A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | CH | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9
| League | SGB Championship |
|---|---|
| Champions | Leicester Lions |
| Knockout Cup | Redcar Bears |
| Shield | Leicester Lions |
| Individual | Erik Riss |
| Pairs | Glasgow Tigers |
| Fours | Somerset Rebels |
| Highest average | Sam Masters |
| Division/s above | SGB Premiership |
| Division/s below | National Development League |
The SGB Championship 2019 was the second division of British speedway. The season ran between March and October 2019 and consisted of 12 participating teams. The defending league champions were the Workington Comets, who completed an excellent 2018 season winning three major trophies.
SUmmary
Four new teams joined the SGB Championship in 2019 with two of them dropping down from the 2018 SGB Premiership league season these teams were Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels with Ipswich Witches and Peterborough Panthers moving in the opposite direction. Two teams from the third tier of British speedway the National League Birmingham Brummies and Eastbourne Eagles moved up into this season's league while the Lakeside Hammers did not compete.[1][2][3]
On 14 January 2019, the Workington Comets management announced that they would not be competing in the league in 2019 for financial reasons.[4]
Regulation changes
At the Speedway AGM in November 2018, a number of changes were made to the rules and regulations for 2019. The biggest change was the lowering of teams' points averages to 38.00 per team; this was done to reduce the running costs of teams. Riders who started out in the National League would receive a 2.5% reduction on their average. New riders who have previously ridden in the professional leagues in either Poland, Sweden or Denmark would automatically be given a 5.00 average and riders who have never ridden in these leagues would be awarded a 4.00 average. There were a number of line-up changes for the 2019 season. The Leicester Lions and Somerset Rebels dropped down from the SGB Premiership after the 2018 season.[5]
League table
Final Table Up To And Including Friday 4 October
| Pos. | Club | M | Home | Away | F | A | Pts | +/− | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | D | L | 4W | 3W | D | 1L | L | |||||||
| 1 | Leicester Lions | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 961 | 816 | 50 | +145 |
| 2 | Glasgow Tigers | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 945 | 818 | 48 | +127 |
| 3 | Redcar Bears | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 917 | 858 | 36 | +57 |
| 4 | Somerset Rebels | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 912 | 880 | 36 | +32 |
| 5 | Berwick Bandits | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 884 | 912 | 30 | -28 |
| 6 | Sheffield Tigers | 20 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 878 | 921 | 30 | -43 |
| 7 | Scunthorpe Scorpions | 20 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 899 | 898 | 29 | +1 |
| 8 | Edinburgh Monarchs | 20 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 887 | 890 | 28 | -3 |
| 9 | Eastbourne Eagles | 20 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 862 | 891 | 27 | -29 |
| 10 | Newcastle Diamonds | 20 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 852 | 913 | 22 | -59 |
| 11 | Birmingham Brummies | 20 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 782 | 982 | 18 | -200 |
Results
Teams face each other two times: once home and once away.