1993 British League Division Two season

The 1993 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom.^[1]

1993 British League Division Two season

League	British League Division Two
No. of competitors	11
Champions	Glasgow Tigers
Knockout Cup	Glasgow Tigers
Individual	Gary Allan
Fours	Edinburgh Monarchs
Highest average	Jason Crump
Division/s above	British League (Div 1)
← 1992 1994 →

Summary

The title was won by the Glasgow Tigers.^[2]

Final table

Pos	Team	PL	W	D	L	BP	Pts
1	Glasgow Tigers	40	27	1	12	19	74
2	Long Eaton Invaders	40	25	0	15	13	63
3	Peterborough Panthers	40	24	0	16	13	61
4	Swindon Robins	40	23	1	16	13	60
5	Edinburgh Monarchs	40	20	1	19	15	56
6	Newcastle Diamonds	40	21	2	17	8	52
7	Middlesbrough Bears	40	21	0	19	8	50
8	Rye House Rockets	40	20	0	20	9	49
9	Sheffield Tigers	40	15	0	25	5	35
10	Exeter Falcons	40	12	0	28	3	27
11	Oxford Cheetahs	40	9	1	30	4	23

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1993 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 26th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition.^[3]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
21/05	Peterborough	79-29	Oxford
09/05	Newcastle	57-50	Edinburgh
07/05	Edinburgh	61-47	Newcastle
05/05	Long Eaton	80-28	Sheffield
29/04	Sheffield	45-63	Long Eaton
14/04	Oxford	49-58	Peterborough

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
15/08	Rye House	64-43	Peterborough
13/08	Peterborough	72-36	Rye House
01/07	Middlesbrough	51-57	Glasgow
30/06	Long Eaton	53-54	Edinburgh
21/06	Exeter	57-51	Swindon
20/06	Edinburgh	60-48	Long Eaton
20/06	Glasgow	70-38	Middlesbrough
19/06	Swindon	60-48	Exeter

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
08/10	Peterborough	55-53	Glasgow
03/10	Glasgow	73-35	Peterborough
07/08	Swindon	61-47	Edinburgh
06/08	Edinburgh	60-48	Swindon

Final

First leg

Swindon Robins	54 – 54	Glasgow Tigers
	[4]

16 October 1993

Abbey Stadium

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers Mick Powell 15 Róbert Nagy 13 Nigel Crabtree 10 David Walsh 10 James Grieves 9 Jesper Olsen 4 David Nagel 3	64 – 44	Swindon Robins
	[5]

17 October 1993

Shawfield Stadium

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 118–98.

Riders' Championship

Gary Allan won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 25 September at the Norfolk Arena.^[6]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total
1	Gary Allan	3 2 3 3 2	13+3
2	Mick Poole	2 3 2 3 3	13+2
3	Tony Langdon	3 2 3 3 1	12+3
4	Paul Thorp	2 1 3 3 3	12+2
5	Jan Staechmann	3 2 3 1 3	12+1
6	Jason Crump	2 3 r 2 2	9
7	Robert Nagy	3 r 1 1 3	8
8	Jens Rasmussen (res)	2 1 2 2 1	8
9	Martin Goodwin	0 3 2 r 2	7
10	Peter Carr	1 0 2 2 2	7
11	Neil Collins	1 3 1 1 0	6
12	Daz Sumner	0 2 1 0 1	4
13	Les Collins	0 0 0 2 1	3
14	Nigel Crabtree	1 1 0 1 0	3
15	Kenny McKinna	1 1 0 0 0	2
16	Mark Simmonds	0 0 1 0 0	1
17	Mark Thorpe	- - - - -	0

• f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 25 July.^[7]

Final

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Edinburgh	22	Collins L 7, McKinna 6, Coles 6, Lamb 3
2	Swindon	20	Allan 9, Crump 5, Rossiter 4, Leaver 2
3	Long Eaton	18	Hellsen 7, Steachmann 4, Dixon 4, Collins N 3
4	Rye House	12	Teurnberg 5, Goodwin 3, Rasmussen 2, O'Brien 2, Pedersen 0

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Jason Crump	Swindon	10.50
Róbert Nagy	Glasgow	10.18
Jan Stæchmann	Long Eaton	10.16
Paul Thorp	Newcastle	9.90
Neil Collins	Long Eaton	9.60
Mark Thorpe	Newcastle	9.28
Shane Bowes	Glasgow	8.99
Tony Langdon	Oxford	8.99
Gary Allan	Swindon	8.93
Mick Poole	Peterborough	8.90

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

• Michael Coles 8.57
• Kenny McKinna 8.25
• Les Collins 8.12
• Vesa Ylinen 7.43
• Scott Lamb 6.96
• Kevin Little 6.29
• Sean Courtney 5.77
• Peter Scully 5.68
• Mike Lewthwaite 5.33
• Stewart McDonald 3.53

Exeter

• Richard Green 7.97
• Gordon Kennett 6.93
• Paul Fry 6.88
• Mark Simmonds 6.01
• Scott Pegler 5.57
• Tommy Palmer 5.52
• Frank Smart 4.91
• David Steen 4.76
• Václav Verner 4.59
• Ian Humphreys 2.73
• Graeme Gordon 1.22

Glasgow

• Robert Nagy 10.18
• Shane Bowes 8.99
• Nigel Crabtree 8.12
• David Walsh 7.75
• Mick Powell 7.43
• James Grieves 6.72
• Jesper Olsen 6.29
• David Nagel 4.43

Long Eaton

• Jan Stæchmann 10.16
• Neil Collins 9.60
• Carl Blackbird 8.08
• Martin Dixon 7.79
• David Blackburn 7.51
• Richard Hellsen 7.15
• Mike Hampson 5.68
• Steve Johnston 5.64
• Nigel Sparshott 4.58
• Ade Hoole 4.52
• Ian Barney 1.70

Middlesbrough

• Steve Regeling 7.75
• Brett Saunders 7.60
• Daz Sumner 7.44
• Mike Smith 6.53
• Paul Pickering 6.46
• Mark Courtney 6.23
• Wayne Carter 6.15
• Duncan Chapman 4.95
• Chris Readshaw 4.07
• Stuart Swales 3.38

Newcastle

• Paul Thorp 9.90
• Mark Thorpe 9.28
• Garry Stead 7.17
• Richard Juul 5.62
• Scott Robson 5.58
• Stuart Parnaby 5.24
• Phil Jeffrey 4.67
• Stuart Robson 4.35
• Andre Compton 1.10

Oxford

• Tony Langdon 8.99
• Alan Grahame 7.05
• David Smart 6.97
• Andy Meredith 6.35
• Spencer Timmo 5.66
• Rene Madsen 5.53
• Mark Blackbird 5.33
• David Clarke 4.87
• Chris Cobby 4.55
• Andy Hackett .4.41
• Paul Blackbird 4.29
• Gary Sweet 3.30

Peterborough

• Mick Poole 8.90
• Alan Mogridge 7.29
• Eric Monaghan 7.29
• Paul Hurry 7.04
• Rod Colquhoun 6.84
• Hans Clausen 6.72
• Ronni Pedersen 6.56
• Jason Gage 6.51
• Kieran McCullagh 5.44
• Scott Kirton 4.94

Rye House

• Martin Goodwin 8.23
• Jens Rasmussen 8.04
• Jan Pedersen 7.33
• Lawrence Hare 7.11
• Darren Spicer 6.93
• Mikael Teurnberg 6.30
• Trevor O'Brien 5.31
• Paul Whittaker 5.05
• Martin Cobbin 4.43
• Chris Young 3.06

Sheffield

• Roman Matousek 8.58
• Peter Carr 8.57
• Chris Morton 6.66
• Louis Carr 5.91
• David Blackburn 5.86
• Rene Aas 5.66
• Rob Woffinden 5.06
• Glyn Taylor 4.95
• Steve Knott 4.93
• Dean Child 3.72
• Steve Cope 2.80
• Will Beveridge 2.28

Swindon

• Jason Crump 10.50
• Gary Allan 8.93
• Alun Rossiter 7.40
• Gary Chessell 6.60
• Nigel Leaver 6.16
• Glenn Cunningham 6.01
• Steve Camden 4.72
• Steve Masters 3.56
• Andy Mountain 2.67
• Martin Willis 2.40

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
2. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
3. "1993 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
4. "1993 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
5. "Tigers pounce on double". Paisley Daily Express. 19 October 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "Speedway". Sunday Mirror. 26 September 1993. Retrieved 22 June 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
7. "Invaders can't take the heat". Derby Evening Telegraph. 26 July 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.