Coventry Speedway 2008 Season Compiled By Stuart Staite-Aris and Associates November 2018 2008 SEASON SUMMARY Date Meeting Number Event Opponent Home or Away Individual Winner Won or Lost Coventry Score Opponent Score Additional Notes 13/03/2008 1 INTER LEAGUE CHALLENGE MATCH SHEFFIELD AWAY WON 56 37 14/03/2008 2 INTER LEAGUE CHALLENGE MATCH SHEFFIELD HOME WON 61 31 17/03/2008 3 CRAVEN SHIELD WOLVERHAMPTON AWAY LOST 37 53 21/03/2008 4 CRAVEN SHIELD WOLVERHAMPTON HOME WON 59 33 23/03/2008 5 ELITE SHIELD SWINDON AWAY LOST 35 57 First Leg 24/03/2008 6 ELITE SHIELD SWINDON HOME WON 52 41 Second leg 28/03/2008 7 CRAVEN SHIELD BELLE VUE HOME WON 54 39 31/03/2008 8 ELITE LEAGUE A EASTBOURNE HOME LOST 43 47 04/04/2008 9 ELITE LEAGUE A IPSWICH HOME WON 52 37 05/04/2008 10 ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS KINGS LYNN AWAY R/O Coventry - Chris Harris and Rory Schlein 11/04/2008 11 ELITE LEAGUE A BELLE VUE HOME DRAW 45 45 14/04/2008 12 CRAVEN SHIELD BELLE VUE AWAY LOST 42 50 16/04/2008 13 ELITE LEAGUE A POOLE AWAY LOST 39 53 18/04/2008 14 ELITE LEAGUE A POOLE HOME WON 48 45 28/04/2008 15 ELITE LEAGUE A BELLE VUE AWAY R/O 30/04/2008 16 CRAVEN SHIELD POOLE AWAY LOST 34 58 Semi Final First Leg 02/05/2008 17 CRAVEN SHIELD POOLE HOME WON 58 32 Semi Final Second Leg 05/05/2008 18 ELITE LEAGUE A WOLVERHAMPTON AWAY WON 45 44 08/05/2008 19 ELITE LEAGUE A SWINDON AWAY LOST 43 49 12/05/2008 20 ELITE LEAGUE A LAKESIDE HOME LOST 41 49 26/05/2008 21 ELITE LEAGUE A PETERBOROUGH HOME R/O 26/05/2008 22 ELITE LEAGUE A PETERBOROUGH AWAY R/O 29/05/2008 23 BRITISH FINAL SWINDON AWAY Scott Nicholls Staged at Swindon 30/05/2008 24 ELITE LEAGUE A WOLVERHAMPTON HOME ABANDONED 22 14 Abandoned after heat 6 stadium power failure 06/06/2008 25 ELITE LEAGUE B BELLE VUE HOME WON 52 40 16/06/2008 26 KNOCKOUT CUP BELLE VUE AWAY LOST 44 49 Second Round First Leg 20/06/2008 27 KNOCKOUT CUP BELLE VUE HOME WON 56 37 Second Round Second Leg 22/06/2008 28 TESTIMONIAL HOME Scott Nicholls Steve Johnston Testimonial 30/06/2008 29 ELITE LEAGUE A LAKESIDE AWAY LOST 29 63 02/07/2008 30 ELITE LEAGUE B POOLE AWAY LOST 36 54 04/07/2008 31 ELITE LEAGUE B POOLE HOME LOST 37 56 05/07/2008 32 ELITE LEAGUE A EASTBOURNE AWAY LOST 40 50 07/07/2008 33 ELITE LEAGUE B BELLE VUE AWAY LOST 43 46 10/07/2008 34 ELITE LEAGUE A IPSWICH AWAY LOST 43 50 11/07/2008 35 ELITE LEAGUE A SWINDON HOME WON 52 41 14/07/2008 36 WORLD CUP HOME Denmark World Cup Event 2 21/07/2008 37 ELITE LEAGUE B LAKESIDE HOME LOST 42 51 25/07/2008 38 ELITE LEAGUE A WOLVERHAMPTON HOME WON 48 45 28/07/2008 39 ELITE LEAGUE A PETERBOROUGH HOME WON 48 42 30/07/2008 40 ELITE LEAGUE B LAKESIDE AWAY LOST 37 56 07/08/2008 41 ELITE LEAGUE A PETERBOROUGH AWAY LOST 38 51 08/08/2008 42 ELITE LEAGUE B EASTBOURNE HOME WON 52 41 11/08/2008 43 KNOCKOUT CUP POOLE HOME DRAW 45 45 Semi Final First Leg 13/08/2008 44 KNOCKOUT CUP POOLE AWAY DRAW 45 45 Semi Final Second Leg 17/08/2008 45 ELITE LEAGUE PAIRS SWINDON AWAY Coventry - Hans Andersen 14 and Chris Harris 9 Coventry Pair Won 18/08/2008 46 ELITE LEAGUE B WOLVERHAMPTON AWAY LOST 43 47 20/08/2008 47 ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP BIRMINGHAM AWAY R/O 21/08/2008 48 ELITE LEAGUE B SWINDON AWAY LOST 22/08/2008 49 ELITE LEAGUE B PETERBOROUGH HOME WON 59 37 25/08/2008 50 ELITE LEAGUE B IPSWICH HOME DRAW 45 45 Afternoon Meeting 4.30pm start time 01/09/2008 51 ELITE LEAGUE B BELLE VUE AWAY ABANDONED 14 10 Abandoned after heat 4 due to Rain 03/09/2008 52 KNOCKOUT CUP POOLE AWAY LOST 36 56 Semi Final Replay First Leg 04/09/2008 53 ELITE LEAGUE B IPSWICH AWAY ABANDONED Abandoned before the Re Run of Heat 1 due to Rain 05/09/2008 54 ELITE LEAGUE B SWINDON HOME R/O 15/09/2008 55 ELITE LEAGUE B PETERBOROUGH AWAY LOST 42 51 18/09/2008 56 ELITE LEAGUE B WOLVERHAMPTON HOME WON 50 40 18/09/2008 57 KNOCKOUT CUP POOLE HOME LOST 38 54 Semi Final Replay Second Leg 20/09/2008 58 ELITE LEAGUE B EASTBOURNE AWAY WON 47 46 22/09/2008 59 ELITE LEAGUE B SWINDON HOME WON 52 43 25/09/2008 60 ELITE LEAGUE B IPSWICH AWAY DRAW 45 45 29/09/2008 61 ELITE LEAGUE B BELLE VUE AWAY R/O 06/10/2008 62 ELITE LEAGUE B BELLE VUE AWAY LOST 40 50 08/10/2008 63 ELITE LEAGUE RIDERS CHAMPIONSHIP BIRMINGHAM AWAY Jason Crump 16/10/2008 64 CRAVEN SHIELD LAKESIDE AWAY WON 47 43 Final First Leg 24/10/2008 65 CRAVEN SHIELD LAKESIDE HOME WON 58 35 Final Second Leg Page 1 Meeting Date Opponents Home or Away Event Result Score Chris Harris Rory Schlein Simon Stead Oliver Allen Billy Janniro Stanislaw Burza Andreas Messing Ben Barker Filip Sitera Hans Andersen Robbie Kessler Josh Auty Guest 1 13 March 2008 Sheffield Away Inter League Challenge Match Won 56-37 4 9 4 6 1 5 12 4 7 2 5 11 2 4 7 3 4 4 1 2 14 March 2008 Sheffield Home Inter League Challenge Match Won 61-31 5 13 1 4 8 1 4 12 4 7 1 5 11 3 4 5 1 4 5 3 3 17 March 2008 Wolverhampton Away Craven Shield Lost 37-53 5 9 4 7 1 4 5 4 7 1 5 8 1 4 0 4 1 4 21 March 2008 Wolverhampton Home Craven Shield Won 59-33 5 8 3 4 7 1 4 12 4 10 5 12 1 4 6 4 4 2 5 23 March 2008 Swindon Away Elite Shield Lost 35-57 6 9 3 4 2 1 4 5 4 3 5 14 3 1 1 4 1 6 24 March 2008 Swindon Home Elite Shield Won 52-41 4 9 5 9 1 4 9 1 4 7 5 11 2 5 7 3 0 7 28 March 2008 Belle Vue Home Craven Shield Won 54-39 5 12 1 5 8 2 4 7 1 4 10 1 4 6 1 4 6 2 4 5 8 31 March 2008 Eastbourne Home Elite League A Lost 43-47 5 11 1 4 4 2 5 9 1 4 8 4 4 2 5 6 3 1 1 9 04 April 2008 Ipswich Home Elite League A Won 52-37 4 5 1 4 5 1 5 13 1 5 12 1 4 8 1 7 9 3 0 0 0 10 11 April 2008 Belle Vue Home Elite League A Draw 45-45 5 8 5 12 4 5 1 4 7 2 4 5 1 5 4 1 3 4 11 14 April 2008 Belle Vue Away Craven Shield Lost 42-50 6 9 2 5 9 5 3 1 6 14 1 3 0 5 7 1 12 16 April 2008 Poole Away Elite League A Lost 39-53 6 13 1 5 6 2 1 1 6 13 2 5 4 1 6 2 13 18 April 2008 Poole Home Elite League A Won 48-45 5 9 2 5 8 1 4 5 4 8 4 5 2 5 10 1 3 3 1 14 30 April 2008 Poole Away Craven Shield Semi Final Lost 34-58 5 13 4 5 4 5 4 1 1 5 5 3 4 1 1 4 4 15 02 May 2008 Poole Home Craven Shield Semi Final Won 58-32 5 14 1 4 6 5 14 1 6 14 3 6 9 4 1 16 05 May 2008 Wolverhampton Away Elite League A Won 45-44 5 13 5 4 5 9 1 5 8 2 7 9 3 2 1 17 08 May 2008 Swindon Away Elite League A Lost 43-49 5 12 5 8 1 5 9 1 5 5 4 4 0 6 9 18 12 May 2008 Lakeside Home Elite League A Lost 41-49 5 10 5 10 2 5 8 5 3 2 7 9 1 3 1 19 30 May 2008 Wolverhampton Home Elite League A Abandoned 22-14 2 6 1 3 2 3 1 2 5 1 3 2 20 06 June 2008 Belle Vue Home Elite League B Won 52-40 5 13 5 11 1 4 8 3 5 1 4 5 2 5 6 1 4 4 2 3 1 21 16 June 2008 Belle Vue Away Knockout Cup Lost 44-49 5 15 5 5 1 4 4 1 4 1 1 0 6 10 2 5 9 1 22 20 June 2008 Belle Vue Home Knockout Cup Won 56-37 3 5 5 10 1 6 15 2 5 12 2 6 9 2 5 5 1 23 30 June 2008 Lakeside Away Elite League A Lost 29-63 6 12 6 5 5 6 1 1 0 6 1 6 5 24 02 July 2008 Poole Away Elite League B Lost 36-54 6 14 6 6 5 9 1 5 4 1 3 0 25 04 July 2008 Poole Home Elite League B Lost 37-56 4 4 5 2 5 3 2 5 3 1 26 05 July 2008 Eastbourne Away Elite League A Lost 40-50 6 7 4 5 2 16 28 2 27 07 July 2008 Belle Vue Away Elite League A Lost 43-46 5 7 6 11 5 12 1 4 1 1 5 6 1 5 6 3 20 28 2 28 10 July 2008 Ipswich Away Elite League A Lost 43-50 5 14 1 6 14 4 5 5 7 2 3 1 7 2 29 11 July 2008 Swindon Home Elite League A Won 52-41 5 16 4 6 1 4 7 1 4 6 4 5 2 2 0 7 12 3 30 21 July 2008 Lakeside Home Elite League B Lost 42-51 3 6 5 7 4 8 1 2 0 5 14 2 6 4 5 3 31 25 July 2008 Wolverhampton Home Elite League A Won 48-45 5 6 3 5 8 1 5 13 5 14 1 3 1 7 6 1 32 28 July 2008 Peterborough Home Elite League A Won 48-39 5 9 1 4 8 1 5 12 1 4 8 4 4 2 3 0 5 7 1 33 30 July 2008 Lakeside Away Elite League B Lost 37-56 4 4 1 5 15 4 4 4 4 4 1 6 9 34 07 August 2008 Peterborough Away Elite League A Lost 38-51 5 9 2 4 6 4 7 1 5 8 4 2 1 3 0 5 6 3 0 36 08 August 2008 Eastbourne Home Elite League B Won 52-41 5 11 5 8 3 4 8 1 4 7 1 4 8 2 5 8 37 11 August 2008 Poole Home Knockout Cup Draw 45-45 5 10 4 10 1 4 3 4 5 1 5 4 1 3 1 5 12 3 2 1 37 13 August 2008 Poole Away Knockout Cup Draw 45-45 5 10 4 8 1 4 5 1 4 8 2 4 1 5 11 2 4 2 1 38 18 August 2008 Wolverhampton Away Elite League B Lost 43-47 5 11 1 3 4 6 1 4 6 2 6 3 5 12 1 5 2 39 21 August 2008 Swindon Away Elite League B Lost 39-51 5 9 4 7 4 7 3 4 1 1 5 4 1 5 11 3 0 40 22 August 2008 Peterborough Home Elite League B Won 59-36 5 14 1 2 2 4 10 2 4 6 1 7 13 2 5 13 2 1 1 41 25 August 2008 Ipswich Home Elite League B Draw 45-45 5 11 5 10 5 4 4 2 2 6 5 2 5 13 42 01 September 2008 Belle Vue Away Elite League B Abandoned 14-10 1 2 1 1 2 1 3 2 2 1 2 2 1 1 3 1 1 43 03 September 2008 Poole Away Knockout Cup Lost 36-56 7 14 3 2 5 2 1 6 4 1 4 0 5 14 44 15 September 2008 Peterborough Away Elite League B Lost 42-51 6 13 5 6 5 0 4 1 5 6 1 5 16 1 45 18 September 2008 Wolverhampton Home Elite League B Won 53-40 5 12 3 7 1 5 10 1 6 6 2 5 7 1 46 18 September 2008 Poole Home Knockout Cup Lost 38-54 6 10 5 5 5 5 2 4 10 1 6 11 2 47 20 September 2008 Eastbourne Away Elite League B Won 47-46 6 10 2 5 16 10 8 2 48 22 September 2008 Swindon Home Elite League B Won 52-43 6 16 5 10 1 4 2 1 5 6 1 5 12 2 19 21 3 49 25 September 2008 Ipswich Away Elite League B Draw 45-45 6 8 1 5 8 2 5 9 1 6 6 5 6 2 50 06 October 2008 Belle Vue Away Elite League B Lost 40-50 2 3 5 5 2 4 6 1 4 4 1 6 5 1 3 3 3 1 1 5 13 1 51 16 October 2008 Lakeside Away Craven Shield Final Won 47-43 5 9 4 4 1 2 0 4 3 6 14 4 4 2 5 13 6 14 52 24 October 2008 Lakeside Home Craven Shield Final Won 58-35 5 6 2 4 6 2 4 8 2 4 7 1 4 12 4 5 2 5 14 1 Coventry Bees Averages 2008 Season "Sky Sports" Elite League Matches Only Matches Rides Points Bonus Points Average 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Retired Excluded Hans Andersen 9 43 97 7 9.02 23 11 6 2 0 1 Chris Harris 28 138 273 17 7.91 49 53 20 9 2 5