The 2011 Elite League Season is an upcoming speedway season. The Coventry Bees

Coventry Bees

The Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team based at Brandon near Coventry, England. A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the Southern League and then the National League in the pre-war era at Brandon stadium. There were also meetings at a stadium in Lythalls Lane...

 are the defending champions from the 2010 season.

New Entries

Throughout the 2010 season, it was rumoured that the Ipswich Witches

Ipswich Witches

The Ipswich Witches are a British speedway club based at Foxhall Stadium near Ipswich, Suffolk. Meetings are staged on most Thursdays from March until October, normally commencing at 7.30pm....

 would prefer to compete in the Premier League from 2011 onwards. Although they survived the promotion/relegation battle with the Newcastle Diamonds

Newcastle Diamonds

Newcastle Diamonds are a motorcycle speedway team who compete in the British Premier League. The club has a reputation of importing young foreign talent and have given starts to the British careers of six times World Champion Ivan Mauger, three times World Champion Ole Olsen, 1974 World Champion...

, it was decided that the Witches would swap divisions with the Birmingham Brummies

Birmingham Brummies

Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team, who were reformed in 2006 and then accepted into the Premier League in 2007. The club race at Perry Barr Stadium ....

. On 27 November 2010, The BSPA confirmed that both Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would not be taking their place in the top flight after they failed to declare their intent to compete in the 2011 Elite League at last week’s AGM. This then led to the Kings Lynn Stars being promoted from the Premier League due to the Elite League needing a minimum of 8 teams and Kings Lynn stating that they had won everything possible in the Premier League and needed a new challenge. On 15 March 2011 it was announced that both the Coventry Bees and Peterborough Panthers would be part of the 2011 Elite League season.

Elite League

The 2011 Elite League Season will start in March 2011. The Season will run from March to October.

Team Lineups

Belle Vue Aces		Birmingham Brummies		Eastbourne Eagles
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Chris Harris Chris Harris (speedway rider) Christopher Calvin "Chris" Harris in Truro, Cornwall, nicknamed Bomber, is a Great Britain international speedway rider for the Belle Vue Aces in the United Kingdom.- Early career :...	8.06	Danny King Daniel King (speedway rider) Daniel Robert King is a speedway rider currently riding for the Ipswich Witches in the British Elite League. His brother Jason is also a speedway rider....	6.77	Bjarne Pedersen Bjarne Pedersen Bjarne Pedersen is an international motorcycle speedway rider who has represented Denmark in the Speedway World Cup, winning it on two occasions: in 2006 and 2008.-Career summary:...	8.00
Rory Schlein Rory Schlein Rory Robert Schlein is an Australian international speedway rider. Schlein was signed by the Edinburgh Monarchs in 2001 and has since won the British Conference League championship while on loan at Sheffield Tigers in 2001, the British Premier League championship with the Monarchs in 2003 and the...	6.92	Rene Bach René Bach René Bach is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who is a member of Denmark U-21 national team.- World Championships :* Individual U-21 World Championship** 2009 - 11th place in Qualifying Round 5...  (DU) Unconfirmed	5.42 / -	Unconfirmed	-
Patrick Hougaard Patrick Hougaard Patrick Hald Hougaard is a Danish motorcycle speedway rider who was a member of Denmark U-21 national team.His parents are Søren and Dorthe. He has two brothers Casper and Nicklas....	6.34	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Ricky Kling Ricky Kling Ricky Anders Kling is a Swedish speedway rider. He made his British League debut in 2007 with Oxford, but when they closed mid-season, he then joined Lakeside Hammers...	4.95	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Tomasz Piszcz	4.89	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Charlie Gjedde Charlie Gjedde Charlie Rasmussen Gjedde is an international motorcycle speedway rider who won the Speedway World Cup with Denmark in 2006...	4.85	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Craig Cook Craig Cook Craig Cook , is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom, riding with the Edinburgh Monarchs in the Premier League and with the Belle Vue Aces in the Elite League....  (DU) Unconfirmed	3.88	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
TOTAL	39.89	TOTAL	12.19	TOTAL	8.00
Remaining	0.11	Remaining	27.81	Remaining	32.00
Kings Lynn Stars		Lakeside Hammers		Poole Pirates
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Kenneth Bjerre Jensen is a Danish international motorcycle speedway rider who races using the name Kenneth Bjerre. He rides in the UK for the Kings Lynn Stars in the Elite League....	9.47	Lee Richardson Lee Richardson (speedway rider) Lee Stewart Richardson is a British international motorcycle speedway rider. Richardson has represented Great Britain at senior and under-21 level, and has featured in several World Cup tournaments. He was also a fully fledged Grand Prix rider for four seasons from 2003 until 2006...	8.45	Chris Holder Chris Holder Chris Holder is a speedway rider currently riding for the Poole Pirates in the British Elite League. He became the Australian Individual Speedway Champion in 2008 and followed up with wins in 2010 and 2011 as well as winning the Australian Under-21 Championship in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2008...	8.39
Niels K. Iversen Niels Kristian Iversen Niels Kristian Trochmann Iversen is an international motorcycle speedway rider. He was part of the Danish teams that won the Speedway World Cup in 2006 and 2008.-The Early Days:...	7.76	Peter Ljung Peter Ljung (speedway rider) Peter Ljung is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider. He is a two-time Speedway Grand Prix participant: he got wild cards in 2003 and 2004. He was part of the winning Swedish team in the 2003 Speedway World Team Cup...	4.92	Davey Watt Davey Watt David John Watt is an Australian international motorcycle speedway rider who rides for the Poole Pirates in England where his is currently the team captain, WTS Wrocław in Poland and Lejonen in Sweden...	7.59
Mads Korneliussen Mads Korneliussen Mads Korneliussen is an international speedway rider in the British Elite League for the King's Lynn Stars.- References :...	6.26	Unconfirmed	-	Darcy Ward Darcy Ward Darcy Stephen Ward is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the 2009, 2010 and 2011 Australian Under-21 Championships as well as the 2009 and 2010 World Under-21 Championships...	6.63
Olly Allen Oliver Allen (speedway rider) Oliver James Allen is a speedway rider in the United Kingdom, riding with the King's Lynn Stars in the Elite League.His brother Tommy currently rides for the Somerset Rebels.- References :...	4.78	Unconfirmed	-	Dennis Andersson Dennis Andersson Dennis Andersson is a Swedish motorcycle speedway rider who is riding for the Atlas Wrocław in the Polish Speedway Ekstraliga...	4.00
Tomas Topinka Tomáš Topinka Tomáš Topinka is a Czech motorcycle speedway rider who participated in Speedway World Cups for Czech Republic team.- Speedway Grand Prix results :- World Championships :* Individual World Championship...  (DU)   Morten Risager Morten Risager Morten Risager - a Danish speedway rider.He earned his Speedway licence in 2003.-Clubs career:*Polish league:**Intar Lazur Ostrów Wlkp...  (DU)	4.58	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Lasse Bjerre Lasse Bjerre Lasse Bjerre is a speedway rider who won the 2010 Under-21 World Cup with the Denmark team.- Biography :Bjerre was born in Esbjerg, Denmark in 1993. His brother, Kenneth , is also a speedway rider. They have two sisters Janni and Lotte...  (DU)   Sam Masters Sam Masters Samuel Peter "Sam" Masters is an Australian motorcycle speedway rider who won the Premier League Riders Championship in 2011.-Biography:...  (DU)	4.03	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
TOTAL	36.88	TOTAL	13.37	TOTAL	26.61
Remaining	3.12	Remaining	26.63	Remaining	13.39
Swindon Robins		Wolverhampton Wolves
Rider	CMA	Rider	CMA
Scott Nicholls Scott Nicholls Scott Nicholls is a British speedway rider who is participating in the 2009 Speedway Grand Prix competition and is the captain of the Great Britain speedway team.- Career biography :...	8.55	Unconfirmed	-
Simon Stead Simon Stead Simon Stead is an international Speedway rider. Simon currently rides for the Swindon Robins in the British Elite League, Masarna in the Swedish League and for Intar Ostrów in the Polish League.-Career Summary:...	7.47	Unconfirmed	-
Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski Maciej Janowski is a Polish speedway rider who is a member of Poland U-21 and U-19 national teams. He is current Team U-21 World Champion and Team U-19 European Champion.His parents are Piotr and Beata...	5.00	Unconfirmed	-
Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
Unconfirmed	-	Unconfirmed	-
TOTAL	21.02	TOTAL	0.00
Remaining	18.98	Remaining	40.00

*Average to be confirmed.

Last updated: December 19, 2010

Source: BSPA

League Table

Pos	Club	M	Home				Away					F	A	+/-	Pts
			3W	2W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L
10	Poole Pirates Poole Pirates Poole Pirates are a motorcycle speedway team based in Poole, England, competing in the British Elite League...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Belle Vue Aces Belle Vue Aces The Belle Vue Aces are a British speedway team from Manchester in the north west of England.-Brief history:Racing first took place in 1928 at the Belle Vue greyhound stadium in Kirkmanshulme Lane before moving the following year to a specially built stadium nearby on Hyde Road. The club raced there...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
3	Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies Birmingham Brummies are a British speedway team, who were reformed in 2006 and then accepted into the Premier League in 2007. The club race at Perry Barr Stadium ....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
1	Coventry Bees Coventry Bees The Coventry Bees are a motorcycle speedway team based at Brandon near Coventry, England. A Coventry team was first formed in 1928 and competed in the Southern League and then the National League in the pre-war era at Brandon stadium. There were also meetings at a stadium in Lythalls Lane...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
5	Eastbourne Eagles Eastbourne Eagles The Eastbourne Eagles are a British speedway team based near Eastbourne, England who compete in the British Elite League. They became Elite League Champions in 2000. They were also Elite League Knockout Cup winners in 2002 and again in 2008. Speedway was initially introduced to Eastbourne in...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
6	Kings Lynn Stars	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
7	Lakeside Hammers Lakeside Hammers The Lakeside Hammers are a speedway team who race in the British Elite League. They were founded by promoter Wally Mawdsley and stock car promoter Chick Woodroffe...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
8	Peterborough Panthers Peterborough Panthers The Peterborough Panthers are a British speedway team based in Peterborough, England.They were the British Elite League Speedway Champions in 1999 and 2006...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
9	Swindon Robins Swindon Robins The Swindon Speedway team, also known as the Swindon Robins, are an English Motorcycle Speedway team established in 1949 that competes in the Elite League....	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0
10	Wolverhampton Wolves Wolverhampton Wolves The Wolverhampton Wolves are a British Speedway team based in Wolverhampton, England. They are sponsored by Parry's International Travel, and have signed a new deal with owner Dave Parry for the 2008 season onwards. The team is managed by Peter Adams and the promoter of the club is Chris Van...	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0

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

Last updated: November 29, 2010

Updated table available at http://www.speedwaygb.co/eltable11.html

Source: BSPA

Round 1