2013 Premier League speedway season

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2013 Premier League speedway season
Champions Somerset Rebels
Knockout Cup Somerset Rebels
Individual Oliver Allen
Pairs Somerset Rebels
Fours Edinburgh Monarchs
Highest average Craig Cook
Division/s above 2013 Elite League
Division/s below 2013 National League

The 2013 Premier League season was the second division of British speedway. [1]

Contents

Summary

The season took place between March and October 2013. The Scunthorpe Scorpions were the defending champions after winning in 2012. After finishing as runners-up the previous season, the Somerset Rebels went one better in 2013 and ended up being declared the Premier League Champions.

League table

PosClubMHomeAwayFAPts
3W2WDL4W3WD1LL
1 Somerset Rebels 241010132223121895156
2 Ipswich Witches 241010121441119398755
3 Newcastle Diamonds 241002023133120797354
4 Edinburgh Monarchs 2410002222331172100351
5 Workington Comets 247302222151139105646
6 Redcar Bears 246222410251078106845
7 Leicester Lions 245502310171079110341
8 Scunthorpe Scorpions 244521021451080107536
9 Rye House Rockets 244233030361050111531
10 Berwick Bandits 2453040101101025115025
11 Plymouth Devils 24311702118994119021
12 Sheffield Tigers 243126001110958122016
13 Glasgow Tigers 24122700001294512479

Home: 3W = Home win by 7 points or more; 2W = Home win by between 1 and 6 points
Away: 4W = Away win by 7 points or more; 3W = Away win by between 1 and 6 points; 1L = Away loss by 6 points or less
M = Meetings; D = Draws; L = Losses; F = Race points for; A = Race points against; +/- = Race points difference; Pts = Total Points

Play Offs

Group 1

PosTeamP3w2wDL4w3wD1LLFAPts
1Edinburgh420001001019716311
2Workington41100010011821788
3Ipswich40002000021611990

Group 2

PosTeamP3w2wDL4w3wD1LLFAPts
1Somerset42000010011981699
2Newcastle42100000021871826
3Redcar41001000021682025

Play Off final

First leg

Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 8
Derek Sneddon 8
Theo Pijper 7
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka 2		45 – 43 Somerset Rebels
Josh Grajczonek 12
Jason Doyle 11
Charles Wright 7
Nick Morris 5
Kyle Newman 4
Alex Davies 4
Lewis Rose 0
[2] [3]
Armadale Stadium

Second leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 11
Josh Grajczonek 9
Alex Davies 8
Kyle Newman 7
Charles Wright 6
Nick Morris 6
Oliver Greenwood 2		49 – 44 Edinburgh Monarchs
Craig Cook 14
Claus Vissing 12
Derek Sneddon 6
Theo Pjiper 6
Liam Carr 3
Max Fricke 3
Jozsef Tabaka R/R
[2] [4]
Oaktree Arena

Somerset were declared League Champions, winning on aggregate 92–89.

Premier League Knockout Cup

The 2013 Premier League Knockout Cup was the 46th edition of the Knockout Cup for tier two teams. Somerset Rebels were the winners of the competition. [5]

First round

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
28/04Newcastle42-30Plymouth
27/04Workington61-29Ipswich
26/04Plymouth44-46Newcastle
25/04Ipswich55-35Workington
21/04Glasgow52-38Rye House
20/04Rye House63-26Glasgow
18/04Redcar45-44Berwick
13/04Leicester46-44Edinburgh
13/04Berwick44-46Redcar
12/04Edinburgh58-31Leicester

Quarter-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
05/07Somerset48-41Workington
16/06Newcastle44-46Edinburgh
16/06Workington48-42Somerset
14/06Edinburgh44-45Newcastle
14/06Scunthorpe41-49Redcar
13/06Redcar50-40Scunthorpe
16/05Sheffield42-48Rye House
11/05Rye House52-38Sheffield

Semi-finals

DateTeam oneScoreTeam two
31/08Rye House55-35Redcar
30/08Edinburgh49-41Somerset
27/08Somerset49-41Edinburgh
11/07Redcar48-42Rye House
20/09
replay		Edinburgh48-42Somerset
18/09
replay		Somerset58-32Edinburgh

Final

First leg

Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 18
Josh Grajczonek 13
Nicolai Klindt 11
Charles Wright 10
Kyle Newman 6
Oliver Greenwood 1
Nick Morris R/R		59 – 31 Rye House Rockets
Olly Allen 9
Jason Bunyan 8
Anders Mellgren 6
Pontus Aspgren 4
Kasper Lykke 3
Josh Bates 1
Tyson Nelson R/R
[2] [6]
Oaktree Arena

Second leg

Rye House Rockets
Anders Mellgren 10
Tyson Nelson 8
Olly Allen 7
Pontus Aspgren 7
Jason Bunyan 7
Ben Morley 4
Kasper Lykke 3		46 – 44 Somerset Rebels
Jason Doyle 12
Josh Grajczonek 10
Charles Wright 9
Nick Morris 6
Alex Davies 4
Kyle Newman 2
Oliver Greenwood 1
[2] [7]
Rye House Stadium

Somerset were declared Knockout Cup Champions, winning on aggregate 103–77.

Riders' Championship

Oliver Allen won the Riders' Championship. The final was held on 22 September at Owlerton Stadium. [8]

Pos.RiderPtsTotalSFFinal
1 Flag of England.svg Oliver Allen 2 2 2 3 21133
2 Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Karlsson 3 3 3 2 314-2
3 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle 2 3 3 2 313-1
4 Flag of England.svg Craig Cook 1 2 3 3 21120
5 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris 3 1 0 3 291
6 Flag of Denmark.svg René Bach 1 1 2 2 390
7 Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson 0 3 1 2 28
8 Flag of Sweden.svg Sebastian Aldén 3 0 3 1 07
9 Flag of the United States.svg Ricky Wells 3 2 0 1 17
10 Flag of England.svg Richie Worrall 0 2 1 3 17
11 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Dakota North 1 3 1 1 17
12 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Mark Lemon 0 1 2 1 26
13 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Theo Pijper 2 0 2 0 04
14 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Micky Dyer 1 1 f 0 13
15 Flag of England.svg Josh Auty 2 0 ex fx2
16 Flag of England.svg Oliver Greenwood (res)1 01
17 Flag of Denmark.svg Morten Risager 0 0 fx ns0
18 Flag of England.svg Max Clegg (res)0 00

Pairs

The Premier League Pairs Championship was held at Oaktree Arena on 31 May. The event was won by Somerset Rebels. [9] [10]

Semi finals

Final

Fours

Edinburgh Monarchs won the Premier League Four-Team Championship, held on 14 July 2013, at the East of England Arena. [11]

Final
PosTeamPtsRiders
1Edinburgh21Vissing 8, Cook 6, Sneddon 3, Pjiper 2, Tabaka 2
2Ipswich18Lanham 6, Tungate 4, Barker 3, Risager 3, Heeps 2
3Somerset17Morris 6, Grajczonek 5, Davies 4, Newman 2
4Berwick16Smith 7, Bellego 6, Wethers 2, Ashworth 1

Final Leading averages

RiderTeamAverage
Flag of England.svg Craig Cook Edinburgh10.83
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jason Doyle Somerset10.23
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Nick Morris Somerset9.18
Flag of England.svg Simon Stead Sheffield9.16
Flag of Denmark.svg Mikkel Bech Jensen Plymouth9.02
Flag of England.svg Richie Worrall Newcastle8.94
Flag of England.svg Ben Barker Ipswich8.93
Flag of England.svg Richard Lawson Workington8.84
Flag of Sweden.svg Magnus Karlsson Leicester8.77
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Josh Grajczonek Somerset8.70

Riders & final averages

Berwick

Edinburgh

Glasgow

Ipswich

Leicester

Newcastle

Plymouth

Redcar

Rye House

Scunthorpe

Sheffield

Somerset

Workington

See also

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "2013 results" (PDF). Speedway Researcher. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ↑ "2013 Play Off 1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ↑ "2013 Play Off 2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ↑ "2013 Premier League Knockout Cup". Speedway archive.
  6. ↑ "1st Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  7. ↑ "2nd Leg". Official British Speedway website. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  8. ↑ "ALLEN WINS PLRC". Sheffield Speedway. Retrieved 27 June 2023.
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  10. ↑ "Somerset Rebels win Premier League pairs championship". Burnham on Sea. 4 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2023.
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