2003 Speedway Conference League Explained

The 2003 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.^[1]

Summary

Mildenhall Fen Tigers completed the league and cup double.^{[2] [3]}

Final league table

width=20	Pos	width=300	Team	width=20	Played	width=20	W	width=20	D	width=20	L	width=20	F	width=20	A	width=20	Pts	width=20	Bonus	width=20	Total
1		24	18	1	5	1326	917	37	10	47
2		24	18	0	6	1178	936	36	9	45
3		24	14	0	10	1179	960	28	11	39
4		24	15	0	9	1103	1017	30	8	38
5		24	14	0	10	1042	1036	28	5	33
6		24	12	1	11	1095	1054	25	7	32
7	Newcastle Gems	24	13	0	11	1072	1070	26	5	31
8	Sheffield Prowlers	24	10	2	12	1115	1016	22	8	30
9	Wimbledon Dons	24	9	1	14	1028	1126	19	5	24
10		24	10	1	13	1005	1116	21	2	23
11		24	8	0	16	957	1177	16	4	20
12		24	6	1	17	950	1187	13	3	16
13		24	5	1	18	895	1243	11	1	12

Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2003 Conference League Knockout Cup was the sixth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were the winners.^{[4] [5]}

First round

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Buxton	Armadale	48–40, 34–55

Quarter-finals

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Boston	Wimbledon	55–35, 35–55 rep 46–44, 39–50
Carmarthen	Rye House	40–50, 23–67
Mildenhall	Oxford	53–37, 44–45
Stoke	Armadale	45–45, 31–58

Semi-finals

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Mildenhall	Boston	55–35, 45–45
Rye House	Armadale	59–31, 50–40

Final

First legSecond legMildenhall were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 91–89

Conference Trophy

• Boston Barracuda-Braves

Riders' Championship

Barrie Evans won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 30 August at Rye House Stadium.^[6]

width=25px	Pos.	width=180px	Rider	width=100px	Team	width=50px	Total
1		Rye House	14
2	Jamie Robertson	Newcastle	11
3	Trevor Harding II	Boston	10
4		Rye House	10
5	Tom Brown	Newport	10
6	Craig Branney	Newcastle	10
7		Oxford	9
8	Rob Finlow	Buxton	9
9		Boston	8
10		Buxton	6
11		Mildenhall	6
12		Carmarthen/Exeter	3
13	Tommy Allen	Swindon	3
14	Joe Cook	Rye House	3
15	Mark Burrows	Wimbledon	3
16	Danny Norton	Peterborough	2
17	Dean Garrod (res)	Boston	1
18	Gordon Meakins (res)	Carmarthen	1

Fours

Rye House won the Conference League Four-Team Championship final, held on 5 October 2003 at Mildenhall Stadium.^[7]

Group A
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	Riders
1	Mildenhall	15
2	Peterborough	13
3	Wimbledon	11
4	Newcastle	9

Group B
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=450	Riders
1	Rye House	22
2	Boston	13
3	Sheffield	10
4	Buxton	3

Final
width=20	Pos	width=90	Team	width=20	Pts	width=350	Riders
1	Rye House	30
2	Mildenhall	29
3	Peterborough	19
4	Boston	14

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2003 tables. Speedway GB.
2. Web site: Final table. Speedway archive.
3. Web site: Raiders miss out on KoC to arch rivals. . Crash.net . 9 May 2024.
4. Web site: Conference League Knockout Cup Winners. Speedway Archive.
5. Web site: Season results. Speed-way.com.
6. Web site: Silver heaps praise on Evans . Crash.net . 28 June 2023.
7. Web site: 2003 fixtures and results . Speedway Researcher . 10 July 2023.