# 2000 Speedway Conference League

The 2000 Speedway Conference League was the third tier/division of British speedway.

## Summary

A new team called Somerset Rebels entered British speedway for the first time, racing at the Oaktree Arena.
The title was won by Sheffield Prowlers, the junior club belonging to the Sheffield Tigers. Mildenhall Fen Tigers were denied the chance to win the title following their final fixture against St. Austell being unable to be fulfilled, it had been postponed four times because of the weather.

## Final league table

| Pos | Team | Played | W | D | L | F | A | Pts | Bonus | Total |
| 1 | Sheffield Prowlers | 18 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 850 | 750 | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| 2 | Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 796 | 728 | 25 | 6 | 31 |
| 3 | Somerset Rebels | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 868 | 744 | 20 | 7 | 27 |
| 4 | Boston Barracudas | 17 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 821 | 703 | 21 | 6 | 27 |
| 5 | Newport Mavericks | 18 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 818 | 791 | 19 | 4 | 23 |
| 6 | Rye House Rockets | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 837 | 768 | 16 | 6 | 22 |
| 7 | St Austell Gulls | 16 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 711 | 721 | 16 | 4 | 20 |
| 8 | Buxton Hitmen | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 752 | 859 | 16 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Ashfield Giants | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 734 | 871 | 10 | 4 | 14 |
| 10 | Peterborough Pumas | 18 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 679 | 931 | 8 | 0 | 8 |

## Fixtures & results

| Home \ Away | ASH | BOS | BUX | MIL | NEW | PET | RYE | SA | SHE | SOM |
| Ashfield Giants | | 35–55 | 64–26 | 44–45 | 38–51 | 50–36 | 48–42 | 55–35 | 58–32 | 38–52 |
| Boston Barracudas | 60–29 | | 58–32 | 57–33 | 53–36 | 60–30 | 52–38 | n/a | 45–45 | 60–29 |
| Buxton Hitmen | 63–26 | 43–47 | | 45–45 | 45–45 | 47–41 | 48–42 | 60–30 | 46–44 | 44–43 |
| Mildenhall Fen Tigers | 57–33 | 51–39 | 49–41 | | 59–31 | 54–36 | 51–38 | n/a | 51–39 | 45–44 |
| Newport Mavericks | 59–30 | 46–44 | 64–25 | 41–48 | | 61–28 | 61–29 | 50–40 | 41–49 | 53–37 |
| Peterborough Pumas | 46–44 | 43–47 | 40–49 | 33–56 | 43–46 | | 46–44 | 46–44 | 47–43 | 41–49 |
| Rye House Rockets | 53–37 | 46–44 | 63–27 | 55–34 | 50–40 | 64–26 | | 57–32 | 58–32 | 44–46 |
| St Austell Gulls | 52–36 | 46–44 | 51–38 | 35–55 | 55–33 | 63–27 | 53–37 | | 38–52 | 49–39 |
| Sheffield Prowlers | 47–40 | 58–29 | 50–40 | 50–40 | 63–25 | 56–34 | 40–38 | 48–42 | | 53–37 |
| Somerset Rebels | 60–29 | 63–27 | 57–33 | 67–23 | 55–35 | 54–36 | 51–39 | 44–46 | 41–49 | |

## Conference League Knockout Cup

The 2000 Conference League Knockout Cup was the third edition of the Knockout Cup for tier three teams. Boston Barracudas were the winners.
First round
| Team one | Team two | Score |
| Somerset | Rye House | 42.5–47.5, 32–58 |
| Boston | Buxton | 70–19, 45–44 |
Semi-finals
| Team one | Team two | Score |
| Mildenhall | Rye House | 48–42, 35–55 |
| St Austell | Boston | 57–33, 25–65 |

### Final

First leg
Second leg
Boston were declared Knockout Cup champions, winning on aggregate 91–87.

## League Cup

* final - Mildenhall Fen Tigers 97 Somerset Rebels 80

## Riders' Championship

Scott Pegler won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 9 September at Hayley Stadium.
| Pos. | Rider | Team | Total |
| 1 | Scott Pegler | Newport | 13 |
| 2 | Steve Bishop | Somerset | 13 |
| 3 | Adam Allott | Sheffield | 11 |
| 4 | Gary Phelps | St. Austell | 9 |
| 5 | Shane Colvin | Mildenhall | 9 |
| 6 | Wayne Barrett | St. Austell | 9 |
| 7 | Carl Wilkinson | Boston | 8 |
| 8 | Rob Grant II | Ashfield | 8 |
| 9 | David Mason | Rye House | 8 |
| 10 | Chris Courage | Newport | 8 |
| 11 | Andrew Moore | Sheffield | 8 |
| 12 | Ian Barney | Peterborough | 7 |
| 13 | Barrie Evans | Mildenhall | 3 |
| 14 | Paul Burnett | Buxton | 3 |
| 15 | Rob Hollingworth | Boston | 2 |
| 16 | Chris Schramm | Peterborough | 1 |
| 17 | Graig Gough (res) | Newport | 0 |