 | 960 | 28 | 11 | 39
4 | Boston Barracuda-Braves | 24 | 15 | 0 | 9 | 1103 | 1017 | 30 | 8 | 38
5 | Swindon Sprockets | 24 | 14 | 0 | 10 | 1042 | 1036 | 28 | 5 | 33
6 | Buxton Hitmen | 24 | 12 | 1 | 11 | 1095 | 1054 | 25 | 7 | 32
7 | Newcastle Gems | 24 | 13 | 0 | 11 | 1072 | 1070 | 26 | 5 | 31
8 | Sheffield Prowlers | 24 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 1115 | 1016 | 22 | 8 | 30
9 | Wimbledon Dons | 24 | 9 | 1 | 14 | 1028 | 1126 | 19 | 5 | 24
10 | Wolverhampton Cubs | 24 | 10 | 1 | 13 | 1005 | 1116 | 21 | 2 | 23
11 | Carmarthen Dragons | 24 | 8 | 0 | 16 | 957 | 1177 | 16 | 4 | 20
12 | Peterborough Pumas | 24 | 6 | 1 | 17 | 950 | 1187 | 13 | 3 | 16
13 | Newport Mavericks | 24 | 5 | 1 | 18 | 895 | 1243 | 11 | 1 | 12

## Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away  | BOS | BUX | CAR | MIL | NG | NM | OX | PET | RYE | SHE | SWI | WIM | WOL

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Boston Barracuda Braves |  | 48–42  | 59–31  | 44–46  | 56–3  | 68–22  | 31–59  | 61–29  | 41–49  | 32–58  | 44–46  | 58–32  | 57–33
Buxton Hitmen | 41–49  |  | 49–40  | 47–43  | 59–31  | 60–30  | 56–34  | 57–33  | 46–44  | 54–36  | 58–31  | 61–26  | 52–35
Carmarthen Dragons | 45–43  | 64–26  |  | 41–50  | 47–33  | 54–35  | 52–38  | 48–41  | 36–54  | 37–52  | 41–49  | 42–48  | 43–45
Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 50–39  | 56–34  | 68–22  |  | 67–23  | 65–25  | 50–40  | 56–33  | 48–44  | 63–26  | 58–32  | 54–36  | 55–34
Newcastle Gems | 41–48  | 57–33  | 58–29  | 44–46  |  | 57–32  | 51–37  | 51–39  | 50–40  | 50–39  | 61–27  | 51–39  | 48–41
Newport Mavericks | 42–48  | 45–45  | 40–49  | 43–47  | 37–52  |  | 46–43  | 54–36  | 34–44  | 56–33  | 41–49  | 52–37  | 63–25
Oxford Silver Machine Academy | 63–27  | 59–31  | 57–34  | 53–37  | 56–34  | 70–20  |  | 53–37  | 63–25  | 54–39  | 50–40  | 57–33  | 61–31
Peterborough Pumas | 38–52  | 41–48  | 46–44  | 25–65  | 43–46  | 54–36  | 49–40  |  | 32–55  | 48–42  | 37–52  | 48–42  | 49–41
Rye House Raiders | 64–26  | 50–39  | 58–30  | 51–40  | 53–36  | 57–32  | 53–37  | 57–33  |  | 58–31  | 47–43  | 69–19  | 57–33
Sheffield Prowlers | 35–37  | 53–37  | 67–22  | 45–45  | 62–28  | 63–27  | 54–35  | 45–45  | 64–26  |  | 43–47  | 64–25  | 62–28
Swindon Sprockets | 43–46  | 54–36  | 48–29  | 42–41  | 45–39  | 61–29  | 34–38  | 43–34  | 43–29  | 50–39  |  | 54–36  | 44–45
Wimbledon Dons | 44–49  | 47–43  | 60–30  | 44–46  | 53–37  | 67–23  | 46–44  | 52–38  | 42–47  | 55–35  | 58–32  |  | 45–45
WOL  | 31–40  | 48–41  | 43–47  | 50–40  | 42–51  | 59–31  | 50–38  | 47–42  | 38–47  | 57–28  | 57–33  | 47–42  |

Source: [4]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Conference League Knockout Cup

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The 2003 Conference League Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners.[5] [6]

First round

Team one  | Team two  | Score

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Buxton | Armadale | 48–40, 34–55

Quarter-finals

Team one  | Team two  | Score

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Boston | Wimbledon | 55–35, 35–55
rep 46–44, 39–50
Carmarthen | Rye House | 40–50, 23–67
Mildenhall | Oxford | 53–37, 44–45
Stoke | Armadale | 45–45, 31–58

Semi-finals

Team one  | Team two  | Score

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Mildenhall | Boston | 55–35, 45–45
Rye House | Armadale | 59–31, 50–40

### Final

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First leg

18 October 2003

Rye House Raiders
Edward Kennett 14
Steve Boxall
James Cockle
Barry Burchatt| 46 – 43| Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Paul Lee
Danny King x

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Rye House Stadium

Second leg

19 October 2003

Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Paul Lee
Danny King| 48 – 43| Rye House Raiders
Edward Kennett
Steve Boxall
James Cockle
Barry Burchatt

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Mildenhall Stadium

Mildenhall were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 91–89

## Conference Trophy

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* Boston Barracuda-Braves

## Riders' Championship

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Barrie Evans won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 August at Rye House Stadium.[8]

Pos. | Rider | Team | Total

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1 | Barrie Evans | Rye House | 14
2 | Jamie Robertson | Newcastle | 11
3 | Trevor Harding II | Boston | 10
4 | Joel Parsons | Rye House | 10
5 | Tom Brown | Newport | 10
6 | Craig Branney | Newcastle | 10
7 | Chris Mills | Oxford | 9
8 | Rob Finlow | Buxton | 9
9 | Richard Hall | Boston | 8
10 | James Wright | Buxton | 6
11 | James Brundle | Mildenhall | 6
12 | Ben Powell | Carmarthen/Exeter | 3
13 | Tommy Allen | Swindon | 3
14 | Joe Cook | Rye House | 3
15 | Mark Burrows | Wimbledon | 3
16 | Danny Norton | Peterborough | 2
17 | Dean Garrod (res) | Boston | 1
18 | Gordon Meakins (res) | Carmarthen | 1

## Fours

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Rye House won the Conference League Four-Team Championship final, held on 5 October 2003 at Mildenhall Stadium.[9]

| Group A

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Mildenhall | 15 |
2 | Peterborough | 13 |
3 | Wimbledon | 11 |
4 | Newcastle | 9 |
| Group B

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Rye House | 22 |
2 | Boston | 13 |
3 | Sheffield | 10 |
4 | Buxton | 3 |

Final

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Rye House | 30 |
2 | Mildenhall | 29 |
3 | Peterborough | 19 |
4 | Boston | 14 |

## See also

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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

## References

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1. ^ "2003 tables". Speedway GB.
2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
3. ^ "Raiders miss out on KoC to arch rivals". Crash.net. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
4. ^ "2003 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
5. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
6. ^ "Season results". Speed-way.com.
7. ^ a b "Raiders miss out on KoC to arch rivals". Crash.net. Retrieved 6 November 2024.
8. ^ "Silver heaps praise on Evans". Crash.net. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
9. ^ "2003 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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