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British motorcycle speedway season From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 1989 British League season (also known as the Sunbrite British League for sponsorship reasons) was the 55th season of the top tier of motorcycle speedway in the United Kingdom and the 25th known as the British League.[1]
League | Sunbrite British League |
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Champions | Oxford Cheetahs |
Knockout Cup | Cradley Heathens |
Individual | Shawn Moran |
Highest average | Hans Nielsen |
Division/s below | 1989 National League |
The Coventry Bees were the defending champions from 1988. The league was once again run over a 15-heat formula, with 7 riders per team.[2]
Oxford Cheetahs bounced back to winning ways claiming their third title in five years. The team was led by their double world champion Hans Nielsen who by the end of the season would be world champion for the third time and top the averages for an incredible seventh season running. He was backed up by Simon Wigg, Martin Dugard, Andy Grahame, Marvyn Cox and Troy Butler, all of whom averaged from about 6 to 8 points for the season. The defending champions Coventry could only finish 5th after losing Tommy Knudsen for the season. Cradley Heath won thir 8th Knockout Cup in 11 years (it would also be their last).[3]
Pos | Team | PL | W | D | L | BP | Pts |
1 | Oxford Cheetahs | 32 | 22 | 1 | 9 | 13 | 58 |
2 | Wolverhampton Wolves | 32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 52 |
3 | Cradley Heathens | 32 | 19 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 51 |
4 | Belle Vue Aces | 32 | 19 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 50 |
5 | Coventry Bees | 32 | 15 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 41 |
6 | Swindon Robins | 32 | 12 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 33 |
7 | Reading Racers | 32 | 13 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 32 |
8 | Bradford Dukes | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 3 | 23 |
9 | King's Lynn Stars | 32 | 8 | 1 | 23 | 3 | 20 |
M = Matches; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; Pts = Total Points
The 1989 Speedway Star British League Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier one teams. Cradley Heath Heathens were the winners for the fourth successive year if including the tied 1986 final.[4][5][6]
First round
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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21/04 | Belle Vue | 57-33 | King's Lynn |
08/04 | King's Lynn | 38-52 | Belle Vue |
Quarter-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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26/06 | Reading | 51-39 | Belle Vue |
10/06 | Cradley Heath | 50-40 | Oxford |
09/06 | Belle Vue | 45.5-44.5 | Reading |
09/06 | Oxford | 45-45 | Cradley Heath |
13/05 | Coventry | 45-45 | Bradford |
06/05 | Bradford | 46-44 | Coventry |
22/04 | Swindon | 45-45 | Wolverhampton |
10/04 | Wolverhampton | 49-41 | Swindon |
Semi-finals
Date | Team one | Score | Team two |
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26/08 | Bradford | 57-33 | Wolverhampton |
19/08 | Cradley Heath | 42-48 | Reading |
07/08 | Wolverhampton | 60-30 | Bradford |
31/07 | Reading | 40-50 | Cradley Heath |
Final
First leg
Wolverhampton Wolves Ronnie Correy 9 Robert Pfetzing 8 Andy Phillips 7 Graham Jones 7 Jan Stæchmann 3 Brian Karger (guest) 3 Neil Collins 3 | 41 - 49 | Cradley Heath Kelvin Tatum (guest) 13 Greg Hancock 11 Jimmy Nilsen (guest) 10 Gert Handberg 6 Alan Grahame 6 Simon Cross 2 John Bostin 1 |
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Second leg
Cradley Heath Shawn Moran (guest) 14 Simon Cross 12 Kelvin Tatum (guest) 7 Gert Handberg 5 Greg Hancock 5 Alan Grahame 3 John Bostin 0 | 46 - 44 | Wolverhampton Wolves Jimmy Nilsen (guest) 10 Graham Jones 9 Andy Phillips 6 Robert Pfetzing 6 Ronnie Correy 5 Neil Collins 4 Jan Stæchmann 4 |
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Cradley Heath were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 95-85.
Shawn Moran won the British League Riders' Championship. It was the held at Belle Vue Stadium on 1 October.[8]
Pos. | Rider | Heat Scores | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 3 3 3 3 3 | 15 |
2 | ![]() | 3 3 3 3 2 | 14 |
3 | ![]() | 2 3 2 2 3 | 12 |
4 | ![]() | 1 2 1 2 3 | 9 |
5 | ![]() | 3 2 3 0 0 | 8 |
6 | ![]() | 0 1 3 1 3 | 8 |
7 | ![]() | 2 0 1 3 2 | 8 |
8 | ![]() | 0 2 2 2 2 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 2 0 2 2 1 | 7 |
10 | ![]() | 3 1 1 1 1 | 7 |
11 | ![]() | 1 1 2 3 0 | 7 |
12 | ![]() | 1 3 0 0 1 | 5 |
13 | ![]() | 1 2 0 1 1 | 5 |
14 | ![]() | 2 0 0 1 2 | 5 |
15 | ![]() | 0 1 1 0 0 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 0 | 0 |
17 | ![]() | 0 0 | 0 |
18 | ![]() | 0 r(inj) | 0 |
Rider | Club | Average |
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Oxford | 10.91 |
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Cradley | 10.22 |
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Cradley | 9.97 |
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Wolverhampton | 9.85 |
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Belle Vue | 9.68 |
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Coventry | 9.49 |
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Cradley | 9.13 |
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Reading | 8.61 |
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Swindon | 8.41 |
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Belle Vue | 8.29 |
Belle Vue
Bradford
Coventry
Cradley Heath
Kings Lynn
Oxford
Reading
Swindon
Wolverhampton