2010 Elite League speedway season

The 2010 Elite League speedway season (also known as the Sky Sports Elite League for sponsorship reasons) was the 76th season of the top division of UK speedway and the 14th since its establishment in 1997.

Summary
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.

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.

League table
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

Championship play-offs
Semi-finals

Leg 1

Leg 2

Grand final

First leg

Second leg

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

Elite League Knockout Cup
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.

First round Quarter-finals Semi-finals

Final
First leg

Second leg

The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-90.

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

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

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

Riders & final averages
Belle Vue


 * Hans Andersen 8.70
 * 🇸🇪 Peter Karlsson 7.44
 * Patrick Hougaard 6.77
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Leigh Lanham 6.11
 * Ulrich Østergaard 6.08
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 James Wright	5.73
 * 🇦🇺 Josh Grajczonek 4.66
 * William Lawson	4.47
 * 🇩🇪 Tobias Kroner3.87
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ricky Ashworth 3.73
 * 🇨🇿 Filip Šitera 2.80

Coventry


 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Kasprzak 9.02
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Harris 8.80
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Edward Kennett 7.25
 * 🇵🇱 Przemysław Pawlicki 7.08
 * 🇦🇺 Rory Schlein 7.00
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ben Barker 6.56
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Bridger 6.29
 * 🇦🇺 Richard Sweetman 6.11
 * 🇦🇺 Aaron Summers 4.39
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Josh Auty 3.65
 * 🇨🇿 Filip Šitera 3.38

Eastbourne


 * 🇸🇮 Matej Žagar 8.29
 * 🇫🇮 Joonas Kylmakorpi 7.56
 * 🇦🇺 Cameron Woodward 7.26
 * 🇸🇪 Simon Gustafsson 6.27
 * 🇵🇱 Tomasz Jędrzejak 6.04
 * 🇨🇿 Lukáš Dryml 5.93
 * 🇸🇪 Ricky Kling 5.44
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Schramm 4.61
 * 🇵🇱 Dawid Lampart 4.34

Ipswich


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Scott Nicholls 9.34
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Danny King 7.39
 * 🇸🇪 Linus Sundstrom 6.79
 * 🇵🇱 Robert Miśkowiak 6.56
 * 🇨🇿 Aleš Dryml Jr. 6.07
 * 🇵🇱 Dawid Stachyra 5.83
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Allen 5.67
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Słaboń 5.03
 * Claus Vissing 3.71
 * 🇦🇺 Kozza Smith 3.69
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ritchie Hawkins 3.61
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Carl Wilkinson 2.11

Lakeside


 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lee Richardson 9.35
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Kasprzak 8.17
 * 🇦🇺 Adam Shields 7.64
 * 🇸🇪 Jonas Davidsson 6.87
 * 🇸🇪 Peter Ljung 6.10
 * 🇫🇮 Kauko Nieminen 5.96
 * 🇸🇪 Daniel Davidsson 5.49
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Neath 5.29
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Paul Hurry 4.73
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Stuart Robson 4.64

Peterborough


 * Kenneth Bjerre 9.62
 * Niels Kristian Iversen 7.93
 * 🇦🇺 Troy Batchelor 7.48
 * 🇦🇺 Rory Schlein 7.25
 * 🇵🇱 Krzysztof Buczkowski 6.39
 * 🇵🇱 Norbert Kosciuch 5.04
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Lewis Bridger 4.90
 * Ulrich Østergaard 4.46
 * 🇫🇷 Mathieu Trésarrieu 3.95
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Craig Cook 2.38

Poole


 * Bjarne Pedersen 8.83
 * 🇦🇺 Chris Holder 8.58
 * 🇦🇺 Davey Watt 8.01
 * 🇦🇺 Darcy Ward 7.93
 * 🇵🇱 Artur Mroczka 6.89
 * Leon Madsen 6.74
 * 🇦🇺 Jason Doyle 6.25

Swindon


 * 🇦🇺 Leigh Adams 9.90
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Simon Stead 8.21
 * Mads Korneliussen 6.81
 * 🇵🇱 Maciej Janowski 6.62
 * 🇵🇱 Grzegorz Zengota 6.52
 * 🇸🇪 Thomas H. Jonasson 5.91
 * Morten Risager 4.39
 * 🇦🇺 Cory Gathercole 3.86
 * 🇦🇺 Justin Sedgmen 3.55

Wolverhampton


 * 🇸🇪 Freddie Lindgren 10.23
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tai Woffinden 7.54
 * Nicolai Klindt 6.91
 * 🇵🇱 Adam Skórnicki 6.89
 * 🇦🇺 Ty Proctor 6.72
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Screen 6.52
 * 🇦🇺 Matthew Wethers 5.30
 * 🇸🇪 Ludvig Lindgren 5.26
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Haines 3.55