# 2007 Speedway Conference League

The 2007 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.

## Summary

The title was won by Scunthorpe Scorpions for the second successive year. Scunthorpe also won the Knockout Cup, Conference Trophy and Conference League Fours. Their leading rider was Tai Woffinden who also won the Conference League Riders' Championship.
The Oxford Lions took their senior side team name Oxford Cheetahs following the withdrawal of the senior side from the 2007 Elite League speedway season. In June 2007, businessman Allen Trump invested in the club (also sponsoring the club via LCD Publishing) to secure the lease on the track and the Cheetahs completed the 2007 season in the Conference League, replacing their junior side the Oxford Lions.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Played | HW | HD | HL | AW | AD | AL | F | A | Pts | AP | Total |
| 1 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 993 | 637 | 32 | 9 | 41 |
| 2 | Oxford Lions/Cheetahs | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 921 | 729 | 27 | 8 | 35 |
| 3 | Plymouth Devils | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 872 | 769 | 22 | 6 | 28 |
| 4 | Boston Barracudas | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 842 | 801 | 21 | 5 | 26 |
| 5 | Weymouth Wildcats | 18 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 841 | 801 | 19 | 5 | 24 |
| 6 | Rye House Raiders | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 844 | 794 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | Buxton Hitmen | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 762 | 886 | 16 | 1 | 17 |
| 8 | Stoke Spitfires | 18 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 757 | 898 | 15 | 2 | 17 |
| 9 | Cleveland Bays | 18 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 719 | 910 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Sittingbourne Crusaders | 18 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 653 | 979 | 5 | 0 | 5 |

### Key

* HW=Home win
* HD=Home draw
* HL=Home loss
* AW=Away win
* AD=Away draw
* AL=Away loss

## Fixtures & results

| Home \ Away | BOS | BUX | CB | OX | PLY | RYE | SCU | SIT | STO | WEY |
| Boston Barracuda Braves | | 58–34 | 56–33 | 44–48 | 49–43 | 65–26 | 46–43 | 55–38 | 52–44 | 47–42 |
| Buxton Hitmen | 47–43 | | 50–42 | 59–36 | 53–42 | 47–43 | 38–54 | 56–31 | 39–54 | 55–35 |
| Cleveland Bays | 46–47 | 50–41 | | 43–49 | 43–47 | 41–48 | 34–57 | 45–45 | 57–36 | 44–46 |
| Oxford Lions/Cheetahs | 50–43 | 67–23 | 70–18 | | 53–38 | 50–43 | 47–45 | 71–21 | 57–35 | 49–44 |
| Plymouth Devils | 51–40 | 64–26 | 48–40 | 51–41 | | 47–40 | 43–46 | 64–28 | 67–25 | 50–43 |
| Rye House Raiders | 61–33 | 57–35 | 60–33 | 37–54 | 60–33 | | 43–48 | 61–28 | 54–38 | 58–33 |
| Scunthorpe Scorpions | 50–31 | 58–35 | 64–28 | 58–35 | 52–40 | 61–28 | | 60–29 | 67–23 | 54–37 |
| Sittingbourne Crusaders | 40–53 | 42–48 | 38–54 | 45–44 | 38–51 | 49–39 | 24–68 | | 44–49 | 43–47 |
| Stoke Spitfires | 46–46 | 53–39 | 51–35 | 37–55 | 44–49 | 52–40 | 32–60 | 52–43 | | 47–43 |
| Weymouth Wildcats | 59–34 | 58–37 | 57–33 | 45–45 | 48–44 | 47–46 | 44–48 | 62–27 | 51–40 | |

## Play-offs

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| Oxford | Oxford | 56 | 37 | 93 | | | | | |
| Plymouth | Plymouth | 38 | 54 | 92 | | | | | |
| Plymouth | Plymouth | 38 | 54 | 92 | Oxford | Oxford | 42 | 31 | 73 |
| | | | | | Scunthorpe | Scunthorpe | 47 | 61 | 108 |
| Boston | Boston | 36 | 30 | 66 | Scunthorpe | Scunthorpe | 47 | 61 | 108 |
| Scunthorpe | Scunthorpe | 58 | 63 | 121 | | | | | |

### Final

| 19 October | Oxford Lions/Cheetahs Lee Smethills 10 Kyle Hughes 7 Danny Betson 7 Andrew Bargh 6 Sam Martin 5 Scott Campos 4 Brendan Johnson 0 | 42–47 | Scunthorpe Scorpions Tai Woffinden 17 Bryon Bekker 10 Joe Haines 10 Benji Compton 5 James Cockle 4 Scott Richardson 1 R/R | Oxford Stadium |
| 21 October | Scunthorpe Scorpions Tai Woffinden Bryon Bekker Joe Haines Benji Compton James Cockle Scott Richardson R/R | 61–31 | Oxford Lions/Cheetahs Lee Smethills Kyle Hughes Danny Betson Andrew Bargh Jordan Frampton Scott Campos Brendan Johnson | Eddie Wright Raceway |

## Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2007 Conference League Knockout Cup was the tenth edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Scunthorpe Scorpions were the winners for the second successive year.
First round
| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| 18/04 | Stoke | 50-40 | Weymouth |
| 20/04 | Weymouth | 54-32 | Stoke |
| 22/04 | Sittingbourne | 32-59 | Rye House |
Quarter-finals
| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| 08/07 | Oxford | 45-44 | Plymouth |
| 27/07 | Plymouth | 45-44 | Oxford |
| 07/09 | Plymouth | 63-30 | Oxford |
| 28/07 | Cleveland | 35-35 | Boston |
| 10/06 | Scunthorpe | 59-31 | Rye House |
| 16/06 | Rye House | 52-41 | Scunthorpe |
| 08/07 | Buxton | 43-50 | Weymouth |
Semi-finals
| Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
| 29-Sep | Weymouth | 45-45 | Plymouth |
| 30-Sep | Scunthorpe | 51-45 | Boston |
| 05 Oct | Boston | 30-62 | Scunthorpe |

### Final

| 26 October | Plymouth Devils | 49–44 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | Plymouth Coliseum |
| 28 October | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 58–35 | Plymouth Devils | Eddie Wright Raceway |

## Conference Trophy

* Scunthorpe Scorpions 65 Plymouth Devils 28

## Riders' Championship

Tai Woffinden won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 15 September at Rye House Stadium.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Total |
| 1 | Tai Woffinden | Scunthorpe | 15 |
| 2 | Josh Auty | Scunthorpe | 13 |
| 3 | Robert Mear | Rye House | 12 |
| 4 | Jey Herne | Weymouth | 9 |
| 5 | Danny Warwick | Sittingbourne | 9 |
| 6 | Lee Smart | Weymouth | 9 |
| 7 | Ben Taylor | Buxton | 8 |
| 8 | Barrie Evans | Stoke | 8 |
| 9 | John Branney | Stoke | 7 |
| 10 | Mark Burrows | Cleveland | 7 |
| 11 | Tom Brown | Plymouth | 6 |
| 12 | Danny Halsey | Rye House | 5 |
| 13 | Andrew Bargh | Oxford | 5 |
| 14 | Lee Smethills | Oxford | 4 |
| 15 | Nicki Glanz | Plymouth | 3 |
| 16 | Simon Lambert | Boston | 0 |

## Pairs

The Pairs Championship was held at the Eddie Wright Raceway, on 22 July. The event was won by Paul Cooper and Simon Lambert of the Boston.
Group A :
| Pos | Team | Riders |
| 1 | Boston | P Cooper, S Lambert |
| ? | Cleveland | G Blair, M Burrows |
| ? | Rye House | R Mear, Karlis |
| ? | Scunthorpe | T Woffinden, A Tully |
| ? | Weymouth | L Smart, J Herne |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Riders |
| 1 | Oxford | J Frampton, L Smethills |
| ? | Buxton | J Bethell, J Roberts |
| ? | Stoke | J Branney, B Evans |
| ? | Plymouth | |
| ? | Sittingbourne | |
Final
* Boston bt Oxford 7–2

## Fours

Scunthorpe won the Conference League Four-Team Championship, held on 18 May 2007 at Plymouth Coliseum.
Group A :
| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| 1 | Scunthorpe | 20 | Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis |
| 2 | Buxton | 14 | James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell |
| 3 | Oxford | 11 | Martin, MacDonald, Hughes, Hopwood |
| 4 | Sittingbourne | 3 | Felton, Reynolds, Goody, Meakins |
Group B :
| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| 1 | Plymouth | 22 | Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz |
| 2 | Weymouth | 11 | Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason |
| 3 | Cleveland | 8 | Burrows, Emerson, Blair, Beaton |
| 4 | Boston | 7 | Wright, Smith, Mallett, Lambert |
Final :
| Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
| 1 | Scunthorpe | 19 | Woffinden, Bekker, Auty, Dennis |
| 2 | Plymouth | 16 | Stephens, Brown, Roynon, Glanz |
| 3 | Weymouth | 8 | Smart, Hurst, Irwin, Mason |
| 4 | Buxton | 5 | James, Roberts, Taylor, Bethell |