List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' champions

The List of United Kingdom Speedway League Riders' Champions is the list of individual riders who have won the United Kingdom's League Riders' Championship that corresponded to the relevant league at the time. The list is split into three divisions, the top tier, the second tier and third tier, all three divisions have been known in various guises such as National League, Premier League, Elite League and many more. This list gives a complete listing of the winners for each season.[1][2]

During some years there was only one or two divisions.[3]

Riders' Championships (chronological order)

Tier One

Tier Two

Tier Three

List of Winners

Year Tier one Year Tier two Year Tier three
1946 Tommy Price 1946 N/A 1946 N/A
1947 Jack Parker 1947 N/A 1947 N/A
1948 Vic Duggan 1948 N/A 1948 N/A
1949 N/A 1949 N/A 1949 N/A
1950 N/A 1950 N/A 1950 Pat Clark
1951 N/A 1951 N/A 1951 Ken Middleditch
1954 N/A 1954 Ken Middleditch 1954 Alby Golden
1955 N/A 1955 N/A 1955 Mike Broadbank
1956 N/A 1956 N/A 1956 Leo McAuliffe
1957 N/A 1957 Leo McAuliffe 1957 N/A
1959 N/A 1959 Dave Hankins 1959 N/A
1960 N/A 1960 Trevor Redmond 1960 Ross Gilbertson
1961 N/A 1961 Reg Reeves 1961 N/A
1962 N/A 1962 Len Silver 1962 N/A
1963 N/A 1963 Ivan Mauger 1963 N/A
1964 N/A 1964 Ivan Mauger 1964 N/A
1965 Barry Briggs 1965 N/A 1965 N/A
1966 Barry Briggs 1966 N/A 1966 N/A
1967 Barry Briggs 1967 N/A 1967 N/A
1968 Barry Briggs 1968 Graham Plant 1968 N/A
1969 Barry Briggs 1969 Geoff Ambrose 1969 N/A
1970 Barry Briggs 1970 Dave Jessup 1970 N/A
1971 Ivan Mauger 1971 John Louis 1971 N/A
1972 Ole Olsen 1972 Phil Crump 1972 N/A
1973 Ivan Mauger 1973 Arthur Price 1973 N/A
1974 Peter Collins 1974 Carl Glover 1974 N/A
1975 Peter Collins 1975 Laurie Etheridge 1975 N/A
1976 Ole Olsen 1976 Joe Owen 1976 N/A
1977 Ole Olsen 1977 Colin Richardson 1977 N/A
1978 Ole Olsen 1978 Steve Koppe 1978 N/A
1979 John Louis 1979 Ian Gledhill 1979 N/A
1980 Les Collins 1980 Wayne Brown 1980 N/A
1981 Kenny Carter 1981 Mike Ferreira 1981 N/A
1982 Kenny Carter 1982 Joe Owen 1982 N/A
1983 Erik Gundersen 1983 Steve McDermott 1983 N/A
1984 Chris Morton 1984 Ian Barney 1984 N/A
1985 Erik Gundersen 1985 Neil Middleditch 1985 N/A
1986 Hans Nielsen 1986 Paul Thorp 1986 N/A
1987 Hans Nielsen 1987 Andrew Silver 1987 N/A
1988 Jan O. Pedersen 1988 Troy Butler 1988 N/A
1989 Shawn Moran 1989 Mark Loram 1989 N/A
1990 Hans Nielsen 1990 Andy Grahame 1990 N/A
1991 Sam Ermolenko 1991 Jan Stæchmann 1991 N/A
1992 Joe Screen 1992 Róbert Nagy 1992 N/A
1993 Per Jonsson 1993 Gary Allan 1993 N/A
1994 Sam Ermolenko 1994 Paul Bentley 1994 Andy Howe
1995 Gary Havelock 1995 Kevin Little 1995 N/A
1996 Sam Ermolenko 1996 Mike Hampson 1996 N/A
1997 Greg Hancock 1997 Peter Carr 1997 Jon Armstrong
1998 Tony Rickardsson 1998 Glenn Cunningham 1998 Steve Bishop
1999 Jason Crump 1999 Sean Wilson 1999 Jonathan Swales
2000 Ryan Sullivan 2000 Carl Stonehewer 2000 Scott Pegler
2001 Jason Crump 2001 Carl Stonehewer 2001 David Mason
2002 Tony Rickardsson 2002 Adam Shields 2002 James Birkinshaw
2003 Lee Richardson 2003 Sean Wilson 2003 Barrie Evans
2004 Bjarne Pedersen 2004 Andre Compton 2004 James Wright
2005 Nicki Pedersen 2005 Sean Wilson 2005 Steve Boxall
2006 Jason Crump 2006 Magnus Zetterström 2006 Adam Roynon
2007 Nicki Pedersen 2007 James Wright 2007 Tai Woffinden
2008 Jason Crump 2008 Tai Woffinden 2008 Benji Compton
2009 Leigh Adams 2009 Ricky Ashworth 2009 Craig Cook
2010 Fredrik Lindgren 2010 Kenni Larsen 2010 Lee Smart
2011 Rory Schlein 2011 Sam Masters 2011 Jason Garrity
2012 Chris Holder 2012 Craig Cook 2012 Ashley Birks
2013 Rory Schlein 2013 Oliver Allen 2013 Steve Boxall[4]
2014 Troy Batchelor 2014 Simon Stead 2014 Danny Halsey
2015 Jason Doyle 2015 Ulrich Østergaard 2015 Ben Morley
2016 Fredrik Lindgren 2016 Simon Stead 2016 Max Clegg
2017 Fredrik Lindgren 2017 Nick Morris 2017 Dan Bewley
2018 Jason Doyle 2018 Craig Cook 2018 Ben Morley
2019 not held 2019 Erik Riss 2019 Anders Rowe
2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19 2020 cancelled due to COVID-19
2021 not held 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19 2021 cancelled due to COVID-19
2022 not held 2022 Sam Masters 2022 Jordan Jenkins[5]
2023 not held 2023 Charles Wright 2023 Connor Bailey
2024 2024 Josh Pickering 2024 not held

References

  1. ^ "British Speedway Archive". Speedway GB. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  2. ^ "League Riders' champions". Speedway Archive. Retrieved 23 July 2021.
  3. ^ Rogers, Martin (1978). The Illustrated History of Speedway. Studio Publications (Ipswich) Ltd. pp. 129–133. ISBN 0-904584-45-3.
  4. ^ "Yes Heathens win the lot". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Jordan's charge". Speedway Star. 1 October 2022. pp. 24–25.