1994 British League Division Two season

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1994 British League Division Two season
League British League Division Two
No. of competitors10
Champions Glasgow Tigers
Knockout Cup Glasgow Tigers
Individual Paul Bentley
Pairs Swindon Robins
Fours Oxford Cheetahs
Highest average Jan Stæchmann
Division/s above British League (Div 1)
Division/s below British League (Div 3)

The 1994 British League Division Two season was contested as the second division of Speedway in the United Kingdom. The British League Divisions 2 and 3 were disbanded after this season and did not return until 1997. An Academy League was introduced. [1]

Contents

Summary

The title and knockout Cup was won by the Glasgow Tigers, who achieved the feat of recording the 'double double' (the league and cup double for two consecutive seasons). [2] [3]

Final table

PosTeamPLWDLBPPts
1 Glasgow Tigers 3626191467
2 Long Eaton Invaders 36242101565
3 Edinburgh Monarchs 36201151051
4 Swindon Robins 36181171249
5 Peterborough Panthers 36182161048
6 Middlesbrough Bears 3619116948
7 Newcastle Diamonds 3615120940
8 Oxford Cheetahs 3615120738
9 Sheffield Tigers 3610125324
10 Exeter Falcons 369126120

British League Division Two Knockout Cup

The 1994 British League Division Two Knockout Cup was the 27th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Glasgow Tigers were the winners of the competition for the second successive year. [4]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
29/04Edinburgh54-42Newcastle
24/04Newcastle46-50Edinburgh
24/04Glasgow56-40Oxford
22/04Oxford39-57Glasgow

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
30/07Swindon56-40Glasgow
10/06Peterborough58-38Sheffield
09/06Middlesbrough62-34Exeter
09/06Sheffield44-52Peterborough
06/06Exeter50-46Middlesbrough
05/06Glasgow66-30Swindon
04/06SwindonrainGlasgow
03/06Edinburgh49-47Long Eaton
01/06Long Eaton45-51Edinburgh

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
23/09Peterborough50-45Glasgow
16/09PeterboroughrainGlasgow
11/09Glasgow54-42Peterborough
12/08Edinburgh52-44Middlesbrough
11/08Middlesbrough49-47Edinburgh

Final

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 11
Scott Lamb 11
Jan Andersen 9
Kevin Little 4
Stuart Robson 3
Lawrence Hare 0
50 – 46 Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 14
Mick Powell 9
Nigel Crabtree 9
Sean Courtney 7
Róbert Nagy 4
James Grieves 2
Stewart McDonald 1
[5]

Second leg

Glasgow Tigers
David Walsh 13
Nigel Crabtree 10
Sean Courtney 9
Róbert Nagy 9
Mick Powell 8
James Grieves 5
Stewart McDonald 1
55 – 41 Edinburgh Monarchs
Kenny McKinna 12
Les Collins 10
Scott Lamb 9
Jan Andersen 6
Stuart Robson 3
Kevin Little 1
Lawrence Hare 0
[5]

Glasgow were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 101–91.

Riders' Championship

Paul Bentley won the Riders' Championship. The final sponsored by Jawa Moto & Barum was held on 17 September at Brandon Stadium. [6]

Pos.RiderPtsTotal
1 Flag of England.svg Paul Bentley 3 3 3 2 213
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Tony Olsson 3 3 2 2 212
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Tony Langdon 1 1 3 3 311
4 Flag of England.svg Alan Grahame 2 0 2 3 310
5 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Roman Matoušek 2 1 3 3 110
6 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mick Poole 2 2 1 3 19
7 Flag of Scotland.svg Kenny McKinna 3 0 1 1 38
8 Flag of England.svg Martin Dixon 3 2 2 1 08
9 Flag of Hungary.svg Róbert Nagy 0 3 1 0 37
10 Flag of Denmark.svg Ronni Pedersen 1 1 1 2 27
11 Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Zdeněk Tesař 0 0 3 1 26
12 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mark Thorpe 0 3 0 2 05
13 Flag of England.svg Les Collins 1 2 2 0 05
14 Flag of England.svg Paul Fry 2 2 0 0 15
15 Flag of England.svg Nigel Crabtree 0 1 0 1 02
16 Flag of Sweden.svg Richard Hellsen 1 0 0 0 12

Pairs

The British League Division Two Pairs Championship, sponsored by the Speedway Star, was held at Arena Essex Raceway on 28 May. The event was won by Swindon Robins. [7] [8]

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Oxford Cheetahs won the fours championship final, held at the East of England Arena on 7 August. [9] [10]

Final

PosTeamPtsRiders
1 Oxford Cheetahs 24Goodwin 11, Poole 7, Karlsson 5, Alan Grahame 1, Sumner 0
2 Long Eaton Invaders 17Dixon 7, Collins N 5, Johnston 4, Hellsen 1
3 Peterborough Panthers 16Tesar 7, Monaghan 4, Pedersen 3, Sullivan 1, Nicholls 1
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 15Lamb 5, McKinna 4, Collins L 3, Andersen 3, Hare 0

Final leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Jan Stæchmann Long Eaton10.10
Tony Olsson Swindon10.07
Nigel Crabtree Glasgow9.74
David Walsh Glasgow9.72
Paul Bentley Middlesbrough9.39
Robert Nagy Glasgow9.18
Zdeněk Tesař Peterborough9.13
Martin Dixon Long Eaton8.94
Mark Thorpe Newcastle8.95
Michael Coles Edinburgh8.57

Riders & final averages

Edinburgh

Exeter

Glasgow

Long Eaton

Middlesbrough

Newcastle

Oxford

Peterborough

Sheffield

Swindon

See also

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