1994 British League Division Three

1994 British League Division Three

League	British League
Season	1994
Champions	Berwick Bandits
Individual	Andy Howe
Division/s above	British League (Div 1) British League (Div 2)
← None 1995 →

The 1994 British League Division Three was the third tier/division of British speedway. It was also the final season of the British League before a restructure of the sport. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

Four new teams entered the league; the first was Cleveland Bays, who shared Cleveland Park Stadium with division 2 parent club Middlesbrough Bears. The second was the Hi-Edge Hitmen, co-promoted by former England rider Chris Morton and based at Buxton Raceway. ^[3] The other two teams were teams that would race on tracks that were formerly training circuits; Scottish team Linlithgow Lightning based at Heathersfield Stadium, ^{[4] [5]} and Iwade Kent Crusaders, who would later withdraw from the league at the end of July. ^[6]

The title was won by Berwick Bandits. ^{[7] [8]}

Final league table

^[9]

Pos	Team	Played	W	D	L	F	A	Pts	Bonus	Total
1	Berwick Bandits	10	7	1	2	443	329	15	5	20
2	Cleveland Bays	10	6	1	3	420	356	13	3	16
3	Stoke Potters	10	6	0	4	389	379	12	3	15
4	Linlithgow Lightning	10	4	0	6	390	386	8	3	11
5	Mildenhall Fen Tigers	10	4	0	6	350	419	8	1	9
6	Hi-Edge Hitmen	10	2	0	8	324	447	4	0	4

Iwade Kent Crusaders withdrew.

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away	CB	BER	HI	LL	MIL	STO
Cleveland Bays		39–39	50–26	44–34	48–30	53–25
Berwick Bandits	47–30		60–18	54–24	48–27	43–33
Hi-Edge Hitmen	32–46	45–33		39–38	36–41	36–41
Linlithgow Lightning	45–33	36–41	51–27		52–26	43–34
Mildenhall Fen Tigers	41–37	37–41	46–29	40–38		37–39
Stoke Potters	37–40	40–37	41–36	48–29	51–25

Source: ^[10]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Riders' Championship

Andy Howe won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 1 October at Long Eaton Stadium. ^[11]

Pos.	Rider	Team	Total
1	Andy Howe	Cleveland	14
2	Kevin Little	Berwick	13
3	Colin Earl	Cleveland	12
4	Ade Hoole	Stoke	10
5	Anthony Barlow	Berwick	10
6	Stuart Coleman	Linlithgow	9
7	Michael Lowrie	Berwick	9
8	Andre Compton	Buxton (Hi-Edge)	9
9	Craig Taylor	Berwick	7
10	Paul Gould	Cleveland	6
11	Martin Cobbin	Mildenhall	5
12	Peter Johnson	Cleveland	5
13	Gary Sweet	Mildenhall	3
14	Dean Felton	Buxton (Hi-Edge)	3
15	Grant Blackie	Linlithgow	2
16	Sean Naylor	Buxton (Hi-Edge)	1
17	Simon Wolstenholme	Mildenhall	0

Teams and averages

Berwick

• Glyn Taylor 9.79
• David Nagel 8.50
• Michael Lowrie 8.50
• William Beveridge 8.27
• Anthony Barlow 8.20
• Kevin Little 8.13
• Gareth Martin 7.66
• David Meldrum 2.67

Buxton (Hi-Edge)

• Dean Felton 7.71
• Richard Webb 6.42
• Lee Dicken 6.13
• Jamie Isherwood 4.84
• Scott Donovan 4.48
• Carl Checketts 4.44
• Shawn Venables 4.36
• Sean Naylor 3.50
• Steve Mitchell 1.60
• Steve Crockett 1.14

Cleveland

• Colin Earl 10.31
• Jason Handley 9.67
• Andy Howe 8.28
• Peter Johnson 7.20
• Jonathan Swales 6.38
• Brian Turner 4.36
• Tony Howe 3.87

Iwade (withdrew from league)

• Kevin Teager 7.20
• Jason Green 5.33
• Dean Chapman 5.00
• Mark Fordham 4.00
• Nathan Gaymer 4.00
• David Mason 3.20

Linlithgow

• Geoff Powell 9.40
• Paul Gould 8.72
• Peter Scully 6.50
• Brian Mercer 6.33
• Grant Blackie 6.22
• Stuart Coleman 5.45
• Neil Hewitt 5.21
• Paul Taylor 2.92

Mildenhall

• Simon Wolstenholme 9.03
• Gary Sweet 6.98
• Peter Boast 6.00
• Martin Cobbin 5.84
• Dean Garrod 5.82
• Steve Battle 5.18
• Tony Kingsbury 5.09
• Carl Johnson 4.69
• Sid Cooper 2.75

Stoke

• Chris Cobby 10.40
• Andre Compton 8.13
• Craig Taylor 7.41
• Ade Hoole 7.35
• Colin Thorpe 6.88
• Gary O'Hare 5.85
• Scott Kirton 5.14
• Rob Horner 5.09
• Paul Macklin 2.75
• Drew Wheeldon 2.74

See also

• List of United Kingdom Speedway League Champions
• Knockout Cup (speedway)

References

1. "1996 tables". Speedway GB.
2. "A-Z of averages" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 15 February 2023.
3. "Buxton Speedway is under Orders" . Manchester Evening News. 13 July 1994. Retrieved 27 February 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
4. "Linlithgow - Heathersfield Stadium". Speedway Plus. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
5. "New track" . Scunthorpe Evening Telegraph. 25 June 1994. Retrieved 29 February 2024– via British Newspaper Archive.
6. "1994 tables". Speedway GB.
7. "1994 tables". Speedway GB.
8. "BRITISH LEAGUE TABLES - MODERN ERA (1991-PRESENT)". Official British Speedway website. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
9. "Table". Speedway Archives.
10. "1994 fixtures & results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 18 November 2024.
11. "Howe races home" . Nottingham Evening Post. 3 October 1994. Retrieved 22 June 2023– via British Newspaper Archive.