2010 Elite League speedway season

The first fixtures of the season took place on 29 March and the season ended on 27 October. The Wolverhampton Wolves were the defending champions from 2009.[2]

The negative side of playoffs was experienced during the 2010 season when Coventry Bees claimed the title. Coventry had finished in the fourth and final play off spot, 26 points behind regular season table winners Poole Pirates, who in turn had finished 20 points ahead of their nearest rivals racking up 78 points in total. Coventry went on to win their semi final and then defeat Poole in the final. Although Poole won the Knockout Cup there was a distinct feeling of an injustice. Poole's Australian contingent of Chris Holder, Darcy Ward, Davey Watt and Jason Doyle had been consistent all season except during the play off final and Coventry's Polish duo of Krzysztof Kasprzak and Przemysław Pawlicki both hit great form on the night.[3]

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	Krzysztof Kasprzak	3, 2, 3, X, 3	11
	2	Richard Sweetman	1, 1', 1	3+1
	3	Ben Barker	0, 3, 0, X	3
	4	Edward Kennett	2, 2', 2, 1'	7+2
	5	Chris Harris	2', 1', 1', 3, X	7+3
	6	Lewis Bridger	3, 2, 1, 2, 2	10
	7	Przemysław Pawlicki	2', 3, 3, 2	10+1
Manager: Alun Rossiter

	1	Chris Holder	2, 0, 3, 2, X	7
	2	Darcy Ward	X, 1, F, 0	1
	3	Artur Mroczka	1, 0, 0	1
	4	Bjarne Pedersen	3, 3, 4^, 3, 2	15
	5	Davey Watt	0, 3, 3, X	6
	6	Leon Madsen	0, 0, 1, 3	4
	7	Jason Doyle	1, 1, 2, 1, F	5
Manager: Neil Middleditch

Second leg

1 Chris Holder 1, 2, 1, 1, 0 5 2 Darcy Ward 3, 1', 2, 0 6+1 3 Artur Mroczka 2', 0, 0 2+1 4 Bjarne Pedersen 3, 2, 2, 0, 1 8 5 Davey Watt 3, 2', 3, 0 8+1 6 Leon Madsen 2, 3, 0, 1, 1 7 7 Jason Doyle 0, 1, 0, 3 4 Manager: Neil Middleditch 1 Krzysztof Kasprzak 2, 3, 2, 3, 3 13 2 Richard Sweetman 0, 1, 1, 1' 3+1 3 Ben Barker 1, 0, 0, 2' 3+1 4 Edward Kennett R/R 5 Chris Harris Fx, 3, 3, 3, 2', 2' 13+2 6 Lewis Bridger 1, 0, 0, 1 2 7 Przemysław Pawlicki 3, 2, 1, 3, 2', 2, 3 16+1 8 Aaron Summers Did not ride - Manager: Alun Rossiter

Coventry were declared Elite League Champions, on Aggregate 101-79.

The 2010 Elite League Knockout Cup was the 72nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Poole Pirates were the winners of the competition.[4]

Freddie Lindgren won the Riders' Championship. The final was held at East of England Arena on 16 October.[7]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Freddie Lindgren	3 2 0 3 3	11	x	3
2	Chris Harris	2 3 3 2 3	13	x	2
3	Kenneth Bjerre	3 2 0 3 2	10	2	1
4	Bjarne Pedersen	3 0 1 3 3	10	3	0
5	Chris Holder	3 0 3 1 1	8	1
6	Scott Nicholls	2 3 2 1 2	10	0
7	Simon Stead	1 2 1 2 2	8
8	Kauko Nieminen	1 2 2 0 3	8
9	Niels Kristian Iversen	2 1 3 2	8
10	Hans Andersen	0 0 2 3 2	7
11	Joonas Kylmäkorpi	0 1 3 2 0	6
12	Danny King	1 3 2 0 0	6
13	Peter Karlsson	0 3 1 - 1	5
14	Tai Woffinden	2 1 0 0 1	4
15	Cameron Woodward	0 1 0 1 1	3
16	Krzysztof Kasprzak	1 0 1 1 -	3
17	Lewis Kerr (res)	0	0

The Elite League Pairs Championship was held at the Foxhall Stadium on 4 September and was won by Coventry Bees.[8]

Semi finals

• Eastbourne 7 Peterborough 2 - Harris, Kasprzak, Iversen, Bjerre
• Poole 7 Lakeside 2 - Holder, Pedersen, Shields, Jacobs

Final

• Coventry 5 Poole 4 - Kasprzak, Harris, Holder, Pedersen

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)