SGB Championship 2024
Second tier of 2024 British speedway season
The 2024 SGB Cab Direct Championship season is the 77th season of the second tier of British Speedway and the 7th known as the SGB Championship .[ 1]
Summary
Nine clubs will compete in the Championship during 2024,[ 1] with Workington replacing Birmingham following their respective league changes.[ 2] [ 3] Edinburgh 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. The Cab Direct Knockout Cup and the BSN Series will also both return for 2024, both following the same formats as in 2023.
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 will defend the Championship title that they won in 2023, while Scunthorpe will defend the knockout cup and Poole will defend the BSN Series.
Scott Nicholls captains the Oxford Cheetahs
League
Regular season
Fixtures & results
Source:
[ 6] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Play Offs
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Grand Final
First Leg
5 October
[ 7]
Oxford Cheetahs Sam Masters 12 Luke Killeen 12 Scott Nicholls 10 Dan Gilkes (guest) 8 Cameron Heeps 6 Jody Scott 2 Ashton Boughen 1
51–39
Poole Pirates Zach Cook 9 Richard Lawson 8 Ben Cook 7 Vinnie Foord 5 Tom Brennan 4 Tobias Thomsen 4 Sam Hagon 2
Oxford Stadium Referee(s): Chris Durno
Second Leg
Knockout Cup
The 2024 SGB Championship Knockout Cup is the 56th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams and the 7th edition under the SGB Championship Knockout Cup name.
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First Leg
Second Leg
BSN Series
Scottish Group
[ 8]
Fixtures
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Table
Northern Group
Fixtures
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Table
Southern Group
Fixtures
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source:
[citation needed ] Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Table
Knockout stages
Home team scores are in bold
Overall aggregate scores are in red
Final
First leg
29 September
[ 9]
Scunthorpe Scorpions Luke Harrison 12 Connor Mountain 8 Jake Allen 6 Nathan Ablitt 4 Kyle Howarth 4 Simon Lambert 3 Ashton Boughen (guest) 0
37–53
Poole Pirates Zach Cook 15 Richard Lawson 14 Tom Brennan 10 Charles Wright (guest) 8 Sam Hagon 3 Tobias Thomsen 2 Vinnie Foord 1
Eddie Wright Raceway Referee(s): Chris Gay
Second leg
2 October
[ 10]
Poole Pirates Richard Lawson 14 Ben Cook 12 Zach Cook 11 Tom Brennan 10 Tobias Thomsen 6 Dam Hagon 2 Vinnie Foord 2
57–33
Scunthorpe Scorpions Simon Lambert 8 Connor Mountain 7 Jake Mulford (guest) 7 Nathan Ablitt 6 Leon Flint (guest) 3 Jake Allen 2 Kyle Howarth r/r
Poole Stadium Referee(s): Simon Humphrey-Kennett
Pairs Championship
The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Pairs took place on Friday 16 August, at Oxford Stadium , Oxford. The event was won by Redcar Bears.[ 11]
Qualifying heats
Semi-finals
Team One
Team Two
Score
Result
Redcar
Glasgow
7-2
Wright 4, King 3, Rowe 2, Harris 0
Oxford
Poole
7-2
Nicholls 4, Masters 3, Lawson 2, Cook 0
Final
Team One
Team Two
Score
Result
Redcar
Oxford
7-2
King 4, Wright 3, Masters 2, Nicholls X
Riders' Championship
The 2024 edition of the SGB Championship Riders Championship took place at the Ecco Arena in Redcar on Sunday 15 September. It was won by Josh Pickering .[ 12]
Pos.
Rider
Pts
Total
SF
Final
1
Josh Pickering (Edinburgh)
3,1,3,2,2
11
3
3
2
Ben Cook (Poole)
2,0,3,3,3
11
-
2
3
Richard Lawson (Poole)
3,2,2,3,3
13
-
1
4
Antti Vuolas (Workington)
0,1,2,3,3
9
2
0
5
Drew Kemp (Berwick)
2,2,R,1,3
8
1
6
Danny King (Redcar)
3,3,2,2,0
10
0
7
Sam Masters (Oxford)
3,3,3,0,F
9
8
Chris Harris (Glasgow)
2,3,1,1,1
8
9
Jason Edwards (Redcar)
1,2,1,2,2
8
10
Tom Brennan (Poole)
2,1,0,2,2
7
11
Ashton Boughen (Oxford)
1,3,2,0,-
6
12
Dan Thompson (Plymouth)
1,1,3,1,R
6
13
Charles Wright (Redcar)
E,2,1,R,2
5
14
Leon Flint (Berwick)
0,0,0,3,1
4
15
Simon Lambert (Scunthorpe)
1,0,R,1,1
3
16
Freddie Hodder (Berwick)
-,-,0,F,1
1
17
Danny Phillips (Unattached)
-,-,-,1,R
1
18
Michael Palm Toft (Scunthorpe)
0,R,-,-,-
0
Leading averages
The league averages are the top ten riders' end of season averages.
Squads & final averages
Averages include 2024 Championship, Knockout Cup and BSN Series matches.
Berwick Bandits
Edinburgh Monarchs
Glasgow Tigers
Oxford Cheetahs
Also rode
Plymouth Gladiators
Poole Pirates
Also rode
Redcar Bears
Scunthorpe Scorpions
Workington Comets
See also
References
United Kingdom Speedway Seasons
Tier One League Top division Tier Two League Second division Tier Three League Third division Champions