2001 Premier League speedway season

2001 Premier League speedway season
League	Premier League
Champions	Newcastle Diamonds
Knockout Cup	Hull Vikings
Young Shield	Isle of Wight Islanders
Premier Trophy	Sheffield Tigers
Individual	Carl Stonehewer
Pairs	Workington Comets
Fours	Workington Comets
Highest average	Sean Wilson
Division/s above	2001 Elite League
Division/s below	2001 Conference League
	← 2000; 2002 →;

The 2001 Premier League speedway season was the second division of speedway in the United Kingdom and governed by the Speedway Control Bureau (SCB), in conjunction with the British Speedway Promoters' Association (BSPA).^[1]

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ChampionsNewcastle Diamonds

Knockout CupHull Vikings

Young ShieldIsle of Wight Islanders

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Pos		M	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Bon	Tot
1	Newcastle Diamonds	28	20	1	7	1327	1166	41	12	53
2	Hull Vikings	28	17	3	8	1377	1124	37	13	50
3	Sheffield Tigers	28	18	0	10	1378	1125	36	11	47
4	Isle of Wight Islanders	28	18	0	10	1374	1145	36	11	47
5	Swindon Robins	28	16	3	9	1331	1170	35	10	45
6	Workington Comets	28	16	2	10	1263	1256	34	8	42
7	Exeter Falcons	28	13	2	13	1290	1239	28	8	36
8	Edinburgh Monarchs	28	13	1	14	1257	1242	27	8	35
9	Reading Racers	28	12	3	13	1272	1250	27	6	33
10	Arena Essex Hammers	28	12	2	14	1230	1269	25	5	30
11	Stoke Potters	28	13	1	14	1196	1316	27	3	30
12	Berwick Bandits	28	10	1	17	1204	1317	21	4	25
13	Glasgow Tigers	28	10	0	18	1131	1369	20	3	23
14	Trelawny Tigers	28	6	1	21	1075	1447	13	2	15
15	Newport Wasps	28	6	1	21	1115	1385	13	1	14

Home \ Away	AE	BER	ED	EX	GLA	HV	IOW	ND	NW	RR	SHE	STO	SWI	TT	WOR
Arena Essex Hammers		57–32	51–39	51–39	48–39	43–47	52–38	43–47	61–29	45–45	47–43	56–33	47–43	57–33	43–47
Berwick Bandits	42–48		51–39	51–39	55–35	49–41	43–47	41.5–48.5	52–38	55–35	49–41	57–33	40–50	49–41	58–32
Edinburgh Monarchs	56–34	53–37		51–39	52–38	46–44	51–39	53–36	55–34	54–36	40–49	59–31	47–43	65–25	45–45
Exeter Falcons	56–34	55–39	50–42		56–34	45–45	50–40	51–39	67–23	52–38	44–46	55–35	45–45	60–32	67–24
Glasgow Tigers	42–48	49–41	51–39	47–46		33–57	43–47	46–44	52–38	44–46	42–49	50–40	37–53	49–41	40–50
Hull Vikings	53–37	57–33	42–30	64–26	61–29		53–37	44–46	58–32	47–43	58–32	56–34	52–38	62–27	50–40
Isle of Wight Islanders	59–31	59–31	58–32	60–30	66–24	46–44		57–33	59–31	52–38	56–34	49–41	51–39	64–26	57–33
Newcastle Diamonds	52–38	55–33	54–36	57–33	42–30	48–41	52–37		56–34	49–41	54–36	51–35	57–33	59–31	48–42
Newport Wasps	55–37	45–45	49–40	48–42	42–47	42–48	47–43	44–46		36–54	41–49	49–41	34–55	64–26	44–46
Reading Racers	48–42	49–41	50–40	43–47	55–35	45–45	46–44	42–48	51–39		53–37	51–39	45–45	63–37	38–52
Sheffield Tigers	58–32	55–35	61–28	59–31	67–22	57–34	51–39	61–29	51–21	52–30		58–34	57–33	63–26	53–37
Stoke Potters	49–41	64–27	52–38	51–38	45–44	45–45	53–36	45–44	55–35	48–42	53–36		46–44	54–36	47–42
Swindon Robins	43–29	53–36	55–35	49–41	55–35	50–40	59–31	49–41	52–38	46–44	53–37	65–25		51–39	45–45
Trelawny Tigers	47–43	52–38	41–49	37–53	43–47	44–46	34–58	45–45	47–43	42–48	48–42	62–28	50–40		44–46
Workington Comets	55–35	48–42	47–43	55–35	43–47	47–43	44–45	43–47	50–40	47–43	46–44	50–40	46–44	61–29

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
18/05	Arena Essex	45-45	Reading
21/05	Reading	48-42	Arena Essex
16/05	Hull	54-36	Trelawny
22/05	Trelawny	43-47	Hull
19/05	Stoke	56-34	Isle of Wight
29/05	Isle of Wight	47-42	Stoke
21/05	Newcastle	55-35	Edinburgh
18/05	Edinburgh	51-39	Newcastle
09/07	Sheffield	58-32	Berwick
19/05	Berwick	47-43	Sheffield
21/05	Exeter	64-26	Newport
24/06	Newport	47-43	Exeter
10/05	Swindon	70-20	Glasgow
20/05	Glasgow	45-42	Swindon

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
09/07	Reading	50-40	Exeter
12/07	Exeter	51-39	Reading
04/07	Hull	57-33	Stoke
08/07	Stoke	41-48	Hull
09/07	Newcastle	56-34	Sheffield
12/07	Sheffield	47-43	Newcastle
05/07	Swindon	50-40	Workington
30/06	Workington	47-43	Swindon

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
18/07	Hull	40-38	Newcastle
23/07	Newcastle	43-47	Hull
13/08	Exeter	52-38	Swindon
12/08	Swindon	51-39	Exeter

2001 Premier League speedway season

Season summary

League

Final table

Fixtures and results

Premier League Knockout Cup

Final

Premier Trophy

Young Shield

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Fours

Leading averages

Riders & final averages

See also

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Team one	Team two	Score
Workington	Swindon	45–45, 36–54
Isle of Wight	Sheffield	50–40, 40–50 48–42, 37–53

Team one	Team two	Score
Hull	Workington	48–42, 40–53
Exeter	Isle of Wight	44–46, 27–63
Swindon	Sheffield	49–41, 32–58
Edinburgh	Newcastle	47–43, 44–46

Team one	Team two	Score
Isle of Wight	Sheffield	64–26, 37–52
Edinburgh	Workington	60–30, 48–43

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Carl Stonehewer	1 1 3 1 3	9	2	3
2	Sean Wilson	3 0 3 2 1	9	3	2
3	Bjarne Pedersen	2 3 1 3 3	12	-	1
4	Simon Stead	3 3 3 2 1	12	-	0
5	James Grieves	1 3 2 3 2	11	1
6	Paul Fry	3 2 1 3 2	11	0
7	Paul Thorp	3 2 3	8
8	Steve Masters	1 3 0 0 3	7
9	Michael Coles	0 1 0 3 3	7
10	Robert Eriksson	2 2 1 1 1	7
11	Brett Woodifield	2 ex 2 0 2	6
12	Adrian Rymel	2 1 0 2 0	5
13	Ray Morton	0 2 2 1	5
14	Leigh Lanham	1 ex 0 2 0	3
15	Paul Pickering	0 1 1 0 1	3
16	Armando Castagna	ex 0 2 0 0	2
17	Andrew Moore (res)	2	2
18	Ritchie Hawkins (res)	1	1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Workington	22	Stonehewer, Collins N
2	Newcastle	21	Pedersen B
3	Sheffield	19	Stead
4	Isle of Wight	10	Swain

Rider	Team	Average
Sean Wilson	Sheffield	10.39
Carl Stonehewer	Workington	10.29
Bjarne Pedersen	Newcastle	10.16
Peter Carr	Edinburgh	10.01
Simon Stead	Sheffield	9.98
Ray Morton	Isle of Wight	9.42
Michael Coles	Exeter	9.19
Armando Castagna	Reading	9.05
Paul Thorp	Hull	9.03
Peter Ingvar Karlsson	Workington	9.03