- Source: 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
= 'A' Fixtures
== 'B' Fixtures
=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
Final leading averages
Riders & final averages
Belle Vue
Coventry
Eastbourne
Ipswich
Lakeside
Peterborough
Poole
Swindon
Wolverhampton
See also
Speedway in the United Kingdom
List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
Knockout Cup (speedway)