1997 Speedway Conference League

The 1997 Speedway Conference League (also called the Amateur League), was the third tier/division of British speedway. It reverted to being the third tier because during the previous season it was inadvertently the second tier competition while the British League ran as a single merged division.[1]

1997 Speedway Conference League
LeagueConference League (also called Amateur League)
Season1997
ChampionsPeterborough Pumas
Division/s above1997 Elite League
1997 Premier League

Summary

The title was won by Peterborough Pumas the junior side belonging to Peterborough Panthers.[2][3]

The majority of the clubs were the junior sides belonging to their respective senior side or a collaboration ran by their senior sides. The Raven Sprockets were a combination of the Reading Racers and Swindon Robins, the Western Warriors were a combination of the Exeter Falcons and Newport Wasps, the Shuttle Cubs were Wolverhampton Wolves and Long Eaton Speedway and finally the Anglian Angels were the Ipswich Witches and Rye House Rockets.

Final league table

[4]

Pos Team Played W D L F A Pts
1Peterborough Pumas242211106472945
2Berwick Border Raiders24172599976736
3Ryde Wight Wizards24151898785731
4Buxton Hitmen24150994890130
5Mildenhall Fen Tigers24132996187428
6St Austell Gulls241301196387126
7Raven Sprockets+241031182084823
8Western Warriors+241001490994620
9Oxford Cubs24901590190918
10Shuttle Cubs+24901579996918
11Lathallan Lighting24701779896714
12Belle Vue Colts247017819102414
13Anglian Angels+24411972510319

+ combined team

Other honours
  • Riders' Championship: Jon Armstrong (Buxton), 13 pts

See also

List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions

References
  1. "1996 tables". Speedway GB.
  2. "1997 tables". Speedway GB.
  3. "Peterborough Panthers". Greyhound Derby.com.
  4. "Table". Speedway Archives.
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