2005 Speedway Conference League

British motorcycle speedway season

2005 Speedway Conference LeagueLeague| Conference League

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Champions| Oxford Silver Machine Academy
Knockout Cup| Weymouth Wildcats
Individual| Steve Boxall
Pairs| Wimbledon Dons
Fours| Weymouth Wildcats
Division/s above| 2005 Elite League
2005 Premier League

* ← 2004
* 2006 →

The 2005 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.[1]

## Summary

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The title was won by Oxford Silver Machine Academy, junior club of the Oxford Cheetahs.[2]

## Final league table

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1 | Oxford Silver Machine Academy | 22 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 1091 | 909 | 42
2 | Wimbledon Dons | 22 | 15 | 0 | 7 | 1106 | 932 | 41
3 | Weymouth Wildcats | 22 | 13 | 0 | 9 | 1075 | 956 | 33
4 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 22 | 12 | 1 | 9 | 1067 | 968 | 33
5 | Armadale Dale Devils | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1025 | 986 | 31
6 | Rye House Raiders | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1046 | 987 | 29
7 | Stoke Spitfires | 22 | 12 | 0 | 10 | 1031 | 982 | 29
8 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 1012 | 1000 | 27
9 | Boston Barracuda-Braves | 22 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 982 | 1055 | 26
10 | Newport Mavericks | 22 | 9 | 0 | 13 | 968 | 1051 | 21
11 | Buxton Hitmen | 22 | 6 | 1 | 15 | 890 | 1112 | 14
12 | Sittingbourne Crusaders | 22 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 823 | 1178 | 4

## Fixtures & results

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Home \ Away  | ARM | BOS | BUX | MIL | NEW | OX | RYE | SCU | SIT | STO | WEY | WIM

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Armadale Dale Devils |  | 52–41  | 54–41  | 58–37  | 61–34  | 41–53  | 46–43  | 58–38  | 47–45  | 54–39  | 50–39  | 57–36
Boston Barracuda Braves | 45–44  |  | 57–35  | 44–49  | 52–38  | 45–53  | 40–49  | 48–42  | 62–31  | 56–39  | 48–45  | 55–42
Buxton Hitmen | 44–45  | 44–46  |  | 39–51  | 48–41  | 45–45  | 47–43  | 54–38  | 56–36  | 47–43  | 40–49  | 38–53
Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 51–44  | 57–39  | 59–36  |  | 54–37  | 46–46  | 51–39  | 57–37  | 63–30  | 54–42  | 56–39  | 42–48
Newport Mavericks | 45–43  | 44–48  | 63–28  | 48–43  |  | 67–26  | 58–38  | 42–47  | 46–47  | 45–41  | 52–43  | 49–46
Oxford Silver Machine Academy | 55–18  | 66–27  | 63–31  | 49–38  | 54–39  |  | 58–35  | 50–30  | 53–37  | 53–43  | 51–45  | 46–44
Rye House Raiders | 51–41  | 54.5–37.5  | 64–30  | 47–42  | 56–40  | 44–46  |  | 53–42  | 59–36  | 60–34  | 51–45  | 52–43
Scunthorpe Scorpions | 50–44  | 61–31  | 60–37  | 50–43  | 57–35  | 44–49  | 55–38  |  | 64–29  | 41–49  | 42–48  | 54–40
Sittingbourne Crusaders | 43–47  | 42–48  | 39–55  | 43–47  | 45–46  | 45–45  | 41–49  | 34–42  |  | 42–48  | 39–55  | 36–57
Stoke Spitfires | 46–44  | 53–41  | 46–30  | 52–41  | 57–35  | 50–43  | 50–40  | 44–45  | 63–29  |  | 63–32  | 54–39
Weymouth Wildcats | 54–43  | 60–33  | 58–33  | 51–40  | 53–37  | 45–44  | 53–40  | 54–42  | 66–20  | 53–40  |  | 44–46
Wimbledon Dons | 56–34  | 55–39  | 58–32  | 50–46  | 64–27  | 50–43  | 52–40  | 63–31  | 60–34  | 58–35  | 46–44  |

Source: [3]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

## Conference League Knockout Cup

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The 2005 Conference League Knockout Cup was the eighth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Weymouth Wildcats were the winners.[4] First round

Team one  | Team two  | First Leg  | Second Leg5

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Oxford | Wimbledon | 60–33 | 44–46
Boston | Scunthorpe | 53–41 | 49–40

Quarter-finals

Team one  | Team two  | First Leg  | Second Leg

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Buxton | Weymouth | 51–43 | 40–55
Mildenhall | Oxford | 54–40 | 42–53
Newport | Rye House | 56–38 | 40–50
Stoke | Boston | 59–35 | 39–54

Semi-finals

Team one  | Team two  | First Leg  | Second Leg

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Weymouth | Newport | 51–43 | 50–41
Boston | Mildenhall | 41–51 | 33–60

### Final

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14 October  | Weymouth Wildcats
Lewis Bridger 13
Dan Giffard 13
David Mason 11
Tom Brown 7
James Clement 5
Shane Waldron 4
Danny Hughes 1  | 54–40  | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Jon Armstrong 11
Chris Johnson 9
Lee Smart 5
Andrew Bargh 5
James Purchase 3
Mark Thompson 3
Trevor Heath 2  | Wessex Stadium

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16 October  | Mildenhall Fen Tigers
Jon Armstrong 12
Mark Thompson 11
Chris Johnson 9
Andrew Bargh 8
Lee Smart 5
James Purchase 5
Trevor Heath 1  | 51–45  | Weymouth Wildcats
Lewis Bridger 11
Dan Giffard 11
David Mason 11
Tom Brown 6
Shane Waldron 4
James Clement 2
Danny Hughes 0  | Mildenhall Stadium

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## Conference Trophy

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* Armadale 99 Stoke 84

## Riders' Championship

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Steve Boxall won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 27 August at Rye House Stadium.[5]

Pos. | Rider | Team | Total

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1 | Steve Boxall | Rye House | 15
2 | Barrie Evans | Stoke | 11
3 | Blair Scott | Armadale | 11
4 | David Mason | Weymouth | 11
5 | Lewis Bridger | Weymouth | 10
6 | Jon Armstrong | Mildenhall | 10
7 | Wayne Carter | Scunthorpe | 9
8 | Mark Burrows | Wimbledon | 8
9 | Adam Roynon | Mildenhall | 7
10 | Craig Branney | Oxford | 7
11 | Karlis Ezergailis | Newport | 5
12 | Jonathon Bethel | Buxton | 4
13 | Danny Betson | Wimbledon | 4
14 | Harland Cook | Rye House | 3
15 | Mark Baseby (res) | Sittingbourne | 3
16 | Chris Hunt | Sittingbourne | 2
17 | Simon Lambert | Boston | 0
18 | Lee Smart (res) | Mildenhall | 0

## Pairs

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The Pairs Championship was held at the Wimbledon Stadium, on 17 July. The event was won by Mark Burrows and Scott James of the Wimbledon.[6]

| Group 1

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Wimbledon | 14 | Mark Burrows 8, Scott James 6
2  | Sittingbourne | 7 | Gary Phelps 4, Andre Cross 3
3  | Newport | 6 | Karl Mason 6, Billy Legg 0
| Group 2

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Stoke | 12 | Barrie Evans 8, Jack Hargreaves 4
2  | Mildenhall | 8 | Lee Smart 5, Jon Armstrong 3
3  | Wimbledon B | 7 | Matthew Wright 7, Danny Betson 0

| Group 3

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Scunthorpe | 11 | Wayne Carter 7, Benji Compton 4
2  | Boston | 8 | Rob Hollingworth 6, Karl White 2
3  | Weymouth | 8 | Dan Giffard 8, Lewis Bridger 0
| Group 4

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Oxford | 11 | Craig Branney 8, Chris Mills 3
2  | Buxton | 9 | Jonathon Bethell 6, Carl Belfield 3
3  | Rye House | 7 | Barry Burchatt 5, Luke Bowen 2

Final

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Wimbledon | 16 | Mark Burrows 11, Scott James 5
2  | Oxford | 16 | Craig Branney 10, Chris Mills 6
3  | Stoke | 14 | Barrie Evans 12, Jack Hargreaves 2
4  | Scunthorpe | 8 | Wayne Carter 5, Benji Compton 3

* Run-Off for the Title: James, Burrows, Mills, Branney

## Fours

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Weymouth won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 25 June 2005 at Loomer Road Stadium.[7]

| Group A

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Boston | 16 | Lambert 5, Walker 5, Roynon 3, Irwin 3
2 | Armadale | 14 | Sneddon 5, Scott 4, Tully 4, Stoddart 1
3 | Stoke | 12 | Evans 5, Grant 4, Priest 3, Mitchell 0
4 | Wimbledon | 5 | Betson 2, James 1, Burrows 1, Wright 1
| Group B

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Oxford | 14 | Branney 5, Mills 3, Barker 3, Courtney 3
2 | Weymouth | 13 | Giffard 5, Bridger 4, Brown 3, Mason 1
3 | Scunthorpe | 11 | Carter 5, Norton 3, Compton 2, Bekker 1
4 | Mildenhall | 10 | Armstrong 5, Collins 4, Bargh 1, Smart 0

Final

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1 | Weymouth | 16 | Mason 5, Giffard 5, Bridger 4, Brown 1
2 | Oxford | 15 | Barker 6, Mills 5, Courtney 4, Branney 0
3 | Armadale | 9 | Sneddon 5, Scott 3, Stoddart 1, Tully 0
4 | Boston | 8 | Walker 3, Roynon 3, Irwin 1, Lambert 1

## See also

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List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

## References

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1. ^ "2005 tables". Speedway GB.
2. ^ "Final table". Speedway archive.
3. ^ "2005 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 5 November 2024.
4. ^ "Conference League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
5. ^ "Bears relish hat-trick". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 June 2023.
6. ^ "2005 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 July 2023.
7. ^ "2005 fixtures and results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 10 July 2023.

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