SGB Championship 2024

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

SGB Championship 2024

League	SGB Championship
No. of competitors	9
Champions	TBD
Knockout Cup	TBD
BSN Series	TBD
Pairs	TBD
Riders' Championship	TBD
Highest average	TBD
Division/s above	SGB Premiership
Division/s below	2024 NDL
← 2023 2025 →

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 title, while Scunthorpe Scorpions will defend the knockout cup.

 

Scott Nicholls captains the Oxford Cheetahs

League

Regular season

League table

Pos.	Club	M	Home			Away			F	A	B	Pts	+/−
			W	SHL	L	W	SHL	L
1	Berwick Bandits	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2	Edinburgh Monarchs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Glasgow Tigers	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4	Oxford Cheetahs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5	Plymouth Gladiators	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6	Poole Pirates	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7	Redcar Bears	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8	Scunthorpe Scorpions	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9	Workington Comets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away	BER	EDI	GLA	OXF	PLY	POL	RED	SCU	WOR
Berwick		27/07	22/06	03/08	18/05	04/05	11/05	01/06	10/08
Edinburgh	26/07		09/08	07/06	17/05	21/06	05/07	24/05	19/07
Glasgow	21/06	02/08		23/08	10/05	26/07	24/05	19/07	03/05
Oxford	24/07	29/05	21/08		07/08	19/06	15/05	05/06	26/06
Plymouth	11/06	02/07	10/08	20/07		25/05	04/06	03/08	14/05
Poole	29/05	03/07	31/07	14/08	17/07		05/06	07/08	15/05
Redcar	10/05	14/06	01/06	21/06	23/08	19/07		03/05	02/08
Scunthorpe	07/06	28/06	05/07	10/05	02/08	09/08	31/05		26/07
Workington	11/08	18/05	11/05	25/05	15/06	27/07	03/08	22/06

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 will be 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

Scunthorpe Scorpions

Berwick Bandits

Plymouth Gladiators

Redcar Bears

Workington Comets

Oxford Cheetahs

Glasgow Tigers

Poole Pirates

Edinburgh Monarchs

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		13/04	48–42
Edinburgh	26/04		05/04
Glasgow	19/04	12/04

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	Berwick Bandits	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	48	42	0	2	+6
2	Edinburgh Monarchs	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Glasgow Tigers	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	42	48	0	0	-6

Northern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	RED	SCU	WOR
Redcar		19/04	12/04
Scunthorpe	52–38		29/03
Workington	20/04	06/04

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	Scunthorpe Scorpions	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	52	38	0	2	+14
2	Workington Comets	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Redcar Bears	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	38	52	0	0	-14

Southern Group

Fixtures

Home \ Away	OXF	PLY	POL
Oxford		17/04	TBC
Plymouth	06/04		30/03
Poole	61–29	10/04

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	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	61	29	0	2	+32
2	Plymouth Gladiators	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3	Oxford Cheetahs	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	29	61	0	0	-32

Knockout stages

	Semi-finals						Grand Final

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.

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   Bastian Borke   Jye Etheridge   Freddy Hodder   Danyon Hume   Drew Kemp   Lewis Kerr   Rory Schlein (C)

Edinburgh Monarchs   Michele Paco Castagna (C)   Connor Coles   Lasse Fredriksen   Max James   Josh Pickering   Justin Sedgmen   Kye Thomson

Glasgow Tigers   Lee Complin   Leon Flint   Chris Harris (C)   James Pearson   Ace Pijper   Paul Starke   Steve Worrall

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

Plymouth Gladiators   Ben Barker   Alfie Bowtell   Nicolás Covatti   Jacob Hook   Kyle Newman   Dan Thompson   Joe Thompson

Poole Pirates   Tom Brennan   Ben Cook (C)   Zach Cook   Sam Hagon   Max Perry   Richard Lawson   Tobias Thomsen

Redcar Bears   Connor Bailey   Jason Edwards   Danny King   Jonas Knudsen   Jake Mulford   Ben Trigger   Charles Wright (C)

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

Workington Comets

•   Troy Batchelor
•   Craig Cook (C)
•   Celina Liebmann
•   Sam McGurk
•   Claus Vissing
•   Antti Vuolas
•   Tate Zischke

See also

• List of United Kingdom speedway league champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "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. "2024 Championship table". British Speedway. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
6. "BSN Series". British Speedway. Retrieved 13 January 2023.