SGB Championship 2020

The SGB Championship 2020 is the second division of Great British speedway. The season will run between March and October 2020, with the league consisting of 12 participating teams. The current league champions are the Leicester Lions, who beat the Glasgow Tigers in the 2019 SGB Championship play-off final, and then completed an excellent 2019 SGB Championship debut season by winning two major trophies. Sheffield Tigers moved up a division to the SGB Premiership in 2020, with two new teams joining the 2020 SGB Championship: the Poole Pirates who dropped down from the SGB Premiership, and Kent Kings, who entered the 2020 SGB Championship despite retaining a team in the 2020 National League. However, Plymouth Gladiators' application to join the 2020 SGB Championship was turned down at the British Speedway Promoters’ Association 2020 AGM. Due to the delayed start of the British speedway caused by the coronavirus and restrcitions put in place by British government on 1 June 2020 Glasgow Tigers announced that they would withdrawn from the SGB Championship because of the delayed start to the league season.

SGB Championship 2020
LeagueSGB Championship
Season2020
ChampionsTBC
IndividualTBC
PairsTBC
FoursTBC
Knockout CupTBC
Division/s aboveSGB Premiership
Division/s belowNational Development League

Regulation changes

At the Speedway AGM in November 2020, a number of changes were made to the rules and regulations for 2020. The biggest change was that teams were grouped by regions with teams in each league regional group racing against each other twice home and away and then once home and away against teams from the other league regional group. The Northern Group consists of Berwick, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Newcastle, Redcar and Scunthorpe, whilst the Southern Group consists of Birmingham, Leicester, Eastbourne, Kent, Poole and Somerset. Also, the play-offs were extended now having 6-teams competing over two legs per match. The league's average points limit was set at 41.00 per team for the 2020 SGB Championship league season.[1].

2020 teams
Locations of the 2020 SGB Championship teams

Berwick Bandits
  • Kyle Bickley
  • Nickolaj Busk Jacoksen
  • Jye Etheridge
  • Leon Flint
  • Daniel Gappmaier
  • Fernando Garcia
  • Aaron Summers

Birmingham Brummies

Eastbourne Eagles

Edinburgh Monarchs

Kent Kings

Leicester Lions

Newcastle Diamonds

Poole Pirates

Redcar Bears

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Somerset Rebels

Results

Teams face each other two times: twice home and once away in their regional league groups and also race once home and away against each team in the other regional league group.
Northern League Regional Group teams: Berwick Bandits, Edinburgh Monarchs, Newcastle Diamonds, Redcar Bears and Scunthorpe Scorpions.
Southern League Regional Group teams: Birmingham Brummies, Eastbourne Eagles, Kent Kings, Leicester Lions, Poole Pirates and Somerset Rebels.

Northern League Group 'A' Fixtures
Home \ Away BER EDB NEW RED SCU
Berwick Bandits 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Edinburgh Monarchs 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Newcastle Diamonds 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Redcar Bears 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Scunthorpe Scorpions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Northern League Group 'B' Fixtures
Home \ Away BER EDB NEW RED SCU
Berwick Bandits 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Edinburgh Monarchs 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Newcastle Diamonds 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Redcar Bears 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Scunthorpe Scorpions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League Group 'A' Fixtures
Home \ Away BRM EAS KK LEI PP SOM
Birmingham Brummies 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Eastbourne Eagles 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kent Kings 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Leicester Lions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Poole Pirates 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Somerset Rebels 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Southern League Group 'B' Fixtures
Home \ Away BRM EAS KK LEI PP SOM
Birmingham Brummies 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Eastbourne Eagles 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kent Kings 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Leicester Lions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Poole Pirates 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Somerset Rebels 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Non Regional Group Fixtures
Home \ Away BER BRM EAS EDB KK LEI NEW PP RED SCU SOM
Berwick Bandits 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Birmingham Brummies 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Eastbourne Eagles 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Edinburgh Monarchs 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Kent Kings 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Leicester Lions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Newcastle Diamonds 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Poole Pirates 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Redcar Bears 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Scunthorpe Scorpions 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Somerset Rebels 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0 0–0
Source: [2]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

League table

Awaiting league start in March 2020

Pos. Club M Home Away F A Pts +/−
W D L 4W 3W D 1L L
1 Berwick Bandits 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
2 Birmingham Brummies 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
3 Eastbourne Eagles 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
5 Kent Kings 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
6 Leicester Lions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
7 Newcastle Diamonds 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
8 Poole Pirates 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
9 Redcar Bears 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
10 Scunthorpe Scorpions 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =
11 Somerset Rebels 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 00 0 =

Six teams will compete in the play-offs for the 2020 SGB Championship title

Play-offs
  Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                         
 
 
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Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red

Quarter-finals
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Semifinals
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Grand final
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SGB Championship Knockout Cup

The 2020 SGB Championship Knockout Cup will be the 53rd edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams.

KO Cup stages
  Preliminary Rounds Quarter Finals Semi Finals Final
                                                     
   
   
  Kent Kings 00 00 00  
  Scunthorpe Scorpions 00 00 00  
 
   
  TBC 00 00 00  
  TBC 00 00 94  
Redcar Bears 00 00 00  
Birmingham Brummies 00 00 00  
  TBC 00 00 00
  TBC 00 00 00  
Edinburgh Monarchs 00 00 00
Newcastle Diamonds 00 00 00  
  TBC 00 00 00
  TBC 00 00 00
       
       
  Somerset Rebels 00 00 00
  TBC 00 00 00  
Leicester Lions 00 00 00
Berwick Bandits 00 00 00  
  TBC 00 00 00
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  Poole Pirates 00 00 00
  Eastbourne Eagles 00 00 00  
 
   

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

Round 1
TBC Redcar Bears 00–00 Birmingham Brummies Media Prima Arena
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TBC Birmingham Brummies 00–00 Redcar Bears Perry Barr Stadium
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TBC Edinburgh Monarchs 00–00 Newcastle Diamonds Lothian Arena
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TBC Newcastle Diamonds 00–00 Edinburgh Monarchs Newcastle Greyhound Stadium
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TBC Leicester Lions 00–00 Berwick Bandits Paul Chapman & Sons Arena
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TBC Berwick Bandits 00–00 Leicester Lions Sheffield Park
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Quarter-finals
TBC Kent Kings 00–00 Scunthorpe Scorpions Central Park Stadium
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TBC Scunthorpe Scorpions 00–00 Kent Kings Eddie Wright Raceway
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TBC Somerset Rebels 00–00 TBC Oak Tree Arena
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TBC TBC 00–00 Somerset Rebels TBC
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TBC Poole Pirates 00–00 Eastbourne Eagles Poole Stadium
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TBC Eastbourne Eagles 00–00 Poole Pirates Arlington Stadium
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Semifinals
TBC TBC 00–00 TBC TBC
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Grand final
TBC TBC 00–00 TBC TBC
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SGB Championship Riders Championship

To be raced at the Owlerton Stadium home of the Sheffield Tigers on Sunday 6 September

SGB Championship Pairs

To be raced at the Oak Tree Arena home of the Somerset Rebels on Friday 17 July

SGB Championship Fours

To be raced at the Paul Chapman & Sons Arena home of the Leicester Lions on Sunday 19 July

Leading averages

Final 2019 SGB Championship up to and including Wednesday 30 October

Rider Team Average
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[3]

See also

References
  1. "British Speedway AGM Statement". Speedway GB. 15 November 2019.
  2. https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/march20%7Ctitle= March Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/april20%7Ctitle- April Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/may20%7Ctitle- May Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/june20%7Ctitle- June Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/july20%7Ctitle- July Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/august20%7Ctitle- August Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/september20%7Ctitle- September Results
    https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/october20%7Ctitle- October Results
    All British Speedway Result Details Are Retrieved From Official Speedway GB Website https://www.speedwaygb.co.uk/
  3. "Final SGB Championship League Averages Issue 34" (PDF). Speedway GB. 30 October 2019.
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