2012 Elite League speedway season

Darcy Ward and Chris Holder were exceptional for the Pirates again but Swindon's triumph (their first since 1967) was put down to a group of riders all maintaining consistent scores.

They were Danes Hans Andersen and Peter Kildemand, Australians Troy Batchelor, Nick Morris and Jason Doyle (the latter recruited from Poole) and Sheffield born Simon Stead.

[3] Lakeside Hammers and British speedway was rocked by the news that one of their leading riders Lee Richardson had been killed in a race at the Olympic Stadium in Wrocław, Poland on 13 May.

Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final The Poole Pirates were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 102-78.

[13][14] Belle Vue Birmingham Coventry Eastbourne King's Lynn Lakeside Peterborough Poole Swindon Wolverhampton