2009 National League speedway season

British motorcycle speedway season

2009 National League speedway seasonLeague| National League

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Champions| Bournemouth Buccaneers
Knockout Cup| Bournemouth Buccaneers
Individual| Craig Cook
Pairs| Newport Hornets
National Trophy| Plymouth Devils
Division/s above| 2009 Elite League
2009 Premier League

* <- 2008
* 2010 ->

The 2009 National League speedway season was the third tier/division of British speedway and was contested by ten teams. Bournemouth Buccaneers were champions.[1] It was the first season under the new name after previously been known as the Conference League.

## Final table

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1  | Bournemouth Buccaneers | 18  | 15  | 1  | 2  | 21  | 52
2  | Weymouth Wildcats | 18  | 10  | 1  | 7  | 14  | 35
3  | Plymouth Devils | 18  | 9  | 3  | 6  | 12  | 33
4  | Buxton Hitmen | 18  | 9  | 1  | 8  | 11  | 30
5  | Isle of Wight Islanders | 18  | 9  | 0  | 9  | 11  | 29
6  | Scunthorpe Saints | 18  | 7  | 2  | 9  | 7  | 23
7  | Newport Hornets | 18  | 6  | 2  | 10  | 8  | 22
8  | King's Lynn Barracudas | 18  | 7  | 1  | 10  | 7  | 22
9  | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 18  | 6  | 1  | 11  | 8  | 21
10  | Rye House Cobras | 18  | 6  | 0  | 12  | 4  | 16

PL = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; BP = Bonus Pts Pts = Total Points

## Play Offs

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Top four teams race off in two-legged semi-finals and final to decide championship.[2] The winner was Bournemouth Buccaneers who defeated the Plymouth Devils in the final.[3]

Semi-finals

Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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21/09 | Bournemouth | 63-30 | Weymouth
27/09 | Buxton | 52-41 | Plymouth
02/10 | Plymouth | 56-38 | Buxton
09/10 | Weymouth | 43-30 | Bournemouth

### Final

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28 October  | Bournemouth Buccaneers
Jerran Hart 18
Andrew Aldridge 11
Aaron Baseby 11
Jay Herne 11
Danny Warwick 9
Mark Baseby 2
Kyle Newman R/R  | 62-34  | Plymouth Devils
Kyle Hughes 11
Seemond Stephens 8
Paul Starke 8
Matt Bates 3
Craig Cook (guest) 3
Jamie Pickard 1
David Gough 0  | Wimborne Road

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30 October  | Plymouth Devils
Seemond Stephens 13
Kyle Hughes 11
Matt Bates 7
Paul Starke 6
Adam Allott (guest) 5
Jamie Pickard 4
David Gough 2  | 48-42  | Bournemouth Buccaneers
Jerran Hart 18
Aaron Baseby 7
Mark Baseby 7
Jay Herne 5
Andrew Aldridge 4
Danny Warwick 1
John Resch 0
Kyle Newman R/R  | Plymouth Coliseum

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## Final Leading averages

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Rider  | Team  | Average

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Simon Lambert | Scunthorpe | 10.54
Jamie Smith | King's Lynn | 10.34
Nick Simmons | Isle of Wight | 9.95

## National League Knockout Cup

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The 2009 National League Knockout Cup was the 12th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams but the first under its new name. Bournemouth Buccaneers were the winners.[5]

First round

Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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10/04 | King's Lynn | 53-37 | Mildenhall
12/04 | Mildenhall | 46-46 | King's Lynn
26/04 | Newport | 31-59 | Bournemouth
30/04 | Bournemouth | 55-38 | Newport

Quarter-finals

Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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08/05 | Plymouth | 63-29 | Isle of Wight
26/05 | Isle of Wight | 58-34 | Plymouth
25/05 | Rye House | 50-44 | Buxton
21/06 | Buxton | 68-22 | Rye House
24/07 | Scunthorpe | 43-47 | King's Lynn
31/07 | King's Lynn | ? | Scunthorpe
19/06 | Weymouth | 56-40 | Bournemouth
02/07 | Bournemouth | 62-30 | Weymouth

Semi-finals

Date  | Team one  | Score  | Team two

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25/07 | Plymouth | 41-49 | Bournemouth
13/08 | Bournemouth | 53-39 | Plymouth
11/09 | King's Lynn | 47-43 | Buxton
20/09 | Buxton | 55-38 | King's Lynn

### Final

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11 October  | Buxton Hitmen
Jade Mudgway 18
Adam Allott (guest) 13
Ben Taylor 8
Lewis Dallaway 3
Danny Hodgson 2
Gareth Isherwood 0
Scott James R/R  | 44-48  | Bournemouth Buccaneers
Jerran Hart 18
Aaron Baseby 7
Mark Baseby 7
Jay Herne 5
Andrew Aldridge 4
Danny Warwick 1
John Resch 0
Kyle Newman R/R  | Buxton Raceway

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15 October  | Bournemouth Buccaneers
Jay Herne 14
Jerran Hart 11
Kyle Newman 9
Aaron Baseby 7
Danny Warwick 6
Mark Baseby 5
Andrew Aldridge 5  | 57-39  | Buxton Hitmen
Craig Cook 14
Jade Mudgway 10
Ben Taylor 10
John Resch 3
Danny Hodgson 1
Lewis Dallaway 1
Scott James R/R  | Wimborne Road

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## Riders' Championship

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Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 26 September at Rye House Stadium.[6]

Pos. | Rider | Team | Total

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1 | Craig Cook | Buxton | 14
2 | Kyle Hughes | Plymouth | 14
3 | Jay Herne | Bournemouth | 13
4 | Jerran Hart | Bournemouth | 13
5 | Tony Atkin | Newport | 8
6 | Barrie Evans | Mildenhall | 8
7 | Simon Lambert | Scunthorpe | 8
8 | Darren Mallett | King's Lynn | 7
9 | Danny Halsey | Rye House | 6
10 | Ben Hopwood | Isle of Wight | 6
11 | Nick Simmons | Isle of Wight | 5
12 | Jade Mudgway | Buxton | 4
13 | Benji Compton | Weymouth | 3
14 | Mark Simmonds | Plymouth | 3
15 | Adam Allott | King's Lynn | 2
16 | James Cockle | Weymouth | 0
17 | Ben Morley (res) | Rye House | 2
18 | Dan Blake (res) | Rye House | 2

## Pairs

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The National League Pairs Championship, was held at Smallbrook Stadium, Isle of Wight, on 18 August 2009. The event was won by Tony Atkin and Grant Tregoning of the Newport Wasps.[7]

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Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Newport | 26 | Atkin 15, Tregoning 11
2  | Isle of Wight | 21 | Simmons 16, Johnson 5
3  | Rye House | 17 | Strudwick 12, Mason 5
4  | Scunthorpe | 14 | Lambert 12, Morris 2
5  | King's Lynn | 12 | Allott 6, Mallett 6
| Group B

Pos  | Team  | Pts  | Riders
1  | Bournemouth | 23 | Herne 16, Baseby 7
2  | Buxton | 20 | Cook 15, james 5
3  | Plymouth | 20 | Simmonds 11, Hughes 9
4  | Mildenhall | 17 | Evans 10, Priest 7
5  | Weymouth | 10 | Burrows 5, Cockle 5

Final

* Newport bt Bournemouth 5–4

## Teams and final averages

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Bournemouth

* Jay Herne 9.03
* Danny Warwick 8.18
* Andrew Aldridge 6.42
* Mark Baseby 6.08
* Kyle Newman 5.21
* Aaron Baseby 4.95
* Jerran Hart 4.83
* John Resch 3.0

Buxton

* Craig Cook 9.28
* Ben Taylor 7.86
* Jade Mudgway 7.42
* Scott James 6.06
* Scott Richardson 5.66
* Gareth Isherwood 5.33
* Lewis Dallaway 4.86
* Danny Hodgson 3.00

Isle Of Wight

* Nick Simmons 9.95
* Matthew Wright 6.91
* Ben Hopwood 6.88
* Chris Johnson 6.46
* Dean Felton 4.42
* Danny Berwick 3.68
* Tom Hill 3.00
* Rikki Mullins 3.00

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King's Lynn

* Jamie Smith 10.34
* Adam Allott 9.86
* Darren Mallett 8.80
* Scott Campos 5.33
* Adam Lowe 3.58
* Rhys Naylor 3.50
* Jake Knight 3.00
* Chris Widman 3.00

Mildenhall

* Barrie Evans 8.81
* James Birkinshaw 8.42
* Luke Priest 7.39
* Oliver Rayson 4.59
* Joe Jacobs 3.72
* Taylor Poole 3.00
* Adam Kirby 3.00
* Nick Laurence 3.00

Newport

* Tony Atkin 8.58
* Grant Tregoning 6.75
* Karl Mason 6.73
* Shelby Rutherford 4.64
* Ryan Sedgmen 4.26
* Sam Hurst 4.24
* Marc Owen 3.00
* Tom Young 3.00

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Plymouth

* Mark Simmons 9.70
* Seemond Stephens 8.45
* Kyle Hughes 8.42
* Mattie Bates 7.00
* Paul Starke 6.03
* David Gough 3.07
* Danny Stoneman 3.00
* Josh Dingle 3.00

Rye House

* Danny Halsey 6.87
* David Mason 6.45
* Rob Smith 6.22
* Jamie Courtney 6.09
* Lee Strudwick 5.30
* Daniel Blake 4.54
* Ben Morley 4.00
* Michael Bovis 3.00

Scunthorpe

* Simon Lambert 10.54
* Gary Irving 5.55
* Richard Franklin 4.97
* James Sarjeant 4.00
* Kyle Howarth 3.45
* Adam Wrathall 3.33
* John MacPhail 3.00
* Ashley Morris 3.00

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Weymouth

* James Cockle 8.70
* Benji Compton 7.73
* Mark Burrows 7.55
* Lee Smethills 6.46
* Terry Day 6.05
* Tim Webster 6.00
* James White-Williams 5.40
* Alex McLeod 3.00

## See also

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* List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

## References

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1. ^ "Major League Competitions". Speedway Archive.
2. ^ "British Speedway Official Website".
3. ^ "2009 Play Offs". Speedway GB.
4. ^ "2009 Averages". Speedway GB.
5. ^ "National League Knockout Cup Winners". Speedway Archive.
6. ^ "MONARCHS SIGN CRAIG COOK". Edinburgh Speedway. Retrieved 30 June 2023.
7. ^ "National League Pairs draw". East Anglian Daily Times. Retrieved 2 July 2023.

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