2003 Elite League speedway season

2003 Elite League speedway season
League	Sky Sports Elite League
Champions	Poole Pirates
Knockout Cup	Poole Pirates
Riders Championship	Lee Richardson
Highest average	Jason Crump
Division/s below	Premier League; Conference League
	← 2002; 2004 →;

The 2003 Elite League speedway season was the 69th season of the top 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]^[2]^[3]

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Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		43–47	41–49	56–34	44–46	42–48	45–44	49–41
Coventry Bees	50–40		48–42	48–42	49–41	51–39	43–47	49–41
Eastbourne Eagles	47–43	47–43		50–40	47–43	55–35	43–46	47–42
Ipswich Witches	47–43	36–54	49–41		39–51	42–47	40–50	47–43
Oxford Silver Machine	51–39	46–44	47–43	51–38		48–42	41–49	58–32
Peterborough Panthers	53–37	43–47	52–38	62–28	59–31		47–43	53–37
Poole Pirates	54–36	43–47	60–30	49–40	51–39	46–44		58–32
Wolverhampton Wolves	48–42	51–39	48–42	49–41	53–37	53–37	45–45

Home \ Away	BV	COV	EAS	IPS	OX	PET	PP	WOL
Belle Vue Aces		47–43	45–45	51–37	49–41	47–43	47–43	51–39
Coventry Bees	48–42		51–38	54–36	47–43	52–38	43–47	49–41
Eastbourne Eagles	56–34	44–46		54–36	52–38	61–29	43–47	46–38
Ipswich Witches	46–44	46–44	47–43		41–49	33–57	39–51	40–50
Oxford Silver Machine	52–38	52–38	46–44	58–32		46–44	62–28	62–28
Peterborough Panthers	53–37	48–42	56–34	62–28	54–36		48–42	58–32
Poole Pirates	46–44	52–38	47–43	57–33	46–44	53–37		47–43
Wolverhampton Wolves	47–43	49–41	53–37	60–30	54–36	53–37	46–44

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
23/05	Peterborough	52-38	Coventry
09/05	Oxford	55-35	Ipswich
05/05	Ipswich	41-49	Oxford
21/04	Coventry	52-38	Peterborough
21/04	Wolverhampton	57-33	Belle Vue
18/04	Belle Vue	49-41	Wolverhampton
18/04	Eastbourne	40-32	Poole
18/04	Poole	56-34	Eastbourne
10/09 (replay)	Peterborough	44-46	Coventry
03/09 (replay)	Coventry	61-29	Peterborough

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
11/10	Coventry	50-40	Wolverhampton
10/10	Oxford	46-44	Poole
08/10	Wolverhampton	48-41	Coventry
15/09	Poole	56-34	Oxford

Season summary

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Lee Richardson	2 3 2 2 2	11	2	3
2	Andreas Jonsson	3 0 3 3 1	10	3	2
3	Scott Nicholls	3 0 3 3 2	11	x	1
4	Jason Crump	2 3 2 3 3	13	x	ret
5	Billy Janniro	2 3 2 2 1	10	1
6	Dean Barker	3 2 3 3 0	11	0
7	Mark Loram	3 1 1 0 3	8
8	Todd Wiltshire	1 2 1 1 2	7
9	Tony Rickardsson	0 2 3 1 0	6
10	Mikael Max	1 3 0 2 0	6
11	Leigh Adams	2 2 1 0 1	6
12	Peter Karlsson	0 1 0 1 3	5
13	Charlie Gjedde	0 1 2 2 0	5
14	Joe Screen	1 1 0 0 2	4
15	Jason Lyons	1 0 0 1 1	3
16	David Norris	0 0 1 0	1
17	Chris Harris (res)	3	3