SGB Championship 2018

SGB Championship 2018
League	SGB Championship
Champions	Workington Comets
Knockout Cup	Workington Comets
Individual	Craig Cook
Pairs	Sheffield Tigers
Fours	Peterborough Panthers
Championship Shield	Workington Comets
Highest average	Craig Cook
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	National League
	← 2017; 2019 →;

The SGB Championship 2018 was the 2018 season of the second division of Great British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2018 and consisted of 11 teams participating.^[3]

Workington Comets completed the treble winning the playoffs, Championship Shield and the Knockout Cup. It was the first league title win since their formation in 1970.^[4]^[5]

League

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

Results

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA	IPS	LAK	NEW	PET	RED	SCU	SHF	WRK
Berwick Bandits		51–39	58–32	50–40	49–41	57–32	55–35	51–38	54–36	53–37	43–47
Edinburgh Monarchs	42–48		56–33	51–39	57–33	46–44	48–42	69–21	65–25	54–36	65–25
Glasgow Tigers	49–41	56–34		47–42	51–38	58–32	47–43	54–36	54–36	53–37	50–40
Ipswich Witches	43–47	53–37	41–49		51–39	60–29	41–49	48–42	51–38	50–40	43–47
Lakeside Hammers	56–34	54–36	50–40	52–37		48–42	40–50	56–34	61–29	51–39	56–32
Newcastle Diamonds	47–43	53–37	35–54	45–45	53–37		47–43	64–26	42–48	54–36	49–41
Peterborough Panthers	47–43	48–42	49–41	45–45	52–38	49–41		51–39	48–42	49–41	33–57
Redcar Bears	50–40	33–57	48–42	41–49	37–53	52–38	42–48		52–38	47–42	45–44
Scunthorpe Scorpions	45–45	53–37	46–44	30–59	44–45	50–40	40–50	65–25		56–34	54–36
Sheffield Tigers	58–32	45–45	56–34	52–38	38–52	35–55	45–45	38–52	37–53		48–42
Workington Comets	59–31	48–42	48.5–41.5	50–40		63–27	52–38	47–43	52–38	51–39

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

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

The following SGB Championship league match was not completed during the league season
Workington Comets Vs Lakeside Hammers

Table

Final SGB Championship League Table Up To And Including Sunday 16 September

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Peterborough Panthers	20	8	1	1	3	1	1	3	2	914	866	45	+48
2	Glasgow Tigers	20	10	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	929.5	866.5	40	+63
3	Workington Comets	19	9	0	0	1	2	0	2	5	877.5	829.5	39	+52
4	Lakeside Hammers	19	9	0	1	2	1	0	0	6	900	805	38	+95
5	Berwick Bandits	20	9	0	1	0	2	1	2	5	924	874	37	+50
6	Edinburgh Monarchs	20	9	0	1	1	0	1	2	6	960	839	35	+121
7	Ipswich Witches	20	6	0	4	2	0	2	1	5	915	880	31	+35
8	Newcastle Diamonds	20	7	1	2	1	0	0	2	7	869	926	28	-57
9	Scunthorpe Scorpions	20	6	1	3	1	1	0	1	7	854	941	27	-87
10	Redcar Bears	20	6	0	4	1	0	0	2	7	803	994	24	-191
11	Sheffield Tigers	20	4	2	4	0	0	0	3	7	847	952	17	-105

^[7]

Play-offs

Semi Finals				Grand Final

Peterborough Panthers	44	34	78

Lakeside Hammers	46	56	102
				Lakeside Hammers	44	29	73

				Workington Comets	34	61	95
Glasgow Tigers	51	38	89

Workington Comets	38	52	90

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

Semi-finals

7 October	^[8]	Peterborough Panthers	44–46	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Peter Clarke

24 October	^[9]	Lakeside Hammers	56–34	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): David Watters

14 October at 1:30 pm	^[10]	Glasgow Tigers	51–38	Workington Comets	Peugeot Ashfield Referee(s): Jim McGregor

14 October at 7:30 pm	^[11]	Workington Comets	52–38	Glasgow Tigers	Derwent Park Referee(s): Margaret Vardy

Grand final

27 October	^[5]^[12]	Lakeside Hammers Nick Morris 12 Richard Lawson 10 Adam Ellis 9 Ben Morley 5 Zach Wajtknecht 4 Kyle Newman 2 Alfie Bowtell 2	44–34	Workington Comets Mason Campton 9 Nikolai Klindt 8 Rasmus Jensen 6 Rene Bach 6 Tero Aarnio 5 Kyle Bickley 0 Dan Bewley R/R	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Margaret Vardy

28 October	^[5]^[13]	Workington Comets Nikolai Klindt 15 Rasmus Jensen 14 Tero Aarnio 11 Rene Bach 10 Kyle Bickley 6 Mason Campton 5 Ty Proctor R/R	61–29	Lakeside Hammers Adam Ellis 9 Richard Lawson 8 Nick Morris 5 Kyle Newman 4 Zach Wajtknecht 2 Alfie Bowtell 1 Ben Morley 0	Derwent Park Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

SGB Championship Knockout Cup

The 2018 SGB Championship Knockout Cup was the 51st edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.^[14]

KO Cup stages

Preliminary Rounds				Quarter Finals				Semi Finals				Final

Sheffield Tigers	44	50	94

Redcar Bears	28	40	68
				Sheffield Tigers	51	34	85

				Scunthorpe Scorpions	39	56	95



								Scunthorpe Scorpions	59	39	98

								Peterborough Panthers	31	51	82
Ipswich Witches	35	34	79

Lakeside Hammers	34	49	83
				Lakeside Hammers	38	40	78

				Peterborough Panthers	52	38	90



												Scunthorpe Scorpions	54	28	82

												Workington Comets	36	62	98
Edinburgh Monarchs	46	46	92

Glasgow Tigers	44	43	87
				Edinburgh Monarchs	57	42	99

				Berwick Bandits	33	48	81



								Edinburgh Monarchs	59	29	88

								Workington Comets	31	61	92



				Newcastle Diamonds	40	29	69

				Workington Comets	50	61	111

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

First round

31 May	^[15]	Sheffield Tigers	44–28	Redcar Bears	Owlerton Stadium Referee(s): Phil Griffin

1 June	^[16]	Redcar Bears	40–50	Sheffield Tigers	Media Prima Arena Referee(s): Darren Hartley

3 May	^[17]	Ipswich Witches	35–54	Lakeside Hammers	Foxhall Stadium Referee(s): Mick Bates

4 May	^[18]	Lakeside Hammers	49–41	Ipswich Witches	Arena-Essex Raceway Referee(s): Paul Carrington

26 May	^[19]	Edinburgh Monarchs	46–44	Glasgow Tigers	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Michael Breckon

27 May	^[20]	Glasgow Tigers	43–46	Edinburgh Monarchs	Peugeot Ashfield Referee(s): Graham Flint

Quarter-finals

28 June	^[21]	Sheffield Tigers	51–39	Scunthorpe Scorpions	Owlerton Stadium Referee(s): Phil Griffin

29 June	^[22]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	56–34	Sheffield Tigers	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Mick Bates

23 September	^[23]	Peterborough Panthers	52–38	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Mick Bates

30 September	^[24]	Lakeside Hammers	40–38	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Darren Hartley

29 June	^[25]	Edinburgh Monarchs	57–33	Berwick Bandits	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Jim McGregor

30 June	^[26]	Berwick Bandits	48–42	Edinburgh Monarchs	Shielfield Park Referee(s): Michael Breckon

8 July	^[27]	Newcastle Diamonds	40–50	Workington Comets	Newcastle Stadium Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

21 September	^[28]	Workington Comets	61–29	Newcastle Diamonds	Derwent Park Referee(s): Michael Breckon

Semi-finals

5 October	^[29]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	59–31	Peterborough Panthers	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Mick Bates

13 October	^[30]	Peterborough Panthers	51–39	Scunthorpe Scorpions	East of England Showground Referee(s): Dave Watters

28 September	^[31]	Edinburgh Monarchs	59–31	Workington Comets	Lothian Arena Referee(s): Ronnie Allan

29 September	^[32]	Workington Comets	61–29	Edinburgh Monarchs	Derwent Park Referee(s): Staurt Wilson

Final

First leg

21 October	^[5]^[33]	Scunthorpe Scorpions Steve Worrall 12 Jason Garrity 11 Ricky Wells 9 Jake Allen 9 Stefan Nielsen 7 Gino Manzares 6 Danny Phillips 0	54–36	Workington Comets Rasmus Jensen 15 Mason Campton 8 Rene Bach 5 Paul Starke 3 Nikolai Klindt 4 Kyle Bickley 1 Ty Proctor R/R	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Stuart Wilson

Second leg

25 October	^[5]^[34]	Workington Comets Rasmus Jensen 16 Rene Bach 15 Nikolai Klindt 14 Mason Campton 11 Claus Vissing 5 Kyle Bickley 1 Ty Proctor R/R	62–28	Scunthorpe Scorpions Jake Allen 10 Stefan Nielsen 6 Steve Worrall 5 Thomas Jørgensen 3 Jason Garrity 2 Gino Manzares 2 Danny Phillips 0	Derwent Park Referee(s): Chris Durno

Workington were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 98–82.

Championship Shield

Borders Group

Home \ Away	BER	EDB	GLA	WRK
Berwick Bandits		53–37	47–43	45–45
Edinburgh Monarchs	51–39		41–48	44–46
Glasgow	54–36	49–41		33–56
Workington Comets	45–45	47–43	45–45

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

Final Championship Shield Borders Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Workington Comets	6	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	284	255	14	+29
2	Glasgow Tigers	6	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	272	266	13	+6
3	Berwick Bandits	6	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	265	275	9	-10
4	Edinburgh Monarchs	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	1	2	257	282	4	-27

^[35]

Northern Group

Home \ Away	NEW	RED	SCU	SHF
Newcastle Diamonds		51–39	46–44	53–37
Redcar Bears	58–32		36–54	39–51
Scunthorpe Scorpions	50–40	58–32		49–31
Sheffield Tigers	59–31	49–40	52–38

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

Final Championship Shield Northern Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	Scunthorpe Scorpions	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	293	247	14	+46
2	Sheffield Tigers	6	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	289	250	13	+39
3	Newcastle Diamonds	6	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	253	287	9	-34
4	Redcar Bears	6	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	244	295	3	-51

^[36]

Southern Group

Home \ Away	IPS	LAK	PET
Ipswich Witches		44–45	44–46
Lakeside Hammers	54–35		50–40
Peterborough Panthers	46–44	53–37

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

Final Championship Shield Southern Group Table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away					F	A	Pts	+/−
Pos.	Club	M	W	D	L	4W	3W	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts	+/−
1	lakeside Hammers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	193	165	10	+28
2	Peterborough Panthers	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	185	175	9	+10
3	Ipswich Witches	4	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	160	198	0	-38

^[37]

Play-offs

Semi Finals				Grand Final

Scunthorpe Scorpions	45	35	80

Workington Comets	45	54	96
				Workington Comets	46	52	98

				Lakeside Hammers	44	38	82
Lakeside Hammers	50	44	94

Peterborough Panthers	40	46	86

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

Semi-finals

7 September	^[38]	Scunthorpe Scorpions	45–45	Workington Comets	Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Chris Durno

22 September	^[39]	Workington Comets	54–35	Scunthorpe Scorpions	Derwent Park Referee(s): Peter Clarke

29 September	^[40]	Lakeside Hammers	50–40	Peterborough Panthers	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Darren Hartley

30 September	^[41]	Peterborough Panthers	46–44	Lakeside Hammers	East of England Showground Referee(s): Graham Reeve

Final

19 October	^[42]	Lakeside Hammers	44–46	Workington Comets	Rye House Stadium Referee(s): Chris Gay

29 October	^[43]	Workington Comets	52–38	Lakeside Hammers	Derwent Park Referee(s): Jim McGregor

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship for the second time. The final was held on 2 September at Owlerton Stadium.^[44]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Craig Cook	1 3 3 R 3	10	3	3
2	Richard Lawson	3 3 0 3 2	11	-	2
3	Kyle Howarth	3 3 1 3 1	11	-	1
4	Erik Riss	3 1 3 1 3	11	2	0
5	Charles Wright	3 3 2 0 1	9	1
6	Ty Proctor	2 1 3 FX 3	9	0
7	Tero Aarnio	0 2 2 3 2	9
8	Aaron Summers	2 2 0 3 1	8
9	Ben Barker	1 0 3 2 2	8
10	Steve Worrall	1 EX 2 1 3	7
11	Scott Nicholls	0 2 2 2 0	6
12	Ricky Wells	1 EX 1 2 2	6
13	Michael Palm Toft	2 1 0 1 1	5
14	Josh Auty	2 1 F -	5
15	Kevin Doolan	0 0 1 2 0	3
16	Nico Covatti	0 0 0 1 0	1
16	Kyle Bickley (res)	1	1

f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The SGB Championship Pairs was held at Oaktree Arena on 20 July. The event was won by Sheffield Tigers for the second consecutive year.^[45]^[46]^[47]

Group A
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Peterborough	21	Palm Toft 15, Nicholls 6
2	Lakeside	21	Lawson 13, Morris 8
3	Edinburgh	20	Wells 12, Riss 8
4	Berwick	14	Summers 9, Doolan 5
5	Scunthorpe	14	Allen 9, Auty 5

Group B
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Sheffield	22	Wright C 12, Howarth 10
2	Workington	20	Klindt 12, Proctor 8
3	Redcar	20	Barker 10, Jorgensen 10
4	Ipswich	19	Schlein 15, Covatti 4
5	Glasgow	9	Harris 5, Starke 4

Semi finals

Sheffield bt Lakeside 7-2
Workington bt Peterborough 7-2

Final

Sheffield bt Workington 5-4

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the SGB Championship Fours for the second successive year, held on 1 July 2018, at the Media Prime Arena.^[48]^[49]

Qualifying
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Peterborough	18	Palm Toft 6, Wilson-Dean 6, Nicholls 3, Ostergaard 3,
2	Edinburgh	17	Riss E 6, Andersson 4, Riss M 4, Pickering 2, Ruml 1
3	Lakeside	13	Morris 6, Ellis 5, Lawson 1, Bowtell 1
4	Glasgow	13	Harris 4, Kerr 4, Vissing 3, Worrall 2
5	Sheffield	13	Kurtz 5, Bjerre 5, Wright 3, Nicol 0
6	Workington	11	Bewley 4, Proctor 4, Jensen 3, Campton 0

Qualifying (cont)
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
7	Berwick	11	Summers 5, Etheridge 3, Jakobsen 1, Howe 1, Doolan 1
8	Ipswich	10	Covatti 6, Schlein 3, Heeps 1, Hume 0
9	Redcar	10	Andersen M 3, Jorgensen 3, Andersen J 2, Barker 2
10	Newcastle	9	Aarnio 3, Robson 2, Morris 2, Kus 2
11	Scunthorpe	7	Auty 4, Manzares 1, Allen 1, Garcia 1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Peterborough	22	Palm Toft 7, Nicholls 6, Ostergaard 5, Wilson-Dean 4
2	Edinburgh	19	Riss E 9, Pickering 4, Andersson 4, Riss M 1, Ruml 1
3	Glasgow	17	Harris 6, Kerr 5, Vissing 4, Worrall 3
4	Lakeside	14	Morris 9, Ellis 4, Lawson 1, Bowtell 0

Final leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Craig Cook	Glasgow	11.05
Ricky Wells	Edinburgh	9.54
Nick Morris	Lakeside	9.46
Richard Lawson	Lakeside	9.41
Danny King	Ipswich	9.25
Josh Auty	Scunthorpe	9.08
Rory Schlein	Ipswich	9.01
Erik Riss	Edinburgh	8.86
Charles Wright	Sheffield	8.76
Scott Nicholls	Peterborough	8.70

^[50]

Teams and final averages

Berwick Bandits

Edinburgh Monarchs

Glasgow Tigers

Ipswich Witches

Lakeside Hammers

Newcastle Diamonds

Peterborough Panthers

Redcar Bears

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Sheffield Tigers

Workington Comets

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v t e Speedway in the United Kingdom
Current leagues	SGB Premiership SGB Championship National Development League List of champions
Former leagues	Elite League Premier League National League (1932–1964) Provincial League (1960–1964) British League British League Division Two/National League Conference League National League Division Two National League Division Three English Dirt Track League/Northern League Southern League (1929–1931) Southern League (1952–1953) Provincial League (1936–1937) Southern Area League
Current team competitions	Knockout Cup League Pairs champions League Fours champions
Former team competitions	London Cup Midland Cup Craven and Young Shields Premiership Shield
Current individual competitions	British Speedway Championship League Riders' champions British U-21 British U-19 Scottish Open
Former individual competitions	London Riders' Midland Riders' Northern Riders' Southern Riders' Olympique Internationale
See also	Speedway British Speedway Promoters' Association Speedway Control Bureau

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 2025
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 2025
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 2025
Champions	League champions Cup winners

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
Former Teams	Birmingham Brummies Eastbourne Eagles Ipswich Witches Kent Kings Lakeside Hammers Leicester Lions Newcastle Diamonds Peterborough Panthers Sheffield Tigers Somerset Rebels
Seasons	2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025
Domestic cups	Knockout Cup Pairs Fours Riders' Individual Championship

League

Results

Table

Play-offs

Semi-finals

Grand final

SGB Championship Knockout Cup

KO Cup stages

Final

Championship Shield

Riders' Championship

Pairs

Fours

Final leading averages

Teams and final averages

See also

References