1992 British League Division Two season

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1992 British League Division Two season
League British League Division Two
No. of competitors11
Champions Peterborough Panthers
Knockout Cup Peterborough Panthers
Individual Róbert Nagy
Fours Peterborough Panthers
Highest average Richard Knight
Division/s above British League (Div 1)

The 1992 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. [1]

Contents

Summary

The title was won by the Peterborough Panthers. [2]

Mildenhall Fen Tigers and Milton Keynes Knights both withdrew from the league in June and their results were expunged. [3]

The season had a sad end when on 13 September Wayne Garratt crashed riding for Newcastle Diamonds against Peterborough. He suffered a brain injury and was placed on a life support machine but died 15 days later. [4]

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1 Peterborough Panthers 2014067½35½
2 Berwick Bandits 201217732
3 Glasgow Tigers 1911087½30½
4 Newcastle Diamonds 201109729
5 Rye House Rockets 191207429
6 Exeter Falcons 209011422
7 Edinburgh Monarchs 208012521
8 Stoke Potters 208012521
9 Long Eaton Invaders 207211420
10 Sheffield Tigers 209110120
11 Middlesbrough Bears 206014213

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1992 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 25th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Peterborough Panthers were the winners of the competition. [5]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
28/06Glasgow39-51Edinburgh
15/08Stoke59-31Exeter
29/06Exeter58-32Stoke
27/05Long Eaton49-41Peterborough
25/05Peterborough57-33Long Eaton
08/05Edinburgh58-32Glasgow

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
31/08Berwick52-38Stoke
31/08Peterborough58-32Edinburgh
29/08Stoke49-41Berwick
14/08Edinburgh50-40Peterborough
31/05Newcastle53-36Middlesbrough
28/05Middlesbrough46-43Newcastle

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
10/10Berwick53-37Rye House
27/09Rye House60-28Berwick
13/09Newcastle49-41Peterborough
11/09Peterborough49-41Newcastle
09/10
replay		Peterborough51-39Newcastle
04/10
replay		Newcastle44-46Peterborough

Final

First leg

Peterborough Panthers
Jason Crump 13
Mick Poole 10
Paul Hurry 9
Neville Tatum 8
Stephen Davies 8
Rod Colquhoun 8
Mark Blackbird 4		60 – 30 Rye House Rockets
Jens Rasmussen 12
Martin Goodwin 8
Mark Courtney 4
Robert Ledwith 3
Mikael Teurnberg 2
Jan Pedersen 1
Sean Courtney 0
[6] [7]
East of England Showground

Second leg

Rye House Rockets
Mikael Teurnberg 16
Martin Goodwin 11
Jens Rasmussen 8
Sean Courtney 6
Jan Pedersen 6
Mark Courtney 3
Robert Ledwith 1		51 – 39 Peterborough Panthers
Mick Poole 9
Neville Tatum 9
Stephen Davies 7
Jason Crump 6
Paul Hurry 5
Rod Colquhoun 3
Mark Blackbird 0
[6] [7]
Arena Essex Raceway

Peterborough were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 99–81.

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Richard Knight Berwick10.32
David Bargh Newcastle9.89
Jan Stæchmann Long Eaton9.87
Neil Evitts Sheffield9.71
Martin Goodwin Rye House9.67
Peter Carr Sheffield9.47
Mark Thorpe Newcastle9.30
Tony Langdon Sheffield9.21
Steve Regeling Middlesbrough9.12
Shane Bowes Glasgow8.96

Riders' Championship

Róbert Nagy won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 19 September at Brandon Stadium. [8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 3 2 2 3 313
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Poole 2 2 3 3 313
3 Flag of England.svg Richard Green 3 3 3 2 fex11
4 Flag of England.svg Martin Goodwin f 3 2 3 210
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Langdon 3 2 0 1 28
6 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Staechmann fex 1 3 1 38
7 Flag of New Zealand.svg David Bargh 2 r 1 2 38
8 Flag of England.svg David Blackburn 3 3 r 0 28
9 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Shane Bowes f 1 3 2 28
10 Flag of England.svg Andy Grahame 1 2 2 1 17
11 Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny McKinna 2 0 1 3 17
12 Flag of England.svg Richard Knight 0 3 1 2 fex6
13 Flag of England.svg Les Collins 2 1 0 1 15
14 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Thorpe 1 0 2 0 ef3
15 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Steve Regeling 1 0 1 r 02
16 Flag of England.svg Paul Whittaker 1 1 0 0 02

Fours

Peterborough Panthers won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 26 July. [9]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Peterborough24Poole 9, Hurry
2Edinburgh23Collins L 8, McKinna,
3Rye House17Goodwin 6
4Glasgow8Nagy 3, Powell 3, Bowes 0

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Mildenhall (withdrew from league)

Milton Keynes (withdrew from league)

Newcastle

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Stoke

See also

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References

  1. ↑ "Historic league tables". Speedway Archive.
  2. ↑ "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  4. ↑ "Wayne Garratt". Cradley Speedway. Retrieved 31 July 2021.
  5. ↑ "1992 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  6. 1 2 "1992 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  7. 1 2 "Peterborough Panthers fixtures" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  8. ↑ "No joy for Jan" . Nottingham Evening Post. 21 September 1992. Retrieved 22 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  9. ↑ "Speedway" . Birmingham Mail. 27 July 1992. Retrieved 13 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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