SGB Championship 2024
League | SGB Championship |
---|---|
No. of competitors | 9 |
Champions | TBD |
Knockout Cup | TBD |
BSN Series | Poole Pirates |
Pairs | Redcar Bears |
Riders' Championship | Josh Pickering |
Highest average | TBD |
Division/s above | SGB Premiership |
Division/s below | 2024 NDL |
The 2024 SGB Cab Direct Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship.[1]
Summary
Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,[1] with Workington replacing Birmingham following their respective league changes.[2][3] Edinburgh once again remained in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue.[4]
The league format will be the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series will also both return for 2024, both following the same formats as in 2023.
The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The points limit for team construction was reduced from 40 to 38 points.[1]
Glasgow will defend the Championship title that they won in 2023, while Scunthorpe will defend the knockout cup and Poole will defend the BSN Series.
League
Regular season
League table[5]
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Poole Pirates (Q) | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 790 | 650 | 7 | 34 | +140 |
2 | Oxford Cheetahs (Q) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 784 | 654 | 8 | 30 | +130 |
3 | Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q) | 16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 752 | 684 | 5 | 25 | +68 |
4 | Workington Comets (Q) | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 709 | 731 | 4 | 22 | -22 |
5 | Glasgow Tigers | 16 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 703 | 734 | 4 | 20 | -31 |
6 | Redcar Bears | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 707 | 733 | 4 | 18 | -26 |
7 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 16 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 688 | 749 | 2 | 12 | -61 |
8 | Plymouth Gladiators | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 674 | 761 | 2 | 12 | -87 |
9 | Berwick Bandits | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 663 | 575 | 1 | 11 | -112 |
Fixtures & results
Play Offs
Semi Finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||||
1 | Poole Pirates | 52 | 53 | 105 | |||||||||
4 | Workington Comets | 38 | 36 | 74 | |||||||||
Poole Pirates | 39 | ||||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | 51 | ||||||||||||
3 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 44 | 41 | 85 | |||||||||
2 | Oxford Cheetahs | 46 | 49 | 95 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Grand Final
First Leg
5 October | [7] | Oxford Cheetahs Sam Masters 12 Luke Killeen 12 Scott Nicholls 10 Dan Gilkes (guest) 8 Cameron Heeps 6 Jody Scott 2 Ashton Boughen 1 |
51–39 | Poole Pirates Zach Cook 9 Richard Lawson 8 Ben Cook 7 Vinnie Foord 5 Tom Brennan 4 Tobias Thomsen 4 Sam Hagon 2 |
Oxford Stadium Referee(s): Chris Durno |
Second Leg
9 October | Poole Pirates | – | Oxford Cheetahs | Poole Stadium |
Knockout Cup
The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup is the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.
Round One | Quarter Finals | Semi Finals | Final | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Berwick Bandits | 54 | 27 | 81 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scunthorpe Scorpions | 61 | 39 | 100 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 36 | 63 | 99 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Plymouth Gladiators | 29 | 51 | 80 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 29 | 40 | 69 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 60 | 50 | 110 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 49 | 43 | 92 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Edinburgh Monarchs | 40 | 47 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Poole Pirates | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redcar Bears | 51 | 50 | 101 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Workington Comets | 38 | 40 | 78 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Redcar Bears | 40 | 45 | 85 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | 50 | 45 | 95 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Glasgow Tigers | 51 | 36 | 87 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Oxford Cheetahs | 39 | 54 | 93 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First Leg
October | – | |||
Second Leg
October | – | |||
BSN Series
Scottish Group [8]
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Edinburgh Monarchs (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 191 | 168 | 2 | 8 | +23 |
2 | Glasgow Tigers | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 176 | 183 | 1 | 4 | -7 |
3 | Berwick Bandits | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 172 | 188 | 0 | 4 | -16 |
Northern Group
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Workington Comets (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 192 | 168 | 2 | 8 | +24 |
2 | Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 183 | 177 | 1 | 7 | +6 |
3 | Redcar Bears | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 165 | 195 | 0 | 0 | -30 |
Southern Group
Fixtures
Table
Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | B | Pts | +/− | ||||
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W | SHL | L | W | SHL | L | ||||||||
1 | Poole Pirates (Q) | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 210 | 149 | 2 | 8 | +61 |
2 | Oxford Cheetahs | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 161 | 198 | 0 | 4 | -37 |
3 | Plymouth Gladiators | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 168 | 192 | 1 | 3 | -24 |
Knockout stages
Semi-finals | Grand Final | ||||||||||
Poole Pirates | 59 | 45 | 104 | ||||||||
Workington Comets | 31 | 45 | 76 | ||||||||
Poole Pirates | 53 | 57 | 110 | ||||||||
Scunthorpe Scorpions | 37 | 33 | 70 | ||||||||
Edinburgh Monarchs | 40 | 42 | 82 | ||||||||
Scunthorpe Scorpions | 49 | 48 | 97 |
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First leg
29 September | [9] | Scunthorpe Scorpions Luke Harrison 12 Connor Mountain 8 Jake Allen 6 Nathan Ablitt 4 Kyle Howarth 4 Simon Lambert 3 Ashton Boughen (guest) 0 |
37–53 | Poole Pirates Zach Cook 15 Richard Lawson 14 Tom Brennan 10 Charles Wright (guest) 8 Sam Hagon 3 Tobias Thomsen 2 Vinnie Foord 1 |
Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Chris Gay |
Second leg
2 October | [10] | Poole Pirates Richard Lawson 14 Ben Cook 12 Zach Cook 11 Tom Brennan 10 Tobias Thomsen 6 Dam Hagon 2 Vinnie Foord 2 |
57–33 | Scunthorpe Scorpions Simon Lambert 8 Connor Mountain 7 Jake Mulford (guest) 7 Nathan Ablitt 6 Leon Flint (guest) 3 Jake Allen 2 Kyle Howarth r/r |
Poole Stadium Referee(s): Simon Humphrey-Kennett |
Pairs Championship
The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford. The event was won by Redcar Bears.[11]
Qualifying heats
Pos | Team | Pts | Riders |
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1 | Glasgow Tigers | 26 | Anders Rowe 14, Chris Harris 12 |
2 | Oxford Cheetahs | 24 | Sam Masters 14, Scott Nicholls 10 |
3 | Poole Pirates | 22 | Richard Lawson 13, Ben Cook 9 |
4 | Redcar Bears | 20 | Charles Wright 14, Danny King 6 |
5 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 17 | Michael Palm Toft 9, Kyle Howarth 8 |
6 | Berwick Bandits | 13 | Lewis Kerr 10, Drew Kemp 3 |
7 | Plymouth Gladiators | 12 | Dan Thompson 9, Ben Barker 3 |
8 | Workington Comets | 11 | Troy Batchelor 7, Antti Vuolas 4 |
Semi-finals
Team One | Team Two | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Redcar | Glasgow | 7-2 | Wright 4, King 3, Rowe 2, Harris 0 |
Oxford | Poole | 7-2 | Nicholls 4, Masters 3, Lawson 2, Cook 0 |
Final
Team One | Team Two | Score | Result |
---|---|---|---|
Redcar | Oxford | 7-2 | King 4, Wright 3, Masters 2, Nicholls X |
Riders' Championship
The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar on Sunday 15 September. It was won by Josh Pickering.[12]
Pos. | Rider | Pts | Total | SF | Final |
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1 | Josh Pickering (Edinburgh) | 3,1,3,2,2 | 11 | 3 | 3 |
2 | Ben Cook (Poole) | 2,0,3,3,3 | 11 | - | 2 |
3 | Richard Lawson (Poole) | 3,2,2,3,3 | 13 | - | 1 |
4 | Antti Vuolas (Workington) | 0,1,2,3,3 | 9 | 2 | 0 |
5 | Drew Kemp (Berwick) | 2,2,R,1,3 | 8 | 1 | |
6 | Danny King (Redcar) | 3,3,2,2,0 | 10 | 0 | |
7 | Sam Masters (Oxford) | 3,3,3,0,F | 9 | ||
8 | Chris Harris (Glasgow) | 2,3,1,1,1 | 8 | ||
9 | Jason Edwards (Redcar) | 1,2,1,2,2 | 8 | ||
10 | Tom Brennan (Poole) | 2,1,0,2,2 | 7 | ||
11 | Ashton Boughen (Oxford) | 1,3,2,0,- | 6 | ||
12 | Dan Thompson (Plymouth) | 1,1,3,1,R | 6 | ||
13 | Charles Wright (Redcar) | E,2,1,R,2 | 5 | ||
14 | Leon Flint (Berwick) | 0,0,0,3,1 | 4 | ||
15 | Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe) | 1,0,R,1,1 | 3 | ||
16 | Freddie Hodder (Berwick) | -,-,0,F,1 | 1 | ||
17 | Danny Phillips (Unattached) | -,-,-,1,R | 1 | ||
18 | Michael Palm Toft (Scunthorpe) | 0,R,-,-,- | 0 |
Leading averages
The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.
Squads & final averages
Averages include 2024 Championship, Knockout Cup and BSN Series matches.
Berwick Bandits
- Rory Schlein (C) 8.12
- Lewis Kerr 7.34
- Drew Kemp 7.09
- Bastian Borke 6.41
- Jye Etheridge 5.46
- Danyon Hume 5.36
- Freddy Hodder 1.81
Edinburgh Monarchs
- Michele Paco Castagna (C)
- Connor Coles
- Lasse Fredriksen
- Max James
- Josh Pickering
- Justin Sedgmen
- Kye Thomson
Glasgow Tigers
- Chris Harris (C) 9.62
- Steve Worrall 8.07
- Anders Rowe 7.76
- Leon Flint 7.45
- James Pearson 6.29
- Matic Ivačič 4.61
- Jack Smith 4.34
- Ace Pijper 3.33
Oxford Cheetahs
Also rode
Plymouth Gladiators
- Dan Thompson 8.26
- Ben Barker (C) 6.69
- Joe Thompson 6.44
- Kyle Newman 6.18
- Alfie Bowtell 5.46
- Jacob Hook 5.35
- Patrick Baek 3.54
Poole Pirates
Also rode
Redcar Bears
- Charles Wright (C) 9.01
- Danny King 8.31
- Jason Edwards 7.18
- Connor Bailey 5.83
- Dan Gilkes 5.57
- Jake Mulford 5.51
- Jonas Knudsen 5.13
- Ben Trigger 3.53
Scunthorpe Scorpions
- Nathan Ablitt
- Jake Allen
- Luke Harrison
- Kyle Howarth
- Simon Lambert (C)
- Connor Mountain
- Michael Palm Toft
Workington Comets
- Craig Cook (C) 9.02
- Troy Batchelor 8.80
- Tate Zischke 7.28
- Claus Vissing 7.06
- Antti Vuolas 6.71
- Paul Starke 4.97
- Celina Liebmann 2.61
- Sam McGurk 1.78
See also
References
- ^ a b c "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Brummies back in top flight". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "Sam McGurk is back for 2024". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ "STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024". Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
- ^ https://britishspeedway.co.uk/2024-championship-table-fixtures-results/
- ^ "2024 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
- ^ "Oxford Cheetahs vs Poole Pirates scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
- ^ "BSN Series". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
- ^ "Scunthorpe Scorpions vs Poole Pirates scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
- ^ "Poole Pirates vs Scunthorpe Scorpions scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
- ^ "Charles Wright helps Redcar Bears pull off incredible comeback". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
- ^ "Riders' Championship scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 September 2024.