1993 British League Division Two season

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1993 British League Division Two season
League British League Division Two
No. of competitors11
Champions Glasgow Tigers
Knockout Cup Glasgow Tigers
Individual Gary Allan
Fours Edinburgh Monarchs
Highest average Jason Crump
Division/s above British League (Div 1)

The 1993 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 Glasgow Tigers. [2]

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1 Glasgow Tigers 40271121974
2 Long Eaton Invaders 40250151363
3 Peterborough Panthers 40240161361
4 Swindon Robins 40231161360
5 Edinburgh Monarchs 40201191556
6 Newcastle Diamonds 4021217852
7 Middlesbrough Bears 4021019850
8 Rye House Rockets 4020020949
9 Sheffield Tigers 4015025535
10 Exeter Falcons 4012028327
11 Oxford Cheetahs 409130423

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1993 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 26th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition. [3]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
21/05Peterborough79-29Oxford
09/05Newcastle57-50Edinburgh
07/05Edinburgh61-47Newcastle
05/05Long Eaton80-28Sheffield
29/04Sheffield45-63Long Eaton
14/04Oxford49-58Peterborough

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
15/08Rye House64-43Peterborough
13/08Peterborough72-36Rye House
01/07Middlesbrough51-57Glasgow
30/06Long Eaton53-54Edinburgh
21/06Exeter57-51Swindon
20/06Edinburgh60-48Long Eaton
20/06Glasgow70-38Middlesbrough
19/06Swindon60-48Exeter

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
08/10Peterborough55-53Glasgow
03/10Glasgow73-35Peterborough
07/08Swindon61-47Edinburgh
06/08Edinburgh60-48Swindon

Final

First leg

Swindon Robins 54 – 54 Glasgow Tigers
[4]
Abbey Stadium

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
Mick Powell 15
Róbert Nagy 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
David Walsh 10
James Grieves 9
Jesper Olsen 4
David Nagel 3		64 – 44 Swindon Robins
[5]
Shawfield Stadium

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 118–98.

Riders' Championship

Gary Allan won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 25 September at the Norfolk Arena. [6]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1 Flag of New Zealand.svg Gary Allan 3 2 3 3 213+3
2 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Poole 2 3 2 3 313+2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Langdon 3 2 3 3 112+3
4 Flag of England.svg Paul Thorp 2 1 3 3 312+2
5 Flag of Denmark.svg Jan Staechmann 3 2 3 1 312+1
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Crump 2 3 r 2 29
7 Flag of Hungary.svg Robert Nagy 3 r 1 1 38
8 Flag of Denmark.svg Jens Rasmussen (res)2 1 2 2 18
9 Flag of England.svg Martin Goodwin 0 3 2 r 27
10 Flag of England.svg Peter Carr 1 0 2 2 27
11 Flag of England.svg Neil Collins 1 3 1 1 06
12 Flag of England.svg Daz Sumner 0 2 1 0 14
13 Flag of England.svg Les Collins 0 0 0 2 13
14 Flag of England.svg Nigel Crabtree 1 1 0 1 03
15 Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny McKinna 1 1 0 0 02
16 Flag of England.svg Mark Simmonds 0 0 1 0 01
17 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Thorpe - - - - -0

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 25 July. [7]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1Edinburgh22Collins L 7, McKinna 6, Coles 6, Lamb 3
2Swindon20Allan 9, Crump 5, Rossiter 4, Leaver 2
3Long Eaton18Hellsen 7, Steachmann 4, Dixon 4, Collins N 3
4Rye House12Teurnberg 5, Goodwin 3, Rasmussen 2, O'Brien 2, Pedersen 0

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Jason Crump Swindon10.50
Róbert Nagy Glasgow10.18
Jan Stæchmann Long Eaton10.16
Paul Thorp Newcastle9.90
Neil Collins Long Eaton9.60
Mark Thorpe Newcastle9.28
Shane Bowes Glasgow8.99
Tony Langdon Oxford8.99
Gary Allan Swindon8.93
Mick Poole Peterborough8.90

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Rye House

Sheffield

Swindon

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. ↑ "1993 National League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  4. ↑ "1993 KO cup final" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
  5. ↑ "Tigers pounce on double" . Paisley Daily Express. 19 October 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  6. ↑ "Speedway" . Sunday Mirror. 26 September 1993. Retrieved 22 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
  7. ↑ "Invaders can't take the heat" . Derby Evening Telegraph. 26 July 1993. Retrieved 13 May 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.
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