2009 Elite League speedway season

The first fixtures of the season took place on 30 March and the season ended on 12 October. The Poole Pirates were the defending champions from 2008.[2]

Leigh Adams had a stellar season, he once again topped the league averages and became the Australian Champion for the 10th time. He also won the Elite League Riders Championship and nearly led Swindon to a title success, before losing in the play off final to Wolverhampton Wolves. Wolves continued their success of recent years courtesy of heavy scoring throughout the season by Freddie Lindgren, Peter Karlsson and their new signing Tai Woffinden.[3]

Lee Richardson top scored for the Lakeside Hammers during the season and the team claimed their first top tier trophy in their history when winning the Knockout Cup.[4]

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Grand final

First leg

1 Freddie Lindgren 3, 3, 2', 3, 3 14+1 2 Nicolai Klindt 1, 1, 0, 3 5 3 Adam Skornicki 3, 3, 1', 3 10+1 4 Tai Woffinden F, 2', 2, 3 7+1 5 Peter Karlsson 2, 3, 3, 2', 0 10+1 6 Chris Kerr 3, 0, 0 3 7 Ty Proctor 1, F, 1, 2', 1 5+1 Manager: Peter Adams

1 Leigh Adams 2, 1, 2, 1, 2 8 2 Ryan Fisher 0, 0, 3, 1' 4+1 3 Travis McGowan 1', 1', 0, 0 2+2 4 Simon Stead 2, 2, 1, 4^ 9 5 Matej Zagar 3, 2, 3, 0^, 1' 9+1 6 Paul Hurry 0, 0, 0 0 7 Morten Risager 2, 1, 2', 1, 0 6+1 Manager: Alun Rossiter

Second leg

1 Leigh Adams 2, 3, 3, 2, 2' 12+1 3 Travis McGowan 1', 1, 3, 2' 7+2 2 Ryan Fisher 2, 0, 1', 2 5+1 4 Simon Stead 0, 3, 2, 2 7 5 Matej Zagar 3, 2, 3, 1', 3 12+1 6 Cory Gathercole 1, 0, 1 2 7 Morten Risager 3, 0, 2', 1', 1' 7+3 Manager: Alun Rossiter

1 Freddie Lindgren 3, 2, 2, 3, 0 10 2 Nicolai Klindt 0, 1', 0, 0 1+1 3 Adam Skornicki 1, 1, 1, 6^ 9 4 Tai Woffinden 3, 3, 0, 3, 1 10 5 Peter Karlsson 2, 2, 3, 0 7 6 Chris Kerr 0, 0, 0 0 7 Ty Proctor 2, 1', 1, 0, 0 4+1

Wolverhampton were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 95-90.

The 2009 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 71st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams.[5]

Leigh Adams won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at Brandon Stadium on 2 October.[8]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Leigh Adams	3 3 3 0 3	12	2	3
2	Chris Harris	2 3 2 3 3	13	x	2
3	Chris Holder	3 1 3 3 3	13	x	1
4	Freddie Lindgren	2 3 3 2 1	11	3	0
5	Edward Kennett	3 3 1 1 2	10	1
6	Scott Nicholls	2 2 3 1 3	11	0
7	Matej Žagar	2 0 2 3 2	9
8	Niels Kristian Iversen	3 2 1 2 1	9
9	Hans Andersen	1 2 2 2 1	8
10	Robert Miśkowiak	1 1 0 3 2	7
11	Adam Skórnicki	1 0 2 2	5
12	Mads Korneliussen	1 2 1 0 0	4
13	Davey Watt	1 0 1 1 0	3
14	Jonas Davidsson	0 0 2 0 0	2
15	James Wright	0 1 0 0	1
16	Josh Auty	0 1	1
17	Joe Haines (res)	0 1	1

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Arlington Stadium on 8 August and was won by Poole Pirates.[9]

Semi finals

• Eastbourne 5 Lakeside 4 - Richardson, Watt, Bridger, Davidsson
• Poole 5 Coventry 4 - Harris, Holder, Andersen, Kennett

Final

• Poole 5 Eastbourne 4 - Watt, Holder, Andersen, Bridger

Belle Vue

Coventry

Eastbourne

Ipswich

Lakeside

Peterborough

Poole

Swindon

Wolverhampton

• Speedway in the United Kingdom
• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)