SGB Championship 2019


The SGB Championship 2019 is the second division of Great British speedway. The season runs between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The current league champions are the Workington Comets who completed an excellent 2018 season winning three major trophies. 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.
On 14 January 2019, the Workington Comets management announced that they would not be competing in the league in 2019 for financial reasons.

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.

2019 teams

Berwick Bandits

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

Birmingham Brummies

7 May Adam Ellis and Nathan Stoneman replaced Kyle Newman and Tobias Thomsen in the Birmingham Brummies team
31 May Tero Aarnio replaced Ulrich Ostergaard in the Birmingham Brummies team
1 July Nick Agerlott replaced the retired Zach Wajtknecht and Danyon Hume replaced Nathan Stoneman in the Birmingham Brummies team
23 July Jason Garrity replaced the injured Nick Morris and David Wallinger replaced Danyon Hume in the Birmingham Brummies team
4 August Jordan Jenkins replaced David Wallinger in the Birmingham Brummies team
26 August Tom Perry replaced Jordan Jenkins who quit the Birmingham Brummies team

Eastbourne Eagles

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

Edinburgh Monarchs

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

Glasgow Tigers

22 February Kyle Bickley replaced Joe Lawlor in the Glasgow Tigers team
25 May Connor Bailey replaced Luke Chessell in the Glasgow Tigers team
1 August Mikkel Bb Andersen replaced James Sarjeant in the Glasgow Tigers team
6 August Sam Jensen replaced the injured Paul Starke in the Glasgow Tigers team

Leicester Lions

10 July Joe Lawlor replaced Jack Thomas in the Leicester Lions team
24 July Victor Palovaara replaced the injured Josh Bates in the Leicester Lions team
27 July Leicester Lions attempts to sign Victor Palovaara fell through due to failure to agree terms with his parent club
'1 August Ty Proctor replaced the injured Josh Bates in the Leicester Lions team

Newcastle Diamonds

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

Redcar Bears

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

Scunthorpe Scorpions

8 April Danny Ayers replaced Jedd List in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team
29 June Simon Lambert and Ben Barker replaced Josh Bailey and the injured Jason Garrity in the Scunthorpe Scorpions team

Sheffield Tigers

4 June Josh MacDonald replaced Kasper Andersen in the Sheffield Tigers team
31 July Todd Kurtz and Justin Sedgmen replaced Ty Proctor and the injured Broc Nichol in the Sheffield Tigers team
27 August Broc Nichol replaced Drew Kemp in the Sheffield Tigers team

Somerset Rebels

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

Results

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

Fixtures

League table

Final Table Up To And Including Friday 4 October

Play-offs

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

Semi-finals

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Grand final

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SGB Championship Knockout Cup

The 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.

KO Cup stages

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

Round 1

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Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Grand final

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Championship Shield

Borders Group

Fixtures

Table

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

Northern Group

Fixtures

Table

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

Southern Group

Fixtures

Table

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

Play-offs

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

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Grand final

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SGB Championship Riders Championship

Sunday 1 September staged at Owlerton Stadium, Sheffield

Final

1st Erik Riss
2nd Danny King
3rd Ryan Douglas
4th Sam Masters

Semi final

1st Erik Riss
2nd Danny King
Qualified for the Grand Final
3rd Jake Allen
4th Adam Ellis

Qualifying scores

Sam Masters 12
Ryan Douglas 12
Qualified for the Grand Final
Erik Riss 12
Danny King 10
Jake Allen 10
Adam Ellis 9
Qualified for the Semi Final
Chris Harris 9
Richard Lawson 9
Rasmus Jensen 8
Nick Morris 6
Todd Kurtz 6
Zane Kennedy 5
Steve Worrall 5
Jye Etheridge 4
Josh Auty 2
Joe Lawlor 1
Craig Cook 0
Tom Wooley 0
The following did not partake in the meeting even though they had qualified
Edward Kennett, Scott Nicholls, Charles Wright
Referee's Official Group Stage Result Score Sheet

SGB Championship Pairs

Friday 20 September Staged at Oak Tree Arena, Somerset

Final

beat Leicester Lions

Semi finals

beat Sheffield Tigers

Leicester Lions beat Birmingham Brummies

Qualifying scores

Glasgow Tigers 25

Birmingham Brummies 22

Leicester Lions 21

Sheffield Tigers 20

Qualified for Semi Finals
Scunthorpe Scorpions 20
Redcar Bears 19
Eastbourne Eagles 18
Birmingham Brummies 22
Newcastle Diamonds 15
Somerset Rebels 15
Edinburgh Monarchs 13
Berwick Bandits 10
Referee's Official SGB Championship Pairs Result Score Sheet

SGB Championship Fours

Sunday 23 June staged at East of England Showground, Peterborough

Final

Somerset Rebels 22

Sheffield Tigers 19

Glasgow Tigers 19

Eastbourne Eagles 12



Danny King beat Craig Cook who fell in a run off for second place.

Qualifying scores

Eastbourne Eagles 15

Glasgow Tigers 15

Sheffield Tigers 15

Somerset Rebels 14

Qualified For Final



Edinburgh Monarchs 13

Leicester Lions 12

Newcastle Diamonds 11

Redcar Bears 10

Scunthorpe Scorpions 10

Berwick Bandits 9

Birmingham Brummies 8
SGB Championship Fours Result
Referee's Official Group Stage Result Score Sheet
Referee's Official Final Result Score Sheet

Leading averages

Final SGB Championship Up To And Including Wednesday 30 October
RiderTeamAverage
Craig CookGlasgow10.18
Charles WrightRedcar9.59
Rasmus JensenGlasgow9.05
Sam MastersEdinburgh9.03
Chris HarrisSomerset8.70
Rory SchleinSomerset8.69
Danny KingSheffield8.67
Edward KennettEastbourne8.62
Claus VissingGlasgow8.43
Erik RissRedcar8.41
Nick MorrisSomerset8.38
Scott NichollsLeicester8.35
Richard LawsonEastbourne8.32
Ryan DouglasLeicester8.31
Richie WorrallLeicester8.25
Michael Palm ToftRedcar8.18
Adam EllisBirmingham8.00

Official Speedway GB Green Sheets Averages