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SGB Championship 2024

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

SGB Championship 2024
LeagueSGB Championship
No. of competitors9
ChampionsTBD
Knockout CupTBD
BSN SeriesPoole Pirates
PairsRedcar Bears
Riders' ChampionshipJosh Pickering
Highest averageTBD
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
Division/s below2024 NDL

Summary

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Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,[1] with Workington replacing Birmingham following their respective league changes.[2][3] Edinburgh 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. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series will also both return for 2024, both following the same formats as in 2023.

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

 
Scott Nicholls captains the Oxford Cheetahs

League

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Regular season

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League table[5]

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Pos. Club M Home Away F A B Pts +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
1 Poole Pirates (Q) 16 7 0 1 6 1 1 790 650 7 34 +140
2 Oxford Cheetahs (Q) 16 8 0 0 2 2 4 784 654 8 30 +130
3 Scunthorpe Scorpions (Q) 16 8 0 0 2 0 6 752 684 5 25 +68
4 Workington Comets (Q) 16 7 0 1 2 0 6 709 731 4 22 -22
5 Glasgow Tigers 16 7 0 1 1 0 7 703 734 4 20 -31
6 Redcar Bears 16 5 0 3 2 0 6 707 733 4 18 -26
7 Edinburgh Monarchs 16 5 0 3 0 0 8 688 749 2 12 -61
8 Plymouth Gladiators 16 4 0 4 1 0 7 674 761 2 12 -87
9 Berwick Bandits 16 4 0 4 1 0 7 663 575 1 11 -112

Fixtures & results

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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 49–41 46–44 42–48 43–47 44–46 56–34 55–35
Glasgow 48–41 50–40 46–44 58–32 44–46 48–42 48–41 47–43
Oxford 53–37 54–36 55–35 51–39 45–45 53–36 55–34 57–33
Plymouth 53–37 54–34 49–40 43–47 41–49 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 48–42 41–49 44–46 50–40
Scunthorpe 62–28 50–39 55–35 47–43 62–28 48–42 53–37 54–36
Workington 52–38 61–29 49–41 46–44 54–36 37–53 47–43 51–39
Source: [6]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play Offs

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Semi Finals Grand Final
          
1 Poole Pirates 52 53 105
4 Workington Comets 38 36 74
Poole Pirates
Oxford Cheetahs
3 Scunthorpe Scorpions 44 41 85
2 Oxford Cheetahs 46 49 95

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

Grand Final

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First Leg

5 October Oxford Cheetahs – Poole Pirates Oxford Stadium

Second Leg

9 October Poole Pirates – Oxford Cheetahs Poole Stadium

Knockout Cup

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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 40 69
Poole Pirates 60 50 110
Poole Pirates 49 43 92
Edinburgh Monarchs 40 47 87
Poole Pirates
Oxford Cheetahs
Redcar Bears 51 50 101
Workington Comets 38 40 78
Redcar Bears 40 45 85
Oxford Cheetahs 50 45 95
Glasgow Tigers 51 36 87
Oxford Cheetahs 39 54 93

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

Final

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First Leg

October –

Second Leg

October –

BSN Series

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Scottish Group [7]

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 +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
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 +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
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 +/−
W SHL L W SHL L
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

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Semi-finals Grand Final
        
Poole Pirates 59 45 104
Workington Comets 31 45 76
Poole Pirates 53 57 110
Scunthorpe Scorpions 37 33 70
Edinburgh Monarchs 40 42 82
Scunthorpe Scorpions 49 48 97

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

Final

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First leg

29 September [8] Scunthorpe Scorpions
Luke Harrison 12
Connor Mountain 8
Jake Allen 6
Nathan Ablitt 4
Kyle Howarth 4
Simon Lambert 3
Ashton Boughen (guest) 0 		37–53 Poole Pirates
Zach Cook 15
Richard Lawson 14
Tom Brennan 10
Charles Wright (guest) 8
Sam Hagon 3
Tobias Thomsen 2
Vinnie Foord 1 		Eddie Wright Raceway
Referee(s):
Chris Gay

Second leg

2 October [9] Poole Pirates
Richard Lawson 14
Ben Cook 12
Zach Cook 11
Tom Brennan 10
Tobias Thomsen 6
Dam Hagon 2
Vinnie Foord 2 		57–33 Scunthorpe Scorpions
Simon Lambert 8
Connor Mountain 7
Jake Mulford (guest) 7
Nathan Ablitt 6
Leon Flint (guest) 3
Jake Allen 2
Kyle Howarth r/r 		Poole Stadium
Referee(s):
Simon Humphrey-Kennett

Pairs Championship

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The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium, Oxford. The event was won by Redcar Bears.[10]

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 Result
Redcar Glasgow 7-2 Wright 4, King 3, Rowe 2, Harris 0
Oxford Poole 7-2 Nicholls 4, Masters 3, Lawson 2, Cook 0

Final

Team One Team Two Score Result
Redcar Oxford 7-2 King 4, Wright 3, Masters 2, Nicholls X

Riders' Championship

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The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar on Sunday 15 September. It was won by Josh Pickering.[11]

Pos. Rider Pts Total SF Final
1   Josh Pickering (Edinburgh) 3,1,3,2,2 11 3 3
2   Ben Cook (Poole) 2,0,3,3,3 11 - 2
3   Richard Lawson (Poole) 3,2,2,3,3 13 - 1
4   Antti Vuolas (Workington) 0,1,2,3,3 9 2 0
5   Drew Kemp (Berwick) 2,2,R,1,3 8 1
6   Danny King (Redcar) 3,3,2,2,0 10 0
7   Sam Masters (Oxford) 3,3,3,0,F 9
8   Chris Harris (Glasgow) 2,3,1,1,1 8
9   Jason Edwards (Redcar) 1,2,1,2,2 8
10   Tom Brennan (Poole) 2,1,0,2,2 7
11   Ashton Boughen (Oxford) 1,3,2,0,- 6
12   Dan Thompson (Plymouth) 1,1,3,1,R 6
13   Charles Wright (Redcar) E,2,1,R,2 5
14   Leon Flint (Berwick) 0,0,0,3,1 4
15   Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe) 1,0,R,1,1 3
16   Freddie Hodder (Berwick) -,-,0,F,1 1
17   Danny Phillips (Unattached) -,-,-,1,R 1
18   Michael Palm Toft (Scunthorpe) 0,R,-,-,- 0

Leading averages

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

Squads & final averages

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Averages include 2024 Championship, Knockout Cup and BSN Series matches.

Berwick Bandits

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Edinburgh Monarchs

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Glasgow Tigers

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Oxford Cheetahs

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Also rode

Plymouth Gladiators

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Poole Pirates

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Also rode

Redcar Bears

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Scunthorpe Scorpions

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Workington Comets

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "British Speedway AGM Statement". British Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Brummies back in top flight". Birmingham Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  3. ^ "Sam McGurk is back for 2024". Workington Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  4. ^ "STELLAR MONARCHS TO ROAR INTO 2024". Edinburgh Monarchs Speedway. Retrieved 19 November 2023.
  5. ^ https://britishspeedway.co.uk/2024-championship-table-fixtures-results/
  6. ^ "2024 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  7. ^ "BSN Series". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Scunthorpe Scorpions vs Poole Pirates scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  9. ^ "Poole Pirates vs Scunthorpe Scorpions scorecard" (PDF). Speedway GB.
  10. ^ "Charles Wright helps Redcar Bears pull off incredible comeback". Cumbria Crack. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  11. ^ "Riders' Championship scorecard" (PDF). British Speedway. Retrieved 16 September 2024.
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