2012 Premier League speedway season

2012 Premier League speedway season

Champions	Scunthorpe Scorpions
Knockout Cup	Newcastle Diamonds
Individual	Craig Cook
Pairs	Workington Comets
Fours	Berwick Bandits
Highest average	Jason Doyle
Division/s above	2012 Elite League
Division/s below	2012 National League
← 2011 2013 →

The 2012 Premier League season was the second tier/division of British speedway. ^{[1] [2]}

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2012. The Glasgow Tigers were the defending champions after winning in 2011.

Scunthorpe Scorpions won the league after beating Somerset Rebels in the play-offs by one point in the Grand Final. ^{[3] [4]}

Fixtures & results

Home \ Away	BER	ED	GLA	IPS	LEI	NEW	PLY	RED	RYE	SCU	SHE	SOM	WOR
Berwick Bandits		40–50	49–41	55–39	43–49	46–43	56–39	65–28	50–39	56–37	46–47	35–60	46–43
Edinburgh Monarchs	56–36		57–35	48–42	55–38	64–29	55–41	52–29	57–36	39–54	56–37	56–37	52–41
Glasgow Tigers	50–39	52–40		42–33	44–46	45–45	49–41	49–41	51–36	55–38	54–39	45–45	45–45
Ipswich Witches	59–31	48–41	64–29		48–42	47–43	53–40	46–44	44–46	42–52	54–40	51–39	39–51
Leicester Lions	49–45	45–44	53–39	47–43		46–44	53–43	50–43	51–39	49–43	51–39	50–43	54–42
Newcastle Diamonds	55–39	53–39	62–31	48–42	62–31		64–30	54–39	62–30	53–37	54–38	51–42	50–40
Plymouth Devils	53–35	57–36	49–41	47–43	51–39	44–46		42–48	52–41	47–43	55–38	43–47	45–45
Redcar Bears	63–26	54–41	49–40	43–47	59–35	48–42	59–36		45–45	46–46	48–42	43–47	44–49
Rye House Rockets	59–34	58–35	58–33	43–50	43–47	43–50	52–41	41–49		49–40	56–40	34–38	47–43
Scunthorpe Scorpions	48–42	55–37	54–37	61–31	51–42	48–42	54–39	55–38	58–34		51–42	50–40	49–40
Sheffield Tigers	42–51	43–47	47–48	50–42	58–37	54–38	50–43	47–43	51–39	43–47		48–45	51–42
Somerset Rebels	53–41	48–42	58–34	50–40	51–39	48–45	52–41	57–36	52–43	48–42	63–28		59–31
Workington Comets	54–39	58–34	44–42	48–41	56–36	48–44	65–29	53–39	56–40	52–38	51–38	45–44

Source: ^[5]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Final league table

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Newcastle Diamonds	24	11	1	0	0	1	1	1	7	2	1179	1019	51
2	Scunthorpe Scorpions	24	10	2	0	0	2	1	1	3	5	1151	1043	50
3	Somerset Rebels	24	9	3	0	0	1	2	1	3	5	1170	1027	48
4	Workington Comets	24	9	3	0	0	1	1	2	2	6	1142	1045	46
5	Edinburgh Monarchs	24	10	1	0	1	1	1	0	2	8	1133	1066	41
6	Leicester Lions	24	7	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	8	1079	1128	41
7	Ipswich Witches	24	6	3	0	3	1	1	0	4	6	1088	1080	35
8	Glasgow Tigers	24	8	0	3	1	0	1	0	1	10	1031	1132	31
9	Redcar Bears	24	5	2	2	3	1	1	0	2	8	1078	1107	30
10	Berwick Bandits	24	6	2	0	4	1	0	0	2	9	1045	1156	28
11	Rye House Rockets	24	6	2	0	4	0	1	1	0	10	1065	1133	27
12	Sheffield Tigers	24	6	2	0	4	0	1	0	1	10	1052	1161	26
13	Plymouth Devils	24	6	2	1	3	0	0	0	0	12	1048	1164	23

Play Offs

Group 1

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Scunthorpe Scorpions	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	202	160	7
2	Workington Comets	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	124	145	5
3	Edinburgh Monarchs	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	126	147	3

Group 2

Pos	Team	P	3w	2w	D	L	4w	3w	D	1L	L	F	A	Pts
1	Somerset Rebels	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	193	172	8
2	Newcastle Diamonds	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	179	186	5
3	Leicester Lions	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	176	190	5

Scoring

• Home draw = 1 point
• Home win by any number of points = 3
• Away loss by 6 points or less = 1
• Away draw = 2
• Away win by between 1 and 6 points = 3
• Away win by 7 points or more = 4

Play Off final

First leg

26 October 2012

Somerset Rebels Claus Vissing 10 Jesper B Monberg 9 James Wright 8 Alex Davies 7 XCraig Cook (guest) 7 Kyle Newman 7 Lewis Kerr (guest) 1	49 – 44	Scunthorpe Scorpions Nick Morris 10 Michael Palm Toft 9 Josh Auty 9 Ashley Birks 7 Anders Mellgren (guest) 5 Gary Irving 4 Thomas Jorgensen R/R
	[6] [7]

Oaktree Arena

Second leg

29 October 2012

Scunthorpe Scorpions Nick Morris 12 Michael Palm Toft 12 Josh Auty 10 Gary Irving 7 Ashley Birks 5 Jason Bunyan (guest) 2 David Howe R/R	48 – 42	Somerset Rebels Jesper B Monberg 10 Alex Davies 8 Claus Vissing 7 James Wright 7 Richard Hall (guest) 6 Kyle Newman 5 Lewis Kerr (guest) 0
	[6] [8]

Eddie Wright Raceway

Scunthorpe were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–91.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2012 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 45th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Newcastle Diamonds were the winners of the competition. ^[9]

First round

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
25/05	Edinburgh	59-31	Rye House
27/05	Glasgow	54-36	Plymouth
24/05	Ipswich	48-42	Somerset
28/05	Newcastle	58-32	Redcar
18/05	Plymouth	52-38	Glasgow
24/05	Redcar	49-41	Newcastle
26/05	Rye House	49-41	Edinburgh
18/05	Scunthorpe	44-46	Workington
01/06	Somerset	47-43	Ipswich
19/05	Workington	48-42	Scunthorpe

Quarter-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
19/08	Leicester	54-42	Workington
22/07	Workington	54-36	Leicester
06/07	Edinburgh	52-38	Glasgow
01/07	Newcastle	62-28	Sheffield
01/07	Glasgow	44-46	Edinburgh
30/06	Berwick	34-56	Ipswich
28/06	Sheffield	58-32	Newcastle
28/06	Ipswich	48-42	Berwick

Semi-finals

Date	Team one	Score	Team two
20/10	Workington	51-39	Newcastle
14/10	Newcastle	54-36	Workington
12/10	Edinburgh	52-37	Ipswich
04/10	Ipswich	55-35	Edinburgh

Final

First leg

27 October 2012

Ipswich Witches Leigh Lanham 10 Dakota North 9 Mat Tresarrieu 9 Morten Risager 5 Rohan Tungate 5 Taylor Poole 3 Stefan Nielsen (guest) 1	42 – 48	Newcastle Diamonds Claes Nedermark 10 Christian Henry 9 Matthew Wethers (guest) 8 Mark Lemon 7 Ludvig Lindgren 6 Stuart Robson 5 Paul Starke (guest) 3
	[6] [10]

Foxhall Stadium

Second leg

28 October 2012

Newcastle Diamonds Stuart Robson 12 Ludvig Lindgren 12 Claes Nedermark 10 Mark Lemon 9 Matthew Wethers (guest) 8 Christian Henry 5 Paul Starke (guest) 2	58 – 32	Ipswich Witches Leigh Lanham 9 Dakota North 9 Stefan Nielsen (guest) 6 Morten Risager 5 Mat Tresarrieu 2 Rohan Tungate 1 Taylor Poole 0
	[6] [11]

Newcastle Stadium

Newcastle were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 106–74.

Riders' Championship

Craig Cook won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 14 October at Owlerton Stadium. ^[12]

Pos.	Rider	Pts	Total	SF	Final
1	Craig Cook	3 3 2 2 2	12	-	3
2	Anders Mellgren	3 1 1 3 1	9	3	2
3	Jason Doyle	1 2 3 2 3	11	2	1
4	René Bach	2 3 2 1 3	11	-	0
5	Leigh Lanham	2 3 1 2 3	11	1
6	Josh Auty	2 1 2 3 3	11	0
7	Nick Morris	0 0 3 3 2	8
8	Richard Lawson	3 2 0 1 2	8
9	Stuart Robson	3 1 3 0 ef	7
10	Sebastian Aldén	0 0 3 3 1	7
11	Richard Hall	2 3 0 ef 2	7
12	Kauko Nieminen	1 2 1 2 0	6
13	Ulrich Østergaard	r 2 0 1 1	4
14	Ryan Fisher	1 0 2 1 0	4
15	Theo Pijper	1 0 1 0 1	3
16	James Grieves	0 1 0 0 0	1

• f=fell, r-retired, ex=excluded, ef=engine failure t=touched tapes

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 24 August. The event was won by Workington Comets. ^{[13] [14]}

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Workington 23 Roynon 14, Bach 9 2 Leicester 22 Nieminen 13, Bjerre 9 3 Newcastle 18 Lindgren 13, Lemon 5 4 Plymouth 14 Fisher 10, Gathercole 4 5 Redcar 13 Summers 11, Johnson (G) 2

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Scunthorpe 25 Auty 13, Jorgensen 12 2 Somerset 20 Doyle 13, Wright 7 3 Edinburgh 19 Tully 13, Pijper 6 4 Glasgow 14 Grajczonek 9, Screen 5 5 Sheffield 12 Wells 10, Hall 2

Semi finals

• Sheffield bt Edinburgh 5–4
• Workington bt Somerset 6–3

Final

• Workington bt Scunthorpe 7–2

Fours

Berwick Bandits won the Premier League Four-Team Championship for the second time. The final was held on 15 July 2012, at the East of England Arena. ^[15]

Group A Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Berwick 16 Ashworth 5, Alden 4, Complin 4, Bellego 3 2 Plymouth 14 Barker 6, Gathercole 5, Fisher 2, Kurtz 1 3 Newcastle 12 Henry 6, Robson 3, Lindgren 2, Nedermark 1 4 Redcar 6 Summers 4, Kus 2, Ostergaard 0, Sedgmen 0, Wilkinson 0

Group B Pos Team Pts Riders 1 Workington 15 Bach 5, Roynon 5, Lawson 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0 2 Leicester 12 Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4 3 Somerset 12 Vissing 4, Doyle 4, Wright 2, Masters 2 4 Glasgow 9 Screen 5, Campton 2, Grajczonek 1, Grieves 1

Final
Pos	Team	Pts	Riders
1	Berwick	23	Alden 9, Ashworth 8, Bellego 5, Complin 1
2	Leicester	20	Nieminen 6, Karlsson 6, Graversen 4, Bjerre 4
3	Workington	16	Lawson 6, Bach 5, Roynon 4, Ingalls 1, Howarth 0
4	Plymouth	13	Barker 7, Gathercole 3, Fisher 3, Kurtz 0, Holder 0

Final Leading averages

Rider	Team	Average
Jason Doyle	Somerset	10.15
Ben Barker	Plymouth	10.05
Craig Cook	Edinburgh	9.99
Joe Screen	Glasgow	9.48
Charlie Gjedde	Rye House	9.22
Ricky Ashworth	Berwick	9.20
Josh Auty	Scunthorpe	8.79
Ryan Fisher	Plymouth	8.75
Adam Roynon	Edinburgh	8.83
Richard Lawson	Workington	8.69

Riders & final averages

Berwick

• Ricky Ashworth 9.20
• Sebastian Aldén 8.12
• Lee Complin 7.73
• Robin Aspegren 7.59
• Micky Dyer 6.72
• David Bellego 5.95
• Alex Edberg 5.77
• Nicki Barrett 5.53
• Luboš Tomíček Jr. 5.23
• Jason King 3.70
• Klaus Jakobsen 3.19

Edinburgh

• Craig Cook 9.99
• Theo Pijper 8.28
• Andrew Tully7.40
• Matthew Wethers 7.04
• Derek Sneddon 6.37
• József Tabaka 5.95
• Charles Wright 4.36
• Micky Dyer 4.12
• Marcel Helfer 3.86
• James Sarjeant 1.60

Glasgow

• Joe Screen 9.48
• Josh Grajczonek 7.78
• James Grieves 7.61
• Henning Bager 6.20
• Mason Campton 5.52
• Charles Wright 5.13
• Robert Ksiezak 4.52
• Filip Šitera 4.52
• Jade Mudgway 3.58
• Chris Mills 3.50
• James McBain 2.62
• Jayden O'Malley 2.19

Ipswich

• Dakota North 7.80
• Kevin Doolan 7.71
• Leigh Lanham 7.67
• Rohan Tungate 7.22
• Morten Risager 7.19
• Mathieu Trésarrieu 6.70
• Cameron Heeps 5.92
• Taylor Poole 4.90
• Stefan Nielsen 4.32

Leicester

• Kauko Nieminen 8.60
• Lasse Bjerre 7.85
• Magnus Karlsson 7.21
• Linus Eklöf 6.83
• Simon Nielsen 5.83
• Jan Graversen 5.52
• Jari Makinen 4.99
• Simon Lambert 4.86
• Lewis Blackbird 2.19

Newcastle

• Richie Worrall 8.62
• Stuart Robson 8.25
• Mark Lemon 7.84
• Ludvig Lindgren 7.62
• Christian Henry 7.48
• Claes Nedermark 7.33
• Steve Worrall 5.41
• Paul Starke 3.00

Plymouth

• Ben Barker 10.05
• Ryan Fisher 8.75
• Cory Gathercole 6.88
• Todd Kurtz 5.61
• Nicki Glanz 4.49
• Robert Ksiezak 4.31
• James Holder 3.97
• Guglielmo Franchetti 3.70
• Jake Anderson 3.57
• Ben Reade 2.08

Redcar

• Kevin Doolan 8.41
• Aaron Summers 8.08
• Ulrich Østergaard 8.05
• Matěj Kůs 7.57
• Justin Sedgmen 6.06
• Carl Wilkinson 5.78
• Max Dilger 5.41
• Mark Jones 4.00
• Jade Mudgway 3.39

Rye House

• Charlie Gjedde 8.44
• Jordan Frampton 7.38
• Anders Mellgren 7.08
• Luke Bowen 6.92
• Jason Bunyan 6.39
• Jason Garrity 5.94
• Kasper Lykke 5.60
• Ritchie Hawkins 5.48
• Simon Lambert 4.93
• Ben Morley 4.11

Scunthorpe

• Josh Auty 8.79
• Nick Morris 8.51
• Thomas Jørgensen 7.42
• David Howe 6.81
• Ashley Birks 6.73
• Michael Palm Toft 6.32
• Tero Aarnio 6.12
• Gary Irving 5.48
• Jerran Hart 3.86

Sheffield

• Richard Hall 7.49
• Josef Franc 7.38
• Ricky Wells 7.20
• Emiliano Sanchez 6.81
• Hugh Skidmore 6.60
• Jo Haines 6.13
• Chris Schramm 4.59

Somerset

• Jason Doyle 10.15
• Jesper Monberg 8.49
• Sam Masters 8.15
• Claus Vissing 7.61
• James Wright 6.83
• Kyle Newman 6.35
• Alex Davies 6.15
• Tom Perry 4.27

Workington

• Adam Roynon 8.83
• Richard Lawson 8.69
• Rene Bach 8.67
• Rusty Harrison 7.19
• Kyle Howarth 6.85
• Kenny Ingalls 6.32
• Tero Aarnio 6.02
• Gary Irving 5.52
• Ashley Morris 3.91

See also

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

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