SGB Championship 2022

SGB Championship 2022
League	SGB Championship
No. of competitors	10
Champions	Poole Pirates
Knockout Cup	Poole Pirates
Pairs	Redcar Bears
Riders' Championship	Sam Masters
Jubilee League	suspended
Highest average	Sam Masters
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	SGB National League
	← 2021; 2023 →;

The 2022 SGB Championship season is the 75th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 5th known as the SGB Championship.

Summary[edit]

Eleven clubs competed in the Championship in 2022, with Oxford returning to the sport after a 15 year absence.^[1] The Eastbourne Eagles and the Kent Kings did not compete in the 2022 edition, with the Kings riding in the National Development League as The Royals, and Eastbourne not riding at all.

Alongside the league and Knockout Cup, a new Summer competition was added in form of a group stage before a three team final at Sheffield. The tournament was called 'The Championship Jubilee League' which was eventually suspended until the 2023 season. However the additional fixtures created an issue due to the suspension of fixtures during the Death and state funeral of Elizabeth II and the heavy rain during October. In retrospect an additional event could have been added after the completion of the league and cup fixtures. Poole Pirates dominated the season again and successfully defended their league and knockout cup double crown.^[2]^[3]

Newcastle withdrew from the Championship and closed their doors on June 21. Their results were expunged from the League and they were withdrawn from the Knockout Cup and Jubilee League.^[4]

Locations of the 2022 SGB Championship teams

League[edit]

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Regular Season[edit]

League Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Leicester Lions (SF)	18	9	0	0	3	2	0	1	3	875	742	46	+133
2	Glasgow Tigers (SF)	18	8	1	0	2	2	0	1	4	876	744	40	+132
3	Poole Pirates (QF)	18	7	1	1	2	1	2	2	2	866	752	39	+114
4	Plymouth Gladiators (QF)	18	8	0	1	0	1	1	3	4	825	793	32	+32
5	Edinburgh Monarchs (QF)	18	7	0	2	1	1	0	4	3	806	803	32	+3
6	Redcar Bears (QF)	18	7	0	2	1	1	0	2	5	783	829	30	-46
7	Scunthorpe Scorpions	18	8	0	1	0	0	0	2	7	786	832	26	-46
8	Berwick Bandits	18	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	7	810	809	21	+1
9	Oxford Cheetahs	18	4	0	5	0	1	0	2	6	741	878	17	-137
10	Birmingham Brummies	18	4	0	5	0	1	0	1	7	716	902	16	-188

NOTE: Newcastle’s results were expunged from the table on 28-06-22 following their withdrawal from the 2022 Championship.

(SF) = Qualification for the League Play-off Semi Finals
(QF) = Qualification for the League Play-off Quarter Finals

Fixtures & Results

Home \ Away	BER	BIR	EDI	GLA	LEI	OXF	PLY	POL	RED	SCU
Berwick		58–32	56–34	42–48	41–49	59–31	59–30	45–45	43–47	57–33
Birmingham	48–42		40–50	33–57	38–52	43–47	46–44	35–55	50–40	49–41
Edinburgh	50–40	52–36		39–51	39–50	48–42	48–42	49–41	48–41	49–41
Glasgow	56–34	56–34	46–44		56–34	53–37	49–41	45–45	57–33	59–31
Leicester	55–35	62–28	47–42	52–38		55–35	48–41	48–42	60–30	62–28
Oxford	40–50	42–48	44–46	46–44	43–47		50–40	42–48	47–43	49–40
Plymouth	49–41	46–44	48–42	54–36	60–30	55–35		53–37	39–51	48–42
Poole	49–41	54–36	49–41	51–39	43–47	58–32	45–45		55–34	55–35
Redcar	53–37	50–40	45–39	44–46	48–42	47–43	48–42	40–50		46–44
Scunthorpe	60–30	54–36	51–39	50–40	55–35	54–36	42–48	45–44	47–43

Source: ^[6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League Scoring System

Home loss by any number of points = 0
Home draw = 1
Home win by any number of points = 3
Away loss by 7 points or more = 0
Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
Away draw = 2
Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play-offs[edit]

Quarter Finals					Semi Finals					Final

3	Poole Pirates	60	50	110
4	Plymouth Gladiators	30	40	70	3	Poole Pirates	60	50	110
					2	Glasgow Tigers	30	39	69
										3	Poole Pirates	49	52	101
5	Edinburgh Monarchs	54	41	95						1	Leicester Lions	41	38	79
6	Redcar Bears	36	49	85	5	Edinburgh Monarchs	36	37	73
					1	Leicester Lions	53	53	106

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

Grand Final[edit]

First Leg

26 October	^[7]	Poole Pirates Richard Lawson 12 Zach Cook 10 Steve Worrall 9 Danny King 8 Ben Cook 5 Drew Kemp 4 Nathan Ablitt 1	49–41	Leicester Lions Scott Nicholls (guest) 9 Nick Morris 9 Richie Worrall 8 Connor Mountain 5 Joe Thompson 5 Dan Thompson 4 Max Clegg 1	Poole Stadium Referee(s): Mick Bates

Second Leg

4 November	^[8]	Leicester Lions Nick Morris 7 Connor Mountain 6 Kyle Howarth 6 Richie Worrall 6 Joe Thompson 5 Max Clegg 5 Dan Thompson 3	38–52	Poole Pirates Richard Lawson 14 Steve Worrall 11 Zach Cook 9 Ben Cook 8 Danny King 8 Drew Kemp 2 Nathan Ablitt 0	Adrian Flux Arena Referee(s): Jim McGregor

Knockout Cup[edit]

The 2022 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 54th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 5th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.^[9]

Bracket[edit]

Round One				Quarter Finals				Semi Finals				Final

Newcastle Diamonds	41	32	73

Edinburgh Monarchs	49	58	107
				Edinburgh Monarchs	53	37	91

				Glasgow Tigers	32	52	89
Glasgow Tigers

Bye
								Edinburgh Monarchs	47	35	83

								Redcar Bears	43	54	97
Oxford Cheetahs	47	39	86

Redcar Bears	43	51	94
				Redcar Bears	51	56	107

				Berwick Bandits	39	34	73
Berwick Bandits

Bye
												Redcar Bears	41	38	79

												Poole Pirates	48	52	100
Plymouth Gladiators

Bye
				Plymouth Gladiators	'42	32	74

				Poole Pirates	48	58	106
Poole Pirates

Bye
								Poole Pirates	44	60	104

								Leicester Lions	46	30	76
Leicester Lions	64	30	94

Birmingham Brummies	26	30	56
				Leicester Lions	58	45	101

				Scunthorpe Scorpions	32	45	77
Scunthorpe Scorpions

Bye

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

Final[edit]

First Leg

7 October	^[10]	Redcar Bears Charles Wright 14 Erik Riss 9 Kyle Newman 9 Lewis Kerr 7 Kasper Andersen 2 Jordan Jenkins 2 Jason Edwards 1	41–48	Poole Pirates Danny King 11 Ben Cook 11 Zach Cook 8 Richard Lawson 7 Steve Worrall 5 Nathan Ablitt 3 Drew Kemp 2	Ecco Arena

Second Leg

12 October	^[11]	Poole Pirates Richard Lawson 13 Ben Cook 9 Zach Cook 9 Steve Worrall 9 Danny King 6 Drew Kemp 6 Nathan Ablitt 0	52–38	Redcar Bears Erik Riss 11 Lewis Kerr 6 Kyle Newman 6 Kasper Andersen 4 Jason Edwards 4 Jordan Jenkins 4 Kye Thomson (guest) 3	Poole Stadium

Jubilee League[edit]

The three group winners were supposed to have met in a three-leg final, with each side hosting a leg. However, following the death of the Queen, the competition was initially suspended and then following fixture congestion and weather problems it was decided to hold the final the following season. The decision to hold the final seemed odd because Glasgow had pulled out and Leicester had moved leagues. It was eventually cancelled.^[12]

Group stage[edit]

Scottish Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	BER^[13]	EDB^[14]	GLA^[15]
Berwick Bandits^[13]		44–46	41–46
Edinburgh Monarchs^[14]	51–39		50–40
Glasgow Tigers^[15]	65–25	53–37

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Glasgow Tigers (Q)	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	204	153	9	+51
2	Edinburgh Monarchs	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	184	176	9	+8
3	Berwick Bandits	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	149	208	0	-49

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	LEI^[16]	RED^[17]	SCU^[18]
Leicester Lions^[16]		51–39	56–34
Redcar Bears^[17]	51–39		47–43
Scunthorpe Scorpions^[18]	46–44	50–40

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Leicester Lions (Q)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	190	170	7	+20
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	173	187	7	-14
3	Redcar Bears	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	177	183	6	-6

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	BRM^[19]	OXF^[20]	PLY^[21]	POL^[22]
Birmingham Brummies^[19]		46–44	52–38	34–56
Oxford Cheetahs^[20]	56–34		56–34	45–45
Plymouth Gladiators^[21]	57–32	45–45		39–51
Poole Pirates^[22]	59–31	48–42	62–28

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Poole Pirates (Q)	6	3	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	321	219	19	+102
2	Oxford Cheetahs	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	2	0	288	252	11	+36
3	Birmingham Brummies	6	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	229	310	6	-81
4	Plymouth Gladiators	6	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	241	298	4	-57

Pairs Championship[edit]

The 2022 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs Championship took place on Friday 12 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford.

Result

Group A^[23]
Pos	Club	Riders	Pts
1st	Leicester (Q)	Richie Worrall & Nick Morris	26
2nd	Glasgow (Q)	Benjamin Basso & Danyon Hume	21
3rd	Scunthorpe	James Wright & Simon Lambert	16
4th	Edinburgh	Paco Castagna & Kye Thomsen	15
5th	Birmingham	Justin Sedgman & James Pearson	12

Group B^[23]
Pos	Club	Riders	Pts
1st	Redcar (Q)	Charles Wright & Lewis Kerr	25
2nd	Poole (Q)	Steve Worrall & Danny King	22
3rd	Berwick	Chris Harris & Jye Etheridge	22
4th	Oxford	Scott Nicholls & Aaron Summers	13
5th	Plymouth	Adam Roynon & Ben Morley	8

Semi Finals

Team One	Team Two	Score	Result
Poole	Leicester	6-3	S.Worrall, Morris, King, R.Worrall
Redcar	Glasgow	5-4	Basso, Wright, Kerr, Hume

Final

Team One	Team Two	Score	Result
Redcar	Poole	7-2	Wright, Kerr, King, Worrall (R)

Riders Championship[edit]

The 2022 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place on Wednesday 24 August , at Poole Stadium, Poole.^[24]

Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22
1	(12) Sam Masters (EDI)	12			3					1		3			2						3		12	1	-	1st
2	(6) Danny King (PP)	10		3				3			0							2			2		10	2	1st	2nd
3	(3) Lewis Kerr (RED)	10	3						2				1				3				1		10	4	2nd	3rd
4	(4) Ryan Douglas (SS)	12	2							2				3				3				2	12	2	-	4th
5	(8) Richard Lawson (PP)	10		1						3			2			2			2				10	6	3rd	-
6	(5) Nick Morris (LEI)	10		2			3					1					1					3	10	5	4th	-
7	(15) Josh Pickering (EDI)	9				1			3			2						0	3				9	7	-	-
8	(11) Charles Wright (RED)	9			2				1		2					3						1	9	8	-	-
9	(9) Scott Nicholls (OXF)	9			1		2						3					1		2			9	9	-	-
10	(7) Chris Harris (BER)	7		0					0					1	3					3			7	10	-	-
11	(16) Kyle Howarth (LEI)	7				3				0	3						0			1			7	11	-	-
12	(13) Troy Batchelor (OXF)	6				2	1							2		1					0		6	12	-	-
13	(10) Justin Sedgmen (BIR)	4			0			2						0			2		0				4	13	-	-
14	(17) Ben Cook (PP)	2									1								1				2	14
15	(14) Tom Brennan (GLA)	1				0		1					0		0							0	1	15	-	-
16	(1) Michael Palm Toft (PLY)	1	1				0				-				-				-				1	16	-	-
17	(18) Zach Cook (PP)	1													1								1	17
18	(2) Leon Flint (BER)	0	0					0				0				0				0			0	18	-	-
Placing	Rider	Total	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Pts	Pos	21	22

m - exclusion for exceeding two minute time allowance • t - exclusion for touching the tapes • x - other exclusion • e - retired or mechanical failure • f - fell • ns - non-starter • nc - non-classify

gate A - inside	gate B	gate C	gate D - outside

Leading averages[edit]

Final Averages - SGB Championship, Knockout Cup, Jubilee League and Play-Off Matches only.

	Rider	Team	Average
1	Sam Masters	Edinburgh	10.15
2	Richard Lawson	Poole	9.92
3	Ryan Douglas	Scunthorpe	9.85
4	Josh Pickering	Edinburgh	9.34
5	Danny King	Poole	9.08
6	Nick Morris	Leicester	9.06
7	Kyle Howarth	Leicester	9.02
=8	Chris Harris	Berwick	8.98
=8	Craig Cook	Glasgow	8.98
=8	Steve Worrall	Poole	8.98

Squads & final averages[edit]

Berwick Bandits[edit]

Birmingham Brummies[edit]

Edinburgh Monarchs[edit]

Glasgow Tigers[edit]

Leicester Lions[edit]

Oxford Cheetahs[edit]

Plymouth Gladiators[edit]

Poole Pirates[edit]

Richard Lawson 9.92
Danny King (C) 9.08
Steve Worrall 8.98
Ben Cook 7.59
Zach Cook 7.13
Drew Kemp 5.96
Nathan Ablitt 1.95

Redcar Bears[edit]

Scunthorpe Scorpions[edit]

References[edit]

^ "Speedway and Oxford Cheetahs set to return to Oxford Stadium". Oxford Mail. Retrieved 18 November 2021.
^ "Pirates are Cup Kings". British Speedway. 13 October 2022. Retrieved 13 October 2022.
^ "Pirates Clinch League Title". British Speedway. 5 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ "STATEMENT: NEWCASTLE SPEEDWAY". British Speedway. 21 June 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2022.
^ "2022 Championship Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 9 December 2021.
^ "2022 Championship Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 9 December 2021.
^ "Poole Pirates vs Leicester Lions scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
^ "Leicester v Poole". British Speedway. 4 November 2022. Retrieved 5 November 2022.
^ "2022 Championship KO Cup - British Speedway Official Website". 9 December 2021.
^ "Redcar Bears vs Poole Pirates scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
^ "Poole Pirates vs Redcar Bears scorecard". Speedway GB. 12 October 2022.
^ "CJL FINAL NEXT SPRING". British Speedway. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.
^ "2022 Season Fixtures".
^ "Match Centre | Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway | Official Club Website".
^ "Schedule | the Official Glasgow Tigers Website | Speedway".
^ "2022 FIXTURES, RESULTS & REPORTS - Leicester Lions Speedway - Official Website".
^ "Fixtures/Results".
^ "2022 Scorpions fixtures | Scunthorpe Speedway".
^ "Birmingham Brummies Speedway: 2022 FIXTURES, RESULTS & REPORTS".
^ "Fixtures – OXFORD SPEEDWAY".
^ "Fixtures".
^ "Upcoming Fixtures - Poole Pirates Speedway".
^ ^a ^b "Championship Pairs @ Oxford - British Speedway Official Website". 12 August 2022.
^ "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". British Speedway. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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[6] "2022 Championship Table, Fixtures & Results - British Speedway Official Website". 9 December 2021.

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[11] "Poole Pirates vs Redcar Bears scorecard". Speedway GB. 12 October 2022.

[12] "CJL FINAL NEXT SPRING". British Speedway. 7 November 2022. Retrieved 8 November 2022.

[13] "2022 Season Fixtures".

[14] "Match Centre | Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway | Official Club Website".

[15] "Schedule | the Official Glasgow Tigers Website | Speedway".

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[17] "Fixtures/Results".

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[21] "Fixtures".

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[24] "CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE RIDERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". British Speedway. 24 August 2022. Retrieved 30 September 2022.

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v t e SGB Championship
2024 Teams	Berwick Bandits Edinburgh Monarchs Glasgow Tigers Oxford Cheetahs Plymouth Gladiators Poole Pirates Redcar Bears Scunthorpe Scorpions Workington Comets
Seasons	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Domestic cups	Knockout Cup Pairs Fours Riders' Individual Championship

v t e United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division	1929 1929 1930 1930 1931 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tier Two League Second division	1934 1936 1937 1938 1939 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Tier Three League Third division	1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1994 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Champions	League champions Cup winners

Summary[edit]

League[edit]

Regular Season[edit]

Play-offs[edit]

Grand Final[edit]

Knockout Cup[edit]

Bracket[edit]

Final[edit]

Jubilee League[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pairs Championship[edit]

Riders Championship[edit]

Leading averages[edit]

Squads & final averages[edit]

Berwick Bandits[edit]

Birmingham Brummies[edit]

Edinburgh Monarchs[edit]

Glasgow Tigers[edit]

Leicester Lions[edit]

Oxford Cheetahs[edit]

Plymouth Gladiators[edit]

Poole Pirates[edit]

Redcar Bears[edit]

Scunthorpe Scorpions[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]