SGB Championship 2024

Second tier of 2024 British speedway season

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The 2024 SGB Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship.^[1] The league is sponsored by Cab Direct.

Summary

Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,^[1] with Workington Comets replacing Birmingham Brummies following their respective league changes.^[2]^[3] Edinburgh Monarchs once again remained in the league despite problems surrounding their home venue.^[4]

The league format will be the same as in 2023, with each team racing against each other twice (home and away), meaning a total of 16 fixtures each during the season.

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Oxford

Plymouth

Poole

Redcar

Scunthorpe

Workington

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Locations of the 2024 SGB Championship teams

The top four teams qualify for the playoffs. The points limit for team construction was reduced from 40 to 38 points.^[1]

Glasgow Tigers will defend the Championship title that they won in 2023, while Scunthorpe Scorpions will defend the knockout cup and Poole Pirates will defend the BSN Series.

League

Regular season

League table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L	F	A	B	Pts	+/−
1	Poole Pirates	14	7	0	1	4	1	1	694	566	5	28	+128
2	Oxford Cheetahs	12	7	0	0	1	2	2	595	483	5	23	+112
3	Scunthorpe Scorpions	15	7	0	0	2	0	6	705	641	5	23	+64
4	Workington Comets	15	6	0	1	2	0	6	655	695	3	19	-40
5	Glasgow Tigers	12	5	0	1	1	0	5	533	544	2	14	-11
6	Redcar Bears	14	4	0	3	2	0	5	617	642	2	14	-25
7	Plymouth Gladiators	12	4	0	2	1	0	5	512	563	2	12	-51
8	Berwick Bandits	16	4	0	4	1	0	7	663	575	1	11	-112
9	Edinburgh Monarchs	14	4	0	2	0	0	8	596	661	2	10	-65

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away	BER	EDI	GLA	OXF	PLY	POL	RED	SCU	WOR
Berwick		47–43	43–47	45–45	47–42	44–46	47–43	44–46	41–49
Edinburgh	51–39		TBC	46–44	42–48	30/08	44–46	56–34	55–35
Glasgow	48–41	50–40		23/08	58–32	44–46	30/08	48–41	47–43
Oxford	53–37	54–36	21/08		51–39	45–45	53–36	55–34	57–33
Plymouth	53–37	54–34	49–40	31/08		24/08	43–47	46–43	43–47
Poole	52–38	50–40	55–35	41–49	55–35		47–43	52–38	61–29
Redcar	43–47	49–41	50–40	45–45	23/08	41–49		44–46	50–40
Scunthorpe	62–28	50–39	55–35	30/08	62–28	48–42	53–37		54–36
Workington	52–38	61–29	49–41	46–44	TBC	37–53	47–43	51–39

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

Grand final

First leg

October		–

Second leg

October		–

Knockout Cup

The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup is the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.

Round One				Quarter Finals				Semi Finals		Final

				Berwick Bandits	54	27	81
Scunthorpe Scorpions	61	39	100	Scunthorpe Scorpions	36	63	99
Plymouth Gladiators	29	51	80					Scunthorpe Scorpions	29
								Poole Pirates	60
				Poole Pirates	49	43	92
				Edinburgh Monarchs	40	47	87


				Redcar Bears	51	50	101
				Workington Comets	38	40	78
								Redcar Bears
								Oxford Cheetahs
				Glasgow Tigers	51	36	87
				Oxford Cheetahs	39	54	93

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

Final

First Leg

October		–

Second Leg

October		–

BSN Series

Scottish Group ^[6]

Fixtures

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA
Berwick		47–43	48–42
Edinburgh	53–37		50–39
Glasgow	50–40	45–45

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L	F	A	B	Pts	+/−
1	Edinburgh Monarchs (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	191	168	2	8	+23
2	Glasgow Tigers	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	176	183	1	4	-7
3	Berwick Bandits	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	172	188	0	4	-16

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	RED	SCU	WOR
Redcar		42–48	44–46
Scunthorpe	52–38		49–41
Workington	49–41	56–34

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L	F	A	B	Pts	+/−
1	Workington Comets (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	192	168	2	8	+24
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	183	177	1	7	+6
3	Redcar Bears	4	0	0	2	0	0	2	165	195	0	0	-30

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	OXF	PLY	POL
Oxford		46–44	45–44
Plymouth	49–41		43–47
Poole	61–29	58–32

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L	F	A	B	Pts	+/−
1	Poole Pirates (Q)	4	2	0	0	1	0	1	210	149	2	8	+61
2	Oxford Cheetahs	4	2	0	0	0	0	2	161	198	0	4	-37
3	Plymouth Gladiators	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	168	192	1	3	-24

Knockout stages

Semi-finals		Grand Final

Poole Pirates	59

Workington Comets	31



Edinburgh Monarchs	40

Scunthorpe Scorpions	49

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

Grand Final

First leg

		–

Second leg

		–

Pairs Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs will take place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford. The event was won by Redcar Bears.^[7]

Qualifying heats

Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Glasgow Tigers	26	Anders Rowe 14, Chris Harris 12
2	Oxford Cheetahs	24	Sam Masters 14, Scott Nicholls 10
3	Poole Pirates	22	Richard Lawson 13, Ben Cook 9
4	Redcar Bears	20	Charles Wright 14, Danny King 6
5	Scunthorpe Scorpions	17	Michael Palm Toft 9, Kyle Howarth 8
6	Berwick Bandits	13	Lewis Kerr 10, Drew Kemp 3
7	Plymouth Gladiators	12	Dan Thompson 9, Ben Barker 3
8	Workington Comets	11	Troy Batchelor 7, Antti Vuolas 4

Semi-finals

Team One	Team Two	Score
Redcar	Glasgow	7-2
Oxford	Poole	7-2

Final

Team One	Team Two	Score
Redcar	Oxford	7-2

Riders' Championship

The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship will take place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar.

Leading averages

The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.

Squads

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Lee Complin
Leon Flint
Jason Garrad
Chris Harris (C)
Matic Ivačič
James Pearson
Anders Rowe

Also rode

Oxford Cheetahs

Henry Atkins
Ashton Boughen
Cameron Heeps
Jordan Jenkins
Luke Killeen
Scott Nicholls (C)
Sam Masters

Plymouth Gladiators

Ben Barker (C)
Patrick Baek
Alfie Bowtell
Nicolás Covatti
Jacob Hook
Dan Thompson
Joe Thompson

Also rode

Kyle Newman

Poole Pirates

Tom Brennan
Ben Cook (C)
Zach Cook
Vinnie Foord
Sam Hagon
Richard Lawson
Tobias Thomsen

Also rode

Max Perry

Redcar Bears

Connor Bailey
Jason Edwards
Dan Gilkes
Danny King
Jake Mulford
Ben Trigger
Charles Wright (C)

Also rode

Jonas Knudsen

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Nathan Ablitt
Jake Allen
Luke Harrison
Kyle Howarth
Simon Lambert (C)
Connor Mountain
Michael Palm Toft

Workington Comets

Also rode

Celina Liebmann

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Brummies back in top flight". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "Sam McGurk is back for 2024". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024". Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
^ "2024 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
^ "BSN Series". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
^ "Charles Wright helps Redcar Bears pull off incredible comeback". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 22 August 2024.

SGB Championship

2024 Teams

Former Teams

Seasons

Domestic cups

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