SGB Championship 2019

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The SGB Championship 2019 was the second division of British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The defending league champions were the Workington Comets, who completed an excellent 2018 season winning three major trophies.

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SGB Championship 2019
LeagueSGB Championship
ChampionsLeicester Lions
Knockout CupRedcar Bears
ShieldLeicester Lions
IndividualErik Riss
PairsGlasgow Tigers
FoursSomerset Rebels
Highest averageSam Masters
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
Division/s belowNational Development League
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Four new teams joined the SGB Championship in 2019 with two of them dropping down from the 2018 SGB Premiership league season these teams were Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels with Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers moving in the opposite direction. Two teams from the third tier of British speedway the National League Birmingham Brummies and Eastbourne Eagles moved up into this season's league while the Lakeside Hammers did not compete.[1][2][3]

On 14 January 2019, the Workington Comets management announced that they would not be competing in the league in 2019 for financial reasons.[4]

Regulation changes

At the Speedway AGM in November 2018, a number of changes were made to the rules and regulations for 2019. The biggest change was the lowering of teams' points averages to 38.00 per team; this was done to reduce the running costs of teams. Riders who started out in the National League would receive a 2.5% reduction on their average. New riders who have previously ridden in the professional leagues in either Poland, Sweden or Denmark would automatically be given a 5.00 average and riders who have never ridden in these leagues would be awarded a 4.00 average. There were a number of line-up changes for the 2019 season. The Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels dropped down from the SGB Premiership after the 2018 season.[5]

League table

Final Table Up To And Including Friday 4 October

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Pos. Club M Home Away F A Pts +/−
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Leicester Lions 20 10 0 0 1 4 0 3 2 961 816 50 +145
2 Glasgow Tigers 20 9 0 1 1 5 0 1 2 945 818 48 +127
3 Redcar Bears 20 8 0 2 1 2 0 2 5 917 858 36 +57
4 Somerset Rebels 20 8 0 2 1 2 0 2 5 912 880 36 +32
5 Berwick Bandits 20 9 0 1 0 0 0 3 6 884 912 30 -28
6 Sheffield Tigers 20 8 0 1 0 0 0 2 6 878 921 30 -43
7 Scunthorpe Scorpions 20 6 1 3 1 1 1 1 6 899 898 29 +1
8 Edinburgh Monarchs 20 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 887 890 28 -3
9 Eastbourne Eagles 20 8 0 2 0 1 0 0 8 862 891 27 -29
10 Newcastle Diamonds 20 7 0 3 0 0 0 1 9 852 913 22 -59
11 Birmingham Brummies 20 5 1 4 0 0 1 0 9 782 982 18 -200
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Results

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Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.

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Home \ Away BER BRM EAS EDB GLA LEI NEW RED SCU SHF SOM
Berwick Bandits 52–38 58–32 60–30 48–41 50–40 53–34 43–47 49–41 46–44 55–35
Birmingham Brummies 46–44 51–39 48–36 41–49 35–55 49–41 37–53 45–45 46–44 43–47
Eastbourne Eagles 65–25 37–23 54–36 44–45 44–45 59–31 50–40 56–34 46–44 45–44
Edinburgh Monarchs 52–38 60–30 51–27 43–45 45–44 54–36 49–41 53–37 58–32 57–32
Glasgow Tigers 61–29 62–28 56–33 55–35 47–41 36–24 48–42 37–53 51–39 48–42
Leicester Lions 54–36 58–32 53–37 47–42 46–44 53–37 40–32 58–32 53–37 51–39
Newcastle Diamonds 53–37 54–36 43–47 51–39 47–42 44–46 49–40 54–36 52–38 44–46
Redcar Bears 48–42 51–39 53–37 53–37 44–46 48–42 53–37 43–47 53–37 46–38
Scunthorpe Scorpions 56–34 45–45 54–35 56–34 44–46 40–49 52–38 47–43 55–35 40–50
Sheffield Tigers 46–44 55–35 51–39 49–41 53–37 46–44 48–42 42–48 45–44 52–38
Somerset Rebels 49–41 55–35 54–36 55–35 42–48 42–48 49–41 51–39 55–35 49–41
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Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Leicester Lions 41 50 91
Redcar Bears 49 40 89
Leicester Lions 51 40 91
Glasgow Tigers 39 50 89
Glasgow Tigers 51 42 93
Somerset Rebels 39 48 87

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Semi-finals


4 October [7] Redcar Bears 4149 Leicester Lions Media Prima Arena
Referee(s):
Peter Clarke

12 October [8] Leicester Lions 5040 Redcar Bears Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
Referee(s):
Phil Griffin

1 October [9] Glasgow Tigers 5139 Somerset Rebels The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium
Referee(s):
Malcolm Breckon

2 October [10] Somerset Rebels 4842 Glasgow Tigers Oak Tree Arena
Referee(s):
Chris Durno

Grand final


19 October [11] Leicester Lions
Richard Lawson (guest) 11
Ellis Perks 9
Ryan Douglas 8
Scott Nicholls 7
Ty Proctor 7
Connor Mountain 7
Joe Lawlor 2
5139 Glasgow Tigers
Rasmus Jensen 15
Claus Vissing 8
Craig Cook 6
Mikkel B Andersen 4
Sam Jensen 4
Connor Bailey 2
Kyle Bickley 0
Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
Referee(s):
Ronnie Allan

22 October [12] Glasgow Tigers
Claus Vissing 14
Craig Cook 14
Kyle Bickley 9
Rasmus Jensen 8
Mikkel B Andersen 2
Sam Jensen 2
Connor Bailey 1
5040 Leicester Lions
Ellis Perks 11
Ty Proctor 7
Scott Nicholls 6
Ryan Douglas 5
Steve Worrall (guest) 4
Joe Lawlor 4
Connor Mountain 3
The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium
Referee(s):
Stuart Wilson

Leading averages

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Rider Team Average
Australia Sam MastersEdinburgh10.86
England Craig CookGlasgow10.72
England Charles WrightRedcar9.60
England Chris HarrisSomerset9.37
Australia Rory SchleinSomerset9.37
England Edward KennettEastbourne9.32
England Scott NichollsLeicester9.23
Denmark Rasmus JensenGlasgow9.05
Germany Erik RissRedcar9.00
England Richard LawsonEastbourne8.83
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Knockout Cup

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The 2019 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 52nd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.

KO Cup stages

Preliminary rounds Quarter-finals Semi-finals Final
                    
 
 
Edinburgh Monarchs 41 67 108
Scunthorpe Scorpions 49 23 72
 
 
Edinburgh Monarchs 52 34 86
Newcastle Diamonds 38 56 94
 
 
Newcastle Diamonds 42 57 99
Berwick Bandits 48 33 81
 
 
Newcastle Diamonds 39 47 86
Redcar Bears 51 43 94
 
 
Leicester Lions 33 55 88
Eastbourne Eagles 57 35 92
Eastbourne Eagles 57 40 97
Birmingham Brummies 32 50 82
Eastbourne Eagles 40 48 88
Redcar Bears 50 42 92
Sheffield Tigers 45 36 81
Glasgow Tigers 45 54 99
Glasgow Tigers 39 46 85
Redcar Bears 51 44 95
Redcar Bears 53 44 97
Somerset Rebels 36 46 82

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Round 1


19 April [13] Eastbourne Eagles 5732 Birmingham Brummies Arlington Stadium
Referee(s):
Paul Carrington

29 May [14] Birmingham Brummies 5040 Eastbourne Eagles Perry Barr Stadium
Referee(s):
Christina Turnball

10 May [15] Redcar Bears 5336 Somerset Rebels Media Prima Arena
Referee(s):
Craig Ackroyd

15 May [16] Somerset Rebels 4644 Redcar Bears Oak Tree Arena
Referee(s):
Ronnie Allan

12 May [17] Sheffield Tigers 4545 Glasgow Tigers Owlerton Stadium
Referee(s):
Jim McGregor

28 May [18] Glasgow Tigers 5436 Sheffield Tigers The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium
Referee(s):
Jim McGregor

Quarter-finals


14 April [19] Scunthorpe Scorpions 4941 Edinburgh Monarchs Eddie Wright Raceway
Referee(s):
Peter Griffin

11 May [20] Edinburgh Monarchs 6723 Scunthorpe Scorpions Lothian Arena
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

1 June [21] Berwick Bandits 4842 Newcastle Diamonds Sheffield Park
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

2 June [22] Newcastle Diamonds 5733 Berwick Bandits Newcastle Greyhound Stadium
Referee(s):
Graeme Hunter

30 June [23] Eastbourne Eagles 5733 Leicester Lions Arlington Stadium
Referee(s):
Ronnie Allen

5 July [24] Leicester Lions 5535 Eastbourne Eagles Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
Referee(s):
Darren Hartley

2 July [25] Redcar Bears 5139 Glasgow Tigers Media Prima Arena
Referee(s):
Peter Clarke

5 July [26] Glasgow Tigers 4644 Redcar Bears The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium
Referee(s):
Craig Ackroyd

Semi-finals


12 July [27] Edinburgh Monarchs 5238 Newcastle Diamonds Lothian Arena
Referee(s):
Darren Hartley

14 July [28] Newcastle Diamonds 5634 Edinburgh Monarchs Newcastle Greyhound Stadium
Referee(s):
Richard Breckon

6 September [29] Redcar Bears 5040 Eastbourne Eagles Media Prima Arena
Referee(s):
Phil Griffin

7 September [30] Eastbourne Eagles 4842 Redcar Bears Arlington Stadium
Referee(s):
Christina Turnball

Grand final


11 October [31][32] Redcar Bears
Erik Riss 13
Charles Wright 12
Jake Allen 10
Jordan Stewart 6
Kasper Andersen 5
Nathan Greaves 5
Tom Woolley 0
5139 Newcastle Diamonds
Lasse Bjerre 9
Ulrich Østergaard 9
Steve Worrall 8
Matthew Wethers 8
Danny Phillips 3
Max Clegg 2
Thomas Jørgensen R/R
Media Prima Arena
Referee(s):
Stuart Wilson

27 October [33][34] Newcastle Diamonds
Max Clegg 14
Ulrich Østergaard 10
Steve Worrall 9
Matthew Wethers 8
James Sarjeant 6
Danny Phillips 0
Thomas Jørgensen R/R
4743 Redcar Bears
Erik Riss 14
Jordan Stewart 9
Charles Wright 7
Kasper Andersen 5
Ben Barker 4
Nathan Greaves 3
Tom Woolley 1
Newcastle Greyhound Stadium
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

Championship Shield

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Borders Group

Home \ Away BER EDB GLA NEW
Berwick Bandits 54–36 52–38 52–38
Edinburgh Monarchs 45–44 43–47 51–39
Glasgow Tigers 56–34 53–37 51–39
Newcastle Diamonds 39–51 50–40 44–46
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Borders Group Table
Final Table Up To And Including Friday 24 May

Pos. Club M Home Away F A Pts +/−
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Glasgow Tigers 6 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 291 249 15 +42
2 Berwick Bandits 6 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 287 252 14 +35
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 252 287 6 -35
4 Newcastle Diamonds 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 249 291 3 -42

Northern Group

Home \ Away LEI RED SCU SHF
Leicester Lions 57–33 62–28 47–41
Redcar Bears 41–49 52–38 49–39
Scunthorpe Scorpions 48–42 49–41 50–40
Sheffield Tigers 43–47 56–34 49–41
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern Group Table
Final Table Up To And Including Friday 3 May

Pos. Club M Home Away F A Pts +/−
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Leicester Lions 6 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 304 234 17 +70
2 Scunthorpe Scorpions 6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 254 296 9 -32
3 Sheffield Tigers 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 2 268 268 7 =
4 Redcar Bears 6 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 3 250 288 6 -38

Southern Group

Home \ Away BRM EAG SOM
Birmingham Brummies 37–53 44–46
Eastbourne Eagles 52–38 63–27
Somerset Rebels 52–38 52–38
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern Group Table
Final Table Up To And Including Wednesday 1 May

Pos. Club M Home Away F A Pts +/−
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Eastbourne Eagles 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 206 154 10 +52
2 Somerset Rebels 4 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 177 183 6 -6
3 Birmingham Brummies 4 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 157 203 0 -46

Play-offs

Semi-finals Grand Final
          
Berwick Bandits 36 42 78
Leicester Lions 54 48 102
Leicester Lions 48 55 103
Eastbourne Eagles 42 34 76
Glasgow Tigers 47 34 81
Eastbourne Eagles 43 55 98

Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
The best second place team from the three qualifying group stage also qualified for the semi-finals.

Semi-finals


16 June [35] Leicester Lions 5436 Berwick Bandits Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
Referee(s):
Tony Steele

22 June [36] Berwick Bandits 4248 Leicester Lions Sheffield Park
Referee(s):
Jim McGregor

23 July [37] Glasgow Tigers 4743 Eastbourne Eagles The Peugeot Ashfield Stadium
Referee(s):
Willie Dishington

3 August [38] Eastbourne Eagles 5534 Glasgow Tigers Arlington Stadium
Referee(s):
Seth Perkin

Grand final

14 September [39] Eastbourne Eagles 4248 Leicester Lions Arlington Stadium
Referee(s):
Paul Carrington

15 September [40] Leicester Lions 5534 Eastbourne Eagles Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
Referee(s):
Michael Breckon

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Riders Championship

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Erik Riss won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 1 September at Owlerton Stadium.[41]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1Germany Erik Riss3 1 3 3 21233
2England Danny King1 2 3 1 31022
3Australia Ryan Douglas3 2 3 3 112-1
4Australia Sam Masters3 3 1 3 212-0
5Australia Jake Allen2 2 1 2 3101
6England Adam Ellis3 1 2 3 090
7England Richard Lawson2 3 2 1 19
8England Chris Harris2 3 2 2 09
9Denmark Rasmus Jensen0 0 3 2 38
10Australia Todd Kurtz1 0 1 1 36
11Australia Nick Morris1 3 FX 2 R6
12Australia Zaine Kennedy0 1 2 1 15
13England Steve Worrall1 1 1 R 25
14Australia Jye Etheridge0 2 0 0 24
15England Josh Auty2 FX 0 NS NS2
16England Joe Lawlor (res)0 11
17England Craig CookR R R NS NS0
18England Tom Woolley (res)0 00
  • f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

The following did not partake in the meeting even though they had qualified
Edward Kennett (Eastbourne Eagles), Scott Nicholls (Leicester Lions), Charles Wright (Redcar Bears)

Referee's Official Group Stage Result Score Sheet [42]

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Pairs

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The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 September. The event was won by Glasgow Tigers.[43][44][45]

Semi finals

  • Glasgow bt Sheffield 7–2
  • Leicester bt Birmingham 5–4

Final

  • Glasgow bt Leicester 6–3
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Fours

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Somerset Rebels won the SGB Championship Fours, held on 23 June 2019, at the East of England Arena.[46][47][48][49][50]

Final
Pos Team Pts Riders
1Somerset22Covatti 8, Harris 7, Schlein 6, Kurtz 1
2Glasgow19Cook 9, Jensen 5, Starke 4, Vissing 1
3Sheffield19King 7, Proctor 4, Nicol 4, Howarth 4, Kemp 0
4Eastbourne12Lawson 6, Kennett 4, Kerr 2, Newman 0

King beat Cook (who fell) in a run off for second place.

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Teams and final averages

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Berwick Bandits

27 August Thomas H. Jonasson replaced the injured Nikolaj Busk Jakobsen in the Berwick Bandits team[51]

Birmingham Brummies

7 May Adam Ellis and Nathan Stoneman replaced Kyle Newman and Tobias Thomsen in the Birmingham Brummies team[52]
31 May Tero Aarnio replaced Ulrich Østergaard in the Birmingham Brummies team[53]
1 July Nick Agertoft replaced the retired Zach Wajtknecht and Danyon Hume replaced Nathan Stoneman in the Birmingham Brummies team[54]
23 July Jason Garrity replaced the injured Nick Morris and David Wallinger replaced Danyon Hume in the Birmingham Brummies team[55]
4 August Jordan Jenkins replaced David Wallinger in the Birmingham Brummies team[56]
26 August Tom Perry replaced Jordan Jenkins who quit the Birmingham Brummies team[57]

Eastbourne Eagles

21 May Kyle Newman replaced the injured Tom Brennan in the Eastbourne Eagles team[58]
17 July Jason Edwards replaced Ben Morley in the Eastbourne Eagles team[59]

Edinburgh Monarchs

30 May Victor Palovaara replaced the injured Justin Sedgmen in the Edinburgh Monarchs team[60]
15 July Sam Masters and Matt Marson replaced Victor Palovaara and Joel Andersson in the Edinburgh Monarchs team[61]
1 August James Sarjeant replaced Matt Marson in the Edinburgh Monarchs team[62]

Glasgow Tigers

22 February Kyle Bickley replaced Joe Lawlor in the Glasgow Tigers team[63]
25 May Connor Bailey replaced Luke Chessell in the Glasgow Tigers team[64]
1 August Mikkel B. Andersen replaced James Sarjeant in the Glasgow Tigers team[65]
6 August Sam Jensen replaced the injured Paul Starke in the Glasgow Tigers team[66]

Leicester Lions

10 July Joe Lawlor replaced Jack Thomas in the Leicester Lions team[67]
1 August Ty Proctor replaced the injured Josh Bates in the Leicester Lions team[68]

Newcastle Diamonds

4 March Steve Worrall replaced Nike Lunna in the Newcastle Diamonds team, with them also releasing Victor Palovaara[69]
5 March Simon Lambert was signed to replace Victor Palovaara[70]
29 May Jacob Bukhave replaced Simon Lambert[71]
10 July Ulrich Østergaard replaced Jacob Bukhave[72]

Redcar Bears

3 June Ben Barker was released by the Redcar Bears team[73]
4 June Ulrich Østergaard joined the Redcar Bears team[74]
1 July Erik Riss, Kasper Andersen and Tom Woolley replaced Ulrich Østergaard, Jack Smith and the injured Tom Bacon in the Redcar Bears team[75]

Scunthorpe Scorpions

8 April Danny Ayres replaced Jedd List in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team[76]
29 June Simon Lambert and Ben Barker replaced Josh Bailey and the injured Jason Garrity in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team[77]

Sheffield Tigers

4 June Josh MacDonald replaced Kasper Andersen in the Sheffield Tigers team[78]
31 July Todd Kurtz and Justin Sedgmen replaced Ty Proctor and the injured Broc Nicol in the Sheffield Tigers team[79]
27 August Broc Nicol replaced Drew Kemp in the Sheffield Tigers team[80]

Somerset Rebels

26 July Valentin Grobauer quits racing the Somerset Rebels team[81]
28 July Henry Atkins quits racing the Somerset Rebels team[82]
29 July Nick Morris, Nathan Stoneman and Luke Harris replaced resigned riders Valentin Grobauer, Henry Atkins, and Todd Kurtz in the team[83]

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